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Be a Disease Detective
Prevent contagious illnesses from spreading through your group with the same type of mitigation strategies used by epidemiologists. A cashier ... -
Crossword: Everything is Four-tay
A musical-themed crossword puzzle created exclusively for Halftime Magazine. Here is the July/August 2020 installment. If you enjoy crossword puzzles, ... -
Bluecoats Announce New Helmet Fundraising Campaign
FOR A LIMITED TIME, DONORS WHO MAKE A GIFT OF $250 OR GREATER WILL RECEIVE AN OFFICIAL BLUECOATS COMMEMORATIVE HELMET. ... -
Will Live Music Ever Be the Same?
After two months of “safer-at-home” policies, the economy is opening up in many ways, but live music performances by students ... -
COVID-19 Detours Marching
Though marching activities have been canceled through the summer season, organizations and businesses have found ways to stay engaged. The ... -
2020 WGI
With event cancellations due to the coronavirus starting in March 2020, many indoor marching groups cut their seasons short. Halftime ... -
Virtual Learning Lessons and Successes
Teachers turned to online tools as schools closed early due to the coronavirus pandemic. What worked and what needs work, ... -
9 Beats and Roland Partner for Education
9 Beats USA, a new company based on the music education method by 9 Beats in China, has recently partnered ... -
Hawkeye Family Goes Viral
The Gibson family of Iowa City, Iowa, is making the best of the uncertain situation surrounding the coronavirus by making ... -
Virtual Marching 110
Online classes and social distancing didn’t stop the Ohio University Marching 110 from making music together. The video “Virtual Marching ... -
Human Jukebox Feels “Good as Hell”
GRAMMY-award-winning singer Lizzo, who often speaks positively of her past marching band experience as a flutist, has taken that band ... -
Quarantunes
You gotta stay home. Camps are closed. Concerts are canceled. Vacations are now staycations. I’m sure with the demands for ... -
Active Listening
Now is the time for young musicians to become active listeners and dive into various worlds of music that they ... -
What Now?
The effects of the global pandemic have drastically changed how we operate in our daily lives. Without ensemble rehearsals or ... -
Strong and Accountable
As I write this column, staff and students are in a holding pattern, trying to figure out how to move ... -
Evans UV2 Drumheads
If you’re tired of chipped, flaking drumheads, the new Evans UV2 drumheads might be your solution. The drumheads are a ... -
Yamaha Impact Drums
Small spaces and travel constraints sometimes demand questionable bass drum setups. Yamaha’s Impact Drums could solve these problems and also ... -
Skyliners Drum and Bugle Corps
Resilience has led the Skyliners Drum and Bugle Corps through a six-year hiatus, two relocations, and now the coronavirus, leading ... -
All-American Experience in Rome
Each year, All-Americans declared at United Spirit Association camps head off for an unforgettable trip to an international destination. On ... -
A New Normal
Improve your chances of restarting bands in the fall by preparing tighter health and safety procedures now. As public health ... -
Crossword: Marching in Place
A musical-themed crossword puzzle created exclusively for Halftime Magazine. Here is the May/June 2020 installment. If you enjoy crossword puzzles, ... -
BandLife Offers Free T’s to the High School Class of 2020
With schools closed early due to the coronavirus, 2020 seniors are missing out on a lot of milestones, including final ... -
STUCK AT HOME? John Lennon Songwriting Contest Giving Home Studio Gear Weekly to the Week’s Entrants Picked at Random
In response to the Covid-19 crisis, the Lennon Contest has created weekly ‘Stuck At Home’ opportunities for songwriters to win ... -
Student Organization Launches ‘Worldwide Day of Gratitude’ to Honor COVID-19 Heroes
WARREN, New Jersey (April 14, 2020) – First responders and healthcare workers on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic ... -
Our changing world
The world is changing minute by minute due to COVID-19. Events have been canceled, schools and businesses have been closed, ... -
What to Know Before Your Drum Corps Tour
10 tips for junior corps members and their parents before the Drum Corps International season begins. For many drum corps ... -
Weather Financial Storms
Shore up your marching program to avoid and recover from common money problems. Operating a marching arts organization, whether independently ... -
2020 Drum Corps International Rules Congress Approved New Electronic Effects and Color Guard Judging Criteria
Those hoping to see flutes, clarinets, and saxophones join their brass and percussion counterparts in drum corps will need to ... -
University of Miami Marching Band Participates in Super Bowl 2020 Festivities
More than 70 students from the University of Miami Frost Band of the Hour were already missing classes at the ... -
Stan Mauldin Joins Phantom Regiment While Rick Valenzuela Moves to System Blue
Two long-time drum corps leaders have started in new positions with different organizations. Longtime Texas band director Stan Mauldin joins ...