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Whitney Stone leads Jeremy Denzer, Sadie Wallace, Trish O’Shea, Garrett Lippie and Jeremy Williams through WGI 2027 registration pressure, percussion updates, European drum corps, Garrett’s Practice Makes Permanent Tech Block and a packed Water We Doing?!
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Nimitz Band Shirt Pulled, SoundSport 2027 & Color Guard Tech Advice with Marching Arts News, Advice, & More| OAWB S4EP38
Your All-Access Pass to the Marching Arts. Marching band season is fully underway, winter guard planning is starting, and this week Chris Rutt, Dalton Stout, Cynthia Bernard, Jeremy Svoboda and guest Monica Drohan tackle the Nimitz High School marching band shirt pulled by…
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Hawkeye Band Honors Derek Phillips, HBCU Band Fight & DCI’s 1,000 Middle Schoolers | OAWB S4EP37
Your All-Access Pass to the Marching Arts. Joey Montes III, Jeremy Denzer and Courtney Coffey check in on the fall marching season, then break down the Hawkeye Marching Band’s tribute to Derek Phillips and what it means for marching-band heat safety; Penn State’s Blue Band…
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Blue Devils Percussion Shift, JD Shaw Retires & WGI News | OAWB S4EP36
Haley Harrington welcomes Garrett Lippie and Devin Rossey for Blue Devils percussion leadership changes, JD Shaw’s Phantom Regiment retirement, WGI jobs and judge applications, recruiting ideas and Garrett’s 60 Second Tech Block.
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A Salute to Dolly Parton: Tennessee Roots & Marching Arts Legacy | OAWB S4EP35
On A Water Break celebrates the life and legacy of Dolly Parton through her Tennessee roots, her connection to music education, and an unexpected part of her story: the marching arts. Ricardo Robinson-Shinall, Jeremy Denzer and Alicia Sharp are joined by Bri Eskenazi,…
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