How to Use marching band in a Sentence

marching band

noun
  • But by the time Carr joined the freshman class, ASU was better known for its marching band.
    Shauna Stuart | Sstuart@al.com, al, 26 Jan. 2023
  • The students, who were part of the school’s marching band, were on their way to Pennsylvania for a band camp event.
    Jessica Xing, CNN, 29 Sep. 2023
  • West Boca High School cheerleaders and members of the school’s marching band helped set the stage.
    Gary Curreri, Sun Sentinel, 3 Mar. 2023
  • As a cloudy sky threatened a downpour, the marching band played the school’s fight song, cheerleaders shook pom-poms, and a dance line sashayed.
    Linda K. Wertheimer, The New Republic, 30 May 2023
  • My highlight of this night is the St. Augustine Marching 100 marching band.
    Perri Ormont Blumberg, Southern Living, 26 Jan. 2024
  • The bus was one of six carrying the Farmingdale High School marching band and their chaperones.
    Tony Aiello, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2023
  • To welcome newcomers, the school staged a pep rally with its marching band and its state-champion dance team.
    Trip Gabriel Hilary Swift, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2023
  • Also known as the Aristocrat of Bands, the group also made Grammy history this year as the first marching band to win the award for best gospel roots album.
    Raquelle Harris, Billboard, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Leiker, 51, was a big fan of the University of Colorado's marching band and a regular at the Pearl Street pep rallies.
    People Staff, Peoplemag, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Riley Hein — a smiley, gregarious teen who played trombone in the school marching band — was dead.
    A.c. Thompson, ProPublica, 13 June 2023
  • The director of the marching band had brought that sheet music home and subsequently that was the only song played at a home basketball game after the blaze.
    Erick Smith, USA TODAY, 13 July 2023
  • The high school marching band’s members sprinted for their lives, still carrying their flutes and saxophones.
    Chicago Tribune, 3 July 2023
  • The free event, which will feature cheerleaders and a marching band, starts at Imperial Highway and Main Street.
    Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2023
  • Meanwhile, the school's marching band wears miners' hardhats and flannel jackets.
    Andy Fies, ABC News, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Upon hearing this, the marching band from the University of Idaho — which hosted the first two rounds of the tournament — volunteered to fill in.
    Rachel Treisman, NPR, 29 Mar. 2024
  • Before the funeral, a marching band and horsedrawn hearse led a funeral procession through the streets of Dublin, with hundreds of mourners singing along to Pogues songs.
    Pat Saperstein, Variety, 8 Dec. 2023
  • In the northern city of Amol, a religious marching band dressed in white went to the home of Ghazalleh Chelavi, a 33-year-old female athlete shot in the head during protests last September, videos showed.
    Farnaz Fassihi, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Aug. 2023
  • Moreover, Marshall's arranging of a marching band airport arrival for his wife capped off this clever half-hour with what would be one of the sweetest Marshall and Lily moments ever.
    Ew Staff Updated, EW.com, 18 Mar. 2024
  • The goal was for the mood to change from the moment the ceremony was over, so the Sicilian marching band Ciao Bella played during their exit and escorted guests into cocktails.
    Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Among them was Atlas, a ninth grader at Pinecrest High School who came out as transgender to his family and fellow marching band members last summer.
    Patrick Wall, USA TODAY, 13 June 2023
  • The event begins with a parade featuring the high school marching band, the Hurricettes, fall athletic teams, staff, administrators and city youth teams.
    John Benson, cleveland, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Her contributions to the ensemble range from Principal Flute in Wind Ensemble to two years as section leader in the school’s marching band.
    Heide Janssen, Orange County Register, 17 Mar. 2024
  • The university’s marching band will travel to Washington next month for a grand opening ceremony, which is set to include a speech from the mayor.
    Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2023
  • The arrangement of the wires, coils, magnets, and insulators that step the voltage of AC current up or down brings to mind a college marching band or a military regiment on parade.
    IEEE Spectrum, 24 Feb. 2023
  • As a marching band, the 369th Infantry Regiment is credited with introducing jazz to the continent that shares Europe’s name.
    Bill Beuttler, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Feb. 2023
  • For example, a teen who interacts with different peers in marching band, a sports team, a religious youth group or summer camp can more easily weather the loss of a friend or failing to make a new team.
    Ana Homayoun, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The song is constructed from an array of clips, including old Usher performance footage, a gospel choir, a marching band, fan home videos, a busking flautist, a small string section, and a group beatboxing at a diner table.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 12 Jan. 2024
  • By halftime, the Sun Devil marching band had cancelled its performance and university officials called for the stands to be evacuated.
    Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Mainly using traditional marching band instruments, Oakton’s band played five Metallica songs and wore costumes adorned with wigs and chains to appear like Metallica’s guitarists and drummers.
    Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2024
  • The bipartisanship was evident at the groundbreaking ceremony last September, which featured a gospel choir and the Ohio State University marching band.
    Jim Puzzanghera, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Aug. 2023

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