Hi! Have you ever been in a marching band?
nope, but I've been in a real band. Do you play instruments for any marching band?
No way! That is cool. No I do not play any instruments. I played football too so it would have been tough to do both football and marching band.
Yeah that would have been tough certainly, do you know anything about marching bands? They can be very competative
I do not know that much about marching bands. Yeah they can be competitive if the movie drumline is to be believed.
Was it a movie in fact about a section of percussion based instruments?
Yeah, it was about a marching band's drumline and they have drum offs pretty good movie.
Percussion instrument
A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater (including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles); struck, scraped or rubbed by hand; or struck against another similar instrument. The percussion family is believed to include the oldest musical instruments, following the human voice.
The percussion section of an orchestra most commonly contains instruments such as timpani, snare drum, bass drum, cymbals, triangle and tambourine. However, the section can also contain non-percussive
Marching Owl Band
The Marching Owl Band (aka The MOB or the Blues Band of South Main) is the Rice University "marching band" in the sense that it is the official ensemble that performs during football games, some basketball games, parades, and other public events. However, the MOB is not a traditional marching band, but rather a scatter band; members do not march, and some members play non-standard instruments (or no instrument at all). For example, in recent seasons these instruments