Cal Howard, Allan Chertok, Ralph Jones and Sylvia Miskoe formed a band, eventually named The White Cockade. According an interview by Sylvia, they were the first, and for a while, the only Scottish Country Dance Band on the East Coast.

Main members of the band were Sylvia Miskoe (accordion), Ralph Thompson and Vince O'Donnell (fiddles), Ralph Jones (flute), Cal Howard (Bass), RP Hale (piano and hammer dulcimer) and Allan Chertok (drums).