What makes BANDWAGON different from other band-related podcasts? As much as it’s for band directors, it’s really meant for anybody who ever did band. And in a world where not everybody “gets†band, it can be a challenge for people who do. With news, commentary, and advocacy from the band world (concert and marching; scholastic, community, and service bands), and entertaining conversations with band leaders and participants alike ... this podcast aims to create community through band: to be a resource and a refuge for band geeks.
SHOW NOTES Episode 062a • June 2, 2025 In which our hero (at least temporarily) adjusts this podcast's release schedule. FOLLOW US! BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 BandWagon on BlueSky: bsky.app/profile/heybandwagon.bsky.social Rob (“HammertonMedia”) on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON! www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV WE GOT MERCH! Visit www.teepublic.com/user/bandwagon-with-rob-hammerton -or- go to teepublic.com and search “bandwagon” SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK! Email: heybandwagon@yahoo.com Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon
SHOW NOTES Episode 062 • May 26, 2025 FIRST STRAIN News ‘n' Notes: • Indy 500 Festival Parade features 14 bands www.wthr.com/article/news/community/500-festival/14-marching-bands-selected-perform-aes-500-festival-parade-12-from-indiana/531-ac2a090d-31a7-4501-8a45-55a8d6bddcf6 500festival.com/parade/ • Green Valley Concert Band director Snavely retires www.kgun9.com/news/community-inspired-journalism/sahuarita-and-green-valley-news/the-band-plays-on-green-valley-concert-band-conductor-takes-final-bow SECOND STRAIN Topic: Band podcast connections TRIO Topic: Dr. WILLIAM G. ZIMMERMAN, Jr. prabook.com/web/william_george.zimmerman/798817 www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/vnews/name/ruth-zimmerman-obituary?id=54170186 www.weremember.com/ruth-mcneill-zimmerman/0z3a/memories DOGFIGHT Topic: Band podcast production values CODA Topic: A Michael Moore quote, about staggered breathing FOLLOW US! BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 BandWagon on BlueSky: bsky.app/profile/heybandwagon.bsky.social Rob (“HammertonMedia”) on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON! www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV WE GOT MERCH! Visit www.teepublic.com/user/bandwagon-with-rob-hammerton -or- go to teepublic.com and search “bandwagon” SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK! Email: heybandwagon@yahoo.com Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon
SHOW NOTES Episode 061a • May 19, 2025 A micro-episode, thanks to the onset of Rob's Wacky Week. A link to the Trekculture podcast episode I speak of in this episode: www.podbean.com/media/share/dir-35wip-25647df1?utm_campaign=w_share_ep&utm_medium=dlink&utm_source=w_share FOLLOW US! BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 BandWagon on BlueSky: bsky.app/profile/heybandwagon.bsky.social Rob (“HammertonMedia”) on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON! www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV WE GOT MERCH! Visit www.teepublic.com/user/bandwagon-with-rob-hammerton -or- go to teepublic.com and search “bandwagon” SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK! Email: heybandwagon@yahoo.com Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon
SHOW NOTES Episode 061 • May 12, 2025 FIRST STRAIN News ‘n' Notes: • New Metallica marching band competition prize opportunity www.metallicamarchingband.com/ bravewords.com/news/metallica-exciting-new-prize-announced-for-next-metallica-marching-band-winner/ • Texas high school band “opens” for Post Malone www.fox4news.com/news/post-malone-grapevine-hs-band SECOND STRAIN Topic: A Commencement Band memory TRIO This week's interview guests: MATT PARENT & RASSII ELLIOTT www.kkpsi.org www.kkpsi.org/district-governors/ www.kkpsiaa.org/donate DOGFIGHT Topic: Thom Hannum's (belated) retirement celebration CODA Topic: From Vincent Persichetti to Frederick Fennell FOLLOW US! BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 BandWagon on BlueSky: bsky.app/profile/heybandwagon.bsky.social Rob (“HammertonMedia”) on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON! www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV WE GOT MERCH! Visit www.teepublic.com/user/bandwagon-with-rob-hammerton -or- got to teepublic.com and search “bandwagon” SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK! Email: heybandwagon@yahoo.com Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon
SHOW NOTES Episode 060 • May 5, 2025 FIRST STRAIN News ‘n' Notes: • Burbank Community Band celebrates 85 years outlooknewspapers.com/burbankleader/laurell-burbank-community-band-doesn-t-skip-a-beat/article_aaa73119-ea01-415c-b24c-82fb571328db.html • U. Of Texas-Arlington professor Doug Stotter passes away www.facebook.com/MusicUTA/posts/it-is-with-profound-sadness-we-share-the-news-that-after-conducting-a-beautiful-/1218159736980718/ www.facebook.com/UTArlingtonBand/posts/pfbid025qgCtDJnw7bWeAyosw47Y8EmAvNz33sVhqxM426uZUTuUZ22hwFVnjtkrP3uJDQAl www.uta.edu/academics/faculty/profile?user=dstotter SECOND STRAIN Topic: Fallout from Jacksonville University arts & humanities cuts www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyMeNUhhRLY (Marguerite Richardson's brief speech begins at 1 hour 18 minutes 25 seconds) TRIO This week's interview guests: MATT PARENT & RASSII ELLIOTT www.kkpsi.org www.kkpsi.org/district-governors/ www.kkpsiaa.org/donate DOGFIGHT Topic: Bands and Star Wars CODA Topic: A bit more about Kappa Kappa Psi FOLLOW US! BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 BandWagon on BlueSky: bsky.app/profile/heybandwagon.bsky.social Rob (“HammertonMedia”) on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON! www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV WE GOT MERCH! Visit www.teepublic.com/user/bandwagon-with-rob-hammerton -or- got to teepublic.com and search “bandwagon” SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK! Email: heybandwagon@yahoo.com Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon
SHOW NOTES Episode 059 • April 28, 2025 FIRST STRAIN News ‘n' Notes: • Windy Hill Symphonic Band faces extinction in college closing www.gmtoday.com/the_freeman/news/university-closing-means-taps-for-a-beloved-teacher-s-band/article_67665ecf-ed1a-54e1-9f66-1523d90c1e37.html • Nascent Simpson College marching band effort fails thesimpsonian.com/36775/news/to-be-or-not-to-be-simpsons-marching-band/ SECOND STRAIN Topic: New Generation Marching Warriors set up GoFundMe www.wavy.com/news/local-news/portsmouth/keep-the-music-playing-community-band-fundraising-to-cover-insurance-policy/ www.gofundme.com/f/support-new-generation-marching-bands-journey?attribution_id=sl:c8066bfd-efb4-4663-a90e-67da7a000f21&lang=en_US&utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&utm_content=amp13_t1-amp14_c&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=sms TRIO Topic: Jacksonville University drops fine arts and humanities majors www.news4jax.com/news/local/2025/04/15/distraught-disappointed-confused-ju-students-express-frustration-over-schools-decision-to-cut-fine-arts-majors/ www.wusf.org/education/2025-04-16/jacksonville-university-cuts-music-and-theater-programs-and-lays-off-40-faculty-members www.jacksonville.com/story/news/education/2025/04/15/ju-drops-old-school-majors-cuts-faculty-to-focus-on-in-demand-degrees/83091318007/ www.ju.edu/news/2025-04-15-jacksonville-university-reimagines-university-wide-academic-offerings-intensifies-investment-in-priority-areas.php Mark O'Connor Facebook post: www.facebook.com/markoconnorofficial/posts/pfbid02EojNtCbfGnMwvHhDmDUD1FLp8GiqhHFAiWfyxLFSAnLybNsJzWotQEqAyJQiTzVVl DOGFIGHT Topic: Randall Standridge on Staying in Music www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1313146376838028&id=100044280355548 CODA Music jokes at Rob's expense! FOLLOW US! BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 BandWagon on BlueSky: bsky.app/profile/heybandwagon.bsky.social Rob (“HammertonMedia”) on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON! www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV WE GOT MERCH! Visit www.teepublic.com/user/bandwagon-with-rob-hammerton -or- got to teepublic.com and search “bandwagon” SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK! Email: heybandwagon@yahoo.com Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon
SHOW NOTES Episode 058 • April 21, 2025 FIRST STRAIN News ‘n' Notes: • National Cherry Blossom Festival Parade nationalcherryblossomfestival.org/event-the-national-cherry-blossom-festival-parade-presented-by-events-dc/ marching.com/events/national-cherry-blossom-festival-parade/ www.youtube.com/live/fWOjb1de4hg • First female drum major for Texas A&M band www.cbs19.tv/article/news/local/longview-native-becomes-female-drum-major-of-combined-texas-am-marching-band/501-aec8365f-002b-4be4-bdca-a978ee8b454c SECOND STRAIN Topic: Giving the Fans Their Favorites www.nme.com/news/music/billy-corgan-doesnt-want-to-play-fan-favourites-at-smashing-pumpkins-gigs-3763187 TRIO Topic: Concord, Massachusetts celebrates the 250th anniversary of the start of the American Revolution DOGFIGHT Internet Rabbit Hole of the Week: Japan Marching Band Association Their website: japan-mba.org/top.html kyototachibanashsbandunofficialfanblog.wordpress.com/background-information-competitions/ www.dci.org/news/japan-marching-band-association-setting-stage-for-50th-anniversary-championship www-japan--mba-org.translate.goog/page0002.html?_x_tr_sl=ja&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc hornrank.proboards.com/thread/179/47th-jmba-national-championship CODA Topic: Call to Action … if you could travel back in time to one drum corps MOMENT, what would it be? FOLLOW US! BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 BandWagon on BlueSky: bsky.app/profile/heybandwagon.bsky.social Rob (‘HammertonMedia”) on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON! www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV WE GOT MERCH! Visit www.teepublic.com/user/bandwagon-with-rob-hammerton -or- got to teepublic.com and search “bandwagon” SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK! Email: heybandwagon@yahoo.com Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon
