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Marching Bands for Peace Parade

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6/27/06
For more information: Georgette Chalker, 215-317-0464
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/marchingbandsforpeace/

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE!

MARCHING BANDS FOR PEACE MARCH
TO SUPPORT THE DECLARATION OF PEACE DEMONSTRATION
Area Peace Activists, Musicians and Entertainers to assemble at Christ Church Courtyard at 2nd and Market Streets, July 3rd at 6:00 PM. to march down Market St to support the:

“DECLARATION OF PEACE” Demonstration & Pledge Signing, beginning at 7PM, in front of the Phila. Federal Building, 601 Market Street. The demonstration is organized by the Brandywine Peace Community, www.brandywinepeace.com and is endorsed by many area peace organizations.

The Marching Band for Peace parade vision is to bring attention to the official opening of the Declaration of Peace campaign. Wearing strips of orange to symbolize solidarity, the all-volunteer band made up of local musicians, peace activists and entertainers will march in "Fife and Drum" manner, lead by Hal Sawyer playing the bagpipe, to join the Brandywine Peace Community. The march will consist of political puppets, peace flags and banners to symbolizes our focus on the people and the politicians that are trying to end the war.
All puppets and marching materials donated by Justice Works of the renown West Philadelphia Spiral Q Puppet Theater, www.spiralq.org/justiceWorks.html.

Icy Hot

Aren't marching bands inherently military? I mean, this sounds sort of like "Hippie Drum Circles For War".

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