Thirty musicians walk into a bar…
Portland’s MarchFourth proves the old adage that bigger is better
Last September, around 20 members of the MarchFourth Marching Band descended on the German countryside….
PHOTO COURTESY ANDY BATTThe MarchFourth marching band from Portland, Ore. is comprised of over 30 individuals including brass and drum musicians, electric bassists and guitarists, stilt walkers and dancers. “We’re pretty free-spirited,” says bandleader and bassist John Averill, “and once people see us the whole uptight military-esque stigma of ‘marching band’ kind of flies out the window.”