Rick Conti (Woodland)

Rick Conti began his Mummer career by joining the Irish American String Band in May of 1999, as a Freshman in high school. It was on January of 2000, that Rick marched in the Mummers parade for the first time, as Irish American made their inigural strut up the street. Since beginning his career in 1999, Rick has much mummers experience. He was appointed the assistant musical director of IASB in 2001, at the age of 17. After holding this office for 2 years, Rick moved on to become the bands musical director for the next 2 1/2 years. One of Rick's greatest accompolishments in IA was helping the band move to 12th place, the bands highest prize so far in 2004! In August of 2005, Rick decided that it was time to move on. In one of the most difficult decisions he had to make as a mummer, it was time for Rick to move to new things.
In September of 2005, Rick took up membership with the Woodland String Band. Marching along side of friends he grew up with, Rick could not be happier. Rick says he will die in Woodland String Band!