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I call BS.

The music ed snobs don’t want to be in marching band anyway.

And if the football team and concessions don’t pay for the marching band, it should.

The band is an easier target than is the bloated administrative superstructure so vital to the success of the institution. Removing healthy tonsils is simpler than excising a large malignant brain tumor.

No. I do not find a single episode of proposed budget posturing from a single mid-major university in Kentucky dropping their marching band program and requirements for MusEd students a "trend."

But I have noticed that since I left school 30+ years ago, school districts and universities that value music education have grown and improved enormously.

Those that do not, have not.

bloke wrote:...and - if none of those work out - there are always marching sociology majors...and hey, they already have uniforms.

Hey, one is out of uniform! (has on a printed neckerchief over their face instead of all-black)

bloke wrote:If you're just "in" the band blatting on the sousaphone, how can you learn how to curse at 140 decibels though a Long Ranger at a bunch of young people who are either way-to-hot or way-to-cold (while playing the same ffff passage and bumping into each other for the 37th time) ?

That's what Drum Majors are for...

A local high school has an awesome award winning music program and a 200 piece marching that consistantly brings home state recognition. However... I understand that the kids & parents pony up three grand a year to particiate.

Three Valves wrote:
The music ed snobs don’t want to be in marching band anyway.

nworbekim wrote:
...to me, learning to teach a marching band, without ever having been in one, would be like trying to read a book and watch a video to try to teach someone how to swim without having ever been in the water swimming, yourself.

We agree. But I told you so, didn't I??

Dan Schultz wrote:A local high school has an awesome award winning music program and a 200 piece marching that consistantly brings home state recognition. However... I understand that the kids & parents pony up three grand a year to particiate.

Like I said...

Three Valves wrote:
But I have noticed that since I left school 30+ years ago, school districts and universities that value music education have grown and improved enormously.

Those that do not, have not.

Sorry.

I don't do "deep!!"

U of Delaware Marching Blue Hens;

1976

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N53DhBrK9Mc" target="_blank

2014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqXQB3iss0E&t=486s" target="_blank


While the 2014 band is clearly bigger and better, it is equally clear the 1976 incarnation is having more fun.

Spatz wearin', hi steppin' and SWINGIN' IT Baby!!