sentences:  Sekine then started going to the U.S. on a regular basis to see drum corps competitions and meet staff from many American bands and drum corps.Throughout the 1980s the Band remained relatively small (around 40 or 50 members).The Band continued to travel to the Final performance at the Budokan (except in 1986 when they were involved in several events at the main church in Tenri), but since it was only an exhibition performance, there was not a lot of motivation for band members to always be at rehearsal, or to push to a higher level of performance.