What is this Community A community is a group of people who share something in common whether it be location, interest or a common goal. Communities are what bring people together and that is exactly what happens in marching band. Marching band is a way for people to find their place and make friends. It is very important not only for growth in music, but also for growth in character and friendship. There is only one requirement for marching band and that is to be able to play an instrument and be willing to practice hard. The people who join marching band do not need to have similar like and dislikes, majors, or even anything remotely in common.
Marching band is not like many other communities where people come together because they are
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There is something that generally is very noticeable in every band: the gender imbalance. The gender imbalance is can be described by looking at a band and noticing the people in each section. Some have all males or at least a great majority of them, like percussion (which is drums) or low brass (tubas, baritones or trombones). While others such as high woodwinds (flutes or clarinets) have a majority female population. There are a few sections you may be able to look at and see this, such as trumpets or saxophones, but even this depends on the marching band. This is a huge problem in the marching band world and it needs to be fixed so that more people will join or continue on in their music. The reason this is a huge problem is because when someone breaks that gender imbalance, for example a guy plays the flute, then people start to target that person. He could be teased or bullied which could make him quit band. Not a lot of girls try out for low brass or percussion because they guys in the group will most likely see them as inferior and give them all kinds of crap every day. Marching band is supposed to be a community that is like a family and people should feel comfortable with whatever that choose to play. With the current gender problem, that is not happening and therefore the community as a whole is …show more content…
The first step to solving a problem is to identify it. Therefore, I believe handing out surveys to people involved in the Trine University Marching Band and getting statistics on different bands they have been involved in would be a great first step. Next I would possibly interview a few different band directors around Trine University and get their input on the gender imbalance and ask how the bands they have directed looked gender wise. After all this data collection and some heavy research, I should have a base ground of information to start forming a plan to solve this issue. Some possibilities may be to have directors try to control the gender imbalance by getting more males to play wood winds and females to play low brass and percussion. This problem is not something easily fixed though, because people have to also change their mindset and that is not something people do very often. This project could be very great and help out the band community even if no solution comes out of it, they still have this information that could help one
Are you part of a community and you don’t even know it? A community is a feeling of fellowship with others because one shares common attitudes, interests, and goals. In the remix text “It Takes a Tribe” David Berreby talks about how college students make “tribes” within their school and tribes against other schools. This text relates to my community because the One Direction fandom could be considered a “tribe” full of fans who are against other fandoms of other artists because they all think they 're the best.One direction is a very popular boy band thats known all over the world and very successful. This community meets everywhere , concerts, schools, and social media etc., since one directions fans are everywhere .In the One Direction
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.
People only have passion for something they enjoy. Marching band needs to become more enjoyable for students. When you watch other bands perform, you can really tell which bands are enjoying themselves because the majority of the time they are better than the ones that just meander around playing their instrument with no real emotion. Now know that I am not saying we should just goof off more and not really do marching band, but we should make the marching show more interactive instead of just marching from one place to another. We should do more stuff like the poses at the beginning of the Batman show or how in the 80’s Show we did that lung thing during Don’t Stop Believing. Students enjoy
My older sister loved the marching band, so I always got dragged to their performances. I could not tell what was so appealing about it all; it consisted of walking on a field while playing instruments and flags being swung in the air. Participating in a marching band was never what I intended nor wanted to do. The idea bored me, but my mom insisted.
Payne, B. (1997). A review of research on band competition. Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, 33(1), 1-21.
The people who do not believe that marching band is not a sport simply are not aware of what all it entails. Most people, as I mentioned earlier, simply just imagine someone tooting a horn when they think of a band student. If you are a band student
A community is the feeling of togetherness felt in a setting with a group of people who share similar characteristics. Living in Scott Hall my freshman year of college, shaped my view of community quickly. Going to organized events, socializing in common areas and interacting with my Resident Advisors gave me an ideal
They argue that there is not much to marching band. In truth, there is a lot to marching band. A person must be able to play the song on their instrument. Some instruments are even heavy. Then that person must learn the drill. After that they have to put the drill and music together. Some bands even memorize their music. These bands will do this at least three times. They will also practice basic marching. If a person works hard, they could even get a scholarship for college. In most schools a student can get a gym credit for marching band like other sports. Unlike other sports there is not a bench. Everyone plays the whole time. Finally, there is no quarters or innings. A band gets one shot to be the best. That is why marching band is a
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
With women often discouraged from playing brass instruments, Helen Butler and her band processed for women’s musical choice. In 1891, a small all women’s brass band emerged in Providence, Rhode Island. The band eventually grew to become a twenty-piece band and by 1901 they were so successful they had a sponsor and business manager. The band travelled all over to perform and even performed at a serval World’s Fairs. Helen Butler and the Ladies Military Band became notionally recognized, which was very rare because they were one of the few all-female bands. The women of this band paved the way for women to be integrated into all-male bands and freedom to choice their own instruments.
A community: otherwise a group of people who share common culture and heritage a populace, an alliance, an association, a neighborhood, a district, a society. A dictionary definition is what the population settles for as far as the context where they consider themselves as apart of a community. The word community in the 14th century, had derived from the word “common,” in that time, meaning fellowship in a ‘community’ of relations or feelings. However, the term then became used concretely as to pertain to a body of fellows or townsmen. It is vital though, that the youth involves themselves genuinely in a community, and not assume that they’ve done so simply by physically moving into one. Such a task means a challenge, however, through awareness and inspiration, the benefits of being apart of a community are within reach.
J.K. Rowling once said, “We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided.” As humans, we are supposedly running the same race. However, we are not all on the same team and our divides seem to only grow stronger. We must regain our unity and strive for human progress and success. The importance of unity and teamwork is presented in the following works: the musical comedy-drama film Drumline (2002) written by Shawn Schepps and Tina Gordon, “Major Crush” (2006) by Jennifer Echols, “Marching Bands Taking Steps to survive” (2006) by Karina Bland, Wikipedia’s article entitled “Marching Bands”, “American Band” (2007) by Kristen Laine, and the Spongebob SquarePants episode Band Geeks written by C.H Greenblatt,
A community is established when more than two people share the same values and through time this personal connection evolves into a fellowship governed by rituals, traditions, and a particular form of communication that when taken together makes a group of individuals whether living in a specific geographical area or connected by ideals so distinct that their distinguishing marks allow them to stand out from among the crowd. They do not just believe in something like an organization but they need each other to survive and thrive. A good example is the Old Order Amish Mennonite community wherein the community serves as source of identity, strength and provides the reason why they should sustain the community’s way of life.
Sexism, throughout the world, causes men to feel superior over women. Sexism in the music industry continues today. Many female artists’ careers are affected by this prejudice. Female artists have not only begun to stand up for themselves, but have also started to speak out against this problem. By acknowledging that this problem exists in the music industry, females hope to eliminate this challenge for all girls hoping to be famous artists in the future. Realistically though, does the music industry have the ability to overcome sexism or is making money because “sex sells” more important to society today? As of right now, it seems as if money is more important to most, but one can never know what the future holds.
Marching bands became extensively throughout the nineteenth century due to the surplus drums and brass instruments formerly used by the military after the civil war, especially amongst black and Creole musicians. Thus, the syncopated polyrhythm of African music was mixed with traditional marching music and other popular musical styles, and became...