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Past Leftist Marching Band Sightings

2011

  • Veterans for Peace - Boston
  • Occupy Boston
  • Occupy Portland
  • Portsmouth Halloween Parade
  • HONK! Festival - Somerville
  • Sacco and Vanzetti Rally - Boston
  • Gundalow Entertainment - Portsmouth
  • "Armadebton" - Market Square
  • Marston Streeet 4th of July Parade
  • Portsmouth Fireworks
  • Rye Library Centennial
  • Kittery Dance Hall Grand Opening
  • Uncommon Table Fundraiser
  • Amesbury Sustainability Fair
  • Feminist Health Center
  • Portsmouth Sustainability Fair
  • Community Rights Forum
  • Edgewood Nursing Home
  • Rockingham Country Nursing Home
  • Clipper Nursing Home
  • Rally for NH - Concord
  • Alternative St. Patrick's Day Parade - Boston
  • Peace March - Concord
  • Martin Luther King Night - Press Room

2010

  • Veterans for Peace - Boston
  • Portsmouth Halloween Parade
  • Get Out and Vote - Portsmouth
  • Busking for Halloween Parade
  • HONK! Festival - Somerville
  • Save Odiorne Rally
  • Farmer's Market - Portsmouth
  • Portsmouth Historical Society
  • Portsmouth Fireworks
  • Gulf Oil Spill Protest
  • Seacoast Peace Response
  • Common Table - Portsmouth
  • Portsmouth Sustainability Fair
  • Rockingham County Nursing Home
  • Protest the Iraq Invasion
  • Farewell to Granny "D"
  • Edgewood Center Nursing Home
  • Clipper Harbor Nursing Home

2009

  • Portsmouth Farmer's Market
  • MoveOn.org Obama Health Care Reform Rally
  • Portsmouth Fireworks
  • Seacoast Peace Response Awards Ceremony
  • Sunbridge Nursing Home
  • 2nd Annual Sustainability Fair
  • Market Square Rite of Spring
  • Rockingham County Nursing Home
  • Pontine Movement Theatre
  • World Water Day
  • Concord Peace Conference, March and Rally
  • Sunbridge Nursing Home
  • Inauguration Night Party
  • Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day
  • WSCA "Come Together" Dance
2008
  • Election Day
  • Portsmouth Halloween Parade
  • HONK! Festival
  • Friends of HONK!
  • Portsmouth Fireworks
  • Portsmouth Farmer's Market/Seacoast Growers Association 3x
  • WSCA New Studio Ribbon Cutting
  • Sustainability Fair
  • Five Years Too Many - Out of Iraq NOW
  • Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day
  • Montreal Cultural Insurrection Convention
2007
  • Portsmouth Halloween Parade
  • New England Mobilization to End the War in Iraq
  • Fundraiser - Portsmouth Halloween Parade
  • Honk 2007
  • First Annual Portsmouth Labor Day/Peace Treaty Parade
  • Nights on the Neck - Rocky Neck Art Colony
  • Stop the War protest - Kennebunkport
  • Fair Trade Festival
  • Swasey Park Peace Concert
  • "Black Gold" Screening
  • Busk 'til Dusk
  • Code Pink Rally w/ Granny D
  • Portsmouth Fireworks
  • Portsmouth Fireworks
  • Putin Summit Protest - Kennebunkport
  • Picturing the Past at Pontine Theatre
  • Farmington Peace Concert
  • STEP IT UP - National Day of Climate Action
  • Stop the War - Troops Home Now
  • DC Protest Send-off
  • Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day
2006 2005 2004

The Leftist Marching Band plays at the Farmington Peace Concert [20-May-07]  Photo by Linda Ralph
The Leftist Marching Band voices their concerns about Carbon Emissions [Step It Up 14-Apr-07]  Photo by Jeff Renshaw
Sushiesque [HONK Fest 2006] - They sang a song against Walmart, and then some Sousa, and then some more protest songs because, as they reminded us, they are protest band...
Sushiesque [HONK Fest 2006] ..."We don't play store openings. We don't play parties. We just stick it to The Man."...
Sushiesque [HONK Fest 2006] ...They had some magnificent hats, and a belly dancer.

