Come celebrate the 200th anniversary at Fort George. This weekend-long
event is a pageant of military music by Fife and Drum corps from the United
States and Canada as well as a competition of 1812 drill teams from Fort
George, Fort Malden, Fort York and Fort Erie – a collection of the premier
1812 military sites in Ontario.


During this 14th year of the annual Muster and Field Day event, the 41st
Regiment Fife and Drum corps will also be celebrating their 25th
anniversary at Fort George. Come and experience the sights and sounds of
the military garrison during the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812.

List of Participants
Fife and Drum Coprs:

· 41st Regiment of Foot Fife and Drum Corps (Fort George)
· 78th Frasier Highlanders (Halifax Citadel)
· Colonial Williamsburg Fife and Drum Corps (Virginia)
· Fort Ticonderoga Fife and Drum Corps (New York State)
· Tittabawassee Valley Fife and Drum Corps (Michigan)
· 1812 Crown Forces Fife and Drum Corps (Ontario)
· The Canadian Fencibles Fife and Drum Corps (Fort York, Toronto)
· The Village Volunteers Fife and Drum Corps (Delmar, New York)

Drill Squads from:

· Fort George
· Fort Erie
· Fort York
· Fort Malden





SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Saturday August 18, 2012

10:00 – Flag Raising
10:30 – 1:30 – Individual performances by Musical Groups
- Musket Firings and Drill Competitions by Individual Drill
Squads
1:30 – Musical Performance by the Colonial Williamsburg Fife and Drum Corps
2:00 – FIREPOWER Demonstration – A mass Musket and Cannon firing
demonstration by Drill Squads from Forts across Ontario
2:30 – Musical Performance of the 78th Frasier Highlanders from the Halifax
Citadel
3:00 – MASS MUSIC performance from Fife and Drum Corps from across North
America
3:30 – Firing Elimination – A test of who can load and fire a musket the
fastest between soldiers from Forts across Ontario
4:00 – Flag Lowering

7:30 MUSKET AND MUSIC SUNSET TAPTOO – All Participants reform for a show
Music, Pageantry and Military Precision drill of both Cannon and Musket
firings

*NO SEATING PROVIDED. LAWN CHAIRS AND BLANKETS ARE ALLOWED*

Sunday August 19, 2012

10:00 – Flag Raising
10:30 – 1:30 – Individual performances by Musical Groups
- Musket Firings and Drill Competitions by Individual Drill
Squads
1:30 – Musical Performance by the Fort Ticonderoga Fife and Drum Corps
1:30 – Perfect Volley Competition – All forts compete in who can make a
group of muskets sound like one.
2:00 – FIREPOWER Demonstration – A mass Musket and Cannon firing
demonstration by Drill Squads from Forts across Ontario
2:30 – Musical Performance of the 78th Frasier Highlanders from the Halifax
Citadel
3:00 – MASS MUSIC performance from Fife and Drum Corps from across North
America
3:30 – Awards Ceremony for Competing Squads
4:00 – Flag Lowering
5:00 – Fort Closes

*SOME DISPLAYS ARE WEATHER DEPENDANT*



ADMISSION FEES

Daily admission to the Fort on Saturday or Sunday from 10:00am – 5:00 pm

Adults: $11.70
Seniors (65+): $10.05
Children (6-16): $5.80
5 and under: FREE
Family (2 Adults and up to 5 Kids) : $29.40

Admission to the Sunset Taptoo Saturday August 18 from 7:30 – 9:00

Adults: $11.70
Seniors (65+): $10.05
Children (6-16): $5.80
5 and under: FREE
Family (2 Adults and up to 5 Kids) : $29.40

*PACKAGE DEAL* Admission to the Fort for both Saturday day programming
(10:00am – 5:00pm) and the Sunset Taptoo (7:30 – 9:00)

Adults: $16.60
Seniors (65+): $14.95
Children (6-16): $10.70
5 and under: FREE
Family (2 Adults and up to 5 Kids): $46.90

*FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL (905) 468 6614