Editorial Review Product Description Chapters: Arizona State University Sun Devil Marching Band, Mechanicsburg High School Marching Band, Hr-Sinfonieorchester, Delaware Symphony Orchestra, Dysart and Dundonald Pipe Band, San Bernardino Symphony, Johnstown Symphony Orchestra, Lansing Symphony Orchestra, Wheeling Symphony Orchestra. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 46. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Arizona State Sun Devil Marching Band (or ASUSDMB),known as The Pride of the Southwest, is the Athletic Band of Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona. The Sun Devil Marching Band motto is Expect Great Things. The acronym EGT is inscribed on a sign that hangs from the directors podium towering over the band's practice field, and is a symbol of the high standards that band members strive to meet. The ASU Band program, which includes the Marching and Pep bands, the Wind Ensemble, and the Symphonic Band, is a part of the Katherine K. Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, School of Music. The band is currently under the direction of Director of Athletic Bands James G. Hudson, who took over the program in 2006. The Sun Devil Marching Band is a major ambassador for Arizona State University and the state of Arizona. Each year almost 500,000 people are entertained by the band, which plays at home football at Sun Devil Stadium and as a pep band for basketball games at Wells Fargo Arena, homecoming, bowl game parades, other community events in the Valley, across the country, and even abroad. On September 20, 1915, the Arizona Board of Education accepted and ratified the creation of the Tempe Bulldogs Marching Band under Mrs. Lillian Williams (1915-1917). Under her guidance she furnished on her own the bands instruments, uniforms, and repertoire of standard classical music. The Bulldogs Marching Band though would be d...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=4719390 ... Read more |