For other uses, see Marching band (disambiguation).
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A marching band is a group of instrumental musicians who perform while marching, often for entertainment or competition. They are most popular in the United States, though not uncommon in other parts of the world. Instrumentation typically includes brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. Most marching bands wear a uniform, often of a military style, that includes an associated organization's colors, name or symbol. Most high school marching bands, and some college marching bands, are accompanied by a color guard, a group of performers who add a visual interpretation to the music through the use of props, most often flags, rifles, and sabers.
Marching bands are generally categorized by function, size, age, instrumentation, marching style, and type of show they perform. In addition to traditional parade performances, many marching bands also perform field shows at sporting events and marching band competitions. Increasingly, marching bands perform indoor concerts that implement many songs, traditions, and flair from outside performances. In some cases, at higher level competitions, bands will be placed into classes based on school size.
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The Oregon MarchingBand (OMB) is the marchingband of the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon, United States. With over 250 members, it is the largest...
by marchingbands including silver bands, flute bands and others. Marching is often seen as a symbol of control over a particular area, and marching is...
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knee “stop at the top” marching style. The University of Wisconsin MarchingBand was created in 1885 as the Wisconsin Regimental Band. Previously, the University...
nationally. All marching members and teaching assistants in the Bruin MarchingBand are full-time UCLA students. The UCLA MarchingBandmarches in a drum corps...
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in 2007. In January 2010, Veirs released July Flame on her own Raven MarchingBand Records. The album received praise from The Washington Post among other...
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The Cornell Big Red MarchingBand is the only corps style marchingband (as opposed to a scatter band) in the Ivy League. It performs at all home, and...
University MarchingBand (CUMB) was the marchingband of Columbia University. Founded in 1904, it claimed to be the first college or university marchingband in...
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