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**BandWagon**

What makes BANDWAGON different from other band-related podcasts?
Rather than focusing only on music education topics, it’s 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.

Latest Episodes:

Episode 36: "Sportsball (and) Stories" Oct 28, 2024

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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

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Episode 35: "Character, Culture, and Storytelling" Oct 21, 2024

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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

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Episode 34: "...Although It May Not Be Seen From the Valley" Oct 14, 2024

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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!

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Episode 33: "Over Every Mountain There Is a Path..." Oct 07, 2024

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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

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Episode 32: "When Podcasts Collide" Sep 30, 2024

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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

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Episode 31: "Your Best Is Good Enough" Sep 23, 2024

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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

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Episode 30: "Starred Thoughts" Sep 16, 2024

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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

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Episode 29: "Long Story Medium" Sep 09, 2024

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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!

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Episode 28: "Haste Ye Back" Sep 02, 2024

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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)

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Episode 27: "Re-Start" Aug 26, 2024

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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/

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