Bagpipes vs. Trombones

[McElmurry]

Now here is a reenactment I could get involved with. It is the fourth murial from the top.

http://www.sog.unc.edu/75/murals.htm

My surname is Stauber and my ancestor Paul Christian Stauber came to the colonies from Frankfurt in 1750 as a Moravian. I have played the trombone for 40 years. I had no idea the Moravians played the trombone.

[fluter]

The Moravian Church has an amazing musical tradition. You should make a point of visiting Old Salem (Winston-Salem, NC) or the nearby historic communities. If I recall correctly, the Moravian settlers arrived by the same routes as their Scots-descended neighbors.

The Easter sunrise service of the Home Moravian Church. involves a band of about 400 pieces.

Salem was the southern center of the Moravian settlements, as Bethlehem, PA was the northern center. I'm sure they have equally amazing things in the Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania, but I've never been there.

[dutchy kilted]

The Moravian congregation in Lititz, PA is also famous for its trombone choir. They go around and wake up the town at 3:00 AM on Easter morning each year, as they have done for the past 260 years or so.

[macwilkin]

Now here is a reenactment I could get involved with. It is the fourth murial from the top.

http://www.sog.unc.edu/75/murals.htm

My surname is Stauber and my ancestor Paul Christian Stauber came to the colonies from Frankfurt in 1750 as a Moravian. I have played the trombone for 40 years. I had no idea the Moravians played the trombone.

You learn something new every day. Many thanks for sharing that! We have a lady in our Scottish Society who is from NC originally, and she is the one who first told me about the Moravian settlements. I'll have to share this with her.

T.

[piperdbh]

There's a story about a Moravian church in PA which was about to be attacked by Indians. The trombone choir was playing inside the church building, and when the Indians heard the sound they ran away, convinced that they couldn't defeat a monster which sounded like that!

Let the record show that I am a trombone player.

[chasem]

Oh man I haven't touched the trombone in about... 5-6 years. I miss it quite a bit. Alas, I've since switched to the pipes...

[Mike_Oettle]

Hi, McElmurry – the Moravian church in South Africa also maintains a tradition of wind bands.
The early Moravian missionaries were permitted to minister only to “Hottentots” (nowadays we call them Khoikhoi or Coloured people), not to any white congregations. Some of these missionaries married women from their own congregations, and have left descendants.
Wherever you find a Moravian church in South Africa, you will find a band there.
Regards,
Mike

[OC Richard]

On the other hand you can have Highlanders playing the trombones...