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 Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 7:45 pm
people always tell me marching band isnt a sport. i believe it is. we work just as hard. it is a huge physical activity. we DO compete against other bands. we dont just march in parades. we entertain and when we do compete we get scores.
physical activity, competing, scores, thats sounds like a sport doesnt it?
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Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 9:50 pm
I remember a few years ago DCI compared marching a single show is equal to running a marathon just because of the amount of effort needed to perform
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Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 3:03 pm
I think marching band is more of a performance than a sport. Meaning that it is more than just trying to stack up points and win. It is an art form, which i think is more than you can say for any sport.
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Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 3:50 pm
well i don't know about a sport but i do think we should get a p.e. credit for it (since marching does more). they've been talking about it being a p.e. credit but so far no luck
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Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 7:13 am
YES! it IS a sport in our school! yet no one considers it. IT IS!
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Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 4:59 pm
Wicked Nitemare people always tell me marching band isnt a sport. i believe it is. we work just as hard. it is a huge physical activity. we DO compete against other bands. we dont just march in parades. we entertain and when we do compete we get scores. physical activity, competing, scores, thats sounds like a sport doesnt it? I agree that seems to fit my description of a sport. Also Marching though many on the outside don't see it as a sport, it is so much better than P.E. class! shivers.
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Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 1:56 pm
oh psh. what do they know? marching band is sooooo a sport!!!!!!!
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Posted: Sat May 30, 2009 1:52 pm
we used to get "scholar athlete" awards, just like the football players, if we got a 3.8 or higher...
now we get "band scholar" awards..
Was that a step forward or backward?
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Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 2:30 pm
Marching band i agree is much more than just any old sport (because of the musical aspect and other stuff), but physical wise definately! but i like this video about it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WWmM1jpM8I
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Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 4:18 pm
its the sport of the arts
we compete, just like every other sport.
we exhert just as much or more energy as most (not necessarily all) sports
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Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 1:23 pm
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Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 2:19 pm
Cheerleaders and other people at my school say that Marching Band is not a sport. Everytime I hear this, I always argue. I say that it IS a sport because we do as much, or more, physical activity than the other sports. We have uniforms, practices, "coaches", and competitions. Marching Band IS a sport, but it exceeds all other sports, because it is an art in its own way. As you can tell, I have had time to think about this. Here is a question that we should ask people everytime someone says Marching Band is not a sport: If Cheerleading is considered a sport, why not Marching Band?!?! Think about it, and HEED MY WORDS!!!
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Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 3:25 pm
i said no..ah! don't throw pencils at me!!
i think of marching band as an athletic art because while it takes an enormous amount of work like sports do, the actual definiton for "sports" is something like two teams have to face each other and marching bands go on one at a time, so...yeah. athletic art. :3
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Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2009 12:02 pm
marching band is an artistic musical sport. we make pretty formations and noises while going through lots of physical activity.
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Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2009 12:23 pm
Yes, Marching should be a sport. Lord knowns we work hard enough at it.
and next school year, I'm helping my old band for their marching season! (there's no end to it I tell you)
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