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2000 Philadelphia Mummers Parade
Photo by John Fischer
The 100th Anniversary Mummers Parade is history. This year's Philadelphia Mummers Parade marked a move from the traditional Broad Street march to Market Street where the crowds were clearly larger than in recent years.
The Quaker City String Band with its Captain Bob Shannon, Jr. made its own history. By following up on their victory in the 1999 Mummers Parade with another victory this year, the Quaker City String Band becomes the last string band to win in the old millennium and the first string band to win in the new one.
Quaker City's 2000 Philadelphia Mummers Parade theme, "Circus Momus," was a big hit with the throngs who stood 4-5 deep on Market Street to watch the parade. Quaker City solidified its position as the premier string band in the world.
Two Street String Band
Photo by John Fischer
One of the most pleasant surprises of the 2000 Philadelphia Mummers Parade was the excellent job by the Two Street String Band which vaulted from last year's 16th place finish to finish sixth in this their fifth year in existence.
Their theme "Two Street to Bourbon Street" was a big success and it appears that great things are ahead for this string band.
Winning the Fancy Brigade Division was the Jokers. Hog Island prevailed in the Fancy Costume Division. Murray reigned supreme in the Comic Division.
We invite you to take a look at our more than 70 photos of the 2000 Philadelphia Mummers Parade in our 2000 Mummers Parade Photo Gallery.
If you'd like to see the complete results in all divisions of this year's parade Philadelphia's WB17 Mummers site has a page of the First Union 2000 Mummers Parade Results.
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