Marching Bands

Parade

The different styles of marching band hats have different names. The typical hat, which is shaped like a bucket and has a plume on top, is called a Shako. The style which resembles a "three musketeers hat" is called an Aussie.

The drum major usually carries the baton. It its a girl it is called a drum majorette.

OK Go did a song with a marching band called "This Too Shall Pass".

Fleetwood Mac performed Tusk accompanied by the USC Marching Band.

John Philip Sousa was primarily a conductor and composer for most of his career, but during his apprenticeship in the US Marine band as a child he learned many instruments. As an adult his main instrument was the violin.

Because oboes rock so much that the people didn't want their awesomeness to interfere with the rest of the stinky band. JK! :P The reeds crack easily, and some people think that people can get "hurt" with the reed if the oboe is ever out of their mouth. Another problem is that oboes expands enormously with humidity making the pitch hard to find and making the oboe crack in certain cases.

I guess the main reason is that there's no music clip for an oboe so he wouldn't be able to carry his music! :P

A popular song that expressed the pain people endured while waiting for their loved ones coming back from fighting in the American Civil War.

A sport that includes marching in different formations on a field to music both music and marching are done by band members. Marching bands also are in parades and play at football games and during halftime at football games. They also go to marching contests. It's very fun but a lot of work you have to dedicated.

A marching band can play any kind of music. As long as the music can be condensed down and can be accommodated to incorporate all marching band instruments, it can be played. EX) Classical, pop, movie soundtracks

Lockstep-single file with the right hand on the shoulder of the man in front. Mainly in US prisons, especially chain gangs where the ankles were linked by a short chain.

It depends on what criteria you are looking at.

In the UIL State Marching Contest, Marcus High School, from Flowermound, has shown dominance since 2006.

In the Bands of America competition, the most competitive circuit for high school marching bands, many schools have come out on top, most recently Johnson High School, from San Antonio. Many bands, however have been on top at this competition, including Reagan, LD Bell, The Woodlands, and even Marcus.

In conclusion, in terms of overall dominance, one could say that Marcus is the best. In terms of overall consistency since the school's opening, Reagan would probably be considered the best.

I honestly cant tell you the top ten college marching bands. But i can tell you that the Ohio State Marching Band is the best in the country. I believe they have 225 members in the band that all have to pass a tryout, and even after they make it in the band they all have to audition every week to be able to play in the game. 33 band members sit out each week because they werent good enough that week. I hope this helped a little bit.

Though any instrument could play the melody at any time in any given marching band musical piece, and in many pieces each instrument plays the melody or a variation of it at some point, the most common instruments to play the melody are the trumpet, clarinet, piccolo/flute, and alto saxophone.

Unlike sports, marching bands normally do NOT offer scholarships for talented players headed to college. (If you find one, let me know.) In marching band, it doesn't matter if one person is exceptionally gifted: if the whole band looks sloppy while one scholarship student looks excellent, they will still receive a bad rating or a bad response from the crowd. University bands also do not attend competitions, so the school would receive nothing in return for a marching band scholarship like they would for a talented basketball player, talented football player, etc.

However, many universities offer music scholarships for music majors, minors, and other advanced musicians who audition for that university's music program. In addition, I'm sure drum corps (professional) bands may offer scholarships or other reprieves to exceptional players who cannot afford to pay the hefty fee.

It depends on your skill, strength, and coordination really. An instrument like the flute is good for people just starting out because they almost always carry the melody and they're really light, however their parts can often be fast and difficult to play. Obviously, heavier instruments require more strength and deeper instruments don't usually carry the melody.

This can be a difficult question to answer, not only because band sizes fluctuate from year to year, but because some bands only march upperclassmen and/or hold out alternates.

Arcadia HS from Arcadia is usually the biggest, ranging between 375 and 425 members.

Reedley HS from Reedley is often close behind, with between 275 and 350 members.

James Logan HS from Union City is frequently between 225 and 275 members.

After that it gets tough to figure out, as there are dozens of bands in California that routinely march around or over 200 members. An incomplete list:
Analy HS, Sebastopol
Amador Valley HS, Pleasanton
Ayala HS, Chino Hills
Diamond Bar HS, Diamond Bar
El Dorado HS, Placentia
Foothill HS, Pleasanton
Homestead HS, Cupertino
John F. Kennedy HS, La Palma
Monache HS, Porterville
Mt. Carmel HS, San Diego
Porterville HS, Porterville
Poway HS, Poway
Rancho Bernardo HS, San Diego
Saratoga HS, Saratoga

Here's a list of famous former marching band members:

Flute

• Halle Berry, actress

• Celine Dion, singer

• Calista Flockhart, actress

• George Eastman, founder of Kodak

• Gwen Stefani, singer

Clarinet

• Woody Allen, director

• Gloria Estefan, singer

• Julia Roberts, actress

• Alan Greenspan, ex-chairman of the Federal Reserve (he also played saxophone)

• Steven Spielberg, director

Saxophone

• Jennifer Garner, actress

• Vince Carter, basketball player

• Lionel Richie, singer

• Bill Clinton, president

• Tom Selleck, actor

Trumpet

• Richard Gere, actor

• Steven Tyler, singer (Aerosmith)

• Drew Carey, comedian

• James Woods, actor

• John Glenn, astronaut, senator

French horn

• Ewan McGregor, actor

• Vanessa Williams, singer

• Samuel L. Jackson, actor

• Otto Graham, NFL Hall of Fame quarterback

Trombone

• Tony Stewart, NASCAR driver

• Nelly Furtado, singer

• Bill Engvall, comedian

• Conrad Janis, actor

• Jonathan Frakes, actor

Tuba

• Andy Griffith, actor

• Aretha Franklin, singer

• Dan Ackroyd, actor

• Harry Smith, CBS Morning show host

• Malik Rose, NBA player

Percussion

• Tommy Lee, musician for Motley Crue

• Dana Carvey, comedian

• Johnny Carson, talk-show host

• Trent Reznor, musician for Nine Inch Nails

• Mike Piazza, baseball player

There are many thousands of high school bands found in the United States alone. There are many more band found across the world.

Marching

Clarinets are a vital part of any woodwind section, and thus are in high school bands. Sometimes colleges will march clarinets, as well, but sometimes they only take brass and percussion. DCI never marches woodwinds, though, because it is a drum corps, and a drum corps, by definition, only has brass and precussion.

Speaking from personal experiences I've seen many different marching bands that range in sizes from very small to very large.

There are many small bands that contain only 20-30 people total and some bands that contain 300+ members. While those large bands can be really impressive, I have seen numerous smaller bands that were immensely talented and performed just as well if not better than larger bands.

Many celebrations include marching bands or drum corps. Different holidays where parades occur are good times to see a marching band perform in a parade setting.

Along with parades marching bands also perform field shows that most often take place during the halftime of a football game. Of course, a football game only has at maximum two bands that each perform once. Many bands also take part in competitions as well as band festivals. Both of these types of shows focus completely on marching bands and their performances.

Numerous marching bands belong to different competitive organizations whether they are a high school band, college band, or some variation of a drum corps. Since these organizations have member schools that vary in size, they have different levels of judging depending upon the size of the school/marching unit. Each of these organizations hosts so many shows a year where these groups perform usually culminating in a championship for the year.

Band festivals differ from competitions for the fact that they are not judged and simply a way for bands to perform their shows.

Yes, I am in my Schools Marching Band and we practice more than the football players, Marching is more than just holding and instrument up, playing, and moving, we also do visuals and go up to high speeds it is very difficult and even though a lot don't consider it a sport, I definitely would.

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