These are musicians who "contributed to the architecture of rock 'n' roll, " Padnos says, by transforming the traditional, bass-heavy New Orleans jazz of the marching band and whorehouse piano into something entirely new.
So it was important that standing before the marching band and the dignitaries, fresh off the plane, he said the US was proud to stand with Israel as its "strongest ally and... greatest friend", and that it was in America's national security interest to be close to Israel, in an uncertain time in the Middle East.
In the wake of his death, the famed marching band was suspended and the university president resigned after a no-confidence vote from trustees.
Let me start -- because I want to give a special shout-out to anyone here who might be from the Gator marching band. (Applause.) You all were just incredible.
In Portland, Maine, kids and even pets displayed the Stars and Stripes as veterans, youth groups law enforcement officials and civic organizations paraded to Monument Square to the tunes of a marching band, sirens from a police car and the rumble of motorcycles.
If The Shins played music after popping Prozac, they might come up with something similar to Spark Large, the full-length debut from the Swedish duo Marching Band.
Public-school parents accuse the board of the 9, 000-student East Ramapo Central School District of cutting teachers, guidance counselors, art programs, all-day kindergarten and the high school marching band, while diverting public resources to favored Orthodox institutions.
When it comes to leadership, if the 20th-century corporation was like a Sousa marching band, the new 21st-century organization needs to be more like Jazz.
The thousand or so, mostly Chinese, attendees were serenaded (inspired?) at the opening ceremony by a 21-piece marching band, participated in the singing of the Chinese national anthem and withstood the glare of dozens of TV and press camera lights.
The school's band, known as the Marching 100, is one of the top university marching bands in the United States, famed for its elaborate dance formations and innovative style incorporating popular music.
The day, which was hosted by Edinburgh in 2011, was marked on the Hoe with a marching band and exhibitions and displays on land, sea and air.
The football team and marching band played like they always had, and they played at a familiar place: 77-year-old Junge Field, an off-campus facility left unharmed by the tornado.
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Joining me on the sweeping two-story set is a village-size cast including half a dozen dancing brides niftily accessorized with dancing grooms, quick-stepping waiters, acrobatically inclined construction workers, happy townies, multiculti mariachis, and (putting us indisputably over the top) a marching band.
Stanbury Uniforms, based in Brookfield, Missouri, has designed new uniforms and marching shoes for the band's first football game.
"Feel Good About It" isn't one of the peppiest tracks on Spark Large, but it still maintains the carefree quality that makes Marching Band so appealing.
Also on the free and fabulous list is the weekly performance by the Hoch-und Deutschmeister marching band, held at 10:45 am Saturday between May to October.
The circus was invented in the 1760s by a British cavalry officer, Philip Astley, who started with trick riding, moved on to "hippodrama" (plays in which horses took center stage) and established many of the basics of circuses, including brass-band marching tunes, a broad center ring and even the "big top" itself.
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They were to join 500 Australians in what was billed as the world's biggest combined marching band.
When heard in a Las Vegas airport, the music of spaz-funk marching band Battles can sound disorienting, even maddening.
Jonathan nailed down the schoolyard in Fort Greene, I set about finding 150 vendors for our opening day, curating them with an eye toward quality, threw in the Red Hook Food Vendors and some other foodies and hired a marching band to play opening day. 20, 000 people came, the Times did a photo shoot, and here we are.
Hundreds of Obama supporters danced as a marching band led them along the sidewalk.
The Marching "100, " as the band is known, is a storied institution that has performed at presidential inaugurations and Super Bowl games.
The Shankill Road-based Young Conway Volunteers band also defied a ruling which barred them from marching past the church.
The key lies in a network of grassroots supporters spearheaded by the charismatic Emerald City Supporters and their accomplished marching band.
In downtown Nicosia, thousands of Cypriots watched children and veterans marching accompanied by a band in the annual celebration of Greek independence.
In league with the rocket is the 17-foot hideous-yet-endearing troll under the Aurora Bridge, as is the raucous Summer Solstice Parade in all its stilted, puppet bearing, naked cyclist glory that drums to the beat of its own whacked-out marching band.
Does it have an identity that is distinctive and recognizable (the equivalent of those brightly colored, shiny, marching band uniforms)?
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In 1898 they moved into the church itself, marching down Brick Lane in procession with their scrolls and a band.
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