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The Twain Harte Amateur Neighborhood Kazoo Symphony (T.H.A.N.K.S.) performs for the 9th year at the Annual Twain Harte Christmas Parade on 12/1/2000. We carry snow shovels with letters (each shovel has two sided letters) spelling "MERRY CHRISTMAS" going forward, and "HAPPY NEW YEAR" from the back. We have added a Kazoo Brass Section (trumpet and trombone kazoos) and a new mascot - an eight foot kazoo (THE BIG TOO DOO KAZOO). We have added amplified kazoo music to our group, as too many people confused us with a bunch of bees. We have a dedicated group of about 30 folks willing to make fools of themselves. Twain Harte is a small mountain town in the Sierras in California, population 4000 in the summer, 2000 in the winter. The parade route is about one block long, ending at Ed's Bar. Sheri and Gary started this group after attending their first Twain Harte parade and realizing a parade of two fire trucks and one high school marching band needed a little help.
We are a kazoo band since 13 april 1975 from Tilburg, that is a city in Holland.
We have ownmade instruments of wood an electrician pipes.
We are specialiced in making music for old people in homes.
We make music about 3 - 4 times a month.
In Holland we are an unique band because there are, sofar we know, maybe 5 or 6 bands in the whole country.
We are supprised now we know there are in the US so many Kazoo bands.
We have since a couple of weeks a homepage You can visit.
There are also foto's on the website. We all hope that you send sometimes an message back.
We'd also like all the news about the kazoo instruments in the US.
 My name is Roland Mels Our website is http://communities.msn.nl/kazooharmonie

I'll hope you can understand what I write because my english is not so good as I thought.
With regards,
Roland Mels
secretaris Kazoo harmonie.

The Booze Brothers Kazoo Marching Band and Beer Tasting Society was formed in 1999 for the express purpose of entering the Whitefish, Montana Winter Carnival Parade, which is held over the first weekend of February each year. While inexperience kept us from winning any of the entry awards in 1999, in 2000 we won First Prize in the "Best International Kazoo Marching Band" category because, of course, as Canadians, we were the only qualifying entry. We also succeeded in handing out 250 kazoos and over 80 pounds of candy to the children (and their lovely mothers) each year. There must be more kazoos-per-capita in Whitefish than anywhere else in the world. The band consists of a dozen "grey-hairs" down for the excellent skiing, partying and performing. Look for us again in 2001!
University of Chicago Kazoo Band
Chicago, IL
founded ca. 1965
resurfaced 2000
We traditionally have a kazoo float.
Our Kazoo band, The Jamie Mock Kazoo Orchestra, is one of the hottest upcomming bands in East Tennessee. We currently have five members with the lead kazoo man being myself Jamie. I play the kazoo as well as the tamberine which i duck tape to my leg and the spoons, I also do the majority of the singing. Peter is our bucket drummer, he has great rhythem but lacks disipline. Abe plays the guitar and the banjo, girls do not like banjo players. David is the jaw harpist, he has a wickid mouth. Last is Brian our backup dancer that does our choreography. We are working on our 1st album. We do mostly cover tunes but are working on some original numbers.We mix rock n roll with old fashion kazoo songs. We are the best new kazoo band around and if you disagree you can email me.

"The Jamie Mock Kazoo Orchestra"

We are the 'zoodogs of PLD high school. We're new and growing.

Barbara Travis

I'm the Iddy Biddy Fezzie Band - blister your imagination at my 'Kazoo of Fire' NOW TAKING REQUESTS

