Avalon String Band
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Delco Mummers Designer Creates ‘Liberty Beret’ for America’s 250th, Benefiting Mummers Against Cancer
For more than 50 years, James May has stitched sequins and feathers into the costumes that strut down Broad Street every New Year’s Day. Now…
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A Ridley Designer Made Jason Kelce’s Mummers Costume. Now Eagles Fans Want Their Own
James May’s shop in Ridley Township mostly turns out bridal gowns, but on the side, he’s also made Mummers costumes for the past 50 years.…
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Jason Kelce’s Mummer’s Hat Is Retiring, and So Is the Ridley Man Who Made It
The Ridley man who made Jason Kelce’s Mummers hat is retiring, and the hat is going with him, writes Beatrice Forman for The Philadelphia Inquirer.…
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Even in Retirement, Longtime Costume Designer from Ridley Still Contributes to Mummers Parade
Three years after officially retiring, longtime designer James May from Ridley Township created the captain’s costume for the Avalon String Band in this year’s Mummers…
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Lansdowne’s “Banjo Matt” Entertains, Educates Kids at Local Library
Lansdowne resident Matt Bochanski, also known as Avon Grove Library’s train man, regaled kids with stories and songs played on his banjo to mark the…






















