Elmhurst Armpit Orchestra Wants Bill Murray—Yes, That Bill Murray—to Lead the St. Pat's Parade

They're hoping to woo him with The World's Largest Drum, named Mary. Hey, it could happen!

The men of the Elmhurst Armpit Orchestra think big. Really big. You've seen these guys in the Elmhurst St. Patrick's Day Parade. They dress in native-suburban garb—shorts, dark socks, T-shirts and sunglasses—and play standards like "Yankee Doodle" on kazoos, bucket-drums, washboards, vuvuzelas, pot lids and cowbell. This year, they're introducing the Stumpf Fiddle. Their sheet music is written on rolls of toilet paper hung around their necks. EAO, formed in 2009, draws its inspiration from a character in the movie Stripes played by popular actor and all-around funny man Bill Murray. His character, John Winger, leads a rag-tag bunch of Army recruits in parade exercises only Murray could pull-off. Well this year, EAO members want Bill Murray…

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