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What makes BANDWAGON different from other band-related podcasts? As much as it’s for band directors, it’s really meant for anybody who ever did band. And in a world where not everybody “gets” band, it can be a challenge for people who do. With news, commentary, and advocacy from the band world (concert and marching; scholastic, community, and service bands), and entertaining conversations with band leaders and participants alike ... this podcast aims to create community through band: to be a resource and a refuge for band geeks.

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    Episode 72: "World-Building -or- Marching Wildebeests"

    SHOW NOTES Episode 072 • March 2, 2026     FIRST/SECOND STRAIN   News ‘n’ Notes:   • DCI cuts ties with Marching Health   Marching Health FB post: www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1532356162231361&id=100063709757614   Drum Corps Planet's post about DCI's statement: www.drumcorpsplanet.com/forums/index.php?/topic/183392-dci-ends-agreement-with-marching-health/   Funliner Productions' FB post: www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1252358370415597&id=100069243375802   Funliner Productions' YouTube video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WR_tDBcYj88   The Paradox of Tolerance: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance     TRIO   This episode’s interview guest: MEGAN KREINER   Megan Kreiner's IMDB page: www.imdb.com/name/nm2042140/   Megan Kreiner's LinkedIn page: www.linkedin.com/in/megankreiner/   Megan Kreiner's animation reels: vimeo.com/1149564151 vimeo.com/906140949 zerply.com/motones   UMass Alumni Association’s Facebook post about the marching wildebeests “Zootopia 2”: www.facebook.com/umassalumni/posts/pfbid07WiN2UdBJLscEbrBGU9VmPSrtgBpjkuk35YcAxx1rPFQbZbLcgE5PS5makZhA6djl   Megan Kreiner's crochet design business: www.mkcrochetandknits.com/ www.ravelry.com/designers/megan-kreiner www.facebook.com/motones     DOGFIGHT   Topic: Randall Standridge’s Texas All-State Band story   The Standridge post: www.facebook.com/randallstandridgemusic/posts/i-had-to-make-a-really-hard-decision-during-the-texas-all-state-band-clinicmonth/10163764393690546/   The 2026 Texas All-State Band doing its thing: www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9rCpt8g2C8     FOLLOW US!   BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 BandWagon on BlueSky: bsky.app/profile/heybandwagon.bsky.social Rob (“HammertonMedia”) on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia   SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON!   www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV   WE GOT MERCH!   Visit www.teepublic.com/user/bandwagon-with-rob-hammerton -or- go to teepublic.com and search “bandwagon”   SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK!   Email: [email protected] Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon

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    Episode 71: "News Roundup"

    SHOW NOTES Episode 071 • October 27, 2025     FIRST STRAIN   News ‘n’ Notes:   • NC State’s oldest marcher enters second season   https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article312274350.html https://www.youtube.com/shorts/30dEckYWZrk   • Linde among Grammy award semifinalists   https://cdn.grammymuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/09163920/130254940_2026_grammy_museum_x_mea_semifinalists_final.pdf https://www.facebook.com/lisa.linde.5099/posts/pfbid02L3sh2sJPM7qmben4kVkziD5S1PFZJGbPjS5JYAYQhLkNpAxyyUFBNUX43qY8zpYTl   • UMass-Lowell marching band escapes bus fire, performs afterward   https://www.wcvb.com/article/bus-umass-lowell-band-fire-westwood-massachusetts/69090336 https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/bus-carrying-umass-lowell-students-catches-fire-westwood/T4AGT5RPOBHDLJCAQCZ5H624QY/?fbclid=IwY2xjawNiQNhleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFWN1hLOG9qR01JdEtKSFd4AR6hiapJHiHv_Ij1WALw5RLuh_eckMOeJ7Xm1Dqo0koJySpshEjsSOFUSbs3Qw_aem_xL5NDpu4UP2IChGJ_1HtPw https://www.facebook.com/kristen.sardynski/posts/pfbid02pd8zXb3TCS7Kjh89T3VGjc4fty6HYseXgfxtFWLhUi3kY8bLcbJm6qxvZf24Pvq7l VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeRsRmiBEwk   • Bethune-Cookman band departs Band of the Year contest   https://hbcusports.com/2025/10/07/another-hbcu-band-bows-out-of-espn-competition/ https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1094616625992905&set=a.430022375785670 https://www.blackenterprise.com/bethune-cookman-withdraws-espn-competition/ https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/bethune-cookman-withdraws-from-espn-band-of-the-year-competition/ar-AA1ObfsI https://clutchpoints.com/hbcu/another-hbcu-band-director-falls-out-of-favor-with-espns-band-of-the-year   • Protesting clarinetist detained by DHS   https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/portland-ice-clarinet-arrested-protest-b2845329.html https://katu.com/news/local/portland-clarinet-player-charged-with-alleged-assault-on-federal-officer-near-ice-office-oregon-trump-national-guard-immigration https://www.koin.com/news/portland/clarinetist-playing-ghostbusters-arrested-at-ice-facility/       SECOND STRAIN /TRIO   Topic: A brief programming note, about hiatuses (hiati?)     DOGFIGHT / CODA   Topic: Nebraska football coach notices his school’s band   www.youtube.com/shorts/o08xA9WLoZA       FOLLOW US!   BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 BandWagon on BlueSky: bsky.app/profile/heybandwagon.bsky.social Rob (“HammertonMedia”) on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia   SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON!   www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV   WE GOT MERCH!   Visit www.teepublic.com/user/bandwagon-with-rob-hammerton -or- go to teepublic.com and search “bandwagon”   SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK!   Email: [email protected] Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon

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    Episode 70: "When Bad Things Happen to Good Bands"

    SHOW NOTES Episode 070 • October 6, 2025     FIRST STRAIN   News ‘n’ Notes:   • News item title: Jackson State band bows out of ESPN band competition   hbcugameday.com/2025/09/22/jackson-state-university-band-wants-out-of-espn-rankings/   a1mediasports.com/2025/09/22/jackson-states-sonic-boom-of-the-south-steps-away-from-espn-rankings-sparks-hbcu-band-conversation/     SECOND STRAIN / TRIO   Topic: Band PR   www.eastidahonews.com/2025/09/fans-angry-at-football-team-entering-field-during-band-performance/   www.kpvi.com/news/idaho-falls-high-school-responds-after-halftime-show-interruption/article_a0fbe496-3d7e-44ff-84dd-a0e37c39a443.html   hbcugameday.com/2025/09/30/hbcu-pa-announcer-apologizes-honey-beez-remarks/   hbcugameday.com/2025/09/28/hbcu-president-defends-plus-sized-dance-group-after-game/   hbcugameday.com/2025/10/01/famu-fined-reprimanded-for-announcers-comments/   swac.org/news/2025/10/1/general-swac-announces-public-reprimand-and-fine-of-florida-am.aspx   hbcugameday.com/2025/09/26/hbcu-band-suspended-amid-hazing-allegations/   wgxa.tv/news/local/arrests-made-after-hazing-investigation-into-fort-valley-state-university-marching-band-blue-machine-fvsu-peach-county-homecoming-crime-sorority-fraternity-central-state-university#   www.41nbc.com/two-arrests-made-in-fort-valley-state-hazing-investigation-involving-marching-band-band-suspended-ahead-of-homecoming-weekend/     DOGFIGHT   Topic: “In My Life” … thirty years on     CODA   Topic: When bad things happen to good military bands       FOLLOW US!   BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 BandWagon on BlueSky: bsky.app/profile/heybandwagon.bsky.social Rob (“HammertonMedia”) on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia   SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON!   www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV   WE GOT MERCH!   Visit www.teepublic.com/user/bandwagon-with-rob-hammerton -or- go to teepublic.com and search “bandwagon”   SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK!   Email: [email protected] Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon

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    Episode 69: "Seek the Solo"

