A lot of interesting things about the MMB this week!
Nice Alumni Band photo here
MGOBLUE.com -- Memories from the Press Box - Jim Meyer click here
MGOBLUE.com -- Memories from the Press Box - Dick Gaskill click here
(I can't believe that I've never before heard the story Dick G tells here!)
"Hoover Street Rag" blog has info from "the top" on sound and canned music in Michigan Stadium
click here
AnnArbor.com article about the sound/canned music here
Sep 25, 2009
Sep 23, 2009
Starting Out with Some Favorites
A couple of years ago I set up Google News to report on any articles about the MMB. In the Fall are there a number of them. But I found out something else which is that people write things about the Michigan Marching Band all the time -- in their blogs. I've been wishing for a place to put links to these. Didn't find a place so I made one - this blog.
SO to start, here are some of my favorites!
CAPTAIN PICARD MEETS THE MICHIGAN BAND
It all started a couple of years ago when I saw in the MMB e-newsletter that Patrick Stewart was going to conduct the band at halftime. I found a TON of stuff about this.
A photo of Stewart standing on the conductor's ladder was even on the BBC home page (unfortunately all that showed of the band was the top of a plume, but it was a good photo anyway.) My favorite comment was from a British guy who posted a link to this photo on his science fiction fan site, with the note: "I don't know what Patrick Stewart was doing on a ladder at an American football game, but he looks like he's having a great time!"
The Star Trek official fan site still has news about this here.
Tales from Michigan Stadium
Preview of Jim Brandstatters book with MMB stories. click here
CUTE KID!
Meet Riley. A young man who wanted to "be the band" for Halloween, and his awesome parents who made his wish come true.
ALUMNI
And, this is Angelina. MMB alum and M graduate who mentioned she would not be there to watch her old band-mates sweating out band week. Because she was going to be in Africa in the Peace Corps. She has an amazing adventure blog as you might imagine. But her Sept 2009 post has MMB photos.
SO to start, here are some of my favorites!
CAPTAIN PICARD MEETS THE MICHIGAN BAND
It all started a couple of years ago when I saw in the MMB e-newsletter that Patrick Stewart was going to conduct the band at halftime. I found a TON of stuff about this.
A photo of Stewart standing on the conductor's ladder was even on the BBC home page (unfortunately all that showed of the band was the top of a plume, but it was a good photo anyway.) My favorite comment was from a British guy who posted a link to this photo on his science fiction fan site, with the note: "I don't know what Patrick Stewart was doing on a ladder at an American football game, but he looks like he's having a great time!"
The Star Trek official fan site still has news about this here.
Tales from Michigan Stadium
Preview of Jim Brandstatters book with MMB stories. click here
CUTE KID!
Meet Riley. A young man who wanted to "be the band" for Halloween, and his awesome parents who made his wish come true.
ALUMNI
And, this is Angelina. MMB alum and M graduate who mentioned she would not be there to watch her old band-mates sweating out band week. Because she was going to be in Africa in the Peace Corps. She has an amazing adventure blog as you might imagine. But her Sept 2009 post has MMB photos.
Sep 17, 2009
Welcome!
Hi! Jane Namenye here. I don't have my horn or my camera with me at the moment, but I do have the World Wide Web! So, this will be a place where I'm going to be posting news, links and anything else I can dig up about the University of Michigan Bands -- all of them. University of Michigan Marching Band, Symphony Band and all the rest. And, probably stuff about bands and music in general too.
So, I'm off to search for some interesting things to put here!
So, I'm off to search for some interesting things to put here!
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