section members. For the Band program: The whole Band should strive for excellence in every form‚ on and off the marching field or stage. Students should have high standards of excellence and responsibility for their attendance‚ their peers’ performance‚ and their own. I hope to see students with high levels of self-discipline in their practice to produce higher results during Marching and Concert seasons. Leading by example is the best way to accomplish these goals‚ and I know that I can lead my
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Alfred Noyes (1880-1958) The Highwayman THE wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees‚ The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas‚ The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor‚ And the highwayman came riding— Riding—riding— The highwayman came riding‚ up to the old inn-door. He’d a French cocked-hat on his forehead‚ a bunch of lace at his chin‚ A coat of the claret velvet‚ and breeches of brown doe-skin; They fitted with never a wrinkle: his boots were
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and that there was almost no litter in the streets. As they were walking "it occurred to Sandy‚ there at the end of the Middle Meadow Walk‚ that the Brodie set was Miss Brodie’s fascisti‚ not to the naked eye‚ marching along‚ but all knit together for her need and in another way‚ marching along."(31) Sandy seems to be commenting on how they have lost their individuality and the girls have all become what Miss Brodie wants them to be. They no longer have their own ideas and judgments. All of their
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famous book “1984” by George Orwell. The opening setting shows a row of people in a drone-like trance‚ wearing matching gray clothing‚ walking down a hallway‚ marching in step with each other. After a few seconds of this‚ we see a woman running down a different‚ empty‚ hallyway wielding a sledge hammer. The scene flashes to the marching drones‚ the woman running‚ then shows a group of men chasing after the woman in what appear to be swat uniforms‚ presumably law enforcement of some type‚ attempting
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Movement one‚ “Maestoso con moto - Allegro‚” opens with a the brass fanfare‚ producing a sober and noble theme by the trombones. From that theme the movement gathers momentum until finally‚ at cadence point‚ the lighter‚ second theme‚ a gently rolling motif from the strings‚ balances the piece. Mixing proves itself to be another prominent theme throughout the first movement; fanfare and smooth motifs mix as well as the different tones in the orchestration
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"Dover beach" is a beautiful poem written by a famous poet‚ Matthew Arnold; from the romantic era. The poem is melancholic and pessimistic in nature and shows human misery through the ages. The diction changes as the poem progresses‚ from the beginning till the end‚ soft and loving to hard and rough‚ respectively. The images are centered around the ocean‚ this is to show the analogy that life can be both turbulent as well as placid. The time that the poem occurs is through the night‚ having mystery
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modern/popular music‚ while the Neapolitan sixth chord has a very distinct sound that creates a different feeling in the chord progression‚ it has also been used in today’s popular music. This chords typically have a predominant function when performing a cadence in a major or minor keys. History of both types of chords It is very common that one would think that the first three chords are named like that because of an historical context but actually “… theorists disagree on their
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alliteration in the words “knock kneed” appears in the second line of the stanza and helps emphasize how deformed these soldiers have become as a result of the war. The next few lines discuss how the soldiers are marching back and leave the noises of the battlefields behind them‚ as if marching towards their camp‚ and they can
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wasn’t the best dancer so I decided in ninth grade to stick to singing. In ninth grade I also joined the marching band playing the 4th bass drum (which is the largest one). I loved marching and playing‚ going to competitions and learning new pieces‚ going to football games‚ all of it was wonderful. I came to love the ringing in my ears from the loud sound of our band. While I was in marching band I was also in the percussion band (which was an
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named Richard Wagner. The Prussian Army helped make the tuba popular. Their marching band directors liked the big‚ bold sound the tuba makes. After the Prussians started using the tuba other countries started making their own tubas. Tubas come in lots of different shapes and names like the Bombardon‚ Fluegelhorn‚ and Helicon‚ but now it is most commonly called the tuba. Tubas were originally designed to be played while marching instead of while sitting. To begin with the player held the tuba on his
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