In New Orleans, that first line includes percussion alongside a brass band, with trumpeters, tubists, and trombonists like Agee. Funeral second lines are community events, with sometimes hundreds ...

One of New Orleans' signature traditions is the second line — the weekly brass band parades. But after Hurricane Katrina, a lot of people worried the tradition would become history. When ...

The violence erupted during a local “second line,” a lengthy parade featuring a brass band and scores of marchers ... police said. New Orleans Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick shares ...

hip-hop and R&B hits have helped make them the second line community’s first-call brass band — and a fan-favorite of New Orleans’ best dancers, including Second Line Shorty. Founded in 2002 ...

Ten were shot in the first incident and three were shot in the second, New Orleans Police ... shut down the second line, which is a type of parade with live brass band music.

NEW ORLEANS (AP ... so called because observers traditionally fall in behind the band and marchers to form a second parade line. “He’s one of the innovators of New Orleans music, and ...

Second Line parades are a New Orleans tradition in which people follow a band and dance throughout the streets to celebrate an occasion. As Beverly’s image weaved through the streets ...

There were two shootings 45 minutes apart from one another,” New Orleans Police ... The term “second line” refers to the people who follow the main brass band procession, the “first ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A former nurse was one of the first to respond and render aid to a victim who later died after one of two shootings near a St. Roch second line parade Sunday (Nov. 18).

NEW ORLEANS — Paul A. Batiste ... Funeral Mass will follow along with a second line procession.