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Jan/Feb 2008
Halftime Magazine™ is a glossy print magazine that highlights the “sights, sounds and spirit of marching band.” This bimonthly lifestyle magazine connects high school and college musician-athletes through shared experiences about competitions, school spirit, and band traditions with profiles, first-person accounts and thought-provoking feature stories. In addition, the publication will provide tips to enhance students’ musical and marching skills as well as connect the band community through news, events calendars and product reviews. Halftime Magazine is a publication by Muse Media, LLC, based in Los Angeles, California. |
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This issue features 2008 bowl game coverage. Find out: What it's like to perform in the "Granddaddy of Them All" (Rose Bowl and Parade) and other BCS bowl games. How high school seniors participated in the first U.S. Army All-American Marching Band. How fundraising can be fun and evolve beyond bake sales. How props are used in the color guard. And much more ...
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Read the musings of Halftime Magazine's publisher and editor-in-chief. This issue highlights bowl games and Christine's memories of her participation in the 1996 Tournament of Roses as a member of the Northwestern University Marching Band.
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News and other notes: In this issue, read about how to participate in the Bands of America 2009 Rose Parade Honor Band, DCI's new video download library, the invitation by "America's Got Talent" for marching bands to audition for the hit NBC show and the first-ever California State Band Championships.
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The latest cool products: In this issue, find out the Quantum Marching Project, Pyware March Pad, Beatnik Method Book and ChopSaver lip moisturizer for musicians.
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Leading instructors provide practical tips for each section of the band: In this issue, learn about practicing long tones for the saxophone and other wind instruments, hitting the target for brass players, improving your "General Effect" score in indoor percussion and creating an emergency kit for color guard and winter guard. Written by musician/clinicians: Tim Price, Chase Sanborn, Dennis DeLucia and Catina Anderson.
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A listing of events: major competitions, shows and conferences, by region. From January to March 2008.
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Q&A with Daniel Fyffe, director of band programs, who discusses his ensemble's transition from a concert class percussion program to an indoor drum line.
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A drum major's story: In this issue, read about a fifth-year music major who had taken on the challenge of starting and being director of the Warhawk pep band at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.
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