Music to Honor Martin Luther King, Jr. Event website
Monday, January 16 2012 7:00pm : The Press Room : Portsmouth, NH


Occupy the Primary
Saturday, January 7th at 7:00 pm : St. Anselm's College Campus : Manchester, NH


Veteran's for Peace Day Parade
Friday November 11, 2011 : Parade begins at the corner of Beacon and Charles Streets and ends at Fanueil Hall  : Boston, MA


Occupy !
Fall 2011 : Occupy Locations : Occupyville....


Portsmouth Halloween Parade 2011
October 31st 2011 : Portsmouth Downtown : Portsmouth


HONK Festival 2011 Event website
September 30th to October 2nd : Davis Square : Boston, MA


6th Annual Sacco and Vanzetti Rally Event website
Sunday, August 21st from 2:00 to 3:00 : Tremont and West Street and onto nearby streets  : Boston, MA


Gundalow Entertainment
Saturday, August 20, 2011 from 5:00 to 6:00 : Gundalow, Prescott Park : Portsmouth


"Armadebton"
Tuesday, August 2, 2011  6:15 : Market Square : Portsmouth, NH


Martson Street Fourth of July Parade
Monday, July 4, 2011  9:15am : Marston Avenue : Portsmouth, NH


Portsmouth Fireworks
Sunday, July 3, 2011  7:30pm : Market Square  : Portsmouth, NH


Rye Library Centennial Celebration
Wednesday, June 22nd, 6:30 : Rye Library : Rye, NH


The Dance Hall Grand Opening
7:15 to 8:00 on Saturday June 11, 2011 : The Dance Hall on Walker Street  : Kittery, Maine


Uncommon Table Fundraiser
Friday, June 10th 5:30 : St. John's Church and other Portsmouth downtown location : Portsmouth, NH


Amesbury Sustainability Fair 2011
Saturday  May 21, 2011 : Downtown and  Upper Mill Yard area : Amesbury, MA


Feminist Health Center
Tuesday, May 17, 2011 : Feminist Health Center : Greenland, NH


Portsmouth Sustainability Fair
Saturday, May 14th 10:00 : Little Harbor School : Portsmouth, NH


Community Rights Forum
Sunday May 1, 2011   : South Church and Market Square : Portsmouth, NH 


Three Nursing Home Gigs
Saturday, April 2, 2011 : Edgewood Nursing Home, Rockingham Nursing Home and Clipper Nursing Home : Portsmouth NH and Brentwood NH


Rally for New Hampshire
Thursday, March 31st, 2011 : State House Plaza : Concord, NH


Boston St. Patrick's Day "Alternative" Parade
Sunday March 20, 2011 : Boston, MA *the parade starts on West Broadway  : Boston, MA


Peace March Event website
Saturday, March 5, 2011  2:00 pm : outside of the State House  : Concord, NH


Speak OUT for Equal Rights
Wednesday, February 23, 2011 : Portsmouth NH : Portsmouth


A Night to Honor Martin Luther King Jr. with Music
January 17th, 2011, 7 to 7:30 pm : The Press Room : Portsmouth, NH


Veteran's Day
approximately 1:00pm  : Sam Adams Plaza, Faneuil Hall  : Boston, MA


Halloween Parade Event website
October 31st : Porstmouth, NH


Get Out and Vote!
Saturday,October 30th 12:00 : Market Square : Portsmouth NH


Busking for the Portsmouth Halloween Parade
Saturday, October 16th 5:00pm : Market Square  : Portsmouth


HONK Music Festival Event website
October 8th, 9th, 10th 2010 : Davis Square  : Somerville MA


