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Rebirth Brass Band
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A King Biscuit Daybook: Rebirth Brass Band at the Main Stage

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Parading Uptown with the Lady Buckjumpers and the Stooges and Rebirth Brass Bands

In New Orleans, “buckjumping” is another name for second-lining (in Memphis, it refers to “gangsta walking”), but the term “buckjump” seems to have masculine connotations, …

The Rebirth Brass Band was the band for the final Fifth Division of Young Men Olympian, known as the “Furious Five”, and this division seemed to have the most brilliant colors in their costumes. 

The Rebirth Brass Band was the band for the final Fifth Division of Young Men Olympian, known as the “Furious Five”, and this division seemed to have the most brilliant colors in their costumes. 

The Rebirth Brass Band was the band for the final Fifth Division of Young Men Olympian, known as the “Furious Five”, and this division seemed to have the most brilliant colors in their costumes. 

As the brass bands played outside the hall, the doors opened, and the exquisitely-costumed members came out to launch the parade. I learned quickly that a second-line is not merely the thrill of the brass bands, marching and dancing, but also a visual experience of the brightly-colored costumes. I was immediately reminded of the Caribbean. After the first four divisions had come out, the Rebirth Brass Band assembled a block away and marched up the street to the hall for the Fifth Division to come out. 

As the brass bands played outside the hall, the doors opened, and the exquisitely-costumed members came out to launch the parade. I learned quickly that a second-line is not merely the thrill of the brass bands, marching and dancing, but also a visual experience of the brightly-colored costumes. I was immediately reminded of the Caribbean. After the first four divisions had come out, the Rebirth Brass Band assembled a block away and marched up the street to the hall for the Fifth Division to come out. 

As the brass bands played outside the hall, the doors opened, and the exquisitely-costumed members came out to launch the parade. I learned quickly that a second-line is not merely the thrill of the brass bands, marching and dancing, but also a visual experience of the brightly-colored costumes. I was immediately reminded of the Caribbean. After the first four divisions had come out, the Rebirth Brass Band assembled a block away and marched up the street to the hall for the Fifth Division to come out. 

My friend Frank D. Robinson at the Rebirth Brasss Band concert in Memphis, May 20, 2011