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For over half a century, the Seed & Feed Marching Abominable has been brightening up Atlanta, playing in parades and popping up at bars.<\/p>\n
The band is made up of volunteers and doesn’t even require its members to play instruments.<\/p>\n
Just ask the band’s “Mouth,” aka its manager. <\/p>\n
“There are no requirements to be in the band. People have learned instruments once they came in. They say they haven’t played in 40 years, and then they’ll get a band member that’ll help them, you know: show up and be joyful. That is really it,” said Joann Cebulski, who’s been in the band for 15 years, despite not playing an instrument.<\/p>\n <\/span> Joann Cebulski has been in the band for 15 years despite not playing any instrument.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n CBS News Atlanta<\/p>\n <\/span> Cebulski suspects the band has kept playing since 1974 due to its lack of rules and restrictions.<\/p>\n The band draws in all ages and skill levels. Karen Parker joined after giving birth to her daughter. <\/p>\n “It looked like so much fun. Just joyful. I had a young child at home, and I was ready to get out and do something that was mine, so my husband agreed to stay and look after her while I came and got back into music,” said Parker, who’s been with the band for 18 years.<\/p>\n Parker is the broom of the band, aka the director. The band has a whole dictionary’s worth of lingo they’ve developed over the years. <\/p>\n “Abominables is the whole band. The children who come when they come are the incorrigibles. The dancers, bouncers, caretakers are despicables. And then our council: we have the mouth, the scribble, the scrooge, the roster meister, and the bookie,” said Cebulski.<\/p>\n
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