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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There has to be more to this story.  [b]It's not ok to scream and yell[/b], but being strict with a large group of kids is not a bad thing and probably needed.  We've had lots of activities, including music and you need strict and structured, especially for music but one issue we see in MS/HS band is the lack of teaching and kids need to know the instrument or be in private music lessons to be successful as in ES they teach individual instruments but not in MS/HS so many kids struggle.[/quote]

For a band director, yes, it's ok.  Otherwise chaos and mediocrity.  [/quote]

My child is in private orchestra and there is no yelling or screaming.  It's not ok.  He's to focused on being a digital content creator and its not ok to be filming his classes and broadcasting them.  He's not screaming in what I saw but he's pretty flat and bland and putting on a show for the camera.  He's not making the classes fun or engaging.  And, not much instruction, a few comments and that's it.  [/quote]

Well, orchestra is inside while marching band is outside with literal moving pieces/students and isn’t marching band twice as big as orchestra.[/quote]

Screaming outside is a bit different so kids can hear vs. scream and being negative. From what he posted there was very little engagement with the students and he was very flat.  Ideally marching bad should have 100-200 kids if it's fun and engaging.  [/quote]

A lot of FCPS schools REQUIRE kids in symphonic band to be in the marching band. They can’t get a lot of kids to join, so to go to the higher level classes they have to join. Consequently, their musical performances often outshine schools from other districts who take students at all ability levels. I don’t know the policy at Annandale. But if you’ve got a lot of kids who don’t want to be there in the first place, who are then treated strictly, they will turn on you in an instant.[/quote]

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