The Marching and Cycling Band HHK from Haarlem ( the Netherlands ) is one of the few marching bands around the world which also performs on bicycles.

Intentionally amateurish marching bands (' Zaate Hermeniekes ' or ' Drunken Marching Bands ') traditionally perform on the streets.

Marching bands are generally categorized by function, size, age, and by the style of show they perform.

Marching bands are categorized based on primary function, instrumentation, and style-although many organizations may fill multiple roles.

Examples of these types of college bands include Bethune-Cookman University " Marching Wildcats ", Grambling State University's " World-Famed Tiger Marching Band ", Jackson State University's " Sonic Boom of the South ", the " Ohio University Marching 110 ", Florida A & M University's " Marching 100 ", Tennessee State University's " Aristocrat of Bands ", and Southern University's " The Human Jukebox ".

Marching bands serve as entertainment during American football games.

Marching bands perform their show during halftime.

" The 300 + member SDSU Marching Band, " The Pride of the Dakotas ", given the special name the Millennium Band in 2000 by the South Dakota State Legislature, has marched in the 1981 and 1997 Presidential Inaugural Parades in Washington, D. C .; A Capital Fourth in 2000 in Washington DC which was broadcast on PBS ; the 2003 and 2008 Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California making them the second collegiate band in the history of the Rose Bowl to be invited to march twice when their team was not competing ; and the Korean War Monument Dedication at the state's capital Pierre in 2004, in the company of two other college bands and 60-some high school bands from across the state.

Marching bands, fire trucks, antique cars, floats, and dance groups walk the streets of historic downtown.

The bands have been to Disney World, the International Indoor Marching Band Championships, and have made multiple appearances in the MACBDA ( Mid-American Competing Band Director's Association ) Finals before MACBDA was finally disbanded in recent years.

The parade contains floats from politicians, local businesses, schools and churches along with marching bands, including Baltimore's Marching Ravens.

The Oliver Ames Marching Band won the 2008 Division 2 New England championships for USSBA, and placed 5th out of 29 bands competing.

The Belleville High School Marching Band is one of the three largest marching bands in the United States, with almost 300 members on the field at one time.

The Osseo Marching Band Festival is a street marching competition between high school bands along a performance route through the city.

The Forest Lake Marching Band was rated in the top five high school bands in the United States twice in the 1960s.

In November 2011, the Marching Green Pride, under the direction of Shawn Murphy, placed 18th out of 244 4A marching bands in the state of Texas.

The final day starts with field show presentations by the invited bands and the Somerset Blue Raider Marching Band and a parade that commences at 2: 00 PM and lasts approximately 3 – 8 hours.

* Marching percussion ( marching, fanfare and pipe bands )

Another key feature, seen in some military bands in Brazil and in the Pipe band of the Colombian Navy's Naval Academy " Admiral Jose Prudencio Padillia ", is the presence of bagpipes in the bands, and as seen in the Marching Band of the Brazilian Marines, the use of more bugles types like baritones and mellow phones.

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In addition to athletics, Edwardsburg also boasts a flight IV Marching Band.

In addition, the Marching Rebels received a second place win at the Festival of Bands Competition in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, ranking as the highest placing public school in Class A competition.

In addition to the Marching Band, the CC drum line performs a drum feature each year, revealed at the annual Boy's Bowl assembly.

In addition to the various academic classes, Kamiakin High School has numerous school activities that include ASB, Instrumental Music ( Jazz Band, Choir, Pep Band, Marching Band, Orchestra ), Buddy Club, dance team, DECA, drama, foreign exchange, Key Club, photography club, tech club, swing club, the Tomatalk newspaper, yearbook and Link Crew.

After having the sousaphone designed for the Marine Band, it was natural that as Marching Illini became the first band to march and play at the same time, they also were the first band to use sousaphones on the field.

Marching B ♭ horns do use a horn mouthpiece and have a much more horn-like sound, but are much more difficult to play on the field.

Examples of these are the Marching and Fanfare Bands of the French Republican Guard, the Mounted Band of the French Republican Guard and the Central Band of the French Foreign Legion, the only remaining French military band to use the fife.

Marching bands use a mixture of brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments, because all of these instruments can be played while marching.

It is one of only three bands in the Pac-12 ( the others being the Spirit of Troy and the University of Washington Husky Marching Band ), and one of the few outside the Big Ten Conference, to use this physically demanding style.

Marching east to Jaén, Reding delivered a strong attack against the French right wing between July 2 and July 3, sending the 3rd Swiss regiment into the teeth of Cassagne's brigade.

