Dana's Wedding Surpise
Dana, one of the tenor players in ERB, got married and we crashed the wedding![nggallery id=28]
Motif Music Awards
Wow! A huge round of thanks to everyone that voted for us in the Motif Magazine Music Awards, we won the award for Americana Act of the Year! Weird right? We're confused too. Hey editors, how is it we got nominated in that category? You all have got some explaining to do... A special congratulations to all the other bands nominated for the awards, particularly the other folks up for the Americana award; Mark Cutler & The Tiny String Band, The Benedictions, Magnolia, and The Throttles as Mike said "You guys were robbed!"
Pride Parade
[singlepic id=2208 w=200 h=150 float=left]Last year ERB marched in the Providence Pride parade for the first time and was proud recipient of the Presidents Award for our performance in the event. We're excited to march again this year! Come on down and join in the festivities and dance along with us as we parade with pride though the streets of downtown Providence.
RI Pride's Illuminated Night-Time Pride Parade -June 18 - 8:30PM (sundown) - begins @ Dorrance and Fountain Streets - New England's only night pride parade is one of the highlights the RI PrideFest. The RI Pride Night Parade is a dazzling display of floats, performing artists, marching groups and spectators that wind through downtown Providence and culminate at the RI Pride Reviewing Stand on Empire Street.
Tape Art Closing Celebration
JUNE 30th – THURSDAY: 4:30-7:30 pm INSTALLATION CLOSING CELEBRATION and SEASON KICKOFF! Join us for the closing celebration of the art installation and fun participatory installation removal at the Bank of America City Center! Featuring musical performances by Extraordinary Rendition Band, and AS220 ZuKrewe, food by Julian’s Omnibus, and delicious Trinity Beer!
This event is free and open to the public!
[nggallery id=24]Was it the cowboy hats at the hoedown?
Motif Magazine has nominated us for Americana Act of the Year... which sorta puzzles us. Is this like the year when Jethro Tull beat out Metallica for the Grammy for best Heavy Metal Album?Who are we to say? We're right up there with apple pie ain't we? Well you tell us, or them as it were. You can vote at http://surveygoldplus.com/s/5866E8052E6A4A97/28.htm
Honk!Tx Videos
We saw lots of folks with cameras at Honk!Tx in Austin. Here's some of the video that's been showing up on youtube. If you you have video or photos let us know, we'd love to post them!httpvhp://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=D2A047BC943093DA Thanks to everyone who posted came to see us play. We miss you Austin!
Roller Derby Half Time Show
ERB will be playing at half time for the Providence Roller Derby 
GMDVP video
httpv://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=BF92A3D5005AE136Hey it's 20°, who want's to go swimming? OK, so who want's to go swimming while playing trumpet? That's right Mike, we're asking you.ERB played the GMDVP 7th annual Winter Plunge. It was a great event and they raised a bunch of dough to help keep people safe. Way to go folks! Look at how much fun it was. I don't think Mike missed a beat during that submersion. Off camera he was joined by Ben, Josh, & Tony, and was that you too Matt? I know a bunch more folks in the band are already planning on bringing a change of cloths so they can join in too next year!
Hi Kids!
ERB was playing a gig next door to the Providence Children's Museum and someone asked us to come over and pay them a visit. Mobility is one of the number one advantages of a marching band, OK number two. Number one is the sheer fun of it all!They posted a video of us playing on their facebook page. Go check it out, make friends with the museum, and better yet pay a visit, it's a blast! We kept getting distracted by all the neat things to explore throughout the place.