School band

I plan to create awareness, share information, and I hope to motivate people within the range of my voice to engage in the concept and calling of The Upside Down Kingdom. I further hope to engage the congregation, as well as individuals, in new ways of thinking about liberation, ethics, and justice. Within the context of the Abundant Life Center, I believe the true meaning of these words have been minimized or lack of direction given in our ministries. Kraybill states, for example, “Justice…

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.…

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…

After the flags passed, two baton twirlers preceded the rest of the SIU cheerleaders. The baton twirlers performed a coordinated routine which started with the music played by the Salukis Marching band. These two twirlers rotated their batons very fast, then they tossed them into the air and jumped to catch it before it dropped to the floor. Then three rows of cheerleaders who were wearing a very sophisticated uniform made with the SIU colors, maroon, black and white, passed. Their uniforms are…

Outside the window, there was a tapping on the boards to be pulled off and let in. He stood there still and as quiet as possible. Was it ghosts or skinheads? His eyes were swimming in tears. The sound circled the street, walking from first to last building, a weapon behind its back. Dreadfully the early days he moved here he hammered in those nails as quickly as his crippled hands would allow, visioning the wood coffins in Lety, and the one for his father. The windows weren’t boarded up to…

Gorillaz is one of the greatest bands to ever grace this earth. This is because of the variety and quality of the music they make and the personality of the characters of which have been built up over years of music making, Q&A's, and interviews. To begin with, Gorillaz is the greatest band of this millennia because of the amount of variety of the music they have made along with the quality of these songs. Their music can range from slow and chill to fast-moving and thrilling. The content of…

I've chosen to write about is KM. I learned about Kent meridian when I moved to Kent in third grade. As my middle school years were coming to an end I asked some people who went to KM what it was like and looked up some pictures of my own. I noticed that KM had a huge campus and a very large stadium. I also made some visits when our Mill Creek band was invited to play with the KM band. My first thought about the buildings was that they were pretty old but as we got farther back towards the…

years of my life I played an instrument in a band for my hometown of Watertown, WI; little did I know that I would learn much more than playing music. Band Ensemble is a group I was motivated to join because of my brother and friends. After I joined the group and began playing the tuba, I always felt like I had a place. Being in band, I felt like I was a part of my community. First, I was drawn to band because I was interested in being a part of a team. Band was a lot of people coming together…

“It’s only a failure if you don’t learn something.” State Band Festival, a big question revolving in our mind is should we go or not? Many things factor in this debate, but the pros outnumber the cons. We have to go to State Festival because it would benefit the students as a unique learning experience and the Lee High School Band is evolving. Going to State Band Festival serves a unique learning experience for the students participating in band. Going to State is not only about achieving a…