Marching band is a very broad field to participate in. High school and college band both have specific criteria they have to meet during marching season. But what are the differences and likenesses between high school and college band? In high school band, there is one show to perform and there are many long, grueling hours spent perfecting and fine tuning it. The show is not only for halftime spectating at football games, but also band festival and regional contests. High school band has a more stern outlook because the entire season is spent working for placement, whether it be superior or not. Some bands have a more difficult time working considering obstacles such as size. Bands can range anywhere from only thirty to two hundred. With upperclassmen …show more content…
Some opt for classic military style, which it was originally based off of using moving lines. Over the years, marching styles have widened so there are also corps style marching, which is a standard in most bands today used for making formations using basic eight-to-five marching and roll stepping. Another style used is high stepping common in more ethnic grouped bands with flamboyant high steps at a ninety degree angle. Compared to high school, college marching band takes a lighter approach in similar categories. While I have only experienced community college marching band, the transitions were drastic opposed to high school. For instance, just summer band camp extended for a longer time period but there is overall less practice time after class. In high school the practice time consisted of three and a half hours throughout the day to just two hours. In community college marching band, there is no competition for placements and rankings. All there is to do is halftime entertainment at football games. Even though the band the band travels between games, the show has only been performed at home, which is unlike high school. When sizing is considered, the spectrum is
Band is family. When your student walks onto campus, he or she is instantly adopted into the strongest society on campus. They will be spending their school days among the top achievers on campus, with fellow students who look out for one another and steer each other away from trouble instead of towards it. Teachers, staff, parents, and volunteers watch over all the kids as if they were their own.
One of the biggest decisions of my high school career came my sophomore year when I decided to try out for the role of drum major in my high school band. This decision was very tough to make due to the fact that I was a sophomore, and although I already had three years of experience under my belt as a band member at Northview High School, I knew that it would be very tough to earn the respect of my peers if I succeeded in becoming drum major. Out of the three years I had spent in the band, the biggest influence on my decision to try out came from my very first marching season, between August and December of 2012. From that year forward, after seeing many areas that the band could improve, watching how underclassmen and middle school band members
The roar of extreme sound emanates from a football field. It is clear that this is not an ordinary high school marching band playing at a football game. These are Drum and Bugle Corps, boasting an instrumentation of all brass and percussion instruments. This arrangement of instruments can create an enormous amount of sound, sometimes louder than a rock music concert. Due to their thorough auditioning processes, they have a group of musicians, who can play extremely well, all of whom are brought together to entertain the crowds on their three month tour in the summer. Their goal is not just entertainment, but to end up on the top of the order when all is said and done at the championships.
Most people assume that being in the band makes you non athletic. A lot of people don’t realize what it takes to be in marching band though. There is a lot of practicing involved in planning a show and getting it as close to perfect as possible. A lot of the time there is more practice involved in marching band than
It gave me memories, opportunities, my best friends, and the best group of seventy or more people I could have ever hoped for. Without band I would not have gone on to any of the leadership positions I acquired, would not have met my best friends from my hometown or at college, and I would not have accomplished nearly as much as I have. It gave me confidence, respect, and discipline, qualities I am very grateful to have. Above all else, it gave me music. The ability to play an instrument is something I will never lose, and a talent which allows me to express my emotions and thoughts in a less forthright manner. I firmly believe that the marching band is the soundtrack to every student’s high school career, whether they are in band or not. Because with every football game, pep rally, and national anthem they hear, a family of band nerds sat in a room for hours each week perfecting it. No high school experience is complete without the band marching on at half time, or crowds of people cheering along to the fight song or alma mater. Marching band is the kind of activity that changes you in ways you do not realize until much later when you look back on the experience. Even if you were not involved in the band- it still affects you somehow. Because it is more than music and awkward
Ranging from bands with just a bass guitar, a acordian and drums to bands thats had much more. Their instruments ranged from a whole section of trumpets, trombones, a big tuba, snare drums. The first group had about five musicians while the second group had a total of fifteen. You could tell the difference in the power of their instruments. The first group played slow romantic songs with mellow tones and low pitches. The second group played more vivid songs with outgoing tones and high pitches. The first group got the crowd going , but no where near as the second group. The second group made everyone get up and dance. I think because they where more, and engaged more with the public than the first group.
If someone had asked me back in sixth grade what my passion was, marching band would not have ever even crossed my mind. First of all because there is no marching band in sixth grade. Second, when I got into band in sixth grade, I was the worst French horn player in my section. I knew absolutely nothing reading music or playing and although I was still just learning, I always thought I had no chance to get better and that I would quit, but I didn’t. I stayed in the band and my opinions changed my freshman year of high school.
Color Guard was first brought up in the days of war when Color Guard was simply the people who carried the nation’s flag and marched along with the drummers, who were there to keep the soldiers in step as they were preparing for, or going to war. Later on, as marching band started to become more for performance, and were developing in schools, Color Guard became the art form of the band. The Color Guard then started to do more dance-like moves, as well as more difficult and performance-like things with flags and rifles. The flags also changed, they were no longer the nation’s emblem or colors, but, they started to go a...
Although the actual game is usually the key focus during football games, there are many other integral parts that make up the game day experience. Next to football, the marching band is a main act that is a big part of the overall experience. From the high school level all the way up to the college level, marching band has become a competitive and admired aspect of football games. If you look up at the stands of a football game with a marching band playing, you can more often times than not find fans singing and dancing along to the music that is hyping up both the players and the crowd. The days of cheerleaders being the sole sideline entertainment are long gone. Now the cheerleaders share the stage with the marching band in order to provide
In band, you learn so much more about how to read music, understand it, and apply that knowledge
It is impossible to fully comprehend the appeal to the Gulf Coast High School Band Room unless you are actually a member of the band. All members of the Gulf Coast High School marching band spend the majority of their time in the band room, which is like a second home for most. The room itself does not appear to be anything special. It is a large room with a high ceiling, bright fluorescent lighting, and pink and green padding on the walls. The hallway maintains a terrible odor which nobody can quite determine the source of, and the white, vinyl tile floor is covered in a layer of disgusting things one can only dream of. Still, for some reason it remains a haven to about twelve percent of the student body. At first glance, it does not look like anything special, but when you open that big, gray door and step into the “band world” it becomes clear that it really is an amazing and wonderful place. It feels like the center of the universe.
Many public schools offer music education as part of their curriculum. Although these classes are required, many schools choose not to allocate enough money into the music programs in favor of better scores on standard tests. Recently there have been many strides to strengthen the importance of music education.
“Music education opens doors that help children pass from school into the world around them a world of work, culture, intellectual activity, and human involvement. The future of our nation depends on providing our children with a complete education that includes music.” Former US president Gerald Ford, said this in regards to musical education. He and many other people believe in having an education in music at some point in a student’s life. According to the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) says that Bill Clinton is a saxophone player (The Most Musical United States Presidents par 25)
High school and college are very dissimilar. There are the main differences and then there are differences that aren't very distinct. These differences include homework, teacher-student relationships, and attendance policies. In this paper I will discuss the major and minor differences between high school and college. I will also explain why responsibility is a very important factor in high school and college.
Schooling is a very important aspect in our lives and one must go through many steps to gain a higher education. Two of these steps are high school and college. Although high school and college students aim for the same goal, which is acquiring an education and graduating, the demands, expectations, and social atmosphere extremely contrast.