#marching arts

[binno-blum-dumb]

hey chat get this to 50 notes by Thursday and I’ll show my marching band director this. Reb if u agree that we should have a high leg transition from our ballad to our reprise

three reasons why we should do this:

It looks really neat

judges said they wanted more visuals and more marching technique verity

Lillian is awesome and does a lot for our band

[bakingthebattery]

🤍Phantom Regiment 2011 🤍

Juliet - Elsa’s Procession to the Cathedral

I love this show dearly. I got to see Phantom at DCI opening night last year and they played this as their encore. I cried a little.

- 📸

[dcidrags]

i wish there were more dci fans on tumblr or at least more active ones, I only see the same few people posting stuff but I know there’s a bigger fan base out there, I guess just not on tumblr

[0o-bronze-coin-o0]

just a memory

[sunchasingthestar]

manifesting a good tan for everyone in marching band/dci/color guard, etc

[royal-cupidity]

March in Measure

At Meguro Senior High, the marching band doesn’t just play music—it survives it. Between sun-scorched drills, cracked reeds, and near-military leadership, the only thing holding the ensemble together is mutual trauma and a metronome set slightly too fast.

You’ve been with the band long enough to master every set and sidestep every tantrum. Your trombone section is solid, your drill spots are burned into your soles, and your patience for pretentious flute players is razor-thin. Especially Senku Ishigami, a walking calculator, tempo snob, and the one person who always catches you messing up when no one else does.

But this season isn’t about rivalry. It’s about precision. A televised parade is coming, and with stakes higher than ever, the pressure cooker of after-school practices, ego collisions, and subtle glances across block formations is about to push everyone past their limits.

Some people break under pressure. Some get better.

And some, like you and Senku, start to notice things they probably shouldn’t during the rests.

[lemon-icarus]

I feel like so many people just don’t truly get marching band culture. When I was in 8th grade learning brass the guy who taught me was the current head of prop crew for the high school marching band. So obviously next year when I joined marching band I was also part of the prop crew. He referred to me like his kid but only said he was proud of me when it boosted his own ego.

Even though he was the oldest person in the section he still wasn’t section leader because he and the band director had personal (largely political) beef. The person in the GRADE BELOW HIM was section leader instead. Our props were all broken and barely functioning and built for a show 3 years prior. We’ve committed more OSHA violations in the trucks than there are stars in the sky and the motto is basically if it works it works. I’ve had to stand on the very edge of the frame of a marimba to throw a ratchet like a grappling hook around a huge chair that only fit in the truck diagonally because it was too tall

At the end of the marching band season, we counted up everyone on prop crew and their names and this head of prop crew put a selfie of his face put through an Obama Hope Poster filter on a black t-shirt and below it in all caps in arial or some shit it just says “PROPS” On the back is all our names including mine. He sold it for $25 out of the back of his van and most people in prop crew bought one. I don’t think he ever broke even on his money. The shirt ended up spreading to a few different corps across the state

Anyway that’s marching band culture. THATS marching band culture. Very extreme and very specific scenario but in case any of you are curious THIS is the life I live

[bluewizard1]

yes

I was thinking about what instruments the cast from inglorious basterds would play during class. So, I came up with a small list so far. Marching band to be specific, I’ll do concert band after.

Aldo- Snare drum or Quads

Donny- Quad drums

Hugo- Sousaphone or bass drum

Hans- Mellophone

Dieter- Baritone/Euphonium

I’ll do the rest after I rewatch the movie-