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[edit] Street Marching

Is this unique to Wisconsin/Michigan? hornplayer2 (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 04:47, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

I suppose it depends on what you mean, but marching in the streets? No. — BQZip01 — talk 04:51, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] The Spirit of Troy's style

Anyone who is in the University of Southern California's band (The Spirit of Troy) can tell you that our marching style is absolutely unique - That we are the only band in the world to use that particular style. It is described like this in the article: "-An older high step involves the lifting of the knee with legs directly in front, thighs parallel to the ground, and toes pointed downward. When the leg is elevated, it should give the appearance of a 90-degree angle with the thigh and leg, and the body and thigh. The leg is then lowered, and this is repeated with the other leg. This is informally referred to as the "chair."" Is it really unique? Are we really the ONLY band in the world to use the style, or do we just say that? - MatrixFrog

I have seen something similar to this in some southern high school marching bands, but nothing as high as "thighs parallel to the ground". - TCR

I believe the North Hills High School "Fighting Indian" Marching Band in Pittsburgh uses this marching style. However, we (I am a proud member) do not lift our legs to "parallel to the ground," but we get pretty darn close. - Bobman123 03:32, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Respectfully, you aren't that unique. Many other bands do it too (really works those thigh muscles, don't it?!). — BQZip01 — talk 04:52, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Pictures of your favorite marching band

I realize that everyone wants pictures of their favorite marching on this article but please refrain. Lately alot of bias has been creeping onto the page such as "the premier college band" and posting pictures of high school bands when not needed. If you want to create a page for your favorite band please do so and keep the bias off this page. AStudent

Just please make the pictures relevant to the subject at hand. — BQZip01 — talk 04:53, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Trail?

Does anyone know where the term trail originated from? S'daoh Lokadish 07:12, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

If you are still around, to what are you referring? — BQZip01 — talk 04:53, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] New Question, AKA Question II

What does the song F.B.G. stand for? Its a song that is often played in marching bands, and i would like to know what it means/stands for and mabye the origin. Thanks everyone! Go Huskies!--Gephart 21:47, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

Honestly, I'd call their band director and ask. Their webpage — BQZip01 — talk 05:01, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] old school

Actually, a lot of this stuff seems to be about non-modern marching band....

Bring on the corner turns.

[edit] Competition info?

It's not clear of the "classes" you describe apply only to U.S. high school competitions or to all bands everywhere. Remember that your readership here will be international, and what may be true in English-speaking North America might not be true even in other English-speaking areas, (England, Australia, India, etc).

[edit] Reason for Local Competition/Sudler Trophy Removal

The list of local competitions and circuits is much too long to include in an encyclopedia article. This list would go on forever if we actually tried to make it accurate. Furthermore, it is not Wikipedia's intention to become a series of "link lists" for things related to every article. The same thing applies to the Sudler Trophy award. Although it is a high caliber award, there are dozens of awards of (arguably) similar caliber throughout the world for marching bands. So unless we intend to list all of these awards (which we shouldn't) there should be no reason to include just one of them. Hypomyxolydian (talk) 13:53, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

I agree with the removal of the list of the local competitions. It doesn't add anything to the article. What other awards are of the same caliber as the Sudler? The Sudler Trophy is held in very high regard. For instance, the University of Arkansas refers to it as, "the nation's highest and most coveted award for college and university marching bands".[1] I'm not familiar with a Wikipedia policy that indicates all-or-nothing in regard to inclusion. In other words, we don't have to include every award in order to be able to include the most prominent award(s). I don't think the Sudler needs to be excluded so much as top non-U.S. awards need to be added. →Wordbuilder (talk) 14:48, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
I agree with wordbuilder. I'd rather see one award from several countries discussed/listed as opposed to a huge listing of regional awards from the US. --Rocksanddirt (talk) 00:35, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
Concur with both of the above assertions. — BQZip01 — talk 03:17, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
Ok, that seems fair. I will work on getting similar awards. Hypomyxolydian (talk) 01:39, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Enough cleaning to remove 'cleanup' notice?

Does anyone think we can remove the cleanup notice at this point? I think that the article's organization makes sense. It still needs some work, but I think it complies with the MoS. Hypomyxolydian (talk) 01:45, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Pictures

It almost seems to me as if there are too many pictures on the article now. This was discussed previously, saying that we do not need a picture for every single section. Also, there are several instances where random bands are mentioned for no real reason at all, so I will be deleting those as well. Mynameisnotpj (talk) 11:24, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

I agree that sometimes articles can have too many pictures and sometimes pictures can be positioned incorrectly. However, I think we need to agree on which images should be removed, rather than having one person making a unilateral effort. There is a lot of text in this article so it can support many images.
We need to consider several things:
→Wordbuilder (talk) 13:55, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] External links cleanup

I am considering deleting all links from the EL section that are merely community sites or forums for specific states or circuits. To me, these have no relevance to an encyclopedic article. Examples include txbands.com, worldofpageantry, etc. Hypomyxolydian (talk) 01:32, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

I would say delete them unless their scope is greater than just promoting their organization. Say if it's a site put up by a regional org but gives a good guide on a certain aspect of marching bands. That should probably stay. →Wordbuilder (talk) 01:42, 14 May 2008 (UTC)