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Frontline, Colorguard, and Twirlers, Oh My! Mar 19, 2021

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This week's episode is all about auxiliaries! We start off by talking about the state of the Marching Madness bracket (00:00:00) and then get into the week five FCS update with Hannah (00:02:46). The team also talks about why auxiliaries are so important to the marching arts (00:03:57). Our featured guests for the interview today are Maeve St. Onge, guard captain at Sacred Heart University, and Amanda Coy, the Golden Girl at Purdue University (00:03:57).

A Cinderella Story Mar 12, 2021

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It's time for March Madness! Alex, Craig, and Hannah introduce the Marching Madness bracket (00:00:00) and their teams to watch in the tournament this year. Jason and Alex are joined by Abel Solomon, a former trumpet player in the UMBC Down and Dirty Dawg Band who witnessed their legendary upset against number one seed Virginia (00:18:43).

March Forth Mar 04, 2021

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Happy Marching Music Day! We're celebrating by releasing our episode a day early. This week the team reflected on some of their favorite high school marching memories (00:00:00), and Savannah was joined by Hayden Gizinski of the Husky Marching Band to talk about her experience in the Seattle All City Marching Band (00:19:58). The episode wraps up with advice to those considering college band (00:32:37) and an update on the FCS from Hannah (00:41:21).

Rock The Rink Feb 26, 2021

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This week the team talked about all the cool variations of pep bands that aren't basketball! Craig, Savannah, and Hannah recount their favorite non-traditional pep band experiences (00:00:00) and our resident hockey fans Jason and Alex talk to Victoria Paspalas and Allison Okeley about their time in hockey pep band at Boston University and Notre Dame (00:15:08). Hannah wraps up the episode with FCS Updates in a Flash (00:46:42).

The Spring Football Spectacular! Feb 19, 2021

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FCS is back, and so's season two of College Band Radio! The team does a little roundup of the happenings during our season break, and Hannah gives a preview of how the spring season will work and teams to watch for FCS football. (00:00:00) Learn more about what the differences are between FBS and FCS marching band from former Syracuse Marching Band director and current UNI Panther Marching Band director Dr. Justin Mertz! (00:11:52) The team wraps up the episode with some college basketball talk and a little reminiscing about how it's almost March...again. (00:28:23) Special thanks to our sponsor FlipFolder App and our partner CollegeMarching.com!

Senior Day 2020 Dec 18, 2020

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Today's episode is brought to you by FlipFolder App. It's the end of marching season for many across the country, and that means it's senior day! This week we were joined by Kaycee Stevenson of the UW Western Thunder Marching Band and Bennett Cournoyer & Ryan Cho of the University of Iowa Hawkeye Marching Band to talk about their experiences as seniors in what's been a season like no other (15:26). The team also discussed fun holiday band traditions and our favorite memories from College Band Radio's first season to wrap up our season finale. (56:12) We'll be back with new episodes after New Years!

Technology Takes The Field! Dec 13, 2020

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We are proud to announce that this episode, and all future ones, are sponsored by our new partner FlipFolder App! The team talks about the increasing role technology plays in marching band - especially during the COVID-19 pandemic (0:00). We were joined this week by former Pitt Varsity Marching Band member Marcus Dubreuil, creator of FlipFolder App, to talk about the story behind the creation of the app and how it works. (17:16)

Intercollegiate Marching Band, Take the (Virtual) Field! Dec 04, 2020

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This week we got a special peek behind the scenes of the process behind the first-ever Intercollegiate Marching Band virtual halftime show, hosted by the College Band Directors National Association! We're joined by Barry Houser, Director of Fighting Illini Athletic Bands/Chair of CBDNA Athletic Bands committee, Dr. Mark Spede, Director of Bands at Clemson University/CBDNA National President; and Michael Barasch, co-founder of CollegeMarching.com. We also recap the latest news from around the college bands world and talk about some of our favorite band trip stories.

S1 Episode 8: Thanksgiving Q&A Special Nov 27, 2020

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Happy Thanksgiving everyone! On this week's special edition of the pod, our hosts talked Thanksgiving, sorted band sections into different dishes, and answered the fun questions you all submitted on our social media pages! Make sure to give us a follow on Instagram @collegebandradio, Twitter @collegebandrdo, and YouTube at College Band Radio.

College Band Radio S1 E7: Preseason Madness Nov 20, 2020

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In honor of college basketball’s return, this week’s episode is all about pep band! We talk about our pep band experience (0:00), sit down with Doc Nix and Derrick Wallis of the legendary George Mason University Green Machine Pep Band (20:08), and talk band and preview basketball with CBS Sports Senior Writer, bracketologist, and Purdue All-American Marching Band alumni Jerry Palm (45:10).

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