Marching Band Game coming to Wii
January 31, 2008
Majesco Entertainment has today announced Major Minor’s Majestic March for the Wii. The intriguing marching band game is developed by NanaOn-Sha and marks the return of the creative team behind the PaRappa the Rapper franchise: game designer and multimedia musician Masaya Matsuura and New York artist Rodney Alan Greenblat.
“There’s something magical about marching bands that truly captures the imagination. The concept of leading a virtual band that’s reliant on your musicianship is a perfect fit for the interactive capabilities of Wii,” said John Merchant, Marketing Manager, Majesco Europe.
In Major Minor’s Majestic March players use the Wii Remote as a special baton that the band leader uses to keep tempo, recruit new band members and pick up items. The game will feature eight locations, over 30 popular marching band songs and 15 different instruments, including brass, woodwinds and percussion.
Scoring is based on how well the player is able to maintain the band’s rhythm and manages the obstacles that threat to throw the procession into disorder.
At this time no release date has been announced
Source: Videogamer.com
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January 30, 2008
Lamar University considers reinstating marching band.
January 30, 2008
By: PERRYN KEYS, The Enterprise
01/27/2008
Updated 01/27/2008 12:09:40 AM CST
Lamar President Jimmy Simmons joined the university in 1970, when he started as a music instructor and director of the marching band.
“If people are saying it’s still near and dear to my heart,” Simmons said, “well, more power to them.”
Simmons said if students pass this week’s referendum on adding an athletics fee to tuition, the university wouldn’t just look at reinstating football. It would also begin plans to reinstate a size-XL marching band. Read more
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January 30, 2008
MLB sets first Urban Invitational
01/30/2008 6:00 PM ET
By Jim Molony / MLB.com
Major League Baseball’s Urban Youth Academy will host the first Urban Invitational baseball tournament, Major League Baseball announced on Wednesday. The inaugural event will feature Southern University, Bethune-Cookman, UCLA and USC in a six-game tournament to be played at the MLB Urban Youth Academy in Compton, Calif., USC’s Dedeaux Field and UCLA’s Jackie Robinson Stadium beginning Friday, Feb. 29, and continuing through Sunday, March 2. Both games on Saturday, March 1, will be played at the MLB Urban Youth Academy and broadcast live on ESPN2.
The participation of historically black universities Bethune-Cookman of Daytona Beach, Fla., and Southern (Baton Rouge, La.) in the tournament is part of MLB’s ongoing diversity and youth initiatives. Read more