SHOW NOTES Episode 057 • April 14, 2025 FIRST STRAIN News ‘n' Notes: • Multi-generational band concert www.gazettenet.com/BandPractice-hg-03262025-60288866 florencecommunityband.com/ florencecommunityband.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/FCB-Spring-Concert-poster-2025_B3c-1583x2048.jpg • News item title: “Severance” finale marching band track www.brooklynpaper.com/bk-marching-band-director-severance-finale/ SECOND STRAIN Topic: Bill Gibbons and Dick Baker TRIO Topic: “Class Notes” – news updates about previous Trio-section interview guests Massachusetts Lions All-State Band concert: https://scontent.fcps4-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/484190079_3977779699160118_2794890714646578915_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s1080x2048_tt6&_nc_cat=104&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=833d8c&_nc_ohc=nBsnq_bxq6oQ7kNvwGS6uDv&_nc_oc=Adlx8Z7B7ZuSEERJORSLhRx2LKkgjaX26CFDfkj8TVYQmyoj2QC_lkD_R8iP7aYhrs85SxuPsTcLtr-N0-kWqjt0&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent.fcps4-1.fna&_nc_gid=mh71ZfUjs8qfrI33cXT7Uw&oh=00_AfHYcGO2gjl1PYJT5D8DP9fRvlmSzVU7sQQpBG7ucZPsMA&oe=67FD9884 Nicholson, Outstanding Young Alumni Award: https://www.uma-foundation.org/umass-alumni-honors/2024-recipients/michael-j-nicholson Ables and Ben Schwartz: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OB605t5Enk Craig flute studio: https://trishacraigflutist.com/private-instruction/ Sargent's Alaska Region-I Music Festival: https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/schools/nomebeltz-high-school-nome-ak McGlothlin textbook: https://www.sentinelandenterprise.com/2024/12/31/fsu-professors-publish-open-textbooks-on-music-language-math/ Bergeron's 2025 Rose Parade experience: https://www.sentinelandenterprise.com/2025/01/05/it-felt-like-a-dream/ Foley on the “On a Water Break Podcast” (snippet): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sjYX6_oweg Complete episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qgy5FSSkPbo Grant: damongrant.org NH New Horizons combined concert: https://russgrazier.substack.com/p/81-combining-forces https://necmusic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/NEC-Syymphonic-Winds-and-Wind-Ensemble-14.1.25-Program.pdf DOGFIGHT Internet Rabbit Hole of the Week: “Take the Field” Their website: www.youtube.com/@CollegeMarching/videos CODA Call to Action: “If you could time-travel … what drum corps MOMENT would you visit?” FOLLOW US! BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 BandWagon on BlueSky: bsky.app/profile/heybandwagon.bsky.social Rob (“HammertonMedia”) on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON! www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV WE GOT MERCH! Visit www.teepublic.com/user/bandwagon-with-rob-hammerton -or- got to teepublic.com and search “bandwagon” SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK! Email: heybandwagon@yahoo.com Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon
SHOW NOTES Episode 056 • April 7, 2025 FIRST STRAIN News ‘n' Notes: • News item title: School band hall destroyed in fire; community steps up www.koco.com/article/geary-high-school-fire-band-instruments-lost-replaced/64290950 www.news9.com/story/67e7f22cb31be03610aa4a92/yukon-band-holding-fundraiser-to-obtain-instruments-for-geary-high-school-band Instrument/equipment donation site: The Oklahoma Counseling Group, 416 Mustang Road B, Yukon, OK 73099 • News item title: Tribute concert planned for community victimized by gun violence https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/tribute-concert-for-perry-community-set-for-next-month/ar-AA1BX3jz SECOND STRAIN Topic: South Carolina basketball coach shows their band a little love www.thestate.com/sports/college/university-of-south-carolina/usc-womens-basketball/article303128179.html TRIO Topic: “From a Different Angle” www.autismspeaks.org/asperger-syndrome DOGFIGHT Topic: a Pat Flynn story patflynn.com/ www.smartpassiveincome.com/ www.youtube.com/@patflynn/videos: AD & CODA Music Go Round Boston, 810 Worcester Rd. (Rt. 9), Natick, MA … (508) 647-6874 mgrboston.com www.facebook.com/musicgoroundboston MGR's recent reel featuring BandWagon signage!: www.facebook.com/reel/1984953738703737 Haylee Gaffin: gaffincreative.com/ FOLLOW US! BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 BandWagon on BlueSky: bsky.app/profile/heybandwagon.bsky.social Rob (“HammertonMedia”) on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON! www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV WE GOT MERCH! Visit www.teepublic.com/user/bandwagon-with-rob-hammerton -or- got to teepublic.com and search “bandwagon” SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK! Email: heybandwagon@yahoo.com Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon
SHOW NOTES Episode 055 • March 31, 2025 (w/ repaired Introduction segment) INTRODUCTION Topic: Another Wee Confession FIRST STRAIN News ‘n' Notes: • Sousa's March Mania 2025 results www.marineband.marines.mil/Educational/Sousas-March-Mania/ www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIEZNZBNKMA SECOND STRAIN Topic: US Dept. of Education commemorates Music in Our Schools Month www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1069238541898210&id=100064362236684 TRIO This week's interview guest: LAUREN SLIVA, Haverhill Public Schools DOGFIGHT Topic: The RCA Dome, and other haunts CODA Topic: a Vaughan Fleischfresser quote mrf.home.blog/author/vaughanfleischfresser/ www.brolgamusic.com/composer/vaughan-fleischfresser FOLLOW US! BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 BandWagon on BlueSky: bsky.app/profile/heybandwagon.bsky.social Rob ("HammertonMedia") on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia Rob on X/Twitter: twitter.com/DrRob8487 SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON! www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV WE GOT MERCH! Visit www.teepublic.com/user/bandwagon-with-rob-hammerton -or- got to teepublic.com and search “bandwagon” SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK! Email: heybandwagon@yahoo.com Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon
SHOW NOTES Episode 054 • March 24, 2025 FIRST STRAIN News ‘n' Notes: • News item title: Equity Arc band students stage alternate concert with military band vets www.cbsnews.com/news/concert-cancellation-trump-administration-dei-order-60-minutes-transcript/ symphony.org/following-trump-cancellation-of-dei-initiatives-veteran-military-musicians-step-in-to-perform-with-equity-arc-students/ Full concert: www.youtube.com/watch?v=E48GgDX2NCA • News item title: Temple bands premiere “Only Moments to Live” saxophone concerto news.temple.edu/news/2025-03-10/temple-university-wind-symphony-perform-world-premiere-only-moments-live Full concert: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHo6y1-11Vk SECOND STRAIN Topic: A COVID-era band commission The final product: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/bth5t7gvi2blv19twjtz9/Twenty21_WSHSBandFinal2.mp4?rlkey=f5rrbuvw1gaedfnji7nhmh6je&st=wqtavsxt&dl=0 TRIO This week's interview guest: RICHARD SARGENT en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nome_Public_Schools Ritmos de la Tierra: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAr-T0YlHwY&list=PLUywWOH328SfUyNQKKPLRTm8LVwt2jA_F DOGFIGHT Topic: a March Madness story involving the University of Michigan pep band www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKbKLRjSx9s CODA Topic: Yet another pithy quote, from “Owl at the Library” x.com/SketchesbyBoze?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor bsky.app/profile/did:plc:hppum4l25hcczzffastsicpq FOLLOW US! BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 BandWagon on BlueSky: bsky.app/profile/heybandwagon.bsky.social Rob ("HammertonMedia") on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON! www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV WE GOT MERCH! Visit www.teepublic.com/user/bandwagon-with-rob-hammerton -or- got to teepublic.com and search “bandwagon” SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK! Email: heybandwagon@yahoo.com Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon
SHOW NOTES Episode 053 • March 17, 2025 FIRST STRAIN News ‘n' Notes: • Kansas community creates pep band for director-less school district www.ksn.com/news/state-regional/community-steps-up-to-create-pep-band-with-no-band-teacher/ • Minnesota community musicians populate “second” school pep band www.northernnewsnow.com/2025/03/08/community-musicians-step-pep-band-hibbing-basketball-game/ SECOND STRAIN Topic: Crying Piccolo Girl, Ten Years Later The game: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nN1Zwi01g1s On the Tonight Show: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJfBWrjcl4I Where are they now? www.youtube.com/shorts/wR8yVWBN3Ao TRIO This week's interview guest: KEVIN CHAROENSRI Website: kevin-c-music.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/kevin_charoensri_music/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/kevin.charoensri YouTube: www.youtube.com/@KevinCharoensri www.windrep.org/Kevin_Charoensri www.pacificsymphony.org/artist-details/796/kevin-charoensri sdvoyager.com/interview/rising-stars-meet-kevin-charoensri-of-carlsbad/ “Rising Light”: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tHVQVs95yQ “Regneration”: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDospQEE8Kg “To the Fullest”: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_A3ItTGeD0 “A Jasmine Tree:” www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOfUa60btks DOGFIGHT Internet Rabbit Hole of the Week: More March Madness en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Boston_University_Terriers_men%27s_basketball_team FOLLOW US! BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 BandWagon on BlueSky: bsky.app/profile/heybandwagon.bsky.social Rob (“HammertonMedia”) on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON! www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV WE GOT MERCH! Visit www.teepublic.com/user/bandwagon-with-rob-hammerton -or- got to teepublic.com and search “bandwagon” SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK! Email: heybandwagon@yahoo.com Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon
SHOW NOTES Episode 052 • March 10, 2025 SECOND STRAIN Topic: Immigration raids on band trips? www.texastribune.org/2025/02/05/alice-texas-buses-students-citizenship-border-patrol/ www.mysanantonio.com/news/south-texas/article/alice-isd-texas-border-patrol-20151047.php klaq.com/border-patrol-new-mexico-school-bus/ www.koat.com/article/border-patrol-boards-bus-carrying-las-cruces-students/63891184 www.teenvogue.com/story/ice-arrests-at-schools-students-teachers-immigration-raids FOLLOW US! BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 BandWagon on BlueSky: bsky.app/profile/heybandwagon.bsky.social Rob ("HammertonMedia") on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia Rob on X/Twitter: twitter.com/DrRob8487 SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON! www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV WE GOT MERCH! Visit www.teepublic.com/user/bandwagon-with-rob-hammerton -or- got to teepublic.com and search “bandwagon” SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK! Email: heybandwagon@yahoo.com Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon
