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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP.  I grew up in Texas where they take marching band very seriously. Yes, it was required for everyone except for those in the lowest band.  Practice and games were required, just like the for football team, drill team, and cheer, as well as competitions and parades.

The low priority that schools and families place on the arts here is still surprising to me.  Football isn't as big here, which isn't surprising.  But neither are orchestra or band, which is.[/quote]

I grew up in an old artists colony town in New England with several Broadway performers had the children of several famous singers in my high school. There was a huge emphasis on theater and the arts (including chorus, orchestra and band). I took a theater class but was not required to be in the school play (although I was). But there was no requirement that anyone participate in marching band. Some kids participated because they wanted to but it was not a big thing. The emphasis was much more on theater and classical music. I think some of this emphasis on marching band is regional - but it seems odd to force it on kids who are talented musically but may be more interested in traditional classical music or just have other outside commitments. For example, what do they do if a kid's family goes to shabbat services on Saturdays? [/quote]

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