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Two Types of Band Member - Rob Hammerton.

There Are 2 Kinds of Band Members

Benjy is a character in a story told by DMA’s great friend Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser. Benjy was the terrified freshman who was ready to quit

Drum Major Leadership: Me vs We.

Are you I-Me or We-Us?

Heidi is one of our Lead Clinicians for the George N. Parks Drum Major Academy. In her “spare time,” she’s a Professor of Music and

#1 Band Recruitment Method.

How to Recruit for Marching Band: #1 Band Recruitment Method

This is it. This is the NUMBER ONE absolute best marching band recruitment method.

I’ve tried them all in my 10 years as a band director. And here’s the method that works best.

If you’re in band, you already know: band is awesome. You also know that band is a whole lot more fun the more people that are involved.

But how do you convince new people to join band? It took me 10 years, but I found the BEST marching band recruitment tool.

Here it is—

Charlie Brown, Director.

It’s Not About A Title

(This post was first written as part of SARV BLOG. It is reproduced here with some edits by the author.) I loathe the end of the

DMA's First Blog Post.

Evolution of the DMA Blog

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