Sentences with phrase «marching band at»

PITTSBURGH — Monet Spencer remembers traveling to affluent suburban high schools when she was a member of the marching band at Brashear High School in this city's low - income, high - crime Beechview neighborhood.

Art Break: African American Marching Bands at Storefront, Torres - García at Acquavella, and Four Exhibits at the Drawing Center

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In the press and staff parking lot at just before 6 a.m., a marching band was practicing.

Sir George Martin, who signed The Beatles to a recording contract in 1962 and went on to become an influential producer and collaborator with the band, passed away peacefully on March 8 at age 90, according to numerous reports.

Apple touted the design of the Watch at its launch in March and the devices have a number of interchangeable bands.

The country was up in arms, the war was on, in every breast burned the holy fire of patriotism; the drums were beating, the bands playing, the toy pistols popping, the bunched firecrackers hissing and spluttering; on every hand and far down the receding and fading spread of roofs and balconies a fulttering wilderness of flags flashed in the sun; daily the young volunteers marched down the wide avenue gay and fine in their new uniforms, the proud fathers and mothers and sisters and sweethearts cheering them with voices choked with happy emotion as they swung by; nightly the packed mass meetings listened, panting, to patriot oratory with stirred the deepest deeps of their hearts, and which they interrupted at briefest intervals with cyclones of applause, the tears running down their cheeks the while; in the churches the pastors preached devotion to flag and country, and invoked the God of Battles beseeching His aid in our good cause in outpourings of fervid eloquence which moved every listener.

BUBBA»S BBQ JOINT — You're seated at a Formica - topped table that must have been stolen off the Sanford & Son set - one metal leg broken but held up by an upended tomato juice can, cobwebs dangling from the underside of one chair, a sticky substance on one corner of the table attracting a marching band of ants, another corner chewed away with obvious teeth marks.

The next day, after missing his breakfast because he was on the phone with coaches, he marched two miles in a parade and played at a football halftime with the school band.

One day, while the band marched up and down the pitch at half time as they always did, the bandmaster, who always threw his baton up in the air and caught it, twice dropped it, to huge cheers.

So does the Trojans marching band, which, at Sanchez's suggestion, learned to play the song El Matador, a mid -»90s indie hit by the band Los Fabulosos Cadillacs.

I went to several «alumni» games (and even got Earl Morral's autograph), saw the original Zeke the Wonder Dog, enjoyed the alumni band days where they led HS Bands (to replace the students in games before school started), met all kinds of former Spartans during tailgate times, totally enjoyed the pre pre game MSU band marches, loved the band before game, at halftime, and post game.

In Friday night's Battle of the Bands event at the Superdome, Grambling's World Famed Tiger Marching Band perhaps did a better job of moving and playing at the same time.

From the uniformed commissioner at the old main entrance in Avenell Rd to the police band marching around the pitch at half time, the refusal to have any advertisements anywhere in the ground or in the matchday programme, run by the honourable Hill - Wood family, but now all has changed.

The name alone conjures up warm memories of the band that redefined relationship rock in the 1970s, cutting a path of relatable songs that showcased the growth of a marriage, the distance that forms as time marches forward, and the depressing passion that escapes like sand through your fingertips as you look back at your life and try to retrace the steps that led you to where you are now.

a mentally retarded black man doing everything a human being could possibly do at a high school football game — greeting the crowd, providing radio commentary, delivering the pregame pep talk, running water bottles to the players, cheering with the cheerleaders, leading the halftime marching band and racing across the field with the school flag after touchdowns — everything except actually playing, and basking in his town's love every mad minute of it.

The younger Ms. McBats is going to NYC with her band to march in the Thanksgiving Day parade next year, and the elder Ms. McBats got her learner's permit at 16 years old today.

The Bledsoes got their greatest thrill upon arriving at the Bills» facility at Orchard Park, where they were serenaded by a marching band's rendition of the Wazzou fight song.

And on a Friday night in a South Carolina town, his encounter with a mentally retarded black man doing everything a human being could possibly do at a high school football game — greeting the crowd, providing radio commentary, delivering the pregame pep talk, running water bottles to the players, cheering with the cheerleaders, leading the halftime marching band and racing across the field with the school flag after touchdowns — everything except actually playing, and basking in his town's love every mad minute of it.

And the chief is being hailed — the marching band from Valentine's alma mater, USC, was to play at Chiba Marine Stadium this week.

The Irish band Full Gael will also perform a Celtic music concert at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday March 15 (Not included with OSV daytime admission; $ 12 per person; $ 10 for Old Sturbridge Village members).

The University of Maryland's marching band will no longer play «Maryland, My Maryland,» the official state song, at school sporting events because of its ties to the Confederacy.

The graduation ceremony was held at the Empire State Plaza Convention Hall in Albany where the new troopers marched into the convention center in a procession lead by the New York State Police Pipe and Drum band.

Bringing up the parade's rear were Transportation Alternatives, the Ethical Humanist Society of Queens, the Sunnyside / Woodside Action Group, Women of Queens, the Sunnyside United Dog Society (another crowd favorite), and the Rude Mechanical Orchestra, the rakish radical marching band and dance troupe that has become a fixture at St. Pat's for All.

