Nationpy Marching Band Day

Today was National Marching Band Day. Some facts, and photos! The marching band photos were featured in the past, and these versions are far superior! Enjoy. . .

Happy National Marching Band Day ! ! ! 

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A Very Strong Musical Fellowship:
Origination: Marching bands have been around for a long period of time. . .They began in the 13th century in the regions of the Ottoman Empire. Marching bands have military origins, with varying  songs that were used to direct troops through the different aspects of guidance and the wars in general in order to communicate and planting of direction and follow-through. on long journeys, maintain morale, and even direct troops on the battlefield. Military traditions continue to form part of the modern marching band.

Modern Evolution: The modern marching band is also a very popular and important role in the school and college. Also there are independent career through hobbyist playing of instruments, including competitions, of marching bands. Marching bands have several key aspects and personnel– from small parades to impressive spectacles, and the people include fifers, pipers, buglers, drum corps, marching bands, parade groups, drill teams, and color guards. . .bringing music to life. They bring audiences to their feet while stirring a crowd to an enthusiastic roar. marching drummers, bagpipers, etc…

Today’s special photo segment:
Instead of trivia, I am sharing this photo segment instead, originally published in 2023. . .

Chicago Marching Band Competition – June 1983:
It really was 40 years ago that I had the unique opportunity to visit the Chicago Marching Band Competition featuring the City of Minneapolis, Red Scottish Marching Band, Midlothian Scottish Pipe Band and Stock Yard Kilty Band in the area in front of (not on or in) the classic band shell in Grant Park, Chicago, Illinois in the summer of 1983! This really brings back great memories and are a great and respectable honor! Date – June 1983.

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Photos taken with a Nikon FE-through a Nikon 26 mm lens, filter=Polarizer, Aperture=8 f/stop, shutter-speed 1/30th second, loaded with Konica ISO (ASA) 100 Color 135-20 Negative Film (stale film) processed with C-41 Processing Chemicals, and a Type C Print using the RA-4 enlargement paper process, onto a 4X6″ semi-gloss print. The photo was developed late, and the spectrum was washed out. I rescued the photo using LUNAPIC Photo Editor with the adaptive equalize and restored the sky color.

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The photos in this post were originally featured in a previous post. The photos were inferior in quality, and needed to be restored. I have restored the photos to digital quality using the LUNAPIC Photo Editor software.

National Marching Band Day

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