Behind the scenes, organizers march to a different beat
BRISTOL — So you think putting together a show of drum and bugle corps from across the country gets easier after you’ve been doing it for a while?
Anthony Mederos says it isn’t so, especially finding a place to sleep for the bands.
Mederos, the veteran cochairman of the Bristol Fourth of July Band Committee, says, “It’s quite a task…. It’s a big undertaking but we get it done.”
The show, one of the biggest July 4th events, attracts an estimated 3,000 fans and produces a profit of $3,000 to $4,000.
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The 16th annual summer music preview will be Sunday at 7 p.m. at Mt. Hope’s Dietz Field. Tickets are available this week at the nightly band concerts in front of Colt School or at Gil’s Television and Appliances. The show will go on, rain or shine.
This year’s bands are the Crossmen and the Cadets, both from Allentown, Pa.; Spirit of Jacksonville (Ala.) State University; Magic of Orlando (Fla.); Jersey Surf of Belin, N.J.; East Coast Jazz of Malden, Mass., and Carolina Crown of Fort Mill, S.C.
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