Marching band

feeling. In the eighth grade, I was began preparations to join the marching band my freshman year of high school. During the course of my first year in band, I began to study the drum major very closely. I could picture myself on the field conducting and dancing in front of the band. For three years I studied the role. By the time I was a junior in high school I felt like I was ready to take on the role. I had mastered conducting, marching, and dancing. There were many days in my home that I…

Becoming the person that I am today winds down to two main obsessions, books and band. These two fascinations have influenced my everyday choices in life. Band is something that I have been involved with for seven years, and I plan to continue in college. Being involved in this wonderful program has taught me responsibility and has nurtured my love for music. In band, everyone is responsible for many things. These responsibilities include having the ability to play an instrument well, having…

In high school, I remember where my biggest dream changed into a reality. I was a member of the Greenville High School Tiger Pride Marching Band. I played the alto saxophone. Unlike my bandmates, I did not know how to read music then. I played by ear, and whatever scale, jazz run, or chromatic I heard, I could play it back just like that. I played at numerous of black history programs and different events at school. My favorite saxophonist was Kenneth Williams, and I told myself that I want to…

Marching band is a group of line of people who play one or more pieces of music using a combination of instruments (brass, percussion, and a number of pit instruments) together and display a combination of music and action games on the parade of players. Generally, the appearance of the Marching Band is led by one drum major, and do outdoor or indoor performances in rows that form a pattern formation that changes constantly according to the flow of choreography to the song being played, and…

the midway point of a football game with an exciting display, marching bands have always brought something special and memorable to its audiences. As well as providing the audience with an engaging show, marching band also gives its participants a unique educational experience. Marching band helps marchers to better themselves as musicians, students, and human beings. The musical demands of actively participating in a marching band shape marchers to be higher quality musicians. Because…

look at a marching band and think it’s just a teacher, directing the members of the band. In reality, there is much more than just the band director helping the students. Some bands have 200 people others only have 20. No matter the size may be, the band instructor could use some extra leadership help from other people. In a marching band you have not only the director, but the drum majors, and the section leaders to help out the band as well. First of all, the main leader is the band…

I enjoy listening to music and playing sports so marching band fits that (though many people believe that marching band is not a sport I believe that it is. If golf can be considered a sport marching band can be too). I get to make music and get some exercise in at the same time, the perfect balance! Then once marching band season is finished, I run on the track team, which fulfills my enjoyment of sports and running. Many of my friends…

which I have learned from my time in my high school marching band. When I joined the marching band as a high school sophomore, several of the seniors told me that the band room is supposedly haunted by a ghost named Wily. The seniors claim that Wily was a student of the high school back in the 1950’s and died prematurely while attending the school. This ghost basically dwells beneath the drum cabinet which is the most quiet and secluded area in the band room. I have heard…

work goes into putting together a marching band show. The band has to learn and memorize all of the music while paying attention to dynamics, time signatures, and tempos. On top of all of this music, a band has to learn over forty different formations to march to on the field. Before any of this can happen there must be practice. We learn how to march at the beginning and we learn how to play our instruments early on. High school is similar to learning a marching band show. I started off…

captain of managing all equipment for rehearsals, competitions, and attending to all field duties necessary for my high school’s marching band program, I have learned that communication and organization is a pivotal aspect to group success. In my two-year tenure of being captain, I organized whole football fields to be painted every week during the season, transported marching band and color guard equipment which include sabers and instruments, and built a scaffolding. Throughout many…