Save Odiorne Rally Event website
Sunday, August 29, 2010 : Odiorne State Park, Rye NH : Rye, NH


Farmer's Market
July 24, 2010  9:00 to 10:00 : Farmer's Market  : Portsmouth NH


Open House for the Portsmouth Historical Society
July 15, 2010 6:00 : John Paul Jones House : Portsmouth NH


Portsmouth Fireworks and Independence Day Celebration
Saturday, July 3rd 2010 7:00 : Market Square : Portsmouth NH


Gulf Oil Spill Protest/Hands Across the Sand Event website
June 26, 2010  10:00  : Prescott Park  : Portsmouth NH


Seacoast Peace Response Celebration Event
Sunday, June 13, 2010 5:45 to 6:15 : Strawberry Banke Main Building : Portsmouth NH


Common Table
Friday, June 4, 2010 5:50 pm : St. John's Church : Portsmouth


Portsmouth Sustainability Fair Event website
May 8, 2010 10am : Portsmouth Middle School, Parrott Ave. : Portsmouth NH


Rockingham County Nursing Home
03-Apr-2010 : Brentwood NH


Protest the Iraq invasion and occupation Event website
Saturday March 13, 1:00 : Concord NH


We'll Miss You Granny "D" Event website
10-Mar-2010 : Market Square : Portsmouth NH


Edgewood Centre and Clipper Harbor Nursing Homes
20-Feb-2010 : Portsmouth NH


Martin Luther King Jr. Day ####CANCELED DUE TO SNOW####
Rally and March for Justice More info at the City Year site
18-Jan-2010 : Portsmouth Middle School : Portsmouth NH


Change That Works candlelight vigil for health care Change that Works
21-Dec-2009 : Market Square : Portsmouth NH


Health Care Reform Vigil Event website
08-Dec-2009 : Market Square : Portsmouth NH


Portsmouth City Council Meeting
to support 1% for art
07-Dec-2009 : City Hall : Portsmouth NH


Surprise appearances
04-Dec-2009 : Market Square and then the Button Factory on Islington St. : Portsmouth NH


Veterans for Peace
Veterans Day Parade Photos & info
11-Nov-2009 : City Hall Plaza : Boston MA


Portsmouth Halloween Parade Event website
31-Oct-2009 : Portsmouth NH


HONK! Fest 09
Somerville MA myspace HONK!
Oct 10-11 : Somerville MA


Peace Day Exeter NH
A Family Festival with an emphasis on Peace and Sustainability Event website
20-Sep-2009 : Swazey Parkway : Exeter NH

Portsmouth Farmer's Market
15-Aug-09 : Portsmouth City Hall
Moveon.org Obama Health Care Reform Rally
23-Jul-09 : at Senator Jeanne Shaheen's office : Dover
Portsmouth Fireworks
05-Jul-09 : Market Square
Seacoast Peace Response
Pot Luck & Awards Ceremony
14-Jun-09 : Strawbery Banke : Portsmouth
Sunbridge Nursing Home
14-Jun-09 : Portsmouth
2nd Annual Sustainability Fair
19-May-09 : Portsmouth Middle School
Market Square
Spring. Warm Weather. What more reason do we need?
13-Apr-09 : Portsmouth
Rockingham County Nursing Home
11-Apr-09 : Brentwood, NH
Pontine Movement Theatre
Meet, greet and play with our new Baton Twirling Brigade! Thanks to Coordinator Marguerite Mathews.
24-Mar-09 : Portsmouth
World Water Day Event Info Event Info
22-Mar-09 : Portland, ME

