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Comment on The Marching Band Effect by Doug Butchy

Doug Butchy — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 01:27:16 +0000

Thanks for reading Cornelius! Yeah, it really makes a big difference! My best players in the Jr. High Band are those that are in the marching band!

Comment on The Marching Band Effect by Cornelius Young

Cornelius Young — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 15:40:12 +0000

Hi Doug,

I just discovered your blog and love it. Regarding the phenomenon of the middle school students getting better, I would certainly that your 3 reasons are on the money. Especially 2 and 3. I’m currently a graduate student who taught for 4 years prior to coming back to school. We had a guest conduct/band director who gave a clinic on marching band. He would always encourage his freshman to be in marching band. (He was fortunate enough to have a completely voluntary marching band). Part of it was because of the vast improvement. The other part was the fact that if these freshman were placed between two seniors or upperclassmen their tone quality improved with exposure. Basically because the students were exposed to upperclassmen and more challenging music they improved. I think that this phenom is incredible. It makes me wonder what I could get a middle school band to do.

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Comment on Doug Butchy Bio by Doug Butchy

Doug Butchy — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:41:06 +0000

Hi Jon,

I do not recall that name. Thanks for visiting the blog. You can see the new version over at http://dougbutchy.edublogs.org

I changed platforms a while back! Thanks again!

Comment on Doug Butchy Bio by Jon

Jon — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 04:39:53 +0000

Mr. Butchy-

I’m a music ed student at the University of West Georgia. You’re blog is really cool. I came across it googling stuff about marching band. You graduated from Youngstown in 2002 with a degree in music? Do you know a guy named Boh?

-Jon Christian

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