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This is a list of marching bands. Major types include collegiate and military. Major types include collegiate and military. At least 16 U.S. colleges have had scramble bands , which are also included in this list.
The first marching band formation, the Purdue All-American Marching Band "P Block". Instruments have been frequently used on the battlefield (for example the Iron Age carnyx and the medieval Ottoman military band [1]) but the modern marching band developed from European military bands formed in the Baroque period, partly influenced by the Ottoman tradition.
Another name for the "Sound of Today" is "the House that Jack Built." According to Jack White, band director emeritus, the name arose during a contest in the early-1970s to find a name for the band. He received a brochure from a music company advertising arrangements that would "give your band the sound of today."
show band Big 12: UCF: Marching Knights: Orlando FL 1980 show band Big 12: West Virginia: The Pride of West Virginia: Morgantown WV 1901 show band Big 12: Arizona: The Pride of Arizona: Tucson AZ 1902 show band Big 12: Arizona State: Sun Devil Marching Band: Tempe AZ 1915 show band Big 12: Colorado: Golden Buffalo Marching Band: Boulder CO 1908 ...
Many of the nation's top high school marching bands participate, along with college and organizational marching bands. Prior to the parade, most of the bands will participate in one of three "Bandfest" shows at Pasadena City College and at other Southern California venues.
In 2014, the Spirit of Troy was declared the best marching band in college football by USA Today's "College Football Fan Index." [9] The Spirit of Troy also appeared at Expo 2015 in Milan, Italy to perform as part of the American Pavilion's Fourth of July celebration. This was the band's fifth appearance at a World Expo.
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The NCAA does not use organ music, but in many Division I schools, a smaller pep band plays at games (as compared to the full-size football marching bands). However, during a 2004 game between Michigan State University and the University of Kentucky at Ford Field, both teams' full football marching bands played. [citation needed]