Concord Peace Conference, March and Rally Event & Volunteer Info
21-Mar-09 : Concord
Sunbridge Nursing Home
21-Feb-09 : Portsmouth
Inauguration Night Party
20-Jan-09 : Press Room : Portsmouth
Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day Event & Volunteer Info
19-Jan-09 : Portsmouth Middle School
WSCA "Come Together" Dance WSCA Site
10-Jan-09 : Deer Street Hall : Portsmouth
Election Day
04-Nov-08 : Various Venues
Portsmouth Halloween Parade Parade Site
31-Oct-08 : Downtown Portsmouth
HONK! Festival HONK! website
11&12-Oct-08 : Somerville, MA
Portsmouth Farmer's Market/Seacoast Growers Association Seacoast Growers Association
16-Aug-08 & 13-Sep-08 : Portsmouth City Hall
Friends of HONK!
Rocky Neck Art Colony Nights on the Neck
10-Jul-08 : Gloucester MA
Portsmouth Fireworks
03-Jul-08 : Market Square
Portsmouth Farmer's Market/Seacoast Growers Association Seacoast Growers Association Google maps link
21-Jun-08 : Portsmouth City Hall
Portsmouth Community Radio Seacoast Online - Event Info WSCAFM.org - Event Info
New Studio Ribbon Cutting Event
28-Apr-08 : Portsmouth
Sustainability Fair Event Site THE EVOLUTION OF SUSTAINABILITY IN PORTSMOUTH
19-Apr-08 : Portsmouth Middle School
Five Years Too Many - Out of Iraq NOW NH Peace Action site - event info
NH Peace Action
15-Mar-08 : Concord
Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day Portsmouth marchers moved by MLK's message City celebrates the life of MLK City Year, Seacoast students honor Dr. King through their actions
21-Jan-08 : Portsmouth Middle School
Montreal Cultural Insurrection Convention
03-Feb-08 : Montreal, Qc
Halloween Parade
31-Oct-07 : Portsmouth
New England Mobilization to End the War in Iraq October 27th website New England United website
National Day of Action
27-Oct-07 : Boston Common
Fundraiser - Halloween Parade
26-Oct-07 : Market Square
HONK! Fest 2007  HONK! website HONK! Fest 2007 MySpace page
07-Oct-07 : Somerville, MA
First Annual Portsmouth Labor Day/Peace Treaty Parade A Parade We Can Really Get Behind
24-Sep-07 : Portsmouth
Rocky Neck Art Colony
Nights on the Neck  Nights on the Neck Rocky Neck Art Colony website Rocky Neck Art Colony driving directions
06-Sep-07 : Gloucester, MA
STOP THE WAR.
Start a Revolution

break the cycle of endless war
Kennebunkport Protest Dot Org : STOP THE WAR. Start a Revolution
25-Aug-07 : Kennebunkport, ME
Fair Trade Festival
18-Aug-07 : Vaughn Mall : Portsmouth
Peace concert in Swasey Park
12-Aug-07 : Exeter, NH
"Black Gold" movie screening
"Black Gold&qout; movie website Seacoast Online: Students push for Fair Trade products in Portsmouth
10-Aug-07 : Market Square > South Church : Portsmouth NH

Busk 'til Dusk
Busk 'til Dusk website
21-Jul-07 : Market Square : Portsmouth, NH
Raised $27 for the Honk Festival,
$41 for Seacoast Peace Response,
and $48 for Crossroads Shelter!!!
Code Pink rally w/ Granny D
Advocating Peace, Granny D, Pink Ladies Descend on Market Square Granny D marches on Portsmouth Granny D leads call for peace
18-Jul-07 : Vaughn Mall : Portsmouth NH
Portsmouth Fireworks 
03-Jul-07 : Portsmouth, NH
Putin Summit
Bush-Putin summit draws many activists Demonstrators march in Kennebunkport to protest Bush, Putin
01-Jul-07 : Kennebunkport, ME
Pontine Theatre 
Picturing the Past
'Picturing the Past' weekend performances Pontine Theatre website

24-Jun-07 : Portsmouth, NH
Peace Concert
20-May-07 : Farmington, NH
STEP IT UP
National Day of Climate Action
STEP IT UP - Rally to Reduce Carbon Emissions Portsmouth Herald: Acting locally - Portsmouth's Step It Up! Rally CNN: Rallies nationwide urge Congress: Step it up on climate ABC: Climate Protesters Tell Congress to 'Step It Up'