SHOW NOTES Episode 051 • March 3, 2025 FIRST STRAIN News ‘n' Notes: • News item title: Marching band from Michigan plays for the Pope www.wsjm.com/2025/02/20/marching-band-from-michigan-plays-for-the-pope/ • News item title: Band practice facility approved by WVU Board of Governors www.dominionpost.com/2025/02/21/wvu-bog-selects-new-university-president-oks-start-of-construction-for-pride-practice-facility/ SECOND STRAIN Topic: Band, and the First Amendment www.facebook.com/kevin.charoensri/posts/pfbid0RJYcys2rWoLTSGnik13QoG3RCfZxa2BazQRuXvTBfpKM9wAQVRKhcPQvkunybePzl Rising Light: available score and parts: murphymusicpress.com/products/cb5-1029 performance video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tHVQVs95yQ TRIO This week's interview guest: FRANK BATTISTI necmusic.edu/faculty/frank-l-battisti/ giamusic.com/artists/frank-battisti "The Winds of Change": www.amazon.com/Winds-Change-Evolution-Contemporary-Conductor/dp/0634045229 Interview video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpBEOdg2v_U Gunther Schuller Society oral history interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Exe6vZnuhBI "Director's Circle Podcast" interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzZtpOPg4_s DOGFIGHT Internet Rabbit Hole of the Week: The Budapest Winds www.youtube.com/@michaelbarrymusic/videos en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynthia_Johnston_Turner CODA Topic: A pre-March Madness observation FOLLOW US! BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 BandWagon on BlueSky: bsky.app/profile/heybandwagon.bsky.social Rob (“HammertonMedia”) on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia Rob on X/Twitter: twitter.com/DrRob8487 SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON! www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV WE GOT MERCH! Visit www.teepublic.com/user/bandwagon-with-rob-hammerton -or- got to teepublic.com and search “bandwagon” SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK! Email: heybandwagon@yahoo.com Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon
SHOW NOTES Episode 050 • February 24, 2025 FIRST STRAIN News ‘n' Notes: • News item title: “Commandant's Own” luminary retires after 23 years www.facebook.com/USMC.DRUMCORPS/posts/pfbid02fUEnFdeBRJfwkAUtw1BsAdBH9irsKhHMwQFG9Yc2YRhoqmvC9yPaKR4UKaGDanzSl www.instagram.com/p/DFyRySgzQ0y/ SECOND STRAIN Topic: Less Strictly-Resume-Based Questions TRIO Highlights from Trio-section interviews, Episodes 26-49 DOGFIGHT Internet Rabbit Hole of the Week: “For Whom the Band Tolls” www.metallica.com/news/2025-02-12-marching-band-year-two-winners.html CODA Topic: Let's See If I Can Keep a Secret FOLLOW US! BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 BandWagon on BlueSky: bsky.app/profile/heybandwagon.bsky.social Rob ("HammertonMedia") on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia Rob on X/Twitter: twitter.com/DrRob8487 SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON! www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV WE GOT MERCH! Visit www.teepublic.com/user/bandwagon-with-rob-hammerton -or- got to teepublic.com and search “bandwagon” SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK! Email: heybandwagon@yahoo.com Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon
SHOW NOTES Episode 049 • February 17, 2025 FIRST STRAIN News ‘n' Notes: • Mike Nicholson unanimously elected president of Massachusetts Mayors Association www.northcentralmass.com/mayor-michael-nicholson-elected-president-of-massachusetts-mayors-association/ www.mma.org/2025-mma-board-of-directors-installed/ www.mma.org/members/mayors/ • Cox Forbes to co-present Drum Major Crash Course www.mdmea.org/2025-annual-state-conference www.mdmea.org/_files/ugd/793987_ad2b260803534a28bcd805449a8822ed.pdf www.facebook.com/ScottCEngel/posts/pfbid0jQ3huGXD2vY75bCJinajzMwM1RCzpWnNewR4VD6dJiux7YQ8zWgNLFe2inhP46Yzl SECOND STRAIN Topic: Super Bowl bands, and coverage, and wastelands BANDS OF THE SUPER BOWL PARADE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gN5GYC93kCI www.wbgo.org/music/2025-02-10/jazz-shines-at-the-super-bowl-lix-pregame-show www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/full-list-of-every-super-bowl-halftime-performer-in-history-kendrick-lamar-usher-rihanna-beyonce-and-more/ TRIO This week's interview guest: TIM HEASLEY Tim Heasley: www.bakersfieldcollege.edu/directory/timothy_heasley.html BC Drumline: www.bcdrumline.org/tim-heasley.html Golden Empire Drum & Bugle Corps: www.instagram.com/gedrumcorps/ Golden Empire Performing Arts: www.geperformingarts.org/ www.dci.org/news/2020-dci-directors-of-the-year www.dci.org/news/golden-empire-realizing-championship-dreams-in-fifth-season issuu.com/drumcorpsinternational/docs/dci_summer2015_v9n1 www.therip.com/features/2014/02/20/golden-empire-ready-for-next-step/ playbill.com/playbillpagegallery/inside-playbill?asset=00000150-ac7f-d16d-a550-ec7f95ae0001#carousel-cell198660 DOGFIGHT Internet Rabbit Hole of the Week: Elton John's favorite composer www.loc.gov/events/gershwin-prize/about-this-event/ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gershwin_Prize CODA SALE! 35 percent off all BandWagon merch! This week (Feb. 17-23) at TeePublic.com! www.teepublic.com/user/bandwagon-with-rob-hammerton FOLLOW US! BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 BandWagon on BlueSky: bsky.app/profile/heybandwagon.bsky.social Rob ("HammertonMedia") on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia Rob on X/Twitter: twitter.com/DrRob8487 SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON! www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV WE GOT MERCH! Visit www.teepublic.com/user/bandwagon-with-rob-hammerton -or- got to teepublic.com and search “bandwagon” SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK! Email: heybandwagon@yahoo.com Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon
SHOW NOTES Episode 048 • February 10, 2025 FIRST STRAIN News ‘n' Notes: • Band dads save the day in WGI active-shooter incident www.fox26houston.com/news/pearland-band-dads-take-down-active-shooter-pasadena-school www.facebook.com/WGIsportofthearts/posts/pfbid02hXvbyXKMoJJPCkPsotWnCuGfmhvnWBDU7fH3wxRyoPZNpFYY29fU8PWjDFgjBmr1l • Obituary: Claudia Bissett www.lordfuneralhome.com/obituary/Claudia-Bissett www.straffordwindsymphony.org/scholarship Cate Park Band: www.facebook.com/groups/264972450264010 Mail contributions to Cate Park Band, c/o Tom Bissett, 109 Gov. Wentworth Hwy., Mirror Lake, New Hampshire 03853 SECOND STRAIN Topic: Bands and protest events www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/2/2/2300892/-What-about-fifty-marches-in-fifty-state-capitals TRIO This week's interview guest: GEORGE OSORIO www.facebook.com/groups/WindBandRep/ www.facebook.com/george.osorio www.instagram.com/gdr.18/ Southland Wind Ensemble: www.instagram.com/southlandwindensemble/ www.facebook.com/southlandwindensemble DOGFIGHT Internet Rabbit Hole of the Week: Famous Persons Who Once Were In Band betweenbands.org/famouspeoplewhooncewereinband.html CODA BandWagon merch is on sale from Feb. 17-23 – 25 to 35 percent off! (Link below.) FOLLOW US! BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 Rob ("HammertonMedia") on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia Rob on X/Twitter: twitter.com/DrRob8487 SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON! www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV WE GOT MERCH! Visit www.teepublic.com/user/bandwagon-with-rob-hammerton -or- got to teepublic.com and search “bandwagon” SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK! Email: heybandwagon@yahoo.com Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon
SHOW NOTES Episode 047 • February 3, 2025 FIRST STRAIN News ‘n' Notes: • University of Kansas names new assistant director of bands www.facebook.com/KUmusic/posts/pfbid02Puw3Lc7Pip5LvL8v3dqAHA1chr9V6mfwGAkM5FnumBdM3yYVKx9836tvVisJYF64l • Indianapolis Motor Speedway honors retiring Purdue band director www.wlfi.com/news/ims-honors-jay-gephart/article_bc89b05c-d9cd-11ef-be08-97e3d0c4256f.html SECOND STRAIN Topic: An approach to the Star-Spangled Banner TRIO This week: an extended thought, inspired by a Star Trek podcast TrekCulture website: www.youtube.com/@TrekCulture TrekCulture podcast: www.podbean.com/podcast-detail/t88t5-17ad83/TrekCulture-Podcast The podcast episode in question: www.podbean.com/site/EpisodeDownload/DIR2381EEE8QWXRJ DOGFIGHT Topic: Noel Casler's story about Prince, the Super Bowl, and the FAMU Band CODA Topic: A critical thinking quote FOLLOW US! BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 Rob ("HammertonMedia") on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia Rob on X/Twitter: twitter.com/DrRob8487 SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON! https://www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV WE GOT MERCH! Visit www.teepublic.com/user/bandwagon-with-rob-hammerton -or- got to teepublic.com and search “bandwagon” SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK! Email: heybandwagon@yahoo.com Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon
SHOW NOTES Episode 046 • January 27, 2025 FIRST STRAIN News ‘n' Notes: • News item title: Tennessee State University removes band director, launches investigation www.tennessean.com/story/news/education/2025/01/16/tsu-band-director-reginald-mcdonald-leave-investigation/77748128007/ SECOND STRAIN Topic: A Wee Confession, about podcast interview statistics, and other things www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/US/PST045224 TRIO This week's interview guest: ROBERT SPITTAL www.robertspittal.com/ soundcloud.com/robert-spittal SPITTAL “Concerto for Wind Ensemble”: soundcloud.com/robert-spittal/concerto-for-wind-ensemble SPITTAL “Consort for Ten Winds”: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3Ki61fvuKo SPITTAL “Scherzo: Cat and Mouse”: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlGUJOoj_8Q SPITTAL “Pacem”: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1H3SAdP-vgU giamusic.com/resource/teaching-music-through-performance-in-band-volume-6-grades-2-3-recording-cd683 DOGFIGHT Topic: a District Festival Band story CODA Topic: BandWagon has a presence on BlueSky! BandWagon on BlueSky: bsky.app/profile/heybandwagon.bsky.social FOLLOW US! BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 BandWagon on BlueSky: bsky.app/profile/heybandwagon.bsky.social Rob ("HammertonMedia") on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia Rob on X/Twitter: twitter.com/DrRob8487 SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON! https://www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV WE GOT MERCH! Visit www.teepublic.com/user/bandwagon-with-rob-hammerton -or- got to teepublic.com and search “bandwagon” SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK! Email: heybandwagon@yahoo.com Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon
