BandWagon
What makes BANDWAGON different from other band-related podcasts? Rather than focusing only on music education topics, it’s meant for anybody who ever did band. And in a world where not everybody “gets” band, it can be a challenge for people who do. With news, commentary, and advocacy from the band world (concert and marching; scholastic, community, and service bands), and entertaining conversations with band leaders and participants alike ... this podcast aims to create community through band: to be a resource and a refuge for band geeks.
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Monday Nov 18, 2024
Monday Nov 18, 2024
SHOW NOTES
Episode 039 • November 18, 2024
FIRST STRAIN
News ‘n’ Notes:
• Association of Concert Bands announces its 2025 Convention performing bands
sites.google.com/view/acb2025/performing-bands?authuser=0
SECOND STRAIN
Topic: How to Arrange a High-Profile (Trio-Section) Interview
TRIO
This week’s interview guest: ALEX GARDE
www.marineband.marines.mil/
www.marineband.marines.mil/About/Members/Article/3003251/staff-sgt-alexander-garde/
DOGFIGHT
Internet Rabbit Hole of the Week: “Aspire: The President’s Own at 225 (Volume One)”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fuitSIjCxs&list=PLA7no0L9zTk4vddfBGWiNqXONXrV8BpPU
CODA
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Monday Nov 11, 2024
Monday Nov 11, 2024
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Episode 038 • November 11, 2024
INTRODUCTION
• Content calendars, sometimes
FIRST STRAIN
News ‘n’ Notes:
• Elections and other stressful events, and how to approach them in a band setting…
SECOND STRAIN
Topic: An introduction to this week’s Trio…
TRIO
This week’s interview guest: EMILY DAWSON
www.215tharmyband.com/
www.facebook.com/215thArmyBand/
mcmusicschool.org
mcmusicschool.org/faculty/emily-dawson/
DOGFIGHT
Tales of a very tall middle-school bass drummer
CODA
Tom Borning, wind band composer
tricountysymphonicband.org
Video of the concert opener, “Lift Off”: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTzcI2dUmWo
“Everything Music Ed” podcast: shows.acast.com/everything-music-ed/episodes
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/everything-music-ed/id1702949314
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Monday Nov 04, 2024
Monday Nov 04, 2024
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Episode 037 • November 5, 2024
INTRODUCTION
Gonna try and lighten the mood a bit this week…
FIRST STRAIN
News ‘n’ Notes:
• Iowa mellophones sign NIL deal
https://www.kcrg.com/2024/10/22/iowa-marching-band-members-sign-nil-deal-second-year/
• ISU Wind Ensemble offers sensory-sensitive concert for neurodiverse music lovers
https://www.amestrib.com/story/entertainment/local/2024/10/23/iowa-state-university-hosts-first-sensory-sensitive-neurodiverse-family-concert/75779156007/
SECOND STRAIN
Topic:
TOPIC: Errata, from last week’s tale of a postgame interview invading the postgame show
Video of the event: www.facebook.com/mathgeek00/videos/1670372037462/
TRIO
This week’s interview guest: JEN ABLES
jenables.com
www.facebook.com/SWSalsa
https://x.com/soldierswsalsa
DOGFIGHT
Postscript to the Jen Ables interview – and a 5-star review for TeePublic, our merch merchant!
CODA
Pre-election “special comment” … on a band podcast?
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Monday Oct 28, 2024
Monday Oct 28, 2024
SHOW NOTES
Episode 036 • October 28, 2024
FIRST STRAIN
News ‘n’ Notes:
• McKinley HS football and band clash
https://www.cantonrep.com/story/opinion/letters/2024/10/24/letters-mckinley-football-players-disrespected-marching-band/75807987007/
• Bowling Green band barred from rivalry halftime
https://www.13abc.com/2024/10/15/bgsu-says-utoledo-wont-let-their-band-play-battle-i-75-halftime/?fbclid=IwY2xjawF-OzpleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHeNrYTjRucs9fOnmz8yndJVTysb-wS6IFEEX9JkrB90ATAaRrAtcvXxBGw_aem_MGiZmj0Oj6vNeBADIB4L3w
SECOND STRAIN
Topic: More on the Toledo/BGSU tiff, and can’t we just get along?
https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2024/10/19/to-editor-ut-decision-bgsu-band-puts-hof-inductees-awkward-spot/stories/20241018109
https://www.wtol.com/article/sports/football/bgsu-marching-band-falcon-utoledo-university-battle-of-i-75-football/512-2aee6d6e-7fa0-4f03-9694-d1814def5b5c
TRIO
This week’s interview guest: SCOTT MONTY, part 2
https://scottmonty.com/
https://www.prsa.org/person/monty-scott
https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottmonty/
DOGFIGHT
• More tales of bands and sports people
CODA
• Hammerton’s on The Growing Band Director Podcast, next Monday, November 4
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Monday Oct 21, 2024
Monday Oct 21, 2024
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Episode 035 • October 21, 2024
FIRST STRAIN
News ‘n’ Notes:
• Eastern Senior High School Blue & White Marching Machine gets a street named after it
https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/community/dc-high-school-marching-band-honored-with-new-street-name-eastern-high-school/65-ffcb8e39-d753-486f-a5cf-940038aa5eee
https://www.wjla.com/news/local/eastern-high-marching-band-northeast-historic-street-renamed-blue-white-marching-machine-way-music-art-campus-north-carolina-17th-a-street-music-high-stepping-communty
• Jackson State University names its fourth-ever female drum major
https://hbcugameday.com/2024/09/30/hbcu-band-names-fourth-woman-in-its-history-as-drum-major/
links
SECOND STRAIN
Topic:
http://www.hustlebelt.com/2013/8/16/4622774/2013-mac-positional-rankings-marching-bands
TRIO
This week’s interview guest: SCOTT MONTY
https://scottmonty.com/
https://www.prsa.org/person/monty-scott
https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottmonty/
DOGFIGHT
Topic: Hammerton’s Allentown Story (first in a series, no doubt)
CODA
Topic: Theodore Roethke, poet
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Roethke
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Monday Oct 14, 2024
Monday Oct 14, 2024
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Episode 34 • October 14, 2024
FIRST STRAIN
News ‘n’ Notes:
• Laguna Beach Community Concert Band celebrates 25 years
https://www.lagunabeachindy.com/keeping-the-beat-community-concert-band-celebrates-its-25th-year/
• News item title: Savannah State University gets its first white drum major
https://hbcugameday.com/2024/09/13/hbcu-band-appoints-its-first-ever-white-drum-major/
SECOND STRAIN
Topic: “What, Me Worry?” Two college bands schedule a play-date
TRIO
This week’s interview guest: MICHAEL COOGAN, continued!
