Adelphia New Years Association is one of only four Fancy Mother Clubs in Philadelphia's centuries old Mummers Parade

Mummers Parade

The Mummers Parade is held each New Year's Day in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Local clubs compete in one of four categories . They prepare elaborate costumes and moveable scenery, which take months to complete...

. They are one of only two new clubs added to the Parade since 1960. They are the first new Fancy added to the Parade since Hog Island in 1942. Based in Wilmington

Wilmington, Delaware

Wilmington is the largest city in the state of Delaware, United States, and is located at the confluence of the Christina River and Brandywine Creek, near where the Christina flows into the Delaware River. It is the county seat of New Castle County and one of the major cities in the Delaware Valley...

, Delaware

Delaware

Delaware is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Coast in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It is bordered to the south and west by Maryland, and to the north by Pennsylvania...

, they are the first Fancy formed out of state.

Unlike most older clubs, they do not have a clubhouse, warehouse full of equipment or significant funding from paid events. They are named after Adelphia Avenue in Wilmington, where one of the members of the founding family lives—they meet in his garage and his basement serves as their costume shop. "free of the undercutting of today's parade clubs".

Their first march in 2008 highlighted by all-new costumes and a performance at Washington Avenue. (Most Fancies reuse portions of their costumes and do not drill at Washington Avenue.) They placed last in their division.

Record highlights

• First prize, Fancy Trio: 2008
• First prize, King Clown: 2008
• The club placed fourth (out of four) in 2008