All the best

On July 4, 2000, the First Night Haddonfield Kazoo Marching Band made its debut in Haddonfield’s Independence Day parade. (Settled in the mid 1600’s, Haddonfield New Jersey is a town of about 12,000 people, located about ten miles east of Philadelphia. Its Independence Day parade is one of the biggest - and best! - in the region, lasting for nearly an hour and a half.) The band had 35 members, plus a drum major. We played “76 Trombones”; “America, the Beautiful”; and “You’re a Grand Old Flag,” We wore blue polo shirts with the First Night logo embroidered on the left breast (left over from last year’s First Night event), white shorts/skirts, black belts, white socks and sneakers, white sashes, and white foam pith helmets with red ribbons on the brim. Very snappy. We had four practices, over five weeks. Each was about an 1-1/2 hours long. Most members of the band had never played kazoos before and few had ever been in a parade, let alone marched in a band. But we did a great job and got lots of compliments. People were surprised that a kazoo band could be so good. We also won first prize in the “best new group” category, but the best reward was having so much fun. Incidentally, First Night is a family-oriented, alcohol-free celebration of the arts, held each New Year’s Eve. It was founded in Boston in 1976 by a group of citizens who wanted to find a way to curb drinking and driving on New Year’s Eve. First Night celebrations are now held in several hundred towns and cities around the country. Haddonfield’s inaugural event was in 1998. Both the 1998 and 1999 events were sold out, with more than 7,000 people purchasing admission buttons. The mission of the First Night Haddonfield Kazoo Marching Band was to publicize the opening day of button sales, July 4. (More than 500 buttons were purchased, so in that respect too the band was a great success.) To find out more about First Night generally, go to www.firstnightintl.org.
David Hunter Haddonfield, NJ USA
Tuesday July 11
Hello, my kazoo band and I have recently started to play the kazoos at our children's base-ball games. In fact we have started a trend. More and more people have gone out and purchased kazoos for the entertainment. We have even accomplished to get everyone to slop for the National Anthem and to sing along in our own rendition of "Take Me Out To The Ball Game". It's great. - The KC Kazoo Band
--- Carl Hammond Sunday June 11
We have no name yet; we are tentatively titled Jack Kicks Jill (DMAfhv). We are a punkrock kazoo band, as goofy as it sounds, we love the idea. We're debating adding a guitar, but as of now, it's just kazoos and vocals. We are four high school students- Mike, Will, Ben and Trav, and we love to play gigs for the school- who hates us!!! Happy kazooing!!!
Thur April 20
The Arlington Kazookers are currently the most popular and upcoming band in the area. Recintly, they were seen touring Yemmin and other country's such as the United Arab Emrites. This group was made up of hopeless musicians who found that their true calling was the kazoo. They are pleased to be a part of such a wonderful trade.
Thur April 20
hello i am in a fine kazoo band called Pale White Missionaries We're from the armpit of America called Apace Junction, AZ we don't have any albums because we dont have a drummer or talent but hey i have my kazoo which makes up for anything. We are a cross between kenny rogers and rancid so i guess that doesn't narrow it down does it . Our influences are The Mighty Mighty BossToneS and REEL big FISH. If you would like more info e-mail nathan he doesn't mind.see ya soon with my Kazoo
Apache Junction, AZ USA - Tue Mar 21 2:03:25 2000
Hello, I'm "Drum & Kazoo Major" Doug, Tri-City Athlete extrodinaire. I come from a small town with big city values, that's right "Basehor, Kansas". Its a small town just outside of the large Metorpolitan City of Tonganoxie,Kansas. When I'm not playing Quarterback for our 5 member football team, well you guessed it, I'm on the field at half time strutting our fancy foot work to the sounds of our 300 plus Basehor Power-Cat Kazoo Auxillary Band. It takes a lot of time and intense effort to pull off a half-time gig such as this in front of 30 Basehor Fans, at times it will mentally and physically drain you. If you ever get to Basehor, stop in and introduce yourself and "jam" with the best. You will play tunes such as Basehor Water Tank Jive, Toot the Flute for Basehor High, and my all-time favorite, "Basehor High's Boot-Scootin Shuffle". You will enjoy the Basehor Alumni Association Dance and Dinner held on May 23rd of each year to commemorate Doug's induction to the Basehor Hall of Fame, Pictures posted at the following area sites Basehor High School, City Hall and Chet's Grocery. This event is normally sold out but advance tickets are on sale through May 23rd. You can purchase tickets at Basehor's Old Town Cafe and recieve a free Kazoo and an autograph picture of ME! If you can't find it just look for the 1981 10A Football Championship Banner over Mainstreet or Highway 1, with you guessed it, "MY PICTURE" on it.
Douglas "Tri-City Athlete and Drum & Kazoo Major"
Basehor, KS USA - Sun Mar 5 22:27:56 2000
The Atlanta Kazoo Irish March Band has been rated the #1 Kazoo marching band in the world by the New York Times, London Times and the Hong Kong Daily since 1994. The marching band has appeared at the Rose Bowl Parade, Carneige Hall, Super Bowl, the White House with Issic Perlman and opened for the Rolling Stones. Membership is listed at 100-200 Kazoo players.
Atlanta Kazoo Irish Marching Band Atlanta, GA USA - Fri Feb 18 16:05:03 2000
We are the Haverford College Kazoo Band. At the moment we have four kazooers, although we have a couple of kazoooers who graduated and still return to play with us. We perform at College sporting events and other functions and hand out kazoos to the other attendees.
Brian Adams Haverford, PA USA - Sun Feb 13 16:22:36 2000
At this time, the sophomore drama class of the High School of Performing Arts is organizing its Kazoo band. Having a kazoo band play at intermission of our year end "Spring Drama Festival" has become a tradition. This years band will feature aproximatly 80 members. If you have advice, song suggestions or so forth, please e-mail me.
Sid Solomon Brookyln, NY U.S.A. - Thu Feb 10 19:26:04 2000
Our Community Kazoo band is quite new, but we currently have 12 band members with more to come. We had our offical debut on National Kazoo Day.
The Thirdage Communitu Kazoo Band San Francisco, CA USA - Thu Feb 3 17:01:18 2000
Happy National Kazoo Day to all our brother and sister Kazooists. In honor of this day we will present a short concert all noon in Central Park depending on the weather. We havee special plastic kazoos so our lips won't freeze to them and a bottle of fine wine.
Jim and Mead Johnstown, USA - Fri Jan 28 8:11:59 2000