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March 2017

The Marchingest, Playingest Band in the Land!

by Ernest Stackhouse on March 25, 2017March 27, 2017

1613978_10151989500541925_1499495793_n Article: Florida A&M University’s Marching 100 and the invention of the black marching band style

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EXCERPTS FROM “THE MAN BEHIND THE BATON” BY DR. WILLIAM P. FOSTER: Excerpt Five – Contributors To The Legacy

by Ernest Stackhouse on March 20, 2017August 30, 2017

images (16)EXCERPT FIVE – CONTRIBUTORS TO THE LEGACY – In his own words Dr Foster talks about individuals who have contributed to the legacy of the Marching “100” or contributed to his own legacy in some way.

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SALUTING MR. ROCK ‘N’ ROLL…

by Ernest Stackhouse on March 19, 2017March 19, 2017

chuck-berry-9210488-2-402“Some people hear their own inner voices with great clearness. And they live by what they hear. Such people become crazy… or they become legend.” – Jim Harrison

QUID PRO QUO – The “Pay for Play” culture born from The Band Scholarship

by Ernest Stackhouse on March 15, 2017March 15, 2017

download (2) High school seniors, and their parents, enter into a bidding war for band scholarships. An auction for musical talent that, most of the time, settles for just bodies to put in a uniform.

WHY IS BAND SO POLITICAL?: The division that predates Trump and Obama… Traditional and Corps-Style

by Ernest Stackhouse on March 8, 2017March 8, 2017

IMG_20170307_230601 Alternative facts, division, history, and politics… all perfectly in tune and well balanced.

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EVERY NOW AND THEN… STOP AND ENJOY THE ROSES

by Ernest Stackhouse on March 2, 2017May 21, 2017

13995450_10206945541333911_4660272003203950938_oThe most sincere forms of adulation, gratitude, admiration, respect that the profession of “Educator” produces in some cases but not nearly enough in most cases.

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