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May/June 2010
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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Read the March/April 2010 issue of Halftime Magazine via the Digital Edition, an interactive web-based version of the print magazine that includes full layout and live links to more information. FULL STORY » |
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Congratulations to the 2010 WGI World Champions. This year, many of the groups achieved their first gold medal, making it a year to remember. Enjoy our third annual photo spread, depicting each of the winning guard and marching percussion performances. FULL STORY » |
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Forced to cut budgets, many public schools look first at trimming or eliminating the arts. Luckily, large corporations in and out of the music industry have partnered with major not-for-profit organizations to help avoid this scenario. FULL STORY » |
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Start in June or August? Go away or stay on campus? Work all day and night
or plan for play? Although schools structure their band camps in different
ways, all strive for an atmosphere that builds the right habits and team
bonding to set the tone for the rest of the season. Three top programs
share their methods of getting the band started off on the right foot. FULL STORY » |
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All of us have known someone, some
company or some organization
affected by these difficult economic
times. Maybe your spouse or parent has
lost a job, your school’s budget was cut
or you had to decrease your competition
schedule. Or maybe your issues are even
more personal in nature. We’ve all experienced the down sides
of life. In times of trouble, how do you stay
strong? How do you have hope? Better yet,
how do you turn things around? FULL STORY » |
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Marching.com has reached a major milestone as 2010 marks its 15th season as an authoritative online destination for marching-related information. FULL STORY » |
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Are you in the messiest band in America? You might not want
to admit it, but you could reap the benefits by entering the
Gator Cases “Nation’s Messiest Band Contest.” FULL STORY » |
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After a one-year hiatus in 2010, Zydeco Colorguard will return
in 2011 with a new guard—Consortio Colorguard—folding
into its organization, now know as “Zydeco Open.” FULL STORY » |
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The new U.S. Scholastic Band Association Indoor circuit completed its first season with a championship event in Sun National Bank Center in Trenton, N.J., on April 17, 2010. Nearly 50 dance, color guard and percussion groups participated in the event. FULL STORY » |
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In times of great need, the marching band family comes together. Matt Hodge, a senior quad player at Page High School in Franklin, Tenn., was driving home one evening in August when his car was struck by an oncoming train. That night he was given less than a 1 percent chance of living—but he pulled through. Matt has been in a coma ever since. Find out how others have helped and how you can, too. FULL STORY » |
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Reeds. Some of you are already screaming in horror. Volumes have been written on selecting, adjusting and caring for reeds. There are volumes written on making your own. Let’s do away with some misinformation and provide a few quick tips. FULL STORY » |
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If you are like most reasonably
accomplished students
(and some professionals),
you have seven to eight
key signatures that you
are reasonably comfortable
with and four to five that
are murky. Developing key
fluency will do wonders for
your musical confidence
and competence. It’s not as hard as you think! Simply devoting
a few minutes a day to the task will lead to significant progress
over the course of a year. FULL STORY » |
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The scores have been tallied
and winners announced for
WGI Indoor Percussion. But
what were some of the key
factors that determined
those outcomes? The WGI
Percussion General Effect
(GE) sheet considers “communication”
and “entertainment.” What do they mean in the context of competition? FULL STORY » |
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Picking up rifle for the first time? Here are some tips for getting started. Right and Left Hand Spins (also called “Butt Spins” or “Slap Spins”) are difficult. You may struggle for what feels like weeks to get more than a few consecutives, but one day it will just “click.” FULL STORY » |
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Drumstick manufacturer Vic Firth recently released a slew of new products including the Bill Bachman “Billy Club” Signature Tenor Stick and the Andrew Markworth Corpsmaster Signature Keyboard Mallets. FULL STORY » |
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Yamaha and Randall May International have teamed up to make life easier for tuba and
sousaphone players. The new AIRlift Stadium Hardware stands offer stability and
safety for the large instruments. FULL STORY » |
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Marching bands accumulate a lot of gear and don’t have a lot of time or manpower to move it around. With the RocknRoller Multi-Cart 8-in-1 Equipment Transporter by Ace Products Group, bands can carry more in fewer trips. FULL STORY » |
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A listing of marching events: major competitions, shows and conferences, by region. From May to July 2010. FULL STORY » |
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For Center Grove High School, its indoor percussion show,
“Don’t Give Up,” became a rallying cry in its struggles to
fight for its arts programs as a whole. FULL STORY » |
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What happens when you’ve dreamed for years of being drum major, but that dream doesn’t come true? you try again. FULL STORY » |
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Cross training during the off-season can help you build
endurance, avoid injury, and test your body and mind. FULL STORY » |
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Check out the latest installment of Halftime Magazine's music-themed crossword. In this issue, we look at historical winners of WGI. FULL STORY » |
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