{"id":75680,"date":"2026-01-01T17:55:27","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T17:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/75680\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T17:55:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T17:55:27","slug":"mummers-string-band-competition-suspended-due-to-high-winds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/75680\/","title":{"rendered":"Mummers String Band competition suspended due to high winds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static-media.fox.com\/fmcv3\/prod\/fts\/z2r1zxbw0vmhu9lt\/2l4s9imje8ga7oae.jpg\" alt=\"Mummers Parade: String bands ready to strut in Philly's New Year's Day tradition\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-4292be72=\"\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">PHILADELPHIA &#8211; Strong winds caused safety concerns, forcing organizers to suspend the Mummers String Band competition on New Year&#8217;s Day.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTXF\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Organizers said sustained wind gusts of 30 MPH caused wind damage during unloading and set-up caused safety concerns, forcing the Mummers String Band competition to be suspended.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">The Mummers Parade will still go on as scheduled, but organizers say participants will march without props.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">&#8220;Safety of performers is of utmost importance when making this decision,&#8221; the Philadelphia String Band Association and Philadelphia Mummers Parade said in a joint statement.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTXF\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Organizers say a rescheduled Mummers String Band competition will be announced at a later date.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">&#8220;Please stay tuned for details about a rescheduled String Band judged competition,&#8221; they said.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox29.com\/tag\/us\/pa\/philadelphia\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Philadelphia<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox29.com\/tag\/holidays\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Holidays<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox29.com\/tag\/news\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHILADELPHIA &#8211; Strong winds caused safety concerns, forcing organizers to suspend the Mummers String Band competition on New&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":75681,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[3734,139,539,69,71,70,593],"class_list":{"0":"post-75680","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia","8":"tag-holidays","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-pa","11":"tag-philadelphia","12":"tag-philadelphia-headlines","13":"tag-philadelphia-news","14":"tag-us"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75680"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75680\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}