    SHOW NOTES Episode 069 • September 15, 2025     FIRST STRAIN   News ‘n’ Notes:   • LSU band gains 66-year-old freshman   www.yahoo.com/news/articles/retired-accountant-hitting-high-note-013419407.html   • Students and alumni dot the Ohio State “I”   sports.yahoo.com/article/alumni-dotters-look-forward-returning-213000352.html   www.yahoo.com/news/articles/ohio-state-band-dotter-script-213000328.html     SECOND STRAIN   Topic: GNP, Fifteen Years On -or- Big Hit at the Big House   www.masslive.com/news/2010/09/george_n_parks_umass_band_dire.html       TRIO   This episode’s interview guest: LISA LINDE   www.jazzhers.com/home   nafme.org/member-profile/lisa-linde/   www.linkedin.com/in/lisa-linde/   figcitynews.com/2025/03/newton-south-jazz-educator-lisa-linde-and-jazz-ensemble-receive-national-recognition/   www.newtonbeacon.org/newsmakers-jazz-theatre-and-an-aquarium-board-seat/   www.facebook.com/NhBandDirectorsAssociation/photos/as-a-teacher-and-conductor-lisa-linde-directs-the-newton-south-high-school-symph/1117252686876878/     DOGFIGHT   Topic: Katherine Needleman is asked a band question   www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1160696689208267&id=100058038401756     CODA   Topic: Doug Hassell on what it takes to march   www.facebook.com/doug.hassell.94/posts/pfbid02tJBc1pi7Rr5JHEvNyECcRTuMPTPsVRmB6zbVCUFMtxLSbCSUF6dCVvAopH4q9vGgl   www.carrollbands.org/about/marching-band/doug-hassell     FOLLOW US!   BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 BandWagon on BlueSky: bsky.app/profile/heybandwagon.bsky.social Rob (“HammertonMedia”) on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia   SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON!   www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV   WE GOT MERCH!   Visit www.teepublic.com/user/bandwagon-with-rob-hammerton -or- go to teepublic.com and search “bandwagon”   SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK!   Email: [email protected] Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon

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    Episode 68: "Transitions"

    SHOW NOTES Episode 068 • September 1, 2025     FIRST STRAIN   News ‘n’ Notes:   • Staten Island high school replaces marching band with music technology lab   www.silive.com/education/2025/08/ending-decades-of-tradition-monsignor-farrell-hs-replacing-marching-band-with-tech-focused-music-program.html   • University of Houston names new Assistant Director of Bands   www.facebook.com/uhmooresschool/photos/new-faculty-alertwe-are-thrilled-to-announce-that-madeline-maddie-gregory-has-be/1427328872331362/       SECOND STRAIN   Topic: Body (and Mind) by Drum Corps   Forte Athletics: www.forteathletics.net/ www.facebook.com/ForteAthletics/     TRIO   This episode’s interview guest: LISA LINDE   www.jazzhers.com/home   nafme.org/member-profile/lisa-linde/   www.linkedin.com/in/lisa-linde/   figcitynews.com/2025/03/newton-south-jazz-educator-lisa-linde-and-jazz-ensemble-receive-national-recognition/   www.newtonbeacon.org/newsmakers-jazz-theatre-and-an-aquarium-board-seat/   www.facebook.com/NhBandDirectorsAssociation/photos/as-a-teacher-and-conductor-lisa-linde-directs-the-newton-south-high-school-symph/1117252686876878/     DOGFIGHT   Topic: Brian Balmages’ message to elected public officials     CODA   A Random Music Joke     FOLLOW US!   BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 BandWagon on BlueSky: bsky.app/profile/heybandwagon.bsky.social Rob (“HammertonMedia”) on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia   SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON!   www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV   WE GOT MERCH!   Visit www.teepublic.com/user/bandwagon-with-rob-hammerton -or- go to teepublic.com and search “bandwagon”   SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK!   Email: [email protected] Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon

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    Episode 67: "J.A.G., Part 2"

    SHOW NOTES Episode 067 • August 18, 2025     FIRST STRAIN   News ‘n’ Notes:   • DCI Finals recap   www.dci.org/scores/final-scores/2025-dci-all-age-class-championships/   www.drumcorpsplanet.com/2025/08/scores-2025-dci-open-class-world-championship-finals/   www.dci.org/scores/final-scores/2025-dci-world-championship-finals/     SECOND STRAIN   Topic: Artificial intelligence, musical creation … and podcasts   www.facebook.com/SeleneKallanWriter/posts/pfbid02tfnBxuD3Wr5ntPf9mFEYkWpEMuX9FAK5QbduAjGTkpi5fDFaEzQ8Z8dhmis2bKabl   www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWpg1RmzAbc     TRIO   This episode’s interview guest: MIKE JOLIN   www.linkedin.com/in/michaelpjolin/   www.facebook.com/88thArmyBand     DOGFIGHT   Internet Rabbit Hole: Extra-musical benefits of music in schools VERSUS art for art’s sake   www.facebook.com/mercywithgraces.cabural/posts/24729885786618477/     CODA   Topic: Music Venn diagram   pwuth.blogspot.com/2015/08/better-person-better-musician-responses.html     FOLLOW US!   BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 BandWagon on BlueSky: bsky.app/profile/heybandwagon.bsky.social Rob (“HammertonMedia”) on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia   SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON!   www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV   WE GOT MERCH!   Visit www.teepublic.com/user/bandwagon-with-rob-hammerton -or- go to teepublic.com and search “bandwagon”   SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK!   Email: [email protected] Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon

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    Episode 66: "J.A.G."

    SHOW NOTES Episode 066 • August 4, 2025     FIRST STRAIN   News ‘n’ Notes:   • Penn State names its first female drum major   www.psucollegian.com/news/penn-state-blue-band-names-first-female-drum-major/article_2f8bfb25-bf66-4e7a-93c5-39b4267567d6.html   www.statecollege.com/articles/psu-news/blue-band-makes-historic-selection-for-new-drum-major/   • “Rising Light” finds a Smithsonian home   www.facebook.com/kevin.charoensri/posts/pfbid07QNWYvqaJQWWGp6zb1dVBkmTJ9jcCo2sUfbfF7ULF2Qrgm9jn2gh18UtFSiDjECnl     SECOND STRAIN   Topic: Boston-Area Corps   bostoncrusaders.org/     TRIO   This episode’s interview guest: MIKE JOLIN   www.linkedin.com/in/michaelpjolin/   www.facebook.com/88thArmyBand     DOGFIGHT   Topic: Drum corps to root for, this week     CODA   Topic: Nashoba Valley Concert Band’s August gig schedule   Townsend (MA) Senior Center: www.townsendma.gov/community/senior_center/index.php   Sudbury (MA) UMC: www.sudbury-umc.org/our-location     FOLLOW US!   BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 BandWagon on BlueSky: bsky.app/profile/heybandwagon.bsky.social Rob (“HammertonMedia”) on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia   SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON!   www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV   WE GOT MERCH!   Visit www.teepublic.com/user/bandwagon-with-rob-hammerton -or- go to teepublic.com and search “bandwagon”   SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK!   Email: [email protected] Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon

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    Episode 65: "At Long Last, Guard"

    SHOW NOTES Episode 065 • July 21, 2025     INTRODUCTION   Topic: Life as an NEBDI exhibitor   www.nhbda.org/new-england-band-directors-institute     FIRST STRAIN   News ‘n’ Notes:   • E.E. Smith band director retires after 28 years   abc11.com/post/roosevelt-pratt-jr-fayetteville-band-director-calls-career-28-years-ee-smith-high-school/16909406/   • Beyonce marching band donation   www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2025/07/02/beyonce-beygood-foundation-donates-100k-to-hbcu-marching-band-texas-southern-university/84438434007/   • Louisville band director passes away on international trip   www.wdrb.com/news/education/uofl-music-teacher-former-oldham-county-band-director-dies-touring-europe-with-students/article_388ca68d-a0bd-4da3-890e-83b312a85fa5.html   louisville.edu/music/faculty-staff/bio/brad-rogers     SECOND STRAIN   Topic: Never Mind the Uniforms…     TRIO   This episode’s interview guest: CHRISTINE McHUGH SIRARD   www.umass.edu/music-dance/about/directory/christine-mchugh-sirard   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Minuteman_Marching_Band#Minuteman_Band_Hall_of_Fame     DOGFIGHT   Topic: “New Rachel” (A Drum Major Academy Story, since it’s that time of year)     CODA   Topic: DCI Finals Week is coming…     FOLLOW US!   BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 BandWagon on BlueSky: bsky.app/profile/heybandwagon.bsky.social Rob (“HammertonMedia”) on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia   SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON!   www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV   WE GOT MERCH!   Visit www.teepublic.com/user/bandwagon-with-rob-hammerton -or- go to teepublic.com and search “bandwagon”   SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK!   Email: [email protected] Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon

