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Participants include the local School of Rock and Suzuki School of Music.
Southbury’s Heritage Village offers more than two dozen performers, including members of the Mohegan Tribe, square dancers, Chinese drummers and a fife and drum band.
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Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 19 June 2024
And the air is filled with the sound of fife and drum.
—John Kaag, TIME, 19 Apr. 2024
Tarrant turned the second-story apartment into a broader historical museum, with numerous war artifacts, including his great grandfather’s diaries and sketches from the Civil War, along with his drum and fife.
—Susan Glaser, cleveland, 10 Aug. 2023
His supporters, some dressed as American Revolution-era patriots and playing fifes, were thrilled by Ramaswamy’s turn in the spotlight Wednesday night.
—Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2023
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Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 19 June 2024
And the air is filled with the sound of fife and drum.
—John Kaag, TIME, 19 Apr. 2024
Tarrant turned the second-story apartment into a broader historical museum, with numerous war artifacts, including his great grandfather’s diaries and sketches from the Civil War, along with his drum and fife.
—Susan Glaser, cleveland, 10 Aug. 2023
His supporters, some dressed as American Revolution-era patriots and playing fifes, were thrilled by Ramaswamy’s turn in the spotlight Wednesday night.
—Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2023
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“Fife.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fife. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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fife
noun
: a small high-pitched musical instrument resembling a flute
Geographical Definition
Fife
geographical name
variants
or Fifeshire
ˈfīf-ˌshir 
-shər
administrative area of eastern Scotland between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth area 509 square miles (1319 square kilometers), population 365,198
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