Dover Community Band: www.facebook.com/dovercommunityband/
www.youtube.com/@DoverCommunityBand/videos
DOGFIGHT
Topic: The SMU band makes commentary
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/acc/2024/09/30/smu-football-band-sad-war-chant-florida-state/75450124007/
CODA: a Joke!
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Monday Oct 07, 2024
Monday Oct 07, 2024
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Episode 033 • October 7, 2024
FIRST STRAIN
News ‘n’ Notes:
• Woodley Concert Band celebrates 50 years
wokingham.today/woodley-concert-band-celebrates-half-a-century-of-music-making/
www.woodleyconcertband.org.uk
• Grant nets Woodward band new instruments
https://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/positively-cincinnati/woodward-band-marches-to-new-tune-after-hamilton-county-grant-gets-them-brand-new-instruments
SECOND STRAIN
Topic: An Allentown memory
TRIO
This week’s interview guest: MICHAEL COOGAN
Dover Community Band: www.facebook.com/dovercommunityband/
www.youtube.com/@DoverCommunityBand/videos
DOGFIGHT
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Monday Sep 30, 2024
Monday Sep 30, 2024
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Episode 032 • September 30, 2024
FIRST STRAIN
News ‘n’ Notes:
• News item title: Mississippi band bus crash
www.magnoliastatelive.com/2024/09/20/two-people-killed-in-crash-involving-bus-carrying-mississippi-community-college-marching-band/
• Michigan Marching Band gets a new field
https://record.umich.edu/articles/marching-band-takes-possession-of-new-elbel-field-facility/
SECOND STRAIN
Topic: Band Shorthand, and an “Allentown” call-to-action
J. Birney Crum Stadium: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Birney_Crum_Stadium
TRIO
This week’s interview guest: KYLE SMITH
The Growing Band Director Podcast: sites.google.com/view/the-growing-band-director/home
https://sites.google.com/a/westbrookschools.org/westbrook-high-school-instrumental-music/teachers
DOGFIGHT
Topic: Whose idea was this anyway?
CODA
Topic: The other half of the BandWagon/Growing Band Director Podcast home-and-home series
(BW-featured episode drops on November 4, 2024)
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Monday Sep 23, 2024
Monday Sep 23, 2024
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Episode 031 • September 23, 2024
FIRST STRAIN
News ‘n’ Notes:
• Cairns Municipal Band new-building update
www.cairnslocalnews.com.au/band-marches-on-2024-09-07
• 2025 Rose Parade bands announced
tournamentofroses.com/2025-band-announcement/
SECOND STRAIN
Topic: Alma Mater memories
TRIO
This week’s interview guest: DONNA MORSE
newhorizonsmusic.org/board
www.mnhband.org/directors
www.nelsontownband.org/home
snowpond.org/music-faculty/661-director-of-jazz-studies
DOGFIGHT
Topic: US Navy Band’s “Lion King” medley
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNSjgay9GYA
CODA
Topic: Listener Clarification
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Monday Sep 16, 2024
Monday Sep 16, 2024
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Episode 030 • September 16, 2024
FIRST STRAIN
News ‘n’ Notes:
• Florida State band War Chant controversy
https://www.si.com/college-football/florida-state-band-why-war-chant-no-longer-played-third-downs
https://www.tomahawknation.com/florida-state-football-fsu-seminoles-college-cfb-acc-norvell-team-roster-schedule-game/2024/9/5/24236816/edm-marching-chiefs-issue-statement-third-down-warchant-music-stadium-changes-petition-fans-band-dj
• High School Band fan-greeting salute controversy
https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/louisville/2024/09/03/ohio-louisville-high-school-marching-band-alters-greeting-fans-stark-county-fair-nazi-salute/75054198007/
SECOND STRAIN, TRIO, DOGFIGHT, CODA
Topic: George N. Parks, on the 14th anniversary of his passing
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_N._Parks
www.dci.org/news/eyes-with-pride-mourning-the-loss-of-umass-band-leader-george-n-parks
https://artsedresearch.typepad.com/blog/2010/09/george-n-parks-1953-2010-a-life-in-context.html
UMass Marching Band “Let’s Groove” audio courtesy of Michael LeClerc
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Rob Hammerton, host
Drawing on his experience in scholastic bands as a participant, instructor and designer, his more than two decades as a church musician, his work as a college band director, and his current work as a community band conductor, Rob has broad insight into the world of winds and percussion -- and yet there's so much more he wants to learn!
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