Abstract

No one in the public school band profession can ignore or deny the fact that the marching band has enjoyed a phenomenal growth in size and popularity over the past decade. Its surge to the forefront has caught many of us by surprise, yet very few band directors are without a definite opinion regarding the status of the high school marching band and its position in the total instrumental music program. A wide variety of styles, functions, sizes, instrumentations, and, of course, qualities of marching bands exists today, but the greatest influence on the marching band movement of the seventies has been the professional drum and bugle corps. It is this influence that has shaped the goals and directions of marching bands in the past decade and will continue to exert pressure on them, directly or indirectly, during the eighties. Their use of flags, rifles, large and complex percussion units, exclusively bell-front brass instruments, and unique show design have become integral parts of the contemporary high school marching band. Corps have brought many positive innovations to the marching band movement, such as interesting and complex show design, exciting visual pageantry, complex and challenging percussion parts, and phenomenal

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