SHOW NOTES Episode 045 • January 20, 2025 FIRST STRAIN News ‘n' Notes: • Meta's content moderation policy changes, and how they affect wee podcasters “I can help you do a better podcast” influencers: Katie Steckly: www.youtube.com/@katie/videos Pat Flynn: www.youtube.com/channel/UCGk1LitxAZVnqQn0_nt5qxw Gordon Firemark (legal issues): firemark.com/ SECOND STRAIN Topic: HBCU marching band invited to Presidential Inauguration faces backlash www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2025/01/07/hbcu-marching-band-invited-inauguration-faces-backlash TRIO This week's interview guest: JAMES MINNIX jamesminnix.com www.hartford.edu/directory/hartt/minnix-james.aspx www.ccsu.edu/article/here-lead-band www.facebook.com/story.php?id=100063517661911&story_fbid=972623411531572 DOGFIGHT Internet Rabbit Hole of the Week: The 1985 Presidential Inauguration en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_inauguration_of_Ronald_Reagan www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-01-21-mn-14177-story.html news.google.com/newspapers?id=7VhWAAAAIBAJ&pg=5268%2C2853263 CODA BandWagon is on BlueSky! bsky.app/profile/heybandwagon.bsky.social FOLLOW US! BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 BandWagon on BlueSky: bsky.app/profile/heybandwagon.bsky.social Rob ("HammertonMedia") on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON! https://www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV WE GOT MERCH! Visit www.teepublic.com/user/bandwagon-with-rob-hammerton -or- got to teepublic.com and search “bandwagon” SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK! Email: heybandwagon@yahoo.com Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon
SHOW NOTES Episode 044 • January 13, 2025 FIRST STRAIN News ‘n' Notes: • Rose Parade recap: www.pasadenastarnews.com/2025/01/01/top-5-moments-from-rose-parade-2025-that-had-people-talking/ pasadenanow.com/main/rose-parade-draws-record-post-pandemic-crowds-but-bowl-game-attendance-dips • Los Angeles County wildfires … here are ideas and resources for helping: laist.com/news/climate-environment/how-to-help-la-fire-victims Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority: www.lahsa.org/news?article=1014-resources-to-support-those-during-the-l-a-fires WHYY (NPR Philadelphia affiliate): whyy.org/articles/california-wildfire-help-victims-los-angeles/ KTLA (Channel 5, Los Angeles) (the local TV station that broadcasts the Rose Parade without commentary over top of the bands, so we love them): ktla.com/news/california/wildfires/these-resources-are-available-for-socal-wildfire-victims-first-responders/ SECOND STRAIN Topic: Kansas State football coach shouts out the Wildcat Marching Band www.youtube.com/watch?v=6w1imKmLRaI en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rate_Bowl en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Rate_Bowl TRIO This week's interview guest: BILL DRURY necmusic.edu/faculty/william-drury/ www.linkedin.com/in/william-drury-375aa260/?trk=public_profile_browsemap_mini-profile_title DOGFIGHT Topic: University of Minnesota football coach shouts out the Pride of Minnesota en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke%27s_Mayo_Bowl www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1522903948372902 CODA Topic: Taylor Swift, on enthusiasm FOLLOW BANDWAGON! BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 Rob ("HammertonMedia") on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia NEW! Rob on Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/robhammerton.bsky.social Rob on X/Twitter: twitter.com/DrRob8487 SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON! www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV WE GOT MERCH! Visit www.teepublic.com/user/bandwagon-with-rob-hammerton -or- got to teepublic.com and search “bandwagon” SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK! Email: heybandwagon@yahoo.com Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon
SHOW NOTES Episode 043 • January 6, 2025 INTRODUCTION music credit: “Amazing Plan (distressed)” by Kevin MacLeod https://incompetech.com/ Promoted by MrSnooze Creative Commons – CC BY 3.0 https://goo.gl/Yibru5 FIRST STRAIN News ‘n' Notes: • Saipan Pacific Winds Band concertizes with USAF brass quintet www.saipantribune.com/news/local/saipan-pacific-winds-band-s-christmas-concert-this-saturday/article_25bda9fe-b1fe-11ef-a292-9bf0e481abec.html • Boise State student helps establish marching band in Germany https://www.boisestate.edu/schoolofthearts/2024/12/09/boise-state-student-helps-establish-marching-band-in-germany/ SECOND STRAIN Topic: A Very Community Band Holiday Season TRIO This week's interview guest: WAYNE MAGEE www.maritime.edu/directory?title=&page=24 www.linkedin.com/in/waynemagee/?profileId=ACoAAAddcq4BJjSjkxPPINzbaMEhVGP_Qu5Xphc www.toughblows.com/about DOGFIGHT Topic: a Midwest Clinic memory www.windrep.org/Concerts:1997_Midwest_Clinic_Concerts www.midwestclinic.org/1997-Midwest-Clinic-Performers.html khalilovcompetition.com/committee/en CODA BandWagon merch (in-house ad!) FOLLOW US! BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 Rob ("HammertonMedia") on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia Rob on X/Twitter: twitter.com/DrRob8487 SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON! https://www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV WE GOT MERCH! Visit www.teepublic.com/user/bandwagon-with-rob-hammerton -or- got to teepublic.com and search “bandwagon” SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK! Email: heybandwagon@yahoo.com Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon
SHOW NOTES Episode 042a • December 16, 2024 BandWagon will go on hiatus for a week or two, while a technology glitch gets ironed out. It'll be right back, after this relatively brief pause. FOLLOW US! BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 Rob ("HammertonMedia") on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia Rob on X/Twitter: twitter.com/DrRob8487 SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON! https://www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV WE GOT MERCH! Visit www.teepublic.com/user/bandwagon-with-rob-hammerton -or- go to teepublic.com and search “bandwagon” SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK! Email: heybandwagon@yahoo.com Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon
SHOW NOTES Episode 042 • December 9, 2024 FIRST STRAIN News ‘n' Notes: • Band winners in the American Prize National Nonprofit Competitions in the Performing Arts theamericanprize.org/ theamericanprize.blogspot.com/2024/11/national-winners-bandswind-ensembles.html • New conductor for Harbor Winds Ensemble www.gigharbornow.org/news/arts-entertainment/harbor-winds-new-conductor/ SECOND STRAIN Topic: Merry Maple TRIO This week's interview guest: GREG SMITH NVCB: www.NashobaValleyConcertBand.org Townsend Senior Center: www.townsendma.gov/community/senior_center/index.php DOGFIGHT Topic: The marching bands of the 98th Annual Macy*s Thanksgiving Day Parade www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wpXAG-ao2Y CODA Call to action: have you got any Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic stories you wanna tell? FOLLOW US! BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 Rob ("HammertonMedia") on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia Rob on X/Twitter: twitter.com/DrRob8487 SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON! https://www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV WE GOT MERCH! Visit www.teepublic.com/user/bandwagon-with-rob-hammerton -or- got to teepublic.com and search “bandwagon” SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK! Email: heybandwagon@yahoo.com Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon
SHOW NOTES Episode 041 • December 2, 2024 FIRST STRAIN News ‘n' Notes: • USAFE-AFAFRICA Band, Latvian National Guard Orchestra combined performance www.dvidshub.net/news/485821/usafe-afafrica-band-latvian-national-guard-orchestra-builds-community-combined-marching-band • BU Pep Band in Belfast, Ireland for hockey tournament www.bu.edu/articles/2024/mens-hockey-and-pep-band-head-to-belfast-for-friendship-four/ SECOND STRAIN Topic: The 2014 Central Connecticut State University Blue Devil Marching Band The CCSU band's then-traditional closing song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozr2NBElg68 TRIO This week's interview guest: CAROL COX FORBES www.towsonbands.com/camp/professional-staff/ “Resting in the Peace of His Hands” (John Gibson): www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYh51BPrflQ “Under the Scars” (John Mackey): www.youtube.com/watch?v=puziZWbDu38 DOGFIGHT Topic: a moment of drum major miscommunication CODA: A Joke FOLLOW US! BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 Rob ("HammertonMedia") on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia Rob on X/Twitter: twitter.com/DrRob8487 SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON! https://www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV WE GOT MERCH! Visit www.teepublic.com/user/bandwagon-with-rob-hammerton -or- got to teepublic.com and search “bandwagon” SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK! Email: heybandwagon@yahoo.com Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon
