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High School MUSICal: The Identity “The system of understanding characteristics of that individual’s society, or of some subgroup within that society” (Trumbull and Pacheco 1). For example, being American could be your cultural identity, but for as long as you live in America you will be classified as an American and in that ethnic group. Being an American can be known as the main society, but an example of a subgroup could be Music and its culture within itself. Music is the society I personally

For the past three and a half years I have been in the school band. I've taken part in the concert band, marching band, and I even took jazz band. It all began when I set up my schedule for sixth grade. I knew I wanted to be in band for a very long time, but I had no idea what I should play. Just a few weeks before sixth grade, when it was time to build my schedule, I was still struggling with what I wanted to try. Finally just before we turned in the form, my mom suggested I attempt playing percussion

Music Education “Music is about communication, creativity, and cooperation, and by studying music in schools, students have the opportunity to build on these skills, enrich their lives, and experience the world from a new perspective” -Bill Clinton. Majoring in music will teach one the requirements and skills necessary for the job, advantages and disadvantages of teaching music to children, and how concert band and marching band differ from each other. Becoming a band director, especially for elementary

What is Marching Band?  Marching band is not what people think.  It strains your body and takes a lot of hard work.  An example of a practice would be, when you get there you start out  by getting into stretch block.  While you are in stretch block,  You might  feel like you get harassed and annoyed by the leadership. Then after you do that you go and tune with your particular section. Then, you go back to music warm up. Finally you to practice. The most popular quote you hear, is when the Band director

Marching band has been the most time-consuming and enjoyable extracurricular I have participated in throughout some of middle school and all of high school. I marched alto saxophone when I was in the seventh, eighth, and ninth grades and I have been drum major (also known as field commander) since my sophomore year of high school. Having this job has been a huge responsibility, but it has also given me invaluable learning and leadership experience. There are very few positions in high school, or

A marching band is composed of people, playing musical instruments, usually during the halftime portion of a football game, to perform songs arranged by various artists. The band is divided into sections. A section is determined by the instrument one plays. Each section must have a leader. A section leader is one or more people who give rules for other members of the section to follow. While trying to become the best section leader ever, one must develop social skills, a positive attitude, and determination

Over the last six years I've heard marching commands over a thousand times. They are easy to execute when called separately, but slightly harder when called continuously. The march off has been a tradition in the band for the last forty years. Always on the parking lot at exactly 11:45 just fifteen minutes before lunch. When asked what a march off is, the best way I can describe it is as a giant game of Simon Says but with marching commands. “Left hace, right hace, half left hace, half left hace

Everyone encounters something they absolutely love. They call it their passion and want to learn every little thing about it. Most people don't find it until high school, maybe even a little later, but I found mine in fifth grade. From the point I first picked up the flute, until now, I have loved band and wanted to learn everything I can about it. I think about marching band now, and it's hard to think what band would be like a couple years ago, let alone before I was born. So I started thinking

The modern day drum set has various parts to it. You have the drums, which include the: bass drum, snare drum, rack tom or toms, and floor tom or toms. Then you have the cymbals. There are eight different types of cymbals that can go into a drum set. They are the hi-hats, the ride cymbal, the crash cymbal, the crash-ride cymbal, the china cymbal, the splash cymbal, the effects cymbal, and the bell. Each of these cymbals give off many different sounds. The most important part of your drum set is your

Some Traditions Never Change Marching band is a culture that many people in the world participate in whether they're in high school or college. Members of any marching bands share characteristics such as hard work, the strength to keep going when things are hard and to stay calm under pressure. Power is distributed in the group from the marching band director to the drum major and to the section leader. Many people think marching band is something anybody could do with ease, but we practice day to