Puerto Vallarta’s International Celtic Music Festival

The Los Angeles Fifes and Drums made their first International appearance at Puerto Vallarta’s International Celtic Music Festival on March 6-7, 2015. It was a great experience for all of us, and we enjoyed the great camaraderie amongst all the musicians. We hope to be able to do it again. What a great way to […]

All smiles

All smiles from the Los Angeles Fifes & Drums waiting to take centre stage at the Sesquicentennial Games Friday Night Concert.

The Story of “Drums, Dreams and History”

The drum played by Robert Bain of the Los Angeles Veteran Drum Corps – Anoka County Historical Society, Anoka, Minnesota. “It began when a drum was brought to America, probably around 1776, by Hessian soldiers who had been hired to help the British army quell what was then seen as a colonial uprising.  During the Battle […]