SHOW NOTES Episode 040 • November 25, 2024 FIRST STRAIN News ‘n' Notes: • Bands of America Grand National Championships www.indystar.com/story/entertainment/music/2024/11/17/2024-boa-grand-nationals-results-bands-of-america-lucas-oil-stadium-indianapolis-avon-carmel-castle/76230686007/ • Augustana College's Symphonic Band celebrates 150 years www.ourquadcities.com/news/local-news/augustana-symphonic-band-celebrates-150th-anniversary/ www.augustana.edu/academics/areas-of-study/music/ensembles/symphonic-band SECOND STRAIN Topic: Scholastic Books “debates” the value of music in schools twitter.com/BobMorrison/status/1857070182285312358 www.nyssma.org/letters-to-the-editor-of-scholastic-news-regarding-the-should-kids-learn-music-in-schools-article/ NAfME letter: www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=9631255920234517&set=pcb.8359644700800091 Scholastic Senior VP letter: www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=9644683498891759&set=g.292604557504186 TRIO This week's interview guest: PAUL LIVINGSTON DOGFIGHT Topic: Virginia Tech kicker vs. Syracuse University band www.syracuse.com/orangefootball/2024/11/virginia-tech-kicker-disrupts-syracuse-marching-band-during-halftime-performance-video.html CODA Topic: A bit of Thanksgiving FOLLOW US! BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 Rob ("HammertonMedia") on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia Rob on X/Twitter: twitter.com/DrRob8487 SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON! https://www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV WE GOT MERCH! Visit www.teepublic.com/user/bandwagon-with-rob-hammerton -or- got to teepublic.com and search “bandwagon” SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK! Email: heybandwagon@yahoo.com Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon
SHOW NOTES Episode 039 • November 18, 2024 FIRST STRAIN News ‘n' Notes: • Association of Concert Bands announces its 2025 Convention performing bands sites.google.com/view/acb2025/performing-bands?authuser=0 SECOND STRAIN Topic: How to Arrange a High-Profile (Trio-Section) Interview TRIO This week's interview guest: ALEX GARDE www.marineband.marines.mil/ www.marineband.marines.mil/About/Members/Article/3003251/staff-sgt-alexander-garde/ DOGFIGHT Internet Rabbit Hole of the Week: “Aspire: The President's Own at 225 (Volume One)” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fuitSIjCxs&list=PLA7no0L9zTk4vddfBGWiNqXONXrV8BpPU CODA FOLLOW US! BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 Rob ("HammertonMedia") on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia Rob on X/Twitter: twitter.com/DrRob8487 SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON! https://www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV WE GOT MERCH! Visit www.teepublic.com/user/bandwagon-with-rob-hammerton -or- got to teepublic.com and search “bandwagon” SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK! Email: heybandwagon@yahoo.com Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon
SHOW NOTES Episode 038 • November 11, 2024 INTRODUCTION • Content calendars, sometimes FIRST STRAIN News ‘n' Notes: • Elections and other stressful events, and how to approach them in a band setting… SECOND STRAIN Topic: An introduction to this week's Trio… TRIO This week's interview guest: EMILY DAWSON www.215tharmyband.com/ www.facebook.com/215thArmyBand/ mcmusicschool.org mcmusicschool.org/faculty/emily-dawson/ DOGFIGHT Tales of a very tall middle-school bass drummer CODA Tom Borning, wind band composer tricountysymphonicband.org Video of the concert opener, “Lift Off”: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTzcI2dUmWo “Everything Music Ed” podcast: shows.acast.com/everything-music-ed/episodes podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/everything-music-ed/id1702949314 FOLLOW US! BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 Rob ("HammertonMedia") on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia Rob on X/Twitter: twitter.com/DrRob8487 SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON! https://www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV WE GOT MERCH! Visit www.teepublic.com/user/bandwagon-with-rob-hammerton -or- got to teepublic.com and search “bandwagon” SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK! Email: heybandwagon@yahoo.com Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon
SHOW NOTES Episode 037 • November 5, 2024 INTRODUCTION Gonna try and lighten the mood a bit this week… FIRST STRAIN News ‘n' Notes: • Iowa mellophones sign NIL deal https://www.kcrg.com/2024/10/22/iowa-marching-band-members-sign-nil-deal-second-year/ • ISU Wind Ensemble offers sensory-sensitive concert for neurodiverse music lovers https://www.amestrib.com/story/entertainment/local/2024/10/23/iowa-state-university-hosts-first-sensory-sensitive-neurodiverse-family-concert/75779156007/ SECOND STRAIN Topic: TOPIC: Errata, from last week's tale of a postgame interview invading the postgame show Video of the event: www.facebook.com/mathgeek00/videos/1670372037462/ TRIO This week's interview guest: JEN ABLES jenables.com www.facebook.com/SWSalsa https://x.com/soldierswsalsa DOGFIGHT Postscript to the Jen Ables interview – and a 5-star review for TeePublic, our merch merchant! CODA Pre-election “special comment” … on a band podcast? FOLLOW US! BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 Rob ("HammertonMedia") on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia Rob on X/Twitter: twitter.com/DrRob8487 SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON! https://www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV WE GOT MERCH! Visit www.teepublic.com/user/bandwagon-with-rob-hammerton -or- got to teepublic.com and search “bandwagon” SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK! Email: heybandwagon@yahoo.com Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon
SHOW NOTES Episode 036 • October 28, 2024 FIRST STRAIN News ‘n' Notes: • McKinley HS football and band clash https://www.cantonrep.com/story/opinion/letters/2024/10/24/letters-mckinley-football-players-disrespected-marching-band/75807987007/ • Bowling Green band barred from rivalry halftime https://www.13abc.com/2024/10/15/bgsu-says-utoledo-wont-let-their-band-play-battle-i-75-halftime/?fbclid=IwY2xjawF-OzpleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHeNrYTjRucs9fOnmz8yndJVTysb-wS6IFEEX9JkrB90ATAaRrAtcvXxBGw_aem_MGiZmj0Oj6vNeBADIB4L3w SECOND STRAIN Topic: More on the Toledo/BGSU tiff, and can't we just get along? https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2024/10/19/to-editor-ut-decision-bgsu-band-puts-hof-inductees-awkward-spot/stories/20241018109 https://www.wtol.com/article/sports/football/bgsu-marching-band-falcon-utoledo-university-battle-of-i-75-football/512-2aee6d6e-7fa0-4f03-9694-d1814def5b5c TRIO This week's interview guest: SCOTT MONTY, part 2 https://scottmonty.com/ https://www.prsa.org/person/monty-scott https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottmonty/ DOGFIGHT • More tales of bands and sports people CODA • Hammerton's on The Growing Band Director Podcast, next Monday, November 4 www.youtube.com/@thegrowingbanddirectorpodc7296/videos sites.google.com/view/the-growing-band-director/home FOLLOW US! BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 Rob ("HammertonMedia") on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia Rob on X/Twitter: twitter.com/DrRob8487 SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON! https://www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV WE GOT MERCH! Visit www.teepublic.com/user/bandwagon-with-rob-hammerton -or- got to teepublic.com and search “bandwagon” SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK! Email: heybandwagon@yahoo.com Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon
SHOW NOTES Episode 035 • October 21, 2024 FIRST STRAIN News ‘n' Notes: • Eastern Senior High School Blue & White Marching Machine gets a street named after it https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/community/dc-high-school-marching-band-honored-with-new-street-name-eastern-high-school/65-ffcb8e39-d753-486f-a5cf-940038aa5eee https://www.wjla.com/news/local/eastern-high-marching-band-northeast-historic-street-renamed-blue-white-marching-machine-way-music-art-campus-north-carolina-17th-a-street-music-high-stepping-communty • Jackson State University names its fourth-ever female drum major https://hbcugameday.com/2024/09/30/hbcu-band-names-fourth-woman-in-its-history-as-drum-major/ links SECOND STRAIN Topic: http://www.hustlebelt.com/2013/8/16/4622774/2013-mac-positional-rankings-marching-bands TRIO This week's interview guest: SCOTT MONTY https://scottmonty.com/ https://www.prsa.org/person/monty-scott https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottmonty/ DOGFIGHT Topic: Hammerton's Allentown Story (first in a series, no doubt) CODA Topic: Theodore Roethke, poet en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Roethke FOLLOW US! BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 Rob ("HammertonMedia") on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia Rob on X/Twitter: twitter.com/DrRob8487 SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON! https://www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV WE GOT MERCH! Visit www.teepublic.com/user/bandwagon-with-rob-hammerton -or- got to teepublic.com and search “bandwagon” SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK! Email: heybandwagon@yahoo.com Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon
SHOW NOTES Episode 34 • October 14, 2024 FIRST STRAIN News ‘n' Notes: • Laguna Beach Community Concert Band celebrates 25 years https://www.lagunabeachindy.com/keeping-the-beat-community-concert-band-celebrates-its-25th-year/ • News item title: Savannah State University gets its first white drum major https://hbcugameday.com/2024/09/13/hbcu-band-appoints-its-first-ever-white-drum-major/ SECOND STRAIN Topic: “What, Me Worry?” Two college bands schedule a play-date TRIO This week's interview guest: MICHAEL COOGAN, continued! Dover Community Band: www.facebook.com/dovercommunityband/ www.youtube.com/@DoverCommunityBand/videos DOGFIGHT Topic: The SMU band makes commentary https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/acc/2024/09/30/smu-football-band-sad-war-chant-florida-state/75450124007/ CODA: a Joke! FOLLOW US! BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 Rob ("HammertonMedia") on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia Rob on X/Twitter: twitter.com/DrRob8487 SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON! https://www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV WE GOT MERCH! Visit www.teepublic.com/user/bandwagon-with-rob-hammerton -or- got to teepublic.com and search “bandwagon” SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK! Email: heybandwagon@yahoo.com Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon
SHOW NOTES Episode 033 • October 7, 2024 FIRST STRAIN News ‘n' Notes: • Woodley Concert Band celebrates 50 years wokingham.today/woodley-concert-band-celebrates-half-a-century-of-music-making/ www.woodleyconcertband.org.uk • Grant nets Woodward band new instruments https://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/positively-cincinnati/woodward-band-marches-to-new-tune-after-hamilton-county-grant-gets-them-brand-new-instruments SECOND STRAIN Topic: An Allentown memory TRIO This week's interview guest: MICHAEL COOGAN Dover Community Band: www.facebook.com/dovercommunityband/ www.youtube.com/@DoverCommunityBand/videos DOGFIGHT Topic: BandWagon podcast MERCH!! Visit www.teepublic.com/user/bandwagon-with-rob-hammerton -or- go to teepublic.com and search “bandwagon” FOLLOW US! BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 Rob ("HammertonMedia") on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia Rob on X/Twitter: twitter.com/DrRob8487 SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON! www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV WE GOT MERCH! Visit www.teepublic.com/user/bandwagon-with-rob-hammerton -or- got to teepublic.com and search “bandwagon” SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK! Email: heybandwagon@yahoo.com Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon
SHOW NOTES Episode 032 • September 30, 2024 FIRST STRAIN News ‘n' Notes: • News item title: Mississippi band bus crash www.magnoliastatelive.com/2024/09/20/two-people-killed-in-crash-involving-bus-carrying-mississippi-community-college-marching-band/ • Michigan Marching Band gets a new field https://record.umich.edu/articles/marching-band-takes-possession-of-new-elbel-field-facility/ SECOND STRAIN Topic: Band Shorthand, and an “Allentown” call-to-action J. Birney Crum Stadium: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Birney_Crum_Stadium TRIO This week's interview guest: KYLE SMITH The Growing Band Director Podcast: sites.google.com/view/the-growing-band-director/home https://sites.google.com/a/westbrookschools.org/westbrook-high-school-instrumental-music/teachers DOGFIGHT Topic: Whose idea was this anyway? CODA Topic: The other half of the BandWagon/Growing Band Director Podcast home-and-home series (BW-featured episode drops on November 4, 2024) GBDP's video channel: www.youtube.com/@thegrowingbanddirectorpodc7296/videos FOLLOW US! BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 Rob ("HammertonMedia") on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia Rob on X/Twitter: twitter.com/DrRob8487 SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON! https://www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK! Email: heybandwagon@yahoo.com Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon
SHOW NOTES Episode 031 • September 23, 2024 FIRST STRAIN News ‘n' Notes: • Cairns Municipal Band new-building update www.cairnslocalnews.com.au/band-marches-on-2024-09-07 • 2025 Rose Parade bands announced tournamentofroses.com/2025-band-announcement/ SECOND STRAIN Topic: Alma Mater memories TRIO This week's interview guest: DONNA MORSE newhorizonsmusic.org/board www.mnhband.org/directors www.nelsontownband.org/home snowpond.org/music-faculty/661-director-of-jazz-studies DOGFIGHT Topic: US Navy Band's “Lion King” medley Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNSjgay9GYA CODA Topic: Listener Clarification FOLLOW US! BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 Rob ("HammertonMedia") on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia Rob on X/Twitter: twitter.com/DrRob8487 SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON! https://www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK! Email: heybandwagon@yahoo.com Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon
SHOW NOTES Episode 030 • September 16, 2024 FIRST STRAIN News ‘n' Notes: • Florida State band War Chant controversy https://www.si.com/college-football/florida-state-band-why-war-chant-no-longer-played-third-downs https://www.tomahawknation.com/florida-state-football-fsu-seminoles-college-cfb-acc-norvell-team-roster-schedule-game/2024/9/5/24236816/edm-marching-chiefs-issue-statement-third-down-warchant-music-stadium-changes-petition-fans-band-dj • High School Band fan-greeting salute controversy https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/louisville/2024/09/03/ohio-louisville-high-school-marching-band-alters-greeting-fans-stark-county-fair-nazi-salute/75054198007/ SECOND STRAIN, TRIO, DOGFIGHT, CODA Topic: George N. Parks, on the 14th anniversary of his passing en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_N._Parks www.dci.org/news/eyes-with-pride-mourning-the-loss-of-umass-band-leader-george-n-parks https://artsedresearch.typepad.com/blog/2010/09/george-n-parks-1953-2010-a-life-in-context.html UMass Marching Band “Let's Groove” audio courtesy of Michael LeClerc FOLLOW US! BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 Rob ("HammertonMedia") on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia Rob on X/Twitter: twitter.com/DrRob8487 SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON! https://www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK! Email: heybandwagon@yahoo.com Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon
SHOW NOTES Episode 029 • September 9, 2024 FIRST STRAIN News ‘n' Notes: • Calvin University Launches New Marching Band Program https://calvin.edu/stories/calvin-university-launches-new-marching-band-program-led-veteran-director https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gx-moGS3nzw • Obituary: Pennsylvania band director Gregory Shreckengost https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/leader-vindicator/name/gregory-shreckengost-obituary?id=56171187 SECOND STRAIN Topic: Quiet Dignity and Grace After a World-Class Error BBC news story: www.bbc.com/news/articles/clylrzgzxn8o Original RSPBA championship results announcement: pipingpress.com/2024/08/17/worlds-2024-results-inveraray-for-the-third-time/ Correction: https://pipingpress.com/2022/08/19/rspba-admits-error-in-4b-result-at-worlds/ And: www.pipesdrums.com/article/rspba-publishes-incorrect-worlds-grade-1-overall-result-sfu-confirmed-third-as-announced/ Post-championships opinion piece: pipingpress.com/2019/08/24/observations-on-the-world-pipe-band-championships/ More on the World Pipe Band Championships: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Pipe_Band_Championships TRIO Topic: Uxbridge HS Band, 25 Years Later DOGFIGHT Topic: Mean, Nasty, Ugly Things CODA Call to Action: Send Us Your George N. Parks Stories! FOLLOW US! BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 Rob ("HammertonMedia") on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia Rob on X/Twitter: twitter.com/DrRob8487 SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON! https://www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK! Email: heybandwagon@yahoo.com Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon
SHOW NOTES Episode 028 • September 2, 2024 FIRST STRAIN News ‘n' Notes: • New IUP band director, Cassidy Nalepa www.thecourierexpress.com/lifestyle/iup-names-new-marching-band-director/article_e8e5d7d6-5fe1-11ef-b9c2-0b40e6abad04.html • Macy*s announces participating bands for 2025 Thanksgiving Parade macysthanksgiving.fandom.com/wiki/The_99th_Annual_Macy%27s_Thanksgiving_Day_Parade_(2025) SECOND STRAIN Topic: How Band Camp Reassured Me About A.I. TRIO This week's interview guest: MAUREEN CONNOR Capital District Youth Pipe Band on Facebook: www.facebook.com/cdyouthpipeband/ Capital District Youth Pipe Band website: cdyouthpipeband.com/ “Duncan Johnstone”: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEWajsY6nok Bagad: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagad DOGFIGHT Topic: An Apology CODA Send along a story about the late George N. Parks! (for a segment planned for the 14th anniversary of his passing, September 16) FOLLOW US! BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 Rob ("HammertonMedia") on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia Rob on X/Twitter: twitter.com/DrRob8487 SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON! https://www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK! Email: heybandwagon@yahoo.com Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon
SHOW NOTES Episode 027 • August 26, 2024 FIRST STRAIN News ‘n' Notes: New Band Directors • Zoe Cohen to Clovis West High School http://cloviswest.cwaim.org/directors-staff https://dmlatraining.com/zoe-cohen/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/zoe-cohen-66ba2b1a2/ • Michael Pettis to The College of New Jersey: www.facebook.com/TCNJBands/posts/pfbid0MKF37QQLackVpgA6ZApjzjp2gLBpJHBwwQHzJvxYse8A7ycGitUAdm7X6aoTkC9ul • Lisa Hummel to Clarion University: www.explorejeffersonpa.com/local/2024/08/14/hummel-exits-retirement-to-lead-golden-eagles-marching-band-150425/ SECOND STRAIN Topic: Collingswood High School … … www.inquirer.com/education/collingswood-high-school-hires-marching-band-music-director-bill-woodward-20240819.html www.inquirer.com/education/collingswood-high-school-marching-band-music-director-resigns-20240723.html https://www.njpen.com/remembering-collingswood-band-director-joseph-lerch/ TRIO This week's interview guest: JUSTUS CARNEY Friday Life: https://www.facebook.com/fridaylifeband/ UConn Marching Band's 2022 closer, “Firebird”: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckjkxu2gf4c DOGFIGHT Topic: Tolsia HS Band uniform fundraiser Story: wchstv.com/news/local/time-has-taken-a-toll-on-the-band-uniforms-at-tolsia-high-school GoFundMe page: www.gofundme.com/f/support-mr-braggs-band-new-uniforms-needed CODA: “A Friendly Seasonal PSA” Elizabeth Spencer: collegiateparent.com/author/elizabeth-spencer/ FOLLOW US! BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 Rob ("HammertonMedia") on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia Rob on X/Twitter: twitter.com/DrRob8487 SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON! https://www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK! Email: heybandwagon@yahoo.com Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon
SHOW NOTES Episode 026 • August 19, 2024 FIRST STRAIN News ‘n' Notes: • Jim Ancona celebrates 30 years at Delaware www.music.udel.edu/who-we-are/faculty-and-staff/jancona pearldrum.com/artist/james-ancona www.innovativepercussion.com/products/james_ancona_series • Collegiate Marching Band Festival performers announced https://www.facebook.com/cmbfestival/posts/pfbid0g9TAEab5goxHPSaYcn1HQWMbCWAisNeRW5SZRCXihrXiz7uuGaPatUojP17MPSYrl https://vivace-productions-inc.ticketleap.com/ SECOND STRAIN Topic: Fusion Core announces move to Florida www.fusioncore.org/post/our-plans-for-2025 TRIO This week's interview guest: BASIL ISTWANY The former Charlottesville Municipal Band: cvilleband.org/ cvilleband.org/the-band/ www.facebook.com/cvilleband “Flower Dale” by Philip Sparke: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSHxFybELNY DOGFIGHT Internet Rabbit Hole of the Week: Kansas City Wind Symphony Their website: http://kcwindsymphony.com/ Your gateway to their performances: https://www.youtube.com/@thekansascitywindsymphony3584/videos FOLLOW US! BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 Rob ("HammertonMedia") on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia Rob on X/Twitter: twitter.com/DrRob8487 SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON! https://www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK! Email: heybandwagon@yahoo.com Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon