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    Episode 64: "Life Moves Pretty Fast"

    SHOW NOTES Episode 064 • June 30, 2025     FIRST STRAIN   News ‘n’ Notes:   • FAMU Marching 100 has its first female head drum major   hbcugameday.com/2025/06/18/iconic-hbcu-band-names-first-woman-as-head-drum-major/   www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIaS800SPEM   • Greenwich HS band director saved by student advocacy   patch.com/connecticut/greenwich/music-students-make-impassioned-pleas-keep-beloved-band-director-greenwich     SECOND STRAIN   Topic: Ferris Bueller, 40 Years Later -or- “How Y’All Doin’?”   www.youtube.com/watch?v=5D9gcRPxBR8     TRIO   This episode’s interview guest: MIKE PALMIERI   www.linkedin.com/in/mike-palmieri-a00a4187/   https://www.facebook.com/BridgewaterAntiphonialBrassSociety/     DOGFIGHT   Topic: New England Band Directors Institute (NEBDI) … and podcast marketing!   www.nhbda.org/new-england-band-directors-institute     CODA   Topic: Remembering NEBDI founder Gary Corcoran   www.keohane.com/obituaries/gerard-j-gary-corcoran-jr       FOLLOW US!   BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 BandWagon on BlueSky: bsky.app/profile/heybandwagon.bsky.social Rob (“HammertonMedia”) on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia   SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON!   www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV   WE GOT MERCH!   Visit www.teepublic.com/user/bandwagon-with-rob-hammerton -or- go to teepublic.com and search “bandwagon”   SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK!   Email: [email protected] Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon

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    Episode 63: "Rocks and Hard Places"

    SHOW NOTES Episode 063 • June 16, 2025     FIRST STRAIN   News ‘n’ Notes:   • Retiring Nebraska band director gets the “Mr. Holland’s Opus” treatment   www.mnhsonline.com/news/a-bittersweet-goodbye/   www.wowt.com/2025/05/08/millard-north-alumni-return-send-off-band-director-with-surprise-performance/   • Southern University “Human Jukebox” documentary wins Emmy   hbcugameday.com/2025/05/21/hbcu-students-win-emmy-award-for-band-documentary/   sports.yahoo.com/article/southern-university-students-documentary-hbcu-203929016.html     SECOND STRAIN   Topic: An Internet “out-over-the-skis” moment     TRIO   Topic: The Uniform Code of Military Justice, Section 88 – Part I   UCMJ Section 88: uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section888&num=0&edition=prelim   PoliticsGirl’s Instagram post re: re-interpretation of UCMJ Section 88: www.instagram.com/p/DJsH-rES3gH/     DOGFIGHT   Topic: The Uniform Code of Military Justice, Section 88 – Part II   www.military.com/daily-news/2025/06/11/bragg-soldiers-who-cheered-trumps-political-attacks-while-uniform-were-checked-allegiance-appearance.html   www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2025/06/10/trump-watches-army-demonstration-at-fort-bragg-as-he-faces-criticism-for-deploying-military-to-la/84137233007/     CODA   Topic: Nashoba Valley Concert Band is back in the saddle again!   Shirley Summer Concert Series: www.facebook.com/ShirleyCharitableFoundation/posts/pfbid0BywpJBFdQ5aZXCjwWpUuUbaYdbuc1zhu8eFfa1WxK2NWh4FfXkPdvyQmTbee44xEl   Nashoba Valley Concert Band calendar: www.nashobavalleyconcertband.org/members-info   Nashoba Valley Concert Band: www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100041166523330     FOLLOW US!   BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 BandWagon on BlueSky: bsky.app/profile/heybandwagon.bsky.social Rob (“HammertonMedia”) on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia   SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON!   www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV   WE GOT MERCH!   Visit www.teepublic.com/user/bandwagon-with-rob-hammerton -or- go to teepublic.com and search “bandwagon”   SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK!   Email: [email protected] Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon

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    Episode 62a: "Navel Gazing"

    SHOW NOTES Episode 062a • June 2, 2025   In which our hero (at least temporarily) adjusts this podcast’s release schedule.     FOLLOW US!   BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 BandWagon on BlueSky: bsky.app/profile/heybandwagon.bsky.social Rob (“HammertonMedia”) on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia   SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON!   www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV   WE GOT MERCH!   Visit www.teepublic.com/user/bandwagon-with-rob-hammerton -or- go to teepublic.com and search “bandwagon”   SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK!   Email: [email protected] Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon

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    Episode 62: "Community Building and Leading"

    SHOW NOTES Episode 062 • May 26, 2025     FIRST STRAIN   News ‘n’ Notes:   • Indy 500 Festival Parade features 14 bands   www.wthr.com/article/news/community/500-festival/14-marching-bands-selected-perform-aes-500-festival-parade-12-from-indiana/531-ac2a090d-31a7-4501-8a45-55a8d6bddcf6   500festival.com/parade/   • Green Valley Concert Band director Snavely retires   www.kgun9.com/news/community-inspired-journalism/sahuarita-and-green-valley-news/the-band-plays-on-green-valley-concert-band-conductor-takes-final-bow     SECOND STRAIN   Topic: Band podcast connections     TRIO   Topic: Dr. WILLIAM G. ZIMMERMAN, Jr.   prabook.com/web/william_george.zimmerman/798817 www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/vnews/name/ruth-zimmerman-obituary?id=54170186 www.weremember.com/ruth-mcneill-zimmerman/0z3a/memories     DOGFIGHT   Topic: Band podcast production values     CODA   Topic: A Michael Moore quote, about staggered breathing     FOLLOW US!   BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 BandWagon on BlueSky: bsky.app/profile/heybandwagon.bsky.social Rob (“HammertonMedia”) on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia   SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON!   www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV   WE GOT MERCH!   Visit www.teepublic.com/user/bandwagon-with-rob-hammerton -or- go to teepublic.com and search “bandwagon”   SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK!   Email: [email protected] Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon

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    Episode 61a: "Finding Your Tribe"

    SHOW NOTES Episode 061a • May 19, 2025   A micro-episode, thanks to the onset of Rob’s Wacky Week.   A link to the Trekculture podcast episode I speak of in this episode: www.podbean.com/media/share/dir-35wip-25647df1?utm_campaign=w_share_ep&utm_medium=dlink&utm_source=w_share     FOLLOW US!   BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 BandWagon on BlueSky: bsky.app/profile/heybandwagon.bsky.social Rob (“HammertonMedia”) on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia   SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON!   www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV   WE GOT MERCH!   Visit www.teepublic.com/user/bandwagon-with-rob-hammerton -or- go to teepublic.com and search “bandwagon”   SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK!   Email: [email protected] Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon

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    Episode 61: "It Is an Honor..."

    SHOW NOTES Episode 061 • May 12, 2025     FIRST STRAIN   News ‘n’ Notes:   • New Metallica marching band competition prize opportunity   www.metallicamarchingband.com/   bravewords.com/news/metallica-exciting-new-prize-announced-for-next-metallica-marching-band-winner/   • Texas high school band “opens” for Post Malone   www.fox4news.com/news/post-malone-grapevine-hs-band     SECOND STRAIN   Topic: A Commencement Band memory     TRIO   This week’s interview guests: MATT PARENT & RASSII ELLIOTT   www.kkpsi.org www.kkpsi.org/district-governors/ www.kkpsiaa.org/donate     DOGFIGHT   Topic: Thom Hannum’s (belated) retirement celebration     CODA   Topic: From Vincent Persichetti to Frederick Fennell     FOLLOW US!   BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 BandWagon on BlueSky: bsky.app/profile/heybandwagon.bsky.social Rob (“HammertonMedia”) on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia   SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON!   www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV   WE GOT MERCH!   Visit www.teepublic.com/user/bandwagon-with-rob-hammerton -or- got to teepublic.com and search “bandwagon”   SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK!   Email: [email protected] Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon

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    Episode 60: "Strive to Do Our Utmost"

