Excelsior Band to lead Mardi Gras-style parade with ‘mixed emotions’ after losing longtime tuba player
Updated May 19, 3:31 PM;
Posted May 19, 3:31 PM
Tuba player Charles Hall plays with the Excelsior Band during an art opening for Kathy Whitinger at the Ashland Gallery in Mobile, Ala. on Sunday January 23, 2005. (Dan Anderson/ Special to the Register)
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The iconic Excelsior Band will lead Friday’s Mardi Gras-style parade with “mixed emotions.”
For one, there will be the thrill of performing before a large crowd lining the streets of downtown Mobile to watch the first Carnival parade in almost 15 months. But there will be an emptiness as well after the group lost their longtime tuba player, Charles Hall, on Tuesday.