Spirit of America Fife & Drum Corps — Former Show · History & Timeline

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⚰ Permanently closed · Sep 27, 2014operated 32 years · 1982–2014

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2014

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RefurbishmentSep 27, 2014#

The Spirit of America Fife & Drum Corps gave its final performance at The American Adventure on September 27, 2014, the same day Off Kilter and Mo'Rockin' played their last Epcot shows.

Orlando Weekly lists "Spirit of America (American Adventure) Final show 9/27/2014" and the same date for Off Kilter and Mo'Rockin' (the World Showcase Players ended two days earlier, 9/25/2014); Yesterland retrospectively confirms Off Kilter's 7:30 p.m. show on September 27, 2014 as its last. AllEars' October 2, 2014 farewell corroborates that the corps had ended by then, and notes it introduced the Voices of Liberty before American Adventure showings. No sourced report of a return after this date was found.

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UpdateAug 28, 2014#

Disney announced a slate of new World Showcase entertainment on the Disney Parks Blog and confirmed the Fife & Drum Corps would depart along with Off Kilter, Mo'Rockin' and the World Showcase Players.

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2009

Update2009#

As documented in 2009, the act performed as a five-member unit of two fifers, two drummers and a flag bearer, marching in from the Liberty Inn side of the pavilion for roughly fifteen-minute sets of colonial music Tuesdays through Saturdays.

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1982

New1982#

AllEars documented the Spirit of America Fife & Drum Corps as having opened with EPCOT Center and The American Adventure pavilion in 1982.

Year-only by design, and attributed rather than asserted. AllEars states the corps "opened with Epcot Center and the American Adventure" but hedges its own claim ("Based on the information I found"), and no source gives a day-level debut; a 2014 AllEars farewell piece recalls the act from 1983 onward. The October 1, 1982 day was dropped as an inference from EPCOT's opening day rather than a sourced fact.

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Questions & answers

When did Spirit of America Fife & Drum Corps open?

Per the documented record, Spirit of America Fife & Drum Corps at EPCOT opened in 1982.

When did Spirit of America Fife & Drum Corps last close for refurbishment?

The most recent closure/refurbishment documented for Spirit of America Fife & Drum Corps is dated Sep 27, 2014: The Spirit of America Fife & Drum Corps gave its final performance at The American Adventure on September 27, 2014, the same day Off Kilter and Mo'Rockin' played their last Epcot shows.

What changed recently on Spirit of America Fife & Drum Corps?

The latest documented change (documented Sep 27, 2014): The Spirit of America Fife & Drum Corps gave its final performance at The American Adventure on September 27, 2014, the same day Off Kilter and Mo'Rockin' played their last Epcot shows.

How many changes are on record for Spirit of America Fife & Drum Corps?

4 documented changes, dating back to 1982 — the fan-kept show changelog nobody else keeps.

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