Bands of America

and clubs, chess club, cheer squad. Most kids all across America can agree that marching is probably the most join due to how fun it the competition, and the memories many kids make will be unforgettable.The first factor that anyone with two eyes can see is how fun it is. A lot of songs are played and in a lot of genres, funk, rock, hip-hop, R&B, and so many more. A marching bands main purpose is to entertain and some of the things bands directors might do may be a little over the top, like falling

thought about marching 8 to 5 with a glide step but he had overshot all of the yard lines, and decided to to the “unit system” basics, which included high steps. On their first show on Friday, September 18th, they used this system of marching and got the band excited and a standing ovation from the audience. They decided to add to the show over the season to make it better and even got to perform at away games. Still looking for a way to use glide step Jay Nugent had ordered a piece for specifically

marching band at the beginning of my freshman year.  The different style of music, directing, and marching in general, was all very new to me and it was also very interesting.  I still enjoy putting on marching band shows at football games and competitions, as well as playing march-style music for concert band.  One very well-known person who influenced marching band and its music is John Philip Sousa.  Because of his involvement with theater orchestras, the Marine Band, and eventually his own band, John

for the flag-wavers in a marching band), and this cultural phenomenon amazes, and befuddles me. Apparently, in America, a sporting event requires more than just the two competing teams, in America a sporting event can include cheerleaders, a marching band, a group that waves flags in a pre-arranged pattern, and folks dressed in costumes representing animals, people, food. In Britain, we go to a sporting event to watch... the sport. There are no cheerleaders, bands playing brass instruments and drums

Gonzalez and ¨Band-Aid for 800 Children¨ by Eli Saslow there is one subject that the both of stories have in common, Immigration. Still there are many differences in the stories, in The red umbrella a family is being separated from a poor lifestyle in Cuba, in ¨Band-Aid for 800 Children¨ kids parents are being deported making it harder for the kid to live. Both stories have somethings in common, in The red umbrella one of the main problems is family separation but also in the story ¨Band-aid for 800

Although jazz was brought to the attention of mainstream America more than ever before in the 1950s it also faced musical competition via Rock n Roll which was quickly becoming the new popular trend of music in America (Jazz Timeline). Although jazz had to compete against the growing popularity of Rock n Roll in the 1950s it showed its resiliance and did not die out. Throughout the 1950s

The Members of The Beatles: Liverpool is the hometown to all of the members of the “most influential band in rock history”, (according to many people across the globe). The Beatles were a great influence on peoples’ everyday lives. They changed music. They changed America. Before they were big and famous though, they were just getting started as a little band. John Lennon, ( born on October 9, 1940) , Richard Starkey, better known as Ringo Starr, ( born on July 7, 1940) , George Harrison, (born on

surround him with them. The Dave Matthews Band formed in Charlottesville, Virginia, in early 1991, when Matthews decided to put some songs he had written on tape. Instead of simply recording himself with a guitar, he instead decided to bring in some instrumental help to give his musical ideas more depth. His first move was finding the right people to play the parts in his band that he decided fit. He began his search and formed the racially integrated band that is now known worldwide and are continuously

changed everything in America, and probably the world. The influence on every part of our lives was huge, from social issues to fashion issues to music issues. From that point on, the Beatles were the North Star for me and my generation" (McGarvey, 2014). The early 60s belonged to The Beatles, there is no denying that, everything from social subjects you would talk about with your friends, all the way to fashion and merchandise. Their arrival opened the doors for more British bands to make it big in

Along with the Beatles, The Rolling Stones are one of the most famous English rock bands to influence America. Introducing teenagers to African American urban blues, and transforming the urban blues into something like high-energized rock and roll are just some of the things the Stones brought to America (Kallen 10-11). The original line-up of the band included; Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts, Brian Jones, Mick Jagger, and Ian Stewart (Kallen 8-9). They have come a long way to get where they are now