The news merited a joyous dance — or, perhaps, a strut. Earlier this year, when the Fancy Brigades announced they would reunite with the Comic, Fancy and String Band divisions, they made the Broad Street strut whole again.
With Jeanne Dixon no longer around to predict what will happen in the new year, I feel compelled to fill the considerable void. In that respect, if you think of Dixon as the Dick Clark of fortune-telling, you might consider me Regis Philbin.
New Year’s Day is two days away and for us it means Mummers. My family and I will be making merry in front of the Bellevue, sipping hot chocolate, applauding our favorite string bands and shouting “play for us!”