[Magdalen] TECnical question

[Marion Thompson]

I think that Brits as a group reject American-style 'marching bands'.  
After all, they know what REAL Marching Bands are like!  So said both of 
my Brit husbands anyway.

Marion, a pilgrim

On 5/5/2015 11:06 AM, Roger Stokes wrote:
> On 05/05/2015 15:40, Cantor03--- via Magdalen wrote:
>> Yet, toying can be done within the system, and no one seems to  
>> complain.
>>   The present regime of the UW-Madison Marching Band has taken to
>> marching the band into the football stadiums with a showy fast high  
>> step.
>>   As a result, the players are unable to play the classical/original  
>> version
>> of the incomparable school song, "On Wisconsin", but instead play
>> a sort of jazz version with short phrases.  It's all about how it  
>> looks on
>> TV and not how it sounds.  The Wisconsin Band (and most college bands)
>> have gotten so big that there is still a fairly big sound anyway.
>>   Still, most former Wisconsin graduates and, especially, band members,
>> think it is a travesty.
>>   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0zbw2upU6U
>
> I agree it's a travesty, and certainly does not deserve the 
> description "marching band".  For me it just looks silly.
>
> Roger
>