    SHOW NOTES Episode 060 • May 5, 2025     FIRST STRAIN   News ‘n’ Notes:   • Burbank Community Band celebrates 85 years   outlooknewspapers.com/burbankleader/laurell-burbank-community-band-doesn-t-skip-a-beat/article_aaa73119-ea01-415c-b24c-82fb571328db.html   • U. Of Texas-Arlington professor Doug Stotter passes away   www.facebook.com/MusicUTA/posts/it-is-with-profound-sadness-we-share-the-news-that-after-conducting-a-beautiful-/1218159736980718/   www.facebook.com/UTArlingtonBand/posts/pfbid025qgCtDJnw7bWeAyosw47Y8EmAvNz33sVhqxM426uZUTuUZ22hwFVnjtkrP3uJDQAl   www.uta.edu/academics/faculty/profile?user=dstotter     SECOND STRAIN   Topic: Fallout from Jacksonville University arts & humanities cuts   www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyMeNUhhRLY (Marguerite Richardson’s brief speech begins at 1 hour 18 minutes 25 seconds)     TRIO   This week’s interview guests: MATT PARENT & RASSII ELLIOTT   www.kkpsi.org www.kkpsi.org/district-governors/ www.kkpsiaa.org/donate     DOGFIGHT   Topic: Bands and Star Wars     CODA   Topic: A bit more about Kappa Kappa Psi     FOLLOW US!   BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 BandWagon on BlueSky: bsky.app/profile/heybandwagon.bsky.social Rob (“HammertonMedia”) on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia   SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON!   www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV   WE GOT MERCH!   Visit www.teepublic.com/user/bandwagon-with-rob-hammerton -or- got to teepublic.com and search “bandwagon”   SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK!   Email: [email protected] Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon

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    Episode 59: "It's Money That Matters"

    SHOW NOTES Episode 059 • April 28, 2025     FIRST STRAIN   News ‘n’ Notes:   • Windy Hill Symphonic Band faces extinction in college closing   www.gmtoday.com/the_freeman/news/university-closing-means-taps-for-a-beloved-teacher-s-band/article_67665ecf-ed1a-54e1-9f66-1523d90c1e37.html   • Nascent Simpson College marching band effort fails   thesimpsonian.com/36775/news/to-be-or-not-to-be-simpsons-marching-band/       SECOND STRAIN   Topic: New Generation Marching Warriors set up GoFundMe   www.wavy.com/news/local-news/portsmouth/keep-the-music-playing-community-band-fundraising-to-cover-insurance-policy/   www.gofundme.com/f/support-new-generation-marching-bands-journey?attribution_id=sl:c8066bfd-efb4-4663-a90e-67da7a000f21&lang=en_US&utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&utm_content=amp13_t1-amp14_c&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=sms     TRIO   Topic: Jacksonville University drops fine arts and humanities majors   www.news4jax.com/news/local/2025/04/15/distraught-disappointed-confused-ju-students-express-frustration-over-schools-decision-to-cut-fine-arts-majors/   www.wusf.org/education/2025-04-16/jacksonville-university-cuts-music-and-theater-programs-and-lays-off-40-faculty-members   www.jacksonville.com/story/news/education/2025/04/15/ju-drops-old-school-majors-cuts-faculty-to-focus-on-in-demand-degrees/83091318007/   www.ju.edu/news/2025-04-15-jacksonville-university-reimagines-university-wide-academic-offerings-intensifies-investment-in-priority-areas.php   Mark O’Connor Facebook post: www.facebook.com/markoconnorofficial/posts/pfbid02EojNtCbfGnMwvHhDmDUD1FLp8GiqhHFAiWfyxLFSAnLybNsJzWotQEqAyJQiTzVVl     DOGFIGHT   Topic: Randall Standridge on Staying in Music   www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1313146376838028&id=100044280355548     CODA   Music jokes at Rob’s expense!     FOLLOW US!   BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 BandWagon on BlueSky: bsky.app/profile/heybandwagon.bsky.social Rob (“HammertonMedia”) on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia   SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON!   www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV   WE GOT MERCH!   Visit www.teepublic.com/user/bandwagon-with-rob-hammerton -or- got to teepublic.com and search “bandwagon”   SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK!   Email: [email protected] Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon

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    Episode 58: "By a Rude Bridge"

    SHOW NOTES Episode 058 • April 21, 2025     FIRST STRAIN   News ‘n’ Notes:   • National Cherry Blossom Festival Parade   nationalcherryblossomfestival.org/event-the-national-cherry-blossom-festival-parade-presented-by-events-dc/   marching.com/events/national-cherry-blossom-festival-parade/   www.youtube.com/live/fWOjb1de4hg   • First female drum major for Texas A&M band   www.cbs19.tv/article/news/local/longview-native-becomes-female-drum-major-of-combined-texas-am-marching-band/501-aec8365f-002b-4be4-bdca-a978ee8b454c     SECOND STRAIN   Topic: Giving the Fans Their Favorites   www.nme.com/news/music/billy-corgan-doesnt-want-to-play-fan-favourites-at-smashing-pumpkins-gigs-3763187     TRIO   Topic: Concord, Massachusetts celebrates the 250th anniversary of the start of the American Revolution     DOGFIGHT   Internet Rabbit Hole of the Week: Japan Marching Band Association   Their website: japan-mba.org/top.html   kyototachibanashsbandunofficialfanblog.wordpress.com/background-information-competitions/   www.dci.org/news/japan-marching-band-association-setting-stage-for-50th-anniversary-championship   www-japan--mba-org.translate.goog/page0002.html?_x_tr_sl=ja&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc   hornrank.proboards.com/thread/179/47th-jmba-national-championship     CODA   Topic: Call to Action … if you could travel back in time to one drum corps MOMENT, what would it be?     FOLLOW US!   BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 BandWagon on BlueSky: bsky.app/profile/heybandwagon.bsky.social Rob (‘HammertonMedia”) on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia   SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON!   www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV   WE GOT MERCH!   Visit www.teepublic.com/user/bandwagon-with-rob-hammerton -or- got to teepublic.com and search “bandwagon”   SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK!   Email: [email protected] Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon

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    Episode 57: "Class Notes"

    SHOW NOTES Episode 057 • April 14, 2025     FIRST STRAIN   News ‘n’ Notes:   • Multi-generational band concert   www.gazettenet.com/BandPractice-hg-03262025-60288866   florencecommunityband.com/   florencecommunityband.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/FCB-Spring-Concert-poster-2025_B3c-1583x2048.jpg   • News item title: “Severance” finale marching band track   www.brooklynpaper.com/bk-marching-band-director-severance-finale/       SECOND STRAIN   Topic: Bill Gibbons and Dick Baker     TRIO   Topic: “Class Notes” – news updates about previous Trio-section interview guests   Massachusetts Lions All-State Band concert: https://scontent.fcps4-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/484190079_3977779699160118_2794890714646578915_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s1080x2048_tt6&_nc_cat=104&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=833d8c&_nc_ohc=nBsnq_bxq6oQ7kNvwGS6uDv&_nc_oc=Adlx8Z7B7ZuSEERJORSLhRx2LKkgjaX26CFDfkj8TVYQmyoj2QC_lkD_R8iP7aYhrs85SxuPsTcLtr-N0-kWqjt0&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent.fcps4-1.fna&_nc_gid=mh71ZfUjs8qfrI33cXT7Uw&oh=00_AfHYcGO2gjl1PYJT5D8DP9fRvlmSzVU7sQQpBG7ucZPsMA&oe=67FD9884   Nicholson, Outstanding Young Alumni Award: https://www.uma-foundation.org/umass-alumni-honors/2024-recipients/michael-j-nicholson   Ables and Ben Schwartz: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OB605t5Enk   Craig flute studio: https://trishacraigflutist.com/private-instruction/   Sargent's Alaska Region-I Music Festival: https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/schools/nomebeltz-high-school-nome-ak   McGlothlin textbook: https://www.sentinelandenterprise.com/2024/12/31/fsu-professors-publish-open-textbooks-on-music-language-math/   Bergeron's 2025 Rose Parade experience: https://www.sentinelandenterprise.com/2025/01/05/it-felt-like-a-dream/   Foley on the “On a Water Break Podcast” (snippet): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sjYX6_oweg Complete episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qgy5FSSkPbo   Grant: damongrant.org   NH New Horizons combined concert: https://russgrazier.substack.com/p/81-combining-forces   https://necmusic.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/NEC-Syymphonic-Winds-and-Wind-Ensemble-14.1.25-Program.pdf     DOGFIGHT   Internet Rabbit Hole of the Week: “Take the Field”   Their website: www.youtube.com/@CollegeMarching/videos     CODA   Call to Action: “If you could time-travel … what drum corps MOMENT would you visit?”     FOLLOW US!   BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 BandWagon on BlueSky: bsky.app/profile/heybandwagon.bsky.social Rob (“HammertonMedia”) on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia   SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON!   www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV   WE GOT MERCH!   Visit www.teepublic.com/user/bandwagon-with-rob-hammerton -or- got to teepublic.com and search “bandwagon”   SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK!   Email: [email protected] Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon

