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Living History
Need an engaging speaker for your school or group? Invite Bryce to demonstrate life as a drummer in the War for Southern Independence. He captures the imaginations of all ages with his first-person presentation on the drummer boy.
Author Bryce A. Chandler addresses the audience at the Germantown
Regional History and Genealogy Center in Germantown, TN, giving a first
person demonstation on the life of a drummer boy.
Watch him re-enact the drummer boy in the clothing that they wore, with a replica snare drum that he made himself.
Listen to the heart-rending sound of his historical six-hole fife and hear him call the troops to attention with the deep sound of the drum.
Feel like you have stepped into another time.
Comments:
"It was a pleasure to have author and re-enactor Bryce Chandler to visit the Germantown Regional History and Genealogy Center. I discovered that this young man is resourceful, talented, and engaging. Bryce presented a re-enactment of the life of a Civil War drummer boy, including Civil War songs on the fife and marches on a home-made drum. Patrons were able to purchase a copy of Bryce's new book, A Courier for Stonewall, and have it signed by the author at the event. A few weeks after Bryce's appearance, one library patron shared that his 5-year old grandson was so impressed, that he still carries around his copy of Bryce's book everywhere he goes, and talks about being able to play the drum. The world needs more polite young men like Bryce Chandler."
Jennifer Baker
Library Associate, Germantown Regional History and Genealogy Center
"Bryce Chandler's drummer boy re-enactment is done historically accurate and very professional. It is hard to imagine how a boy of his tender years can capture the emotions of that time era with such feeling and passion. The added talent of beating the drums brings excitement to the children in attendance, but the adults will enjoy just as much. I have personally seen and enjoyed Bryce's presentation and look forward to reading and reviewing his books."
Tina Sansone
Bellaonline.com Genealogy Editor
Southeast Director of the International Society of Family History Writers & Editors
Tennessee Genealogical Society Member
"Bryce Chandler looks like a typical 18-year-old until he starts talking in a distinctive Southern drawl that transports listeners to another place in another time. Dressed in a black and gray uniform, he transforms into the character of a 13-year-old Confederate drummer boy during the Civil War."
Rino Dolbi in the Shelby Sun Times Germantown.
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