Rally to Reduce Carbon Emissions

14-Apr-07 : Market Square
Stop the War - Troops Home Now
Stop the War - Troops Home Now page Boston Globe: Groups unite to protest Iraq war Worcester Telegram & Gazette: In Boston, anti-war protest march draws thousands JPG Magazine: Boston March 24 Anti-War Protests

4th Anniversary March

24-Mar-07 : Boston, MA
DC Protest Send-off
PortsmouthHerald: N.H. protesters head to D.C. for anti-war march USAToday: Crowds on both coasts protest Iraq war
26-Jan-07 : Market Square
Martin Luther King Day
PortsmouthHerald: Sleet curtails, doesn't stop city celebration
15-Jan-07 : Middle School
Victory Rally
NH Peace Action
10-Nov-06 : Market Square
North Church restoration
Market Square Steeple Fund website
09-Nov-06 : Portsmouth
For the love of Portsmouth
Portsmouth Halloween Parade
PortsmouthHerald: Monster muster WakeUpAMerica: Wake Up AM Podcast show # 46
31-Oct-06 : Portsmouth
Halloween fundraiser
PortsmouthHerald: Highbrow & Horror - Halloween parade needs YOU!
21-Oct-06 : Market Square / Tradeport Fed Bldg
Jim Hightower in Portsmouth
PortsmouthHerald: 'It's time to take back control' of U.S.
13-Oct-06 : Newcastle
Cellphone Internationale
HONK fest
SushiesqueBlog: What a curious life we have found here tonight HONK! Fest website
07-Oct-06 : Somerville, MA
Declaration of Peace
NHPeaceAction: September 30 Speech at Declaration of Peace Rally NH Peace Action website
30-Sep-06 : Concord
NH Peace Action
Honk Practice
23-Sep-06 : Pontine
Marguerite was great
Labor Day
04-Sep-06 : Market Square / Tradeport Fed Bldg
Sign Bandit Rally
BostonGlobe: Ad executive crusades to rid roads of `spam'
26-Aug-06 : Portsmouth City Hall
Inconvenient Truth opening
18-Aug-06 : Portsmouth Music Hall
Peace Rally
ExeterNews-Letter: Concert to promote peace
03-Aug-06 : Exeter
first to play Swasey Park pavilion
Karl Rove protest
PortsmouthHerald: Karl Rove rallies GOP
12-Jun-06 : Manchester
NH Priorities Launch
Wire: frozen fun and federal budget reform PrioritiesBlog: PrioritiesNH Launch Photos
06-Jun-06 : The Pearl
Ben & Jerry's...
RPM Challenge
RPM Challenge website RPM Jukebox: LMB's "A Salute to the NSA"
Feb-06
Martin Luther King Day
PortsmouthHerald: Inviting an ‘avalanche’ - Crowd told to pay tribute by volunteering PortsmouthHerald: Honor MLK by serving, Portsmouth is told
16-Jan-06 : Middle School & Market Square
Bailey Wedding
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PortsmouthHerald: [Public Emily] Knot tied GOOGLE CACHE://
PortsmouthHerald: [Public Emily] Knot tied
03-Dec-05 : Seacoast Science Center
Kellam Birthday
17-Nov-05 : Stratham Library
Portsmouth Halloween Parade
31-Oct-05 : Portsmouth
"Heroes of the Left"
WSCA 1st anniversary & fundraiser
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Spotlight: WSCA celebrates anniversary with Sept 10 block party GOOGLE CACHE://
Spotlight: WSCA celebrates anniversary with Sept 10 block party
10-Sep-05 : Market Square
Labor Day/Katrina fundraiser
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PortsmouthHerald: Band raises hundreds in cash for hurricane victims, relief effort GOOGLE CACHE://
PortsmouthHerald: Band raises hundreds in cash for hurricane victims, relief effort
06-Sep-05 : Market Square
Summer in the Streets
29-Jul-05 : Portsmouth
Dave Levitates!
Portsmouth Fireworks