SHOW NOTES Episode 025 • August 12, 2024 FIRST STRAIN News ‘n' Notes: • Drum Corps International finals roundup All-Age (formerly DCA) results: www.dci.org/scores/final-scores/2024-dci-all-age-world-championship Open Class results: www.dci.org/scores/final-scores/2024-dci-open-class-world-championship-finals World Championship Finals results: www.dci.org/scores/final-scores/2024-dci-world-championship-finals SECOND STRAIN Topic: “Drum-Corps-Adjacent” Garfield Cadets 1987 show: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zD_a7mdWpEE TRIO This week's interview guest: … well, a little bit of ALL of them so far, between episodes 2 and 24. DOGFIGHT Internet Rabbit Hole of the Week: Nashoba Valley Concert Band Their website: NashobaValleyConcertBand.org Townsend's Senior Center/Library complex: www.townsendma.gov/community/library/index.php CODA The thoughts of composer Brian Balmages: The social media post: www.facebook.com/brian.balmages/posts/pfbid034KqEUEKF8BZv7wBD3RvX8zFtRxHEbw2bGnBBQNU9Ve4uMixsUKiBLdHpD4qNmLzwl His website: www.brianbalmages.com/ FOLLOW US! BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 Rob ("HammertonMedia") on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia Rob on X/Twitter: twitter.com/DrRob8487 SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON! https://www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK! Email: heybandwagon@yahoo.com Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon
SHOW NOTES Episode 024 • August 5, 2024 FIRST STRAIN News ‘n' Notes: • John Madden, new Savannah Wind Symphony artistic director https://www.savannahnow.com/story/entertainment/music/2024/07/26/savannah-wind-symphony-taps-john-madden-as-artistic-director/74526303007/ • Baltimore's Marching Ravens to donate musical instruments https://www.baltimoreravens.com/news/marching-ravens-donate-musical-instruments-2024 https://www.baltimoreravens.com/news/press-release-baltimore-s-marching-ravens-to-donate-instruments-through-distribution-program Online donation form: https://www.baltimoreravens.com/fans/marching-ravens/donations SECOND STRAIN Topic: Acadia Wind Ensemble concert, with Anthony Maiello conducting https://www.acadiawindensemble.com/ August 2, 2024 performance video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiJHUyqpu_o Anthony Maiello: https://education.musicforall.org/clinician/anthony-maiello/ Robert Ambrose: https://thearts.gsu.edu/profile/robert-ambrose/ TRIO This week's interview guest: DAMON GRANT https://www.damongrant.org from the UMass Band alumni page: alumni.umassband.com/15-tips-getting-more-work/ LACM masterclass: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBEJupnYCpA Episode artwork photo credit: John Shyloski: www.johnshyloskiphotography.com DOGFIGHT Topic: Rob's “Brushes With Fame” CODA Letter to the Editor FOLLOW US! BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 Rob ("HammertonMedia") on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia Rob on X/Twitter: twitter.com/DrRob8487 SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON! https://www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK! Email: heybandwagon@yahoo.com Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon
SHOW NOTES Episode 023 • July 29, 2024 INTRODUCTION Drum Major Academy audio credit: Alyssa Rosenblum FIRST STRAIN News ‘n' Notes: • TOPIC: Western Carolina University hires interim marching band director https://wlos.com/news/local/western-carolina-selects-interim-director-for-pride-of-the-mountains-marching-band-matt-henley-jack-eaddy-jr-university • TOPIC: Robert Boudreau, concert boat designer, passes away https://www.post-gazette.com/ae/music/2024/07/12/robert-boudreau-obituary-american-wind-symphony-point-counterpoint-ii/stories/202407120097 SECOND STRAIN, TRIO, & DOGFIGHT SEGMENTS: Topic: George N. Parks Drum Major Academy @ Westfield State University www.drummajor.org Captain America live-grenade scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtBtPJEENHI CODA Adam Neely's video “Music Theory and White Supremacy”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kr3quGh7pJA&list=PLBcZM94cb2UxtAqsfIWY1R4OrlkD323qd&index=33 My conversation with John Mange: https://heyband.podbean.com/e/episode-20-the-best-defense/ FOLLOW US! BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 Rob ("HammertonMedia") on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia Rob on X/Twitter: twitter.com/DrRob8487 SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON! https://www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK! Email: heybandwagon@yahoo.com Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon
SHOW NOTES Episode 022 • July 22, 2024 FIRST STRAIN News ‘n' Notes: • Howard University appoints Chancellor Mills director of bands: thedig.howard.edu/all-stories/howard-university-appoints-chancellor-mills-new-director-bands • Hopkinton (MA) Community Summer Band 20th anniversary concert: www.facebook.com/HopkintonCommunitySummerBand/ hopkintonmusic.com/event/hopkinton-community-summer-band/ The first HCSB concert, 2005: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyKrTIyCHFQ SECOND STRAIN Topic: Hopkinton (MA) Community Summer Band 20th anniversary commissioned work (see the above links) TRIO This week's interview guest: DAMON GRANT https://www.damongrant.org from the UMass Band alumni page: alumni.umassband.com/15-tips-getting-more-work/ LACM masterclass: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBEJupnYCpA Episode artwork photo credit: John Shyloski: www.johnshyloskiphotography.com DOGFIGHT Internet Rabbit Hole of the Week: Fitchburg (MA) Military Band Their website: www.facebook.com/FitchburgMilitaryBand FOLLOW US! BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 Rob ("HammertonMedia") on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia Rob on X/Twitter: twitter.com/DrRob8487 SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON! https://www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK! Email: heybandwagon@yahoo.com Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon
SHOW NOTES Episode 021 • July 15, 2024 FIRST STRAIN News ‘n' Notes: • News item title: Half Moon Bay band director retires after 40 years https://www.hmbreview.com/community/a-sitting-ovation-for-band-leader/article_3b5167d6-3af5-11ef-aff1-6baf0bdab769.html • Peggy Twiggs passes away: https://dci.org/news/peggy-twiggs-who-forever-elevated-the-color-guard-art-form-dies-at-72 https://www.wgi.org/wgi-mourns-the-loss-of-peggy-twiggs/ SECOND STRAIN Topic: New England Band Directors Institute review https://dept.keene.edu/music/nebdi-2024/ https://dept.keene.edu/music/nebdi-2024/nebdi-2024-program/#BIOS TRIO This week's interview guest: CRAIG HAY https://www.facebook.com/HopkintonCommunitySummerBand https://hopkintonmusic.com/event/hopkinton-community-summer-band-2/ https://hopkintonindependent.com/hay-relishes-role-with-schools-community-band/ https://hhspress.org/16047/arts-entertainment/mr-craig-hay-veteran-band-teacher-and-director/ DOGFIGHT Internet Rabbit Hole of the Week: Waterloo Municipal Band Their website: https://waterloobandia.org/ Your gateway to their performances: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5gR5DLmpIE&list=PLjOcgBoXkeboAfc0Ft7expWpcxUwSRog5 https://www.waterloocenterforthearts.org/general-4 FOLLOW US! BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 Rob ("HammertonMedia") on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia Rob on X/Twitter: twitter.com/DrRob8487 SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON! https://www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK! Email: heybandwagon@yahoo.com Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon
SHOW NOTES Episode 020 • July 8, 2024 FIRST & SECOND STRAINS Topic: New England Band Directors Institute https://dept.keene.edu/music/nebdi-2024/ http://www.nhbda.org/ TRIO This week's interview guest: JOHN MANGE https://www.solamusica.net/ https://michiganmarchingband.com/mange https://www.solamusica.net/the-case-for-school-bands-orchestras-and-choirspart-1/ DOGFIGHT Topic: band composer Robert Sheldon His website: https://robertsheldonmusic.com/ Performances of Sheldon compositions: Metroplex: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTfG5SqDmyo Ghost Fleet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_C-4KJywwBU FOLLOW US! BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 Rob ("HammertonMedia") on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia Rob on X/Twitter: twitter.com/DrRob8487 SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON! https://www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK! Email: heybandwagon@yahoo.com Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon
SHOW NOTES Episode 019 • July 1, 2024 FIRST STRAIN News ‘n' Notes: • Pittsburg State University director of bands Craig Fuchs passes away: https://www.pittstate.edu/gorillaconnection/2024/06/former-students-colleagues-mourn-loss-of-influential-professor.html https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/craig-fuchs-obituary?id=55320110 • George Washington Carver HS band director Arthur Means Jr. passed away: https://www.wvua23.com/longtime-george-washington-carver-high-school-band-director-dies/ SECOND STRAIN Topic: The Sudbury (MA) Fourth-of-July Parade https://www.sudbury.org/4th-of-july-parade https://sudbury.ma.us/historicdistricts/historicdistricts/ TRIO This week's interview guest: JOE McMULLEN https://amhersttownband.org/ Super Bowl VII, featuring the University of Michigan Marching Band: pregame: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuGphxXt-XY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sj0GJ1oddkU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VODKeJx-alw “Happiness Is…” halftime: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcV6Fv28aFY Episode Artwork credit: Jeff Hall DOGFIGHT Topic: Drum corps (and band) competition etiquette thoughts from Marco Iannelli: https://www.facebook.com/marco.iannelli.3551/posts/pfbid02gwqQ12g63NPeYJNEANGfDH1PaYGDu552KydnbvDoXHh5SXTsYd7rCyFxXiQyYF9Tl https://www.mjisoundscapedesigns.com/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR3_n29VcFOHca7jT8kYnJqOSWE-eSsbysqEiRZ2dpD2Ctox2RZyyyucE1U_aem_YSNOdRo4Jpppzd518e1MFA FOLLOW US! BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 Rob ("HammertonMedia") on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia Rob on X/Twitter: twitter.com/DrRob8487 SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON! https://www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK! Email: heybandwagon@yahoo.com Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon
