I can't believe anyone with hearing they care for would put Ohio anywhere near the top of their list. Their sound is pretty awful unless you LOVE laser sound shows. I do not. My ears are still bleeding from their last show I saw (15 years ago.) For once and maybe only once, I actually agree with th...

Jan, You certainly would NOT be one of those lazy band directors that I'm talking about, just so you know. You work EXTREMELY hard to provide the best education possible to your students, and that's what it's really all about, and I really don't think that I've said anything other than that. I am bu...

When you have a lazy, "show" band, you're robbing your students of a proper education, and I hope that you see that it's not fair at all to do that to your students. This is the dumbest statements I've seen on AZZ.com in quite some time. Congratulations, snob-boy. I hope you realize that ...

First off, if the band has disciplinary issues such as talking, the director can fix that. Any director that cannot keep the demeanor of the students in line is not a good director. I'm not willing to debate that. As far as the amplified singers at UMASS, that was one year, it's not like they do tha...

The Niz, It was this past year, after the OSU/BG game. I think it was an OMEA competition at a Westerville or Thomas Worthington High School, and Hilliard Davidson definitely was the premier performance of the night. I don't think that most of you members of the ensemble understand what I'm saying. ...

Well, I guess it's official.........BOA no longer has standards when choosing their exhibition bands.........I'm so disappointed right now, that it's hard to even think about it. I've seen Riverside Community College, UMASS, and this past year was Murray State from KY, and they are all awesome. From...

If anyone is considering going, I highly suggest it, especially if you are a percussionist. Highlights for those that are drum oriented would be Bluecoats, Cavies, and I'm very interested in Southwind's drumline as they are surprisingly beating the Scouts in drums right now. The new drum guy there i...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQpXZKhx63g

Hey, I mean they're certainly no FMB, but these guys do pretty well with this Billy Joel material. Enjoy.

A lot of people are talking about how great Dr. Hayward is for the BG program......take a look around alumni. There are a lot of band members out there other than those that are on this board. I would make a a guess that Dr. Hayward gets about a 20 percent approval rating at this point, and a good m...