You Tell ‘em, Jack!
By: Mr. Wilson on
October 14, 2005
While watching the bands at Lincoln High’s Marching Band Contest last Saturday, I saw band after band wander around the field. Apparently we don't march together anymore. In a way this is fine. The kids don't have to think about keeping in step, they just wander about getting to the next spot without running into anyone. To my way of thinking, marching bands aren’t marching bands anymore. I think the name should be changed to "Show Bands" and forget about playing, since they do it so poorly.That probably isn't hilarious to those of you who aren't in to marching bands or who don't know Jack Snider. But to those of us who are (or were) and who do, it's a hoot. In the words of the philosopher Homer, "It's funny because it's true."
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I listened to the Lincoln Munincipal Band in the summers in HS from 1993-1995. I saw Jack a few times. My music teacher was their oboeist and knew Jack from her time at UNL years prior. While I was not a band geek, I was a singer and a college musician. I was put on many D/C details in the Army because I had the rudimentary of rhythmic training. Its too bad that bands have become more drumline and bling and that no one can appreciate the difficulty of a properly marched high step change of position.
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