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    Episode 56: "Once Upon a Time in Band"

    SHOW NOTES Episode 056 • April 7, 2025     FIRST STRAIN   News ‘n’ Notes:   • News item title: School band hall destroyed in fire; community steps up   www.koco.com/article/geary-high-school-fire-band-instruments-lost-replaced/64290950   www.news9.com/story/67e7f22cb31be03610aa4a92/yukon-band-holding-fundraiser-to-obtain-instruments-for-geary-high-school-band   Instrument/equipment donation site: The Oklahoma Counseling Group, 416 Mustang Road B, Yukon, OK 73099   • News item title: Tribute concert planned for community victimized by gun violence   https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/tribute-concert-for-perry-community-set-for-next-month/ar-AA1BX3jz     SECOND STRAIN   Topic: South Carolina basketball coach shows their band a little love   www.thestate.com/sports/college/university-of-south-carolina/usc-womens-basketball/article303128179.html     TRIO   Topic: “From a Different Angle”   www.autismspeaks.org/asperger-syndrome       DOGFIGHT   Topic: a Pat Flynn story   patflynn.com/ www.smartpassiveincome.com/ www.youtube.com/@patflynn/videos:     AD & CODA   Music Go Round Boston, 810 Worcester Rd. (Rt. 9), Natick, MA … (508) 647-6874 mgrboston.com www.facebook.com/musicgoroundboston MGR’s recent reel featuring BandWagon signage!: www.facebook.com/reel/1984953738703737   Haylee Gaffin: gaffincreative.com/     FOLLOW US!   BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 BandWagon on BlueSky: bsky.app/profile/heybandwagon.bsky.social Rob (“HammertonMedia”) on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia   SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON!   www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV   WE GOT MERCH!   Visit www.teepublic.com/user/bandwagon-with-rob-hammerton -or- got to teepublic.com and search “bandwagon”   SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK!   Email: [email protected] Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon

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    Episode 55: "Crossover Episode"

    SHOW NOTES Episode 055 • March 31, 2025 (w/ repaired Introduction segment)     INTRODUCTION   Topic: Another Wee Confession     FIRST STRAIN   News ‘n’ Notes:   • Sousa’s March Mania 2025 results   www.marineband.marines.mil/Educational/Sousas-March-Mania/ www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIEZNZBNKMA     SECOND STRAIN   Topic: US Dept. of Education commemorates Music in Our Schools Month   www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1069238541898210&id=100064362236684       TRIO   This week’s interview guest: LAUREN SLIVA, Haverhill Public Schools     DOGFIGHT   Topic: The RCA Dome, and other haunts     CODA   Topic: a Vaughan Fleischfresser quote   mrf.home.blog/author/vaughanfleischfresser/ www.brolgamusic.com/composer/vaughan-fleischfresser     FOLLOW US!   BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 BandWagon on BlueSky: bsky.app/profile/heybandwagon.bsky.social Rob ("HammertonMedia") on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia Rob on X/Twitter: twitter.com/DrRob8487   SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON!   www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV   WE GOT MERCH!   Visit www.teepublic.com/user/bandwagon-with-rob-hammerton -or- got to teepublic.com and search “bandwagon”   SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK!   Email: [email protected] Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon

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    Episode 54: "Northern Exposure"

    SHOW NOTES Episode 054 • March 24, 2025     FIRST STRAIN   News ‘n’ Notes:   • News item title: Equity Arc band students stage alternate concert with military band vets   www.cbsnews.com/news/concert-cancellation-trump-administration-dei-order-60-minutes-transcript/   symphony.org/following-trump-cancellation-of-dei-initiatives-veteran-military-musicians-step-in-to-perform-with-equity-arc-students/   Full concert: www.youtube.com/watch?v=E48GgDX2NCA   • News item title: Temple bands premiere “Only Moments to Live” saxophone concerto   news.temple.edu/news/2025-03-10/temple-university-wind-symphony-perform-world-premiere-only-moments-live   Full concert: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHo6y1-11Vk     SECOND STRAIN   Topic: A COVID-era band commission   The final product: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/bth5t7gvi2blv19twjtz9/Twenty21_WSHSBandFinal2.mp4?rlkey=f5rrbuvw1gaedfnji7nhmh6je&st=wqtavsxt&dl=0     TRIO   This week’s interview guest: RICHARD SARGENT   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nome_Public_Schools   Ritmos de la Tierra: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAr-T0YlHwY&list=PLUywWOH328SfUyNQKKPLRTm8LVwt2jA_F     DOGFIGHT   Topic: a March Madness story involving the University of Michigan pep band   www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKbKLRjSx9s     CODA   Topic: Yet another pithy quote, from “Owl at the Library”   x.com/SketchesbyBoze?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor   bsky.app/profile/did:plc:hppum4l25hcczzffastsicpq     FOLLOW US!   BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 BandWagon on BlueSky: bsky.app/profile/heybandwagon.bsky.social Rob ("HammertonMedia") on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia   SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON!   www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV   WE GOT MERCH!   Visit www.teepublic.com/user/bandwagon-with-rob-hammerton -or- got to teepublic.com and search “bandwagon”   SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK!   Email: [email protected] Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon

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    Episode 53: "Rising Light"

    SHOW NOTES Episode 053 • March 17, 2025     FIRST STRAIN   News ‘n’ Notes:   • Kansas community creates pep band for director-less school district   www.ksn.com/news/state-regional/community-steps-up-to-create-pep-band-with-no-band-teacher/   • Minnesota community musicians populate “second” school pep band   www.northernnewsnow.com/2025/03/08/community-musicians-step-pep-band-hibbing-basketball-game/     SECOND STRAIN   Topic: Crying Piccolo Girl, Ten Years Later   The game: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nN1Zwi01g1s On the Tonight Show: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJfBWrjcl4I Where are they now? www.youtube.com/shorts/wR8yVWBN3Ao     TRIO   This week’s interview guest: KEVIN CHAROENSRI   Website: kevin-c-music.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/kevin_charoensri_music/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/kevin.charoensri YouTube: www.youtube.com/@KevinCharoensri   www.windrep.org/Kevin_Charoensri www.pacificsymphony.org/artist-details/796/kevin-charoensri sdvoyager.com/interview/rising-stars-meet-kevin-charoensri-of-carlsbad/   “Rising Light”: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tHVQVs95yQ “Regneration”: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDospQEE8Kg “To the Fullest”: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_A3ItTGeD0 “A Jasmine Tree:” www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOfUa60btks     DOGFIGHT   Internet Rabbit Hole of the Week: More March Madness   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Boston_University_Terriers_men%27s_basketball_team     FOLLOW US!   BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 BandWagon on BlueSky: bsky.app/profile/heybandwagon.bsky.social Rob (“HammertonMedia”) on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia   SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON!   www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV   WE GOT MERCH!   Visit www.teepublic.com/user/bandwagon-with-rob-hammerton -or- got to teepublic.com and search “bandwagon”   SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK!   Email: [email protected] Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon

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    Episode 52: "Joy and Fear"

    SHOW NOTES Episode 052 • March 10, 2025     SECOND STRAIN   Topic: Immigration raids on band trips?   www.texastribune.org/2025/02/05/alice-texas-buses-students-citizenship-border-patrol/   www.mysanantonio.com/news/south-texas/article/alice-isd-texas-border-patrol-20151047.php   klaq.com/border-patrol-new-mexico-school-bus/   www.koat.com/article/border-patrol-boards-bus-carrying-las-cruces-students/63891184   www.teenvogue.com/story/ice-arrests-at-schools-students-teachers-immigration-raids     FOLLOW US!   BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 BandWagon on BlueSky: bsky.app/profile/heybandwagon.bsky.social Rob ("HammertonMedia") on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia Rob on X/Twitter: twitter.com/DrRob8487   SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON!   www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV   WE GOT MERCH!   Visit www.teepublic.com/user/bandwagon-with-rob-hammerton -or- got to teepublic.com and search “bandwagon”   SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK!   Email: [email protected] Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon

