Dance Instructor Needed in NYC
July 30, 2008
the James Smooth Music & Leadership Institute is looking to employ a great dance instructor for the 2008-2009 season to teach our Majestic Dancing Dolls…please have a resume, and a great background with the genres of dance that make up the HBCU style of dance. Our dance troupe is highly influenced by the J0Settes of JSU and Dancing Dolls of SU, but if that can’t happen we can still work with you.
Compensation $20/HR 5 Hours a Day.
Email resume to> JSMLeadership@Gmail.com
Marchingsport Social Network Adds Instant Messaging and Advanced Member Search Features
July 30, 2008
We are proud to announce some great new features to Marchingsport.com’s Social Network, Bandhead.org (http://www.bandhead.org).
The Browse Members essentially allows you to search members by Band, Crab Year, City/State, Years Marched (Era), College, High School, Section, etc. If you currently have an account on bandhead.org you will need to fill out a few new additional profile fields in order to be searchable on the site.
The other new feature is an Instant Messenger that allows you to IM members who are currently logged in on the site. The Instant Messenger is located in the right hand column of the site.
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Band raises money to perform in Pro Football Hall of Fame Parade
July 25, 2008
Posted by Washington City Paper
Last Thursday, Eastern Senior High School’s marching band paraded through the streets of Capitol Hill, west to Lincoln Park and then back on East Capitol Street. There was no actual event going on. The band was just practicing.
“Honestly, we do it a lot,” says staff band leader James Perry. “A lot of the times, the cars don’t mind. We never get any honks. They roll down the window and bop along.”
Although it’s the dead of summer, Eastern’s band convened every weekday last week, according to Perry. The reason: next Saturday, August 2, the group is expected to play in a parade for the Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Festival in Canton, Ohio.
Zydeco Musician Tells of Experience in Southern University Band
July 25, 2008
Source: Daily Word
Leon Chavis of Lawtell is only 27 years old, but he could already be a history maker. Chavis may be the only zydeco musician who has ever been a member of the Southern University Marching Band.
What’s so special about the Jaguars band from Baton Rouge? Shame on you if you don’t know.
The SU band, aka The Human Jukebox, is one of the most renowned and entertaining marching bands on the planet. Besides numerous TV commercials, the Jaguars have played several Super Bowl halftime shows, presidential inaugurations and the Rose Parade. USA Today once named SU’s band as the best in the United States.
Detroit’s MLK High school band marches on Beijing
July 24, 2008
By Patricia Montemurri
Detroit Free Press
She’s taken middle school musicians to Ghana to serenade tribal village chieftains. To Switzerland and England to harmonize in front of European elite. To Tokyo Disneyworld to play for Mickey Mouse. And to Honolulu to rouse listeners in a tropical paradise.
No destination is unimaginable or unattainable when band teacher Victoria Miller decides to make music and make dreams come true.
This summer, she’s leading the band of Detroit’s Martin Luther King Jr. Senior High School — the Marching Crusaders — to Beijing to sound the horns, bang the drum and march in step at the Olympics.
Camp Leads a Drumbeat for a Marching Band’s Style
July 23, 2008
Mike Ewen/Tallahassee Democrat
Tallie Brinson warmed up on his trombone at summer band camp run by the Marching 100.
By SAMUEL G. FREEDMAN /New York Times
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — As his extended family gathered around the table for dinner last Christmas, Ben Brock received one final present. It was a scrapbook, each page adorned with photos of him as a child and handwritten notes from his relatives. Then, on the last sheet, the names of his mother, sister, uncles and aunts appeared, with a dollar figure next to each.
Those numbers reflected the money they had pledged to send Ben, 16, almost as far from his home in Seattle as it was possible to go within the continental United States. At the end of that journey lay the dream he had nurtured since watching the movie “Drum Line” in sixth grade: to become part of the Marching 100, the renowned band at Florida A&M University.
The Chicago Jazz Ensemble Sends Six Students to Louis Armstrong Summer Jazz Camp in New Orleans
July 22, 2008
CJE Artistic Director Jon Faddis Selected Six Area Public School Students to Attend Jazz Camp July 14 - August 1 in New Orleans
Six students from Chicago Public Schools are enjoying the three-week Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong Summer Jazz Camp in New Orleans as the prize from the culminating event at the May 20 Louis Armstrong Legacy Program and Celebration (LALPC). In partnership with the Jazz Camp, Columbia College Chicago (CJE) sponsored the students, who are the first recipients to be chosen by Artistic Director Jon Faddis following the annual LALPC. All expenses were paid including airfare, room and board, and tuition for the camp, which runs July 14 through August 1. The LALPC is funded by the Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation and the Polk Bros. Foundation.
Opelousas High School band camp
July 22, 2008
Opelousas, Louisiana - The Opelousas High School band camp will begin at 8 a.m. July 28 in the band room of Opelousas High School.
For more information, contact Mr. Ventress at 942-3370 or 942-5634.
Marching 100 Band Camp Parade
July 17, 2008
It’s time to pull out your bells and whistles and gear up for some big sounds!
The Florida A&M University Marching 100 will be hosting its 19th annual summer band camp parade.
The parade will feature hundreds of students from throughout the United States who have come to Tallahassee to master the band’s historic style.
The parade is scheduled to start at two pm and will leave from Bragg Memorial Stadium.
FAMU Marching Band Prepares for Performances
July 16, 2008
Almost 500 students ranging from 8th graders to incoming freshman are working with members of the Marching 100 band all week.
The band director says the program is not only about the music.
Dr. Shelby Chipman the Camps Band Director said, “They have the opportunity to walk away as more polished leaders, we speak to them about leadership, developing musician skills and developing as a person.“
The camp is preparing the students for a variety of performances that will take place at the end of the week.
Thursday, July 17, 2pm-Annual Band Camp Parade
Friday, July 18, 3-5 pm, Lee Hall Auditorium-Events showcasing skills
Friday, July 18, 7:30-9 pm, Lee Hall Auditorium-Symphonic Concert
Saturday, July 19, 10 am, Bragg Stadium-Super Summer Fest Finale Performance
Source: WCTV News
