The Beechwood Marching Tigers are to a great start this marching season, with strong finishes at their first three competitions -- Including their first BOA Regional Class Championship since 2019! This story is brought to you by Coyote Moon Vacations Ryle Tournament of Bands At their first competition, at Ryle Tournament of Bands, they finished 1st in class and 2nd overall, plus two Visual and one General Effect sub-caption wins in finals—just 2.4 points behind Lafayette. Laf

On the Friday before the State Competition, alumni were invited to attend the final run-through We had seventeen 17 alumni sign up early for at tour of the new band room, and an additional 10-20 joined us in the stands for the final run-through of the show. We then headed to Braxton Barrell House here in Fort Mitchell, with Austin Bralley (director of bands) and Brian "Bosco" Brown in tow. It was a great night, and we're doing it again, and this time the new auditorium will

Broken Arrow, Oklahoma's High School Marching Band (photo credit: The New Yorker) Celebrating its 100th Anniversary, The New Yorker, launched its "Onward and Upwards with the Arts" series of features. They just published an incredible feature on the history and value of marching band . The piece talks about the origins of Marching Band beginning with the Ottoman Empire, and tracks its evolution to competitive marching band. The piece also features the 2024 season of three i