From: sradeker@nyx.cs.du.edu (Scott Radeker)
Subject: Re: RFD: rec.arts.marching
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In article <92275.130714MHUGHES@MIAMIU.BITNET> MHUGHES@MIAMIU.BITNET writes:
> 
>With all due respect to these activities, there has been very little (if any)
>discussion about color guards and marching bands in the group.  If fact,
>I don't believe marching bands have been mentioned, and we are well into the
>marching season.  I feel that the reason for this is that marching bands
>are a much more locally-based activity, whereas drum corps is a nationally
>(even internationally) organized activity.  There is just not much to discuss
>with respect to marching band activity in this forum because it is so
>localized.
> 
Well, you must not have been reading alt.drumcorps for a long time, because
I have posted several items on high school bands.  You are right in saying
that a lot of high school marching activity is regionalized.  There would
have been more talk of HS marching groups (in my opinion) on alt.drumcorps
had there not been such an obvious contempt of hs-groups on the groups
when posts were made early in alt.drumcorps history.  Someone else mentioned
this in a post.  Since my other post I have relented on the arts issue.
I think if the UNSENET hierarchy suggests that arts or sport should
be included in the name, then geez, let's just include it.  you'll only
have to type it ONCE for god's sake.  Unfortunately I have digressed from
the original intent of this post.  

My point in reference to r.a.m.misc is that there could be a large amount
of traffic about high school groups.  I can name at least 15 high school
bands from several states that could/do compete on a national level.  
Several contests are held on a national level, including Marching Bands
of America (MBA), the Orange Bowl national competition, the Fiesta Bowl
national Paegant of bands, and several others.  A small listing of bands
I know of that have strong regional/national reputations:

Fort Walton Beach High School
Choctawhatchee High School, both in Fort Walton beach FL
Westerville South High School,Westerville,  Ohio
Virgil I. Grissom High School, Huntsville, AL
McArthur High School, San Antonio Texas
Overton HIgh School, Nashille, TN
McGavock High School, Nashville, TN
Redlands High school, Redlands, CA
Enterprise HS, Enterprise, AL
Sprayberry, HS, Atlanta, GA

I can't think of any more off the top of my head.  Besides, college bands
could also be discussed, a group of bands that I could list another 
20-30 excellent groups.  Perhaps if they had their own venue, where
they weren't being constantly told that they were NO comparison to
bands (granted they are quite different) that there is NO band
that was ever as good as a drumcorps, etc., discussions could flourish.

My $.10 worth.

Scott


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