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    Episode 51: "A Big Deal"

    SHOW NOTES Episode 051 • March 3, 2025     FIRST STRAIN   News ‘n’ Notes:   • News item title: Marching band from Michigan plays for the Pope   www.wsjm.com/2025/02/20/marching-band-from-michigan-plays-for-the-pope/   • News item title: Band practice facility approved by WVU Board of Governors   www.dominionpost.com/2025/02/21/wvu-bog-selects-new-university-president-oks-start-of-construction-for-pride-practice-facility/     SECOND STRAIN   Topic: Band, and the First Amendment   www.facebook.com/kevin.charoensri/posts/pfbid0RJYcys2rWoLTSGnik13QoG3RCfZxa2BazQRuXvTBfpKM9wAQVRKhcPQvkunybePzl   Rising Light: available score and parts: murphymusicpress.com/products/cb5-1029 performance video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tHVQVs95yQ     TRIO   This week’s interview guest: FRANK BATTISTI   necmusic.edu/faculty/frank-l-battisti/   giamusic.com/artists/frank-battisti   "The Winds of Change": www.amazon.com/Winds-Change-Evolution-Contemporary-Conductor/dp/0634045229   Interview video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpBEOdg2v_U   Gunther Schuller Society oral history interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Exe6vZnuhBI   "Director's Circle Podcast" interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzZtpOPg4_s     DOGFIGHT   Internet Rabbit Hole of the Week: The Budapest Winds   www.youtube.com/@michaelbarrymusic/videos   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynthia_Johnston_Turner     CODA   Topic: A pre-March Madness observation     FOLLOW US!   BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 BandWagon on BlueSky: bsky.app/profile/heybandwagon.bsky.social Rob (“HammertonMedia”) on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia Rob on X/Twitter: twitter.com/DrRob8487   SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON!   www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV   WE GOT MERCH!   Visit www.teepublic.com/user/bandwagon-with-rob-hammerton -or- got to teepublic.com and search “bandwagon”   SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK!   Email: [email protected] Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon

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    Episode 50: "My Next Favorite Things"

    SHOW NOTES Episode 050 • February 24, 2025     FIRST STRAIN   News ‘n’ Notes:   • News item title: “Commandant’s Own” luminary retires after 23 years   www.facebook.com/USMC.DRUMCORPS/posts/pfbid02fUEnFdeBRJfwkAUtw1BsAdBH9irsKhHMwQFG9Yc2YRhoqmvC9yPaKR4UKaGDanzSl   www.instagram.com/p/DFyRySgzQ0y/     SECOND STRAIN   Topic: Less Strictly-Resume-Based Questions     TRIO   Highlights from Trio-section interviews, Episodes 26-49     DOGFIGHT   Internet Rabbit Hole of the Week: “For Whom the Band Tolls”   www.metallica.com/news/2025-02-12-marching-band-year-two-winners.html     CODA   Topic: Let’s See If I Can Keep a Secret       FOLLOW US!   BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 BandWagon on BlueSky: bsky.app/profile/heybandwagon.bsky.social Rob ("HammertonMedia") on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia Rob on X/Twitter: twitter.com/DrRob8487   SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON!   www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV   WE GOT MERCH!   Visit www.teepublic.com/user/bandwagon-with-rob-hammerton -or- got to teepublic.com and search “bandwagon”   SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK!   Email: [email protected] Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon

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    Episode 49: "Pivot Points"

    SHOW NOTES Episode 049 • February 17, 2025     FIRST STRAIN   News ‘n’ Notes:   • Mike Nicholson unanimously elected president of Massachusetts Mayors Association   www.northcentralmass.com/mayor-michael-nicholson-elected-president-of-massachusetts-mayors-association/   www.mma.org/2025-mma-board-of-directors-installed/   www.mma.org/members/mayors/     • Cox Forbes to co-present Drum Major Crash Course   www.mdmea.org/2025-annual-state-conference   www.mdmea.org/_files/ugd/793987_ad2b260803534a28bcd805449a8822ed.pdf   www.facebook.com/ScottCEngel/posts/pfbid0jQ3huGXD2vY75bCJinajzMwM1RCzpWnNewR4VD6dJiux7YQ8zWgNLFe2inhP46Yzl       SECOND STRAIN   Topic: Super Bowl bands, and coverage, and wastelands   BANDS OF THE SUPER BOWL PARADE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gN5GYC93kCI   www.wbgo.org/music/2025-02-10/jazz-shines-at-the-super-bowl-lix-pregame-show   www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/full-list-of-every-super-bowl-halftime-performer-in-history-kendrick-lamar-usher-rihanna-beyonce-and-more/     TRIO   This week’s interview guest: TIM HEASLEY   Tim Heasley: www.bakersfieldcollege.edu/directory/timothy_heasley.html   BC Drumline: www.bcdrumline.org/tim-heasley.html   Golden Empire Drum & Bugle Corps: www.instagram.com/gedrumcorps/   Golden Empire Performing Arts: www.geperformingarts.org/   www.dci.org/news/2020-dci-directors-of-the-year   www.dci.org/news/golden-empire-realizing-championship-dreams-in-fifth-season   issuu.com/drumcorpsinternational/docs/dci_summer2015_v9n1   www.therip.com/features/2014/02/20/golden-empire-ready-for-next-step/   playbill.com/playbillpagegallery/inside-playbill?asset=00000150-ac7f-d16d-a550-ec7f95ae0001#carousel-cell198660     DOGFIGHT   Internet Rabbit Hole of the Week: Elton John’s favorite composer   www.loc.gov/events/gershwin-prize/about-this-event/ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gershwin_Prize     CODA   SALE! 35 percent off all BandWagon merch! This week (Feb. 17-23) at TeePublic.com!   www.teepublic.com/user/bandwagon-with-rob-hammerton     FOLLOW US!   BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 BandWagon on BlueSky: bsky.app/profile/heybandwagon.bsky.social Rob ("HammertonMedia") on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia Rob on X/Twitter: twitter.com/DrRob8487   SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON!   www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV   WE GOT MERCH!   Visit www.teepublic.com/user/bandwagon-with-rob-hammerton -or- got to teepublic.com and search “bandwagon”   SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK!   Email: [email protected] Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon

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    Episode 48: "Giving Online Forums a Good Name"

    SHOW NOTES Episode 048 • February 10, 2025     FIRST STRAIN   News ‘n’ Notes:   • Band dads save the day in WGI active-shooter incident   www.fox26houston.com/news/pearland-band-dads-take-down-active-shooter-pasadena-school   www.facebook.com/WGIsportofthearts/posts/pfbid02hXvbyXKMoJJPCkPsotWnCuGfmhvnWBDU7fH3wxRyoPZNpFYY29fU8PWjDFgjBmr1l   • Obituary: Claudia Bissett   www.lordfuneralhome.com/obituary/Claudia-Bissett   www.straffordwindsymphony.org/scholarship   Cate Park Band: www.facebook.com/groups/264972450264010   Mail contributions to Cate Park Band, c/o Tom Bissett, 109 Gov. Wentworth Hwy., Mirror Lake, New Hampshire 03853     SECOND STRAIN   Topic: Bands and protest events   www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/2/2/2300892/-What-about-fifty-marches-in-fifty-state-capitals     TRIO   This week’s interview guest: GEORGE OSORIO   www.facebook.com/groups/WindBandRep/ www.facebook.com/george.osorio www.instagram.com/gdr.18/ Southland Wind Ensemble: www.instagram.com/southlandwindensemble/ www.facebook.com/southlandwindensemble     DOGFIGHT   Internet Rabbit Hole of the Week: Famous Persons Who Once Were In Band   betweenbands.org/famouspeoplewhooncewereinband.html       CODA   BandWagon merch is on sale from Feb. 17-23 – 25 to 35 percent off! (Link below.)     FOLLOW US!   BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 Rob ("HammertonMedia") on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia Rob on X/Twitter: twitter.com/DrRob8487   SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON!   www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV   WE GOT MERCH!   Visit www.teepublic.com/user/bandwagon-with-rob-hammerton -or- got to teepublic.com and search “bandwagon”   SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK!   Email: [email protected] Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon

