Essay In the United States, modern marching bands are most commonly associated with performing during American football games. Many American universities had bands before the twentieth century typically associated with military ROTC programs. In 1907, breaking from traditional rank and file marching, the first pictorial formation on a football field was produced as a "Block P" created by Paul Spotts Emrick, director of the Purdue All-American Marching Band. Spotts had seen a flock of birds fly in a "V" formation and decided that a band could replicate the action in the form of show formations on a field. The first halftime show at an American football game was performed by the University of Illinois Marching Illini also in 1907 at a game …show more content…
l originally, before marching band, was fit but I knew that I wasn’t as fit as I could be. One example would be when we are in practice we, of course, march. (for two house to be exact) These two hours include sweat and a lot of it. Marching band requires you to not also march well, but to also eat well. One can’t just march for two hours and then go and eat junk food. One has to make sure everything they eat will benefit them in the long run. This means eating fruit, vegetables, and drinking lots of water to keep them hydrated. Band directors always tell their students their health comes first. If a student ever feels sick or dizzy they are one hundred percent allowed to sit out. Another example of me improving physically would be during band camp. Band camp is the time to work on music and marching. During band camp we go outside for five hours in the morning and march. These five hours include front marching, back marching, and side marching. Marching is vigorous and takes a huge amount of will power to do. There are many ways to march, but only one way to march correctly. One keeps their chest up and their knees straight. They deep their feet into the ground and they can’t waddle either, because marching is so demanding one has to practice all of the time meaning after a while the student will begin to get muscles everywhere. Thanks to joining marching band I have been able to run for long periods of time before getting tired, I have stopped eating junk food, and I feel better