Hi! Were you ever in a marching band in high school or college?
No, I was not. How about you?
Yes, I was in a marching band in high school. I played the clarinet, which was pretty hard to do while marching.
Did you do any competition?
I did several competitions, we had to wear these silly uniforms for them.
What song did you guys perform and did you win any?
We did mostly military style songs and some songs from movies, like the Rocky theme song. We won a couple!
How long ago was that and did you enjoy it aside from the silly uniforms?
rifles, and sabres.
Marching bands are generally categorized by function, size, age, instrumentation, marching style, and type of show they perform. In addition to traditional parade performances, many marching bands also perform field shows at sporting events and at marching band competitions. Increasingly, marching bands perform indoor concerts that implement many songs, traditions, and flair from outside performances. And in some cases, at higher level competitions, bands will be placed into classes based on school size. According to BOA Music For All
join on organ. Kuerth played classical piano and knew Gary Walker at high school, where they both played percussion in the marching band. According to Keurth, "I never considered us a 'garage band'. Yes, we originally rehearsed in Garey's basement, but he did not even have a real garage. One of the first things Chuck did was to rent us a building for us to rehearse in (our rehearsal hall). We never played in a garage, except once at my house. We were