In elementary school, he had learned to play the trumpet, and even at that young age, he managed to syncopate his way into the local high school marching band.

- Although Ruby - Throated Hummingbirds are banded at Hilton Pond from late March through mid-October, 40 percent of 2,315 hummers have been captured in the month of August.

- A male Northern Cardinal that was banded at Hilton Pond as a juvenile male in July 1993 has been re-trapped several times each year since then, most recently in March 2001, when the bird was in its ninth year.

Fans will have the opportunity to pre-order the new album to be delivered in March 2014, as well as an exclusive bundle including a DVD / double CD of the band's 2012 headline performance at Jodrell Bank for immediate despatch, for a limited time only via the band's website.

I'm currently a student at Alabama A&M University, where I am studying music education and business management, and I am also part of the marching band.

The Nashville Metro airport is a scene awash with marching bands, live newcasters, security police, twirlers, the Chamber of Commerce and an adoring crowd of fans for the arrival of Barbara Jean (Ronee Blakely in her film debut), the reigning lady of country - western music, who «has been away for special treatment at the Baltimore Burn Center» following an accident.

Though the Car mostly dispatches one unfortunate pedestrian at a time, there is a set - piece involving its opportunistic attack on a marching - band practice that's kind of hilarious if you imagine the screenwriters racking their brains, charged with frothing up a pretense for the equivalent of a shark attack on dry land.

March 15, 2012 • Wearing paint - splattered shirts, the Venezuelan dance - rock band kicked off NPR Music's day party at The Parish in Austin, Texas with chant - along songs and stage - shaking energy.

A playful, electronics - infused Mexican rock band, Café Tacvba found itself in an unusual spot on the Stubb's stage at SXSW on March 13: namely, bookended by Nick Cave and Yeah Yeah Yeahs, both of whom roll around seductively in far seedier corners of rock»n' roll.

There's so much to love here, from Hill devouring a live goldfish, to Ethan Suplee seemingly dressed as a young Gene Hackman, to DiCaprio chucking a lobster at Coach Taylor, to live marching bands and dwarf tossing.

Blumhouse Productions has released the official red band trailer of sci - fi / action film Upgrade, which initially premiered at the 2018 SXSW film festival back in March.

Residents living next to the practice field, however, were not pleased when William Zabelsky and his marching band were out practicing one Saturday last month at 6:30 in the morning.

Kim, a teenager in the Sallisaw, Oklahoma, high school, tried to fit in as a cheerleader and marching band flutist, failing at both, and by way of unexpected high test scores took advantage of the opportunity to go abroad for a year through AFS.

SAN DIEGO — The Tooele High School marching band took first place in several categories at the Bridgepoint Education Holiday Bowl.

McDonogh 35 Senior High School's marching band performs during Battle of the Bands at the «Instruments A-Comin» benefit concert, silent auction and community arts fair in front of Tipitina's Monday evening.

He began his work in the middle grades as a young adolescent at Lynnhaven Junior High School in Virginia Beach, trying to fit in with other kids while also playing tuba in the marching and concert bands.

Tevin Quinn, a Cohen junior, said he'll remain at the school so he can stay in the marching band and on the basketball team his senior year.

Volatility marched higher but was turned back at its Bollinger Bands ®.

The increases keep marching up straight through recessions (the last recession is shown by the shaded band at the left) and other difficult events.

Some dogs can go over threshold when they see another dog at the other end of the block, while others are calm right up until a parade and marching band goes by.

A month - long holiday celebration kicks off in Oxnard with the annual Tree Lighting Ceremony at Plaza Park followed the next day by the Oxnard Downtown Christmas Parade featuring floats, marching bands, and more.

As part of the Belize independence celebrations a parade was held immediately after the speeches. Miss San Pedro for 2013 was led in by the Deputy Mayor and accompanied by the local high school marching band and torch bearers. The coast guard assembly also took part in the parade and featured one of the newest recruits to the countryÂ's coast guard, Almita Pinelo, who has recently qualified after training in the US. Almita was chosen to lead the coast guard assembly who were inspected by the mayor and the Minister of Tourism before the 21 gun salute took place at midnight. The firework display was held immediately afterwards and the sky was lit up for miles around for approximately half an hour.

At Chalet Hollywood, the rich and famous sipped champagne while a revolving door of entertainers performed over the course of several months; marching bands, dancers, luaus, even a dominatrix made appearances.

Ballroom Marfa and Tiger Mountain proudly present Jeff Mangum, the singer and principal songwriter of the legendary band Neutral Milk Hotel, at the Crowley Theater on March 31, 2013.

Her performance Twirl, which incorporated a marching band in full regalia, took place at the Brooklyn Museum in 2009 as part of the Performa biennial.

At NOMA, the artist orchestrated an ostentatious second line — flashy by even the peacockiest of local standards — led by a custom - designed Lamborghini Murciélago, that included vogueing dancers, Mardi Gras Indians in full mask, and the Eleanor McMain Secondary School marching band.

The project is the end result of the artist's collaboration with members of the high school marching band, Banda de Guerra Lobos, at the Colegio Hispanoamericano in Mexico City.