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“The Marching Band is one of the public faces of our school, and in some settings (like parades), the only public face. If our marching band looks good, our whole school looks good.” - This is the essence of some words spoken by our former band director, Nick Greeson. We all know it to be true. It is much responsibility in the hands of a small group of students. They deserve our support, and we give it gladly and with enthusiasm. This is the goal of this site.


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Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Average White Band Sax

You're probably saying to yourself "Why is our Band Blog posting all of this old music?"  Because it's timeless, and it uses your very own instruments in ways you may never have imagined.  Have any music that fits this criteria, but is current?  Let me know and perhaps we will post it.

Picture yourself in school in 1974 (yea... that's really hard to do.)  You hear this song on the radio.  It's an instrumental, featuring the sax.  The group calls themselves the Average White Band, and fall into the unimaginable music category of "Scottish Funk."  The song goes to the top of the charts.



The picture is of a 45rpm vinyl record, which in prehistoric days was how kids bought music.  A hit single was on the "A" side, and another less popular song was on the "B" side.

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