SHOW NOTES Episode 018 • June 24, 2024 FIRST STRAIN News ‘n' Notes: • Morgan State University band performs at Normandy D-Day celebration: https://www.becauseofthemwecan.com/blogs/botwc-firsts/morgan-states-marching-band-makes-history-as-first-hbcu-to-perform-at-d-day-memorial-parade-in-france https://www.wbaltv.com/article/morgan-state-marching-band-france-performance-normandy/61158782 https://www.morgan.edu/news/msus-marching-band-to-perform-at-d-day-parade • Metallica marching band competition returns: https://www.93x.com/news/metallica-announce-marching-band-completion-returning-for-second-year/ https://www.metallicamarchingband.com SECOND STRAIN Topic: “I Don't Support DCI” TRIO This week's interview guest: JENNA FOLEY https://jennafoleymusic.wixsite.com/musiced https://www.facebook.com/jennafoleymusic https://www.instagram.com/jennafoleymusic/ Fusion Core Drum & Bugle Corps: https://www.fusioncore.org DOGFIGHT Topic: Bandos in Comment Sections CODA Topic: A Band Dad Joke FOLLOW US! BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 Rob ("HammertonMedia") on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia Rob on X/Twitter: twitter.com/DrRob8487 SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON! https://www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK! Email: heybandwagon@yahoo.com Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon
SHOW NOTES Episode 017 • June 17, 2024 FIRST STRAIN News ‘n' Notes: • Franklin (MA) Public Schools on course for steep cuts after tax vote: https://www.milforddailynews.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/06/12/franklin-ma-voters-reject-nearly-7-million-dollar-override-fund-fiscal-2025-town-school-budget/74044771007/ SECOND STRAIN Topic: a Dr. Tim story TRIO This week's interview guest: Dr. MARK STICKNEY Dr. Mark A Stickney has served as the Artistic Director of the Seacoast Wind Ensemble, in Kittery, Maine, since 2016. He has held conducting, brass teaching, and music education positions at the Community College of Rhode Island, Oklahoma Panhandle State University, Plymouth State University, Salve Regina University, and, Southern Utah University; and has conducted performances at the Utah Music Educators Association Conference and at Carnegie Hall. An active clinician and guest conductor, Dr. Stickney has worked with middle school, high school, and college bands and orchestras across the United States and regularly conducts honors festivals throughout the country. Performing on trombone, euphonium and tuba, Dr. Stickney has been a member of The American Band, Fanfare Brass, The Narragansett Tuba Quartet, and as a member of the Rutgers Wind Ensemble, he has appeared on multiple recordings on the Mark Custom Music label. He has performed with the Lakes Region Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestra of Southern Utah, and the Dartmouth College Wind Ensemble. As a soloist and chamber musician, he has performed at the Newport Music Festival and throughout southern New England. A doctoral research project on contemporary Swedish wind music has led to an article in the WASBE journal and brought about the North American premieres of several works by Swedish composers Rolf Martinsson, Max Käck and Ingvar Karkoff. Currently he is researching 19th century music of both Newport, Rhode Island and the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Dr. Stickney has arranged several works for band, chamber ensembles, and solo instruments based on this research, leading to performances at the Newport (RI) 4th of July celebration and the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. His articles have appeared in music education journals throughout the United States. Dr. Stickney regularly presents at music education conferences throughout the country on topics including music education, conducting, and rehearsal strategy. He has presented at the Iowa Music Education Association Conference, the New York Summer Band Directors Association Conference, the NJMEA State Conference, the Massachusetts Musie Educators Association Conference and more. For 28 seasons, Dr. Stickney worked for the Newport Music Festival in Rhode Island. For the last 16 of those seasons he served as the Production Manager, overseeing all aspects of staging, lighting, sound and recording. Dr. Stickney received his DMA in Wind Conducting from Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, where he studied with Dr. William Berz. He received his MA in Tuba Performance from Montclair State University (NJ), and his BA from Gettysburg College. https://www.historicmusicofnewport.org/ https://www.youtube.com/@mastick1773/videos https://www.newportri.com/story/entertainment/music/2022/01/18/gilded-age-newport-ri-mark-stickney-re-creates-music-from-1800-s/9147683002/ DOGFIGHT Internet Rabbit Hole of the Week: Kyoto Takahashi (Japan) Senior High School Band A few videos to give you the basic idea: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dAsi2jItq0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKRx8RSmVxQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jigHuKIqgyA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-V0VPyBkB0Y https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2059781387584379 Documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRCmq3n5DDw Green Band Association: http://www.green-band.org/English4.html CODA Topic: Advocacy, y'all. FOLLOW US! BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 Rob ("HammertonMedia") on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia Rob on X/Twitter: twitter.com/DrRob8487 SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON! https://www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK! Email: heybandwagon@yahoo.com Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon
SHOW NOTES Episode 016 • June 10, 2024 FIRST STRAIN News ‘n' Notes: • Lance named National Band Association VP: https://www.msstate.edu/newsroom/article/2024/06/msus-lance-named-vice-president-national-band-association https://www.msuband.msstate.edu • Townsend (MA) Military Band summer concerts begin: https://www.sentinelandenterprise.com/2024/06/01/thursday-evening-summer-concerts-begin-this-week/ https://www.concert-bands.co.uk/index.htm SECOND STRAIN Topic: The Chatham Band https://www.chathamband.com/ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37346027/webster-whitney-tileston https://open-window.typepad.com/blog/2011/07/chatham-band-concerts.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyqUW19DFXc TRIO This week's interview guest: BOBBY BERGERON https://newenglandhonorband.com/ https://www.facebook.com/p/Leominster-Marching-Blue-Devils-100084531522844/ DOGFIGHT Topic: The BandWagon Jingle CODA • Vaughn Fleishfresser: “It was in band…” FOLLOW US! BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: instagram.com/rhammerton1 Rob ("HammertonMedia") on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia Rob on X/Twitter: twitter.com/DrRob8487 SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON! https://www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK! Email: heybandwagon@yahoo.com Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon
SHOW NOTES Episode 015 • June 3, 2024 FIRST STRAIN News ‘n' Notes: • Indianapolis Municipal Band to play at Normandy commemoration: https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/indy-band-to-play-at-80th-anniversary-of-d-day-invasion/ar-AA1nkzc3 • University of Akron bands hire new director: https://www.facebook.com/UABandDept/posts/pfbid02qxVeewmimBRUFq5W98UweoEPxGHb7SxC6ZG7Cr7vq662M1GLDiuCjcpqLUMuhPcyl SECOND STRAIN Topic: America the Beautiful Week https://nationaltoday.com/america-the-beautiful-week/ https://www.windrep.org/America_the_Beautiful https://tonaldiversions.com/2016/05/08/america-beautiful-dragon/ As performed by the US Army Band (“Pershing's Own”): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXlzBR23HG0&pp=ygUoYW1lcmljYSB0aGUgYmVhdXRpZnVsIGNhcm1lbiBkcmFnb24gYmFuZA%3D%3D TRIO This week's interview guest: TOM BORNING Thomas Borning is a native of Cape Cod and a graduate of Barnstable High School. Mr. Borning went to music school at UMASS Amherst where he graduated cum laude with a Bachelor's degree and Master's degree in music education. Thomas has been teaching in the Falmouth Public School system since 1998 where he began as the high school band director. Under his direction the Falmouth High School marching band, wind ensemble and jazz band received numerous gold and silver medals at regional, state and national music festivals. In 2004 the FHS jazz band was chosen to perform at the Massachusetts Music Educator's Association music festival. During Mr. Borning's tenure at Falmouth High School his jazz band received 8 gold medal ratings at Massachusetts sponsored International Association of Jazz Educator's competitions. In 2006, Mr. Borning became the Morse Pond Elementary School band director where he directs the concert bands and jazz band. In 2010, Mr. Borning became the Music Curriculum coordinator for the Falmouth Public Schools. As an educator, Mr. Borning has served as All Cape Band Manager, All Cape Jazz Band Manager, Southeastern Massachusetts Band Manager, Southeastern Massachusetts Concert Chairman, All State Band Manager and All State Jazz Band Manager. Mr. Borning performs regularly as a freelance trumpeter in the New England area. He has performed with the Cape Cod Symphony, Symphony Swing Band, The Chi-Lites, Brass Force, Brass Attack, Stage Door Canteen, and Salsa Night Band. Currently Mr. Borning is the lead trumpet player for the Compaq Big Band. Mr. Borning also performs regularly in pit orchestras for musicals throughout the New England region. In addition, Mr. Borning also plays at dozens of weddings a year at local churches. https://www.falmouth.k12.ma.us/domain/166 http://www.capecodconcertband.org/about/ https://www.falmouthbandparents.com/post/mrborning Everything Music Ed Podcast: https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/everything-music-ed DOGFIGHT A Peek Behind the Podcast Curtain: Singular vs. Plural Language CODA Do you have a Fourth-of-July band story? Tell it to us! Contact links below: FOLLOW US! BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 Rob ("HammertonMedia") on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia Rob on X/Twitter: twitter.com/DrRob8487 SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON! https://www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK! Email: heybandwagon@yahoo.com Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon