The tidy brigade of fife and drum recruits glides along in step to the steady clicks of the instructor’s drumsticks. They execute a U-turn without breaking rank.
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And Now the Day is Here: New Fifers and Drummers Get Started
It’s one of those glorious autumn mornings in Colonial Williamsburg’s Historic Area, a whispering breeze rustling leaves that are flirting with a deeper shade. No better day to begin the journey of a lifetime.
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Follow the Newest Fifers and Drummers ‘Through the Ranks’
Recruit Lindsay Becke
It seems like you can hear The Colonial Williamsburg Fifes and Drums coming from a mile away.
But the journey that produces the rousing music takes much longer.
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Remembering the Drummer Known as ‘T’
During Williamsburg’s opening ceremony for The Wall That Heals, Colonial Williamsburg’s Fifes and Drums laid a wreath, which found its way to panel W47, where the name Talmadge H. Alphin Jr. appears. An early member of the Fife and Drum corp, Alphin was its first bass drummer.
He was also a Green Beret, killed in one of the deadliest attacks on that elite force in American history. But before Vietnam, Alphin was a star basketball and baseball player at James Blair High School, where he also played trombone in the band….
Throwback Thursday: The Fifes & Drums
The Colonial Williamsburg Fifes and Drums – also known as the Field Music of the Virginia State Garrison Regiment – carries forward the tradition of military music. Since 1958, visitors in The Revolutionary City have enjoyed the musical performances and experienced the history of America’s Revolution….
Answering the Drummers Call
By Jody Taylor
“Nothing could be smarter, more splendid, more brilliant, better drawn up than two armies. Trumpets, fifes, hautboys, drums, cannons, formed a harmony such as never been heard in hell.” … Candide by Voltaire
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