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Through These Doors: The History of the University of Massachusetts Minuteman Marching Band, 1863-2003
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by Kerstin H. Becker
Sales Rank: 2124219
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List Price: $44.95
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Features
Cover Type: Hard Cover with 240 pages
Published by: Old Chapel Press May 2004
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0974755303
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0974755304
Book Dimensions:
11.1 x 8.6 x 0.9 inches
Weighs: 2 pounds
Product Review
"[Becker's] meticulous researchhas resulted in a very readable book." -- Groton Herald, October 29, 2004
a showstopper for anyone touched by the music and pageantry of this award-winning group. -- UMass Magazine, Fall 2004
the true story behind an acclaimed, award-winning marching band, an organization grounded in excellence and musical celebration. -- Midwest Book Review, November, 2004
Product Description
"And now, taking the field for your halftime entertainment, please welcome the Power and Class of New England: the University of Massachusetts Minuteman Marching Band!"
Seconds later, 320 brightly uniformed students race whooping and hollering across the football field to their starting positions. Sunlight reflects on brightly polished brass instruments, colorguard members toss sparkling flags, and the excitement that is the halftime show begins to fill the air. The director lifts his baton and the music swells and consumes the 10,000 member audience as the band plays and moves in ever changing patterns across the field. As the final electric chord hangs in the air, the crowd lifts to its feet with a thunder of applause:
"This group is THE Power and Class of New England!"
Although this scene is a common one at football games, the University of Massachusetts Minuteman Marching Band is far from being an ordinary group. In 1998, the UMass Marching Band was awarded the coveted Sudler Trophy as the best collegiate marching band in the United States. In January of 2001, the band marched for President George W. Bush in Washington D.C. at the Presidential Inaugural Parade. And in November of 2001, the band traveled to the Bands of America Grand Nationals Championships and received five standing ovations in front of 60,000 highly knowledgeable marching band fans. The Minuteman Band is a beloved performer at New England Patriots and New York Giants halftime shows and has performed in three Presidential Inaugural Ceremonies. Indeed, the group is one of the most visible and effective ambassadors of the University of Massachusetts, and students come from all over the country and from across the world to be a part of the Minuteman Marching Band. But what is the proud history of this colorful and illustrious group? Have they always been this big, this intense, and this exciting? Readers will learn about the evolution of the band from its earliest beginnings in the 1870s as the Morris Drum Corps of the Massachusetts Agricultural College through to its current incarnation as "The Power and Class of New England" Minuteman Band of the University of Massachusetts.
Reader Reviews
Through These Doors: The History Of The University Of Massachusetts Minuteman Marching Band 1863-2003 is the true story behind an acclaimed, award-winning marching band that has even earned the honor of marching for President George W. Bush in Washington, D.C. at the Presidential Inaugural Parade. Black & white photographs as well as a smattering of color plates enrich this chronicle of an organization grounded in excellence and musical celebration, which delves deeply into the personal efforts of the individuals who shaped, taught, and led the marching band as well as the broader history of the band and the school it served.
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