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    Episode 47: "Band Trek"

    SHOW NOTES Episode 047 • February 3, 2025     FIRST STRAIN   News ‘n’ Notes:   • University of Kansas names new assistant director of bands   www.facebook.com/KUmusic/posts/pfbid02Puw3Lc7Pip5LvL8v3dqAHA1chr9V6mfwGAkM5FnumBdM3yYVKx9836tvVisJYF64l   • Indianapolis Motor Speedway honors retiring Purdue band director   www.wlfi.com/news/ims-honors-jay-gephart/article_bc89b05c-d9cd-11ef-be08-97e3d0c4256f.html     SECOND STRAIN   Topic: An approach to the Star-Spangled Banner     TRIO   This week: an extended thought, inspired by a Star Trek podcast   TrekCulture website: www.youtube.com/@TrekCulture TrekCulture podcast: www.podbean.com/podcast-detail/t88t5-17ad83/TrekCulture-Podcast The podcast episode in question: www.podbean.com/site/EpisodeDownload/DIR2381EEE8QWXRJ     DOGFIGHT   Topic: Noel Casler’s story about Prince, the Super Bowl, and the FAMU Band     CODA   Topic: A critical thinking quote     FOLLOW US!   BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 Rob ("HammertonMedia") on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia Rob on X/Twitter: twitter.com/DrRob8487   SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON!   https://www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV   WE GOT MERCH!   Visit www.teepublic.com/user/bandwagon-with-rob-hammerton -or- got to teepublic.com and search “bandwagon”   SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK!   Email: [email protected] Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon

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    Episode 46: "Audience Accessibility"

    SHOW NOTES Episode 046 • January 27, 2025     FIRST STRAIN   News ‘n’ Notes:   • News item title: Tennessee State University removes band director, launches investigation   www.tennessean.com/story/news/education/2025/01/16/tsu-band-director-reginald-mcdonald-leave-investigation/77748128007/     SECOND STRAIN   Topic: A Wee Confession, about podcast interview statistics, and other things   www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/US/PST045224     TRIO   This week’s interview guest: ROBERT SPITTAL   www.robertspittal.com/   soundcloud.com/robert-spittal   SPITTAL “Concerto for Wind Ensemble”: soundcloud.com/robert-spittal/concerto-for-wind-ensemble SPITTAL “Consort for Ten Winds”: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3Ki61fvuKo SPITTAL “Scherzo: Cat and Mouse”: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlGUJOoj_8Q SPITTAL “Pacem”: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1H3SAdP-vgU   giamusic.com/resource/teaching-music-through-performance-in-band-volume-6-grades-2-3-recording-cd683     DOGFIGHT   Topic: a District Festival Band story     CODA   Topic: BandWagon has a presence on BlueSky!   BandWagon on BlueSky: bsky.app/profile/heybandwagon.bsky.social     FOLLOW US!   BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 BandWagon on BlueSky: bsky.app/profile/heybandwagon.bsky.social Rob ("HammertonMedia") on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia Rob on X/Twitter: twitter.com/DrRob8487   SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON!   https://www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV   WE GOT MERCH!   Visit www.teepublic.com/user/bandwagon-with-rob-hammerton -or- got to teepublic.com and search “bandwagon”   SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK!   Email: [email protected] Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon

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    Episode 45: "Intersections and Inaugurations"

    SHOW NOTES Episode 045 • January 20, 2025     FIRST STRAIN   News ‘n’ Notes:   • Meta’s content moderation policy changes, and how they affect wee podcasters   “I can help you do a better podcast” influencers:   Katie Steckly: www.youtube.com/@katie/videos Pat Flynn: www.youtube.com/channel/UCGk1LitxAZVnqQn0_nt5qxw Gordon Firemark (legal issues): firemark.com/       SECOND STRAIN   Topic: HBCU marching band invited to Presidential Inauguration faces backlash   www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2025/01/07/hbcu-marching-band-invited-inauguration-faces-backlash     TRIO   This week’s interview guest: JAMES MINNIX   jamesminnix.com www.hartford.edu/directory/hartt/minnix-james.aspx www.ccsu.edu/article/here-lead-band www.facebook.com/story.php?id=100063517661911&story_fbid=972623411531572       DOGFIGHT   Internet Rabbit Hole of the Week: The 1985 Presidential Inauguration   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_inauguration_of_Ronald_Reagan www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-01-21-mn-14177-story.html news.google.com/newspapers?id=7VhWAAAAIBAJ&pg=5268%2C2853263     CODA   BandWagon is on BlueSky!   bsky.app/profile/heybandwagon.bsky.social     FOLLOW US!   BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 BandWagon on BlueSky: bsky.app/profile/heybandwagon.bsky.social Rob ("HammertonMedia") on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia   SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON!   https://www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV   WE GOT MERCH!   Visit www.teepublic.com/user/bandwagon-with-rob-hammerton -or- got to teepublic.com and search “bandwagon”   SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK!   Email: [email protected] Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon

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    Episode 44: "Right Place, Right Time"

    SHOW NOTES Episode 044 • January 13, 2025     FIRST STRAIN   News ‘n’ Notes:   • Rose Parade recap:   www.pasadenastarnews.com/2025/01/01/top-5-moments-from-rose-parade-2025-that-had-people-talking/   pasadenanow.com/main/rose-parade-draws-record-post-pandemic-crowds-but-bowl-game-attendance-dips   • Los Angeles County wildfires … here are ideas and resources for helping:   laist.com/news/climate-environment/how-to-help-la-fire-victims   Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority: www.lahsa.org/news?article=1014-resources-to-support-those-during-the-l-a-fires   WHYY (NPR Philadelphia affiliate): whyy.org/articles/california-wildfire-help-victims-los-angeles/   KTLA (Channel 5, Los Angeles) (the local TV station that broadcasts the Rose Parade without commentary over top of the bands, so we love them): ktla.com/news/california/wildfires/these-resources-are-available-for-socal-wildfire-victims-first-responders/     SECOND STRAIN   Topic: Kansas State football coach shouts out the Wildcat Marching Band   www.youtube.com/watch?v=6w1imKmLRaI   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rate_Bowl en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Rate_Bowl     TRIO   This week’s interview guest: BILL DRURY   necmusic.edu/faculty/william-drury/ www.linkedin.com/in/william-drury-375aa260/?trk=public_profile_browsemap_mini-profile_title     DOGFIGHT   Topic: University of Minnesota football coach shouts out the Pride of Minnesota   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke%27s_Mayo_Bowl   www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1522903948372902     CODA   Topic: Taylor Swift, on enthusiasm     FOLLOW BANDWAGON!   BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 Rob ("HammertonMedia") on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia NEW! Rob on Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/robhammerton.bsky.social Rob on X/Twitter: twitter.com/DrRob8487   SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON!   www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV   WE GOT MERCH!   Visit www.teepublic.com/user/bandwagon-with-rob-hammerton -or- got to teepublic.com and search “bandwagon”   SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK!   Email: [email protected] Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon

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    Episode 43: "Tough Blows"

    SHOW NOTES Episode 043 • January 6, 2025     INTRODUCTION   music credit: “Amazing Plan (distressed)” by Kevin MacLeod https://incompetech.com/ Promoted by MrSnooze Creative Commons – CC BY 3.0 https://goo.gl/Yibru5     FIRST STRAIN   News ‘n’ Notes:   • Saipan Pacific Winds Band concertizes with USAF brass quintet   www.saipantribune.com/news/local/saipan-pacific-winds-band-s-christmas-concert-this-saturday/article_25bda9fe-b1fe-11ef-a292-9bf0e481abec.html   • Boise State student helps establish marching band in Germany   https://www.boisestate.edu/schoolofthearts/2024/12/09/boise-state-student-helps-establish-marching-band-in-germany/     SECOND STRAIN   Topic: A Very Community Band Holiday Season     TRIO   This week’s interview guest: WAYNE MAGEE   www.maritime.edu/directory?title=&page=24 www.linkedin.com/in/waynemagee/?profileId=ACoAAAddcq4BJjSjkxPPINzbaMEhVGP_Qu5Xphc www.toughblows.com/about     DOGFIGHT   Topic: a Midwest Clinic memory   www.windrep.org/Concerts:1997_Midwest_Clinic_Concerts www.midwestclinic.org/1997-Midwest-Clinic-Performers.html   khalilovcompetition.com/committee/en     CODA   BandWagon merch (in-house ad!)       FOLLOW US!   BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 Rob ("HammertonMedia") on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia Rob on X/Twitter: twitter.com/DrRob8487   SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON!   https://www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV   WE GOT MERCH!   Visit www.teepublic.com/user/bandwagon-with-rob-hammerton -or- got to teepublic.com and search “bandwagon”   SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK!   Email: [email protected] Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon

