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have ever been to a football game and sat through half time, then you have probably experienced the joy that is a marching band show. I did not play an instrument; instead, I chose to wave large flags around and throw rifles. Though extremely time consuming, Color Guard was my coping mechanism; it was my escape from the stresses of academia. The wonderful thing about marching band is that it requires the entirety of your focus. Therefore, it made a perfect "out" for when I felt like my head was…

Passion Will Be My Paycheck I could sense all 32 of their hearts beating. They were nervous, very nervous. They gathered their flags and headed to warm-up. They were awful quiet for a group of teenage girls, but rightly so, they were about to perform their first winter guard show. Myself and the other co-directors, gave instructions that they listened to very carefully. “Smile, chin up, and have fun.” The girls responded with multiple anxious questions. My words gave them short term comfort as…

Thank you for the scholarship. I am Mandy Schreiner and I go to JL Mann High School. I’m in 10th grade and take all honors and one AP class. I play flute in the school band and outside of school in marching band, I take Spanish 4 Honors. My favorite class is band and my least favorite is Engineering. I like to listen to music and hang out with friends in my freetime I like to cook when I can and practice cello and flute. I also enjoy playing cymbals in winter percussion. I don’t like doing…

They were called the roaring twenties, but took a turn for the worst when the stock market crashed in 1929. A new style of music came into the scene and it was the Big Band Era, this was the type of music that was jazz and swing music. Swing music is a strong music with double bass, typically dancing music. The main founders of this band was Fletcher Henderson, Duke Ellington, Glenn Gray, Chick Webb , and Jimmie Lunceford. The main person who was called the King of Swing was Benny Goodman.…

Arts in Education An Analysis of Whether or Not Fine Art should be Included in Education Most schools nationwide offer classes such as band, art, drama, and dance to name a few. Some of these fine arts could be competitive. Most students are in any one of these classes, or could be in multiple classes. Throughout the years, there have been national debates of whether or not these classes are a necessary part of a student’s education. Many of these students who take these classes enjoy…

It was a Monday morning 7 A.M. and I was heading out on an adventure to go on my first hike. I had met up with the squad, which included me and three other guys, to challenge not only our physical ability, but also mental ability. Justin, Dan, Victor, and I drove singing every song possible for an hour to Raven Cliff Falls and began our journey. The hike started out easily when we crossed the bridge as measly boys posing for the before picture. We had walked only about a mile down before we took…

Marching Band continue to be the most incredible three years of my life. I've met many of my close friends through band and I would consider many of them my family. We will always be so much more than just a band and every tear, drop of sweat and bruise quickly becomes worth it. I learned many life lessons from my family. They stick by my side through the worst and best times of my life and I'm so exceptionally lucky to such good influences in my life. During my 5th and 6th grade years of band…

services I have done are the St. Patrick’s Movie Night, the Sacred Hearts Academy Scholarship Gala, the Road to Oz Concert, the Sacred Hearts Academy Marching Band Season, donating to the Hawaiian Food Bank, the Freshman Service Day, and the LIFE Walk. The events in the Sacred Hearts Academy Marching Band Season that I participated in were Band Camp, the weekly practices, the Veterans Day Parade, Waikiki Holiday Parade, and the Kaimuki Christmas Parade. I received 3 hours for the LIFE Walk and…

build more in the city. As the cities and machines grew big bands grew in size in order to accommodate the need for a louder, more humanly organized noise. To accommodate to the machine’s pace. Swing bands embodied the dynamic order that America needed during a time of despair. The overall implication for American culture was that man would not be overshadowed by machine and that man would use the machine for his bidding. With this, big-band swing music and dance humanized the machine world.…

Roll stepping is a key component to how a marching band moves. It is complicated yet simple. It is also called a glide step because when everyone in the band is stepping properly it looks like the band is gliding across the field. The first thing you must obtain before roll stepping, is comfortable tennis shoes or the proper marching band shoes. You also need to be able to understand proper attention. Heels together, toes apart, chest out, stomach in, shoulders back, chin up, and eyes with…