The student-run Pep Band was the official band of UVa athletics for the period between 1974 and the formation of the Cavalier Marching Band in 2003, with the exception of about one month during 1993.

It is also heard between the second and third periods of men's ice hockey games, halftime or the end of the third quarter of football games, and half time of other Cornell athletic contests attended by the Cornell Big Red Marching Band or the Cornell Big Red Pep Band.

These events included Arizona Cardinals games ; public grand opening tours held August 19 & 20, 2006 ( attended by 120, 000 people ); various shows, expositions, tradeshows and motor sport events ; the Rolling Stones concert November 8 2006 ; the AIA 4A and 5A state championship games for football ( the first high school to win a football championship at the stadium was Cactus Shadows High School of Cave Creek, AZ on December 2, 2006 ); an international soccer exhibition match ; the Fiesta Bowl National Band Championship High School Marching Band competition ( the first marching band to ever play on the field was Foothill High School, from Pleasanton, California on December 29, 2006 ); the Fiesta Bowl January 1, 2007 featuring the Boise State Broncos vs. the University of Oklahoma Sooners ( Boise State won 43-42 in overtime ); and the BCS National Championship January 8, 2007 between the No. 1 Ohio State Buckeyes and the No. 2 University of Florida Gators, which the Gators won 41-14.

The Yale Precision Marching Band has made a tradition of setting fire to the tops of the bells of their sousaphones, including in the fall of 1992 when sousaphones served as the " candles " of a " wedding cake " formed by the band when two band alumni were married during a halftime show.

* Dan Hawkins – Rhythm / lead guitars ; Bass guitars ; Tubular bells ; Marching drums ; Tambourine ; Triangle ; Backing vocals

The ballet work is on the nose, especially in the opening number by `` The New Ashmolean Marching Society and Students' Conservatory Band '', along with a fiery and sultry Brazilian fantasia later.

*" When Johnny Comes Marching Home " ( sometimes " When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again ") is a popular song of the American Civil War that expressed people's longing for the return of their friends and relatives who were fighting in the war.

The Irish anti-war song " Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye " and " When Johnny Comes Marching Home " share the same melodic material.

Based on internal textual references, " Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye " apparently dates from the early 1820s, while When Johnny Comes Marching Home was first published in 1863.

Alan Jay Lerner was educated at Bedales School in England, The Choate School ( now Choate Rosemary Hall ) in Wallingford, Connecticut, ( where he wrote " The Choate Marching Song ") and Harvard.

The University of Illinois marching band, the Marching Illini, wore two baldrics as a part of their uniform until 2009, with one over each shoulder.

Marching along the coast, the French army stormed Alexandria and captured the city, before Bonaparte led the main force of his army inland.

The Columbia University Marching Band tells jokes during the campus tradition of Orgo Night.

On the day before the Organic Chemistry exam — which is often on the first day of finals — at precisely the stroke of midnight, the Columbia University Marching Band occupies Butler Library to distract diligent students from studying.

During the team's time in Baltimore, the Colts had the Baltimore Colts ' Marching Band, which was left behind when the team moved to Indianapolis.

Marching with Sharpe.

As the horses are paraded before the grandstands, the University of Louisville Marching Band plays Stephen Foster's " My Old Kentucky Home ," a tradition which began in 1924.

The name “ Saints ” is an allusion to November 1 being All Saints Day in the Catholic faith, New Orleans ' large Catholic population, and the spiritual When the Saints Go Marching In, which is strongly associated with New Orleans.

The team was named for the great jazz song most identified with New Orleans – " When the Saints Go Marching In ", and it was no coincidence that the franchise's official birth was announced on November 1, which is the Catholic All Saints ' Day.

Trumpeter Al Hirt was part owner of the team, and his rendition of " When the Saints Go Marching In " was made the official fight song.

* Maney, R. Wayne, Marching to Cold Harbor.

The Southern University Marching Band was also featured during the halftime show, playing " Get Ready ", and several New Orleans jazz standards with Hirt, and Lionel Hampton.

The show featured the Michigan Marching Band and the crew of Apollo 17 who exactly one month earlier had been the final humans to date to leave the Moon.

The pregame festivities, which paid tribute to George Halas, featured the University of Florida Fightin ' Gator Marching Band and the Florida State University Marching Chiefs.

The pregame show held before the game was titled " Georgia Music Makers " and featured performances by the rap music duo Kris Kross, the rock band The Georgia Satellites, country musician Charlie Daniels, and the Morehouse College Marching Band.

Singers Tina Turner and Travis Tritt along with the Georgia Tech Marching Band and the Georgia Mass Choir performed during the show.