03-Jul-05 : Portsmouth
Sustainability aka Fair Share Fair
Fair Share Fair blog Music for FSF '05
02-Jun-05 : Lee
Downeaster
Exeter News-Letter: Leftist Marching Band in Exeter to urge support of council vote for train $ DemocracyForNewHampshire: Leftist Marching Band Celebrates NH Amtrak
17-Mar-05 : Exeter & Dover
Inaugural Mourning
PortsmouthHerald: Inaugural Day Mourning
20-Jan-05 : Market Square
Inaugural protest DC bus sendoff
PortsmouthHerald: Protesters to send a message in D.C.
19-Jan-05 : Market Square
Election Day a.k.a. Black Tuesday
PortsmouthHerald: Bon Jovi rocks youth vote at UNH
02-Nov-04 : Portsmouth, Durham, Exeter & Stratham
Opening for Bon Jovi!
Portsmouth Halloween Parade
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Fosters: Strange sights fill Halloween night in Portsmouth GOOGLE CACHE://
Fosters: Strange sights fill Halloween night in Portsmouth
31-Oct-04 : Portsmouth
Standard LMB Uniform Debut
John Kerry "Fresh Start for America"
BetsyDevineBlog: Dover, As I walked past a live goat wearing a sweater...
25-Oct-04 : Dover High School
Michael Moore's Slacker Uprising
HamptonUnion: Moore here to get out the vote - ‘Fahrenheit 9/11’ filmmaker bashes President Bush
20-Oct-04 : Rye Airfield
Million Worker March bus sendoff
Million Worker March website
16-Oct-04 : Market Square
Kerry Rally
PortsmouthHerald: ‘I’ve got your back’ - Kerry fires up crowd of 3,000 supporters at Pease Tradeport
03-Oct-04 : Pease Tradeport
Military Families for Peace
PortsmouthHerald: A call to bring soldiers home Military Families Speak Out website
28-Sep-04 : UU Church
League of Pissed Off Voters
ExeterNews-Letter: Not politics as usual
27-Sep-04 : Stone Church, Newmarket
Granny D Rally
??-Sep-04 : Manchester
Liberty Bound (film) opening
ViveLeCanada: Film Review: Liberty Bound by Christine Rose Liberty Bound website BlueMooseFilms: From Sea to Shining Sea...
16-Aug-04 : UU Church
Granny D Rally
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Fosters: Doris Haddock starts statewide campaign walk GOOGLE CACHE://
Fosters: Doris Haddock starts statewide campaign walk Wire: What's up with Granny D?
12-Aug-04 : Market Square
Bush BBQ Protest
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Fosters: More than 60 protesters show up at Bush visit GOOGLE CACHE://
Fosters: More than 60 protesters show up at Bush visit PortsmouthHerald: Dems bash Bush at roadside rallies
06-Aug-04 : Stratham
Democratic National Convention
MSNBC BostonBlog: Looking and sounding like something out of Monty Python's Flying Circus, trombonist John Bailey shouts "No one expects the Leftist Marching Band!"
29-Jul-04 : Boston
Taking of Fort Constitution
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Fosters: Anti-Bush forces march on Fort Constitution GOOGLE CACHE://
Fosters: Anti-Bush forces march on Fort Constitution Wire: patriots 'retake' the fort, but still have further to go
28-Jul-04 : Newcastle
Fahrenheit 9-11 Opening
NH IndyMedia: Leftist Marching Band at 9/11 Debut in Portsmouth PortsmouthHerald: ‘Fahrenheit 911’ gets powerful reaction
25-Jun-04 : Portsmouth
Debut Performance
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NH IndyMedia: Leftist Marching Band at 9/11 Debut in Portsmouth
22-May-04 : Market Square
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