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    Episode 42a: "Unforeseen Circumstances"

    SHOW NOTES Episode 042a • December 16, 2024   BandWagon will go on hiatus for a week or two, while a technology glitch gets ironed out. It’ll be right back, after this relatively brief pause.     FOLLOW US!   BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 Rob ("HammertonMedia") on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia Rob on X/Twitter: twitter.com/DrRob8487   SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON!   https://www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV   WE GOT MERCH!   Visit www.teepublic.com/user/bandwagon-with-rob-hammerton -or- go to teepublic.com and search “bandwagon”   SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK!   Email: [email protected] Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon

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    Episode 42: "Life, the Band Universe, and Everything"

    SHOW NOTES Episode 042 • December 9, 2024     FIRST STRAIN   News ‘n’ Notes:   • Band winners in the American Prize National Nonprofit Competitions in the Performing Arts   theamericanprize.org/ theamericanprize.blogspot.com/2024/11/national-winners-bandswind-ensembles.html   • New conductor for Harbor Winds Ensemble   www.gigharbornow.org/news/arts-entertainment/harbor-winds-new-conductor/     SECOND STRAIN   Topic: Merry Maple     TRIO   This week’s interview guest: GREG SMITH   NVCB: www.NashobaValleyConcertBand.org Townsend Senior Center: www.townsendma.gov/community/senior_center/index.php     DOGFIGHT   Topic: The marching bands of the 98th Annual Macy*s Thanksgiving Day Parade   www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wpXAG-ao2Y     CODA   Call to action: have you got any Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic stories you wanna tell?       FOLLOW US!   BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 Rob ("HammertonMedia") on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia Rob on X/Twitter: twitter.com/DrRob8487   SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON!   https://www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV   WE GOT MERCH!   Visit www.teepublic.com/user/bandwagon-with-rob-hammerton -or- got to teepublic.com and search “bandwagon”   SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK!   Email: [email protected] Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon

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    Episode 41: "Drum Major Emergency"

    SHOW NOTES Episode 041 • December 2, 2024     FIRST STRAIN   News ‘n’ Notes:   • USAFE-AFAFRICA Band, Latvian National Guard Orchestra combined performance   www.dvidshub.net/news/485821/usafe-afafrica-band-latvian-national-guard-orchestra-builds-community-combined-marching-band   • BU Pep Band in Belfast, Ireland for hockey tournament   www.bu.edu/articles/2024/mens-hockey-and-pep-band-head-to-belfast-for-friendship-four/     SECOND STRAIN   Topic: The 2014 Central Connecticut State University Blue Devil Marching Band   The CCSU band’s then-traditional closing song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozr2NBElg68     TRIO   This week’s interview guest: CAROL COX FORBES   www.towsonbands.com/camp/professional-staff/   “Resting in the Peace of His Hands” (John Gibson): www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYh51BPrflQ “Under the Scars” (John Mackey): www.youtube.com/watch?v=puziZWbDu38     DOGFIGHT   Topic: a moment of drum major miscommunication     CODA: A Joke       FOLLOW US!   BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 Rob ("HammertonMedia") on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia Rob on X/Twitter: twitter.com/DrRob8487   SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON!   https://www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV   WE GOT MERCH!   Visit www.teepublic.com/user/bandwagon-with-rob-hammerton -or- got to teepublic.com and search “bandwagon”   SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK!   Email: [email protected] Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon

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    Episode 40: "Esprit de Corps"

    SHOW NOTES Episode 040 • November 25, 2024     FIRST STRAIN   News ‘n’ Notes:   • Bands of America Grand National Championships   www.indystar.com/story/entertainment/music/2024/11/17/2024-boa-grand-nationals-results-bands-of-america-lucas-oil-stadium-indianapolis-avon-carmel-castle/76230686007/   • Augustana College’s Symphonic Band celebrates 150 years   www.ourquadcities.com/news/local-news/augustana-symphonic-band-celebrates-150th-anniversary/   www.augustana.edu/academics/areas-of-study/music/ensembles/symphonic-band     SECOND STRAIN   Topic: Scholastic Books “debates” the value of music in schools   twitter.com/BobMorrison/status/1857070182285312358   www.nyssma.org/letters-to-the-editor-of-scholastic-news-regarding-the-should-kids-learn-music-in-schools-article/   NAfME letter: www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=9631255920234517&set=pcb.8359644700800091   Scholastic Senior VP letter: www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=9644683498891759&set=g.292604557504186     TRIO   This week’s interview guest: PAUL LIVINGSTON     DOGFIGHT   Topic: Virginia Tech kicker vs. Syracuse University band   www.syracuse.com/orangefootball/2024/11/virginia-tech-kicker-disrupts-syracuse-marching-band-during-halftime-performance-video.html     CODA   Topic: A bit of Thanksgiving     FOLLOW US!   BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 Rob ("HammertonMedia") on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia Rob on X/Twitter: twitter.com/DrRob8487   SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON!   https://www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV   WE GOT MERCH!   Visit www.teepublic.com/user/bandwagon-with-rob-hammerton -or- got to teepublic.com and search “bandwagon”   SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK!   Email: [email protected] Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon

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    Episode 39: "Operational Tempo"

    SHOW NOTES Episode 039 • November 18, 2024     FIRST STRAIN   News ‘n’ Notes:   • Association of Concert Bands announces its 2025 Convention performing bands   sites.google.com/view/acb2025/performing-bands?authuser=0       SECOND STRAIN   Topic: How to Arrange a High-Profile (Trio-Section) Interview     TRIO   This week’s interview guest: ALEX GARDE   www.marineband.marines.mil/ www.marineband.marines.mil/About/Members/Article/3003251/staff-sgt-alexander-garde/     DOGFIGHT   Internet Rabbit Hole of the Week: “Aspire: The President’s Own at 225 (Volume One)”   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fuitSIjCxs&list=PLA7no0L9zTk4vddfBGWiNqXONXrV8BpPU     CODA       FOLLOW US!   BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 Rob ("HammertonMedia") on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia Rob on X/Twitter: twitter.com/DrRob8487   SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON!   https://www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV   WE GOT MERCH!   Visit www.teepublic.com/user/bandwagon-with-rob-hammerton -or- got to teepublic.com and search “bandwagon”   SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK!   Email: [email protected] Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon

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    Episode 38: "Best-Laid Plans"

    SHOW NOTES Episode 038 • November 11, 2024     INTRODUCTION   • Content calendars, sometimes     FIRST STRAIN   News ‘n’ Notes:   • Elections and other stressful events, and how to approach them in a band setting…       SECOND STRAIN   Topic: An introduction to this week’s Trio…     TRIO   This week’s interview guest: EMILY DAWSON   www.215tharmyband.com/ www.facebook.com/215thArmyBand/ mcmusicschool.org mcmusicschool.org/faculty/emily-dawson/     DOGFIGHT   Tales of a very tall middle-school bass drummer     CODA   Tom Borning, wind band composer   tricountysymphonicband.org Video of the concert opener, “Lift Off”: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTzcI2dUmWo   “Everything Music Ed” podcast: shows.acast.com/everything-music-ed/episodes podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/everything-music-ed/id1702949314     FOLLOW US!   BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 Rob ("HammertonMedia") on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia Rob on X/Twitter: twitter.com/DrRob8487   SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON!   https://www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV   WE GOT MERCH!   Visit www.teepublic.com/user/bandwagon-with-rob-hammerton -or- got to teepublic.com and search “bandwagon”   SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK!   Email: [email protected] Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon

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    Episode 37: "We've Got Magic To Do"

    SHOW NOTES Episode 037 • November 5, 2024     INTRODUCTION   Gonna try and lighten the mood a bit this week…     FIRST STRAIN   News ‘n’ Notes:   • Iowa mellophones sign NIL deal   https://www.kcrