Band Description

“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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Sunday, February 17, 2013

Our One Tuba

There are 22 tubas in this video of the Michigan State University Spartan Marching Band.  Impressive.  And I didn't know that just as there are drumline wars, there are also tuba wars.  Many college marching bands take their tuba section very seriously.

We have one tuba in our band.  But thank goodness, we have a tuba.  Our one tuba player carries much weight.  He is responsible for the deepest notes and carries the largest brass.  I'm sure he would enjoy some company in his section, but he presses on alone in the midst of larger sections with instruments of smaller size.

Thank you Shane.  Keep up the good work.   :-)






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