The Detroit Party Marching Band is a guerrilla band based in

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. The band appears at events unexpectedly. They have played at events such as

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in 2012, 2015, and 2017, Theatre Bizarre, Noel Night, Blowout, the Nain Rouge parade, the Hamtramck Labor Day Parade, 2010

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, and

HONK! ''Honk!'' is a musical adaptation of the 1843 Hans Christian Andersen story '' The Ugly Duckling'', incorporating a message of tolerance. The book and lyrics are by Anthony Drewe and music is by George Stiles (of the British songwriting duo ...

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, as well as at many bars and parties throughout the Detroit area, both scheduled and unexpectedly. They have supported acts such as

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, and What Cheer? Brigade. The band was founded by Rachel Harkai and John and Molly Notarianni, who felt inspired by the second-line bands they saw in

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during Mardi Gras, and also after a trip to HONK! in late 2009. Its repertoire is a mix of

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and Balkan-inspired songs, and modern pop and R&B rearranged for brass, usually by the members themselves. They have also tortured the

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in Europe as part of the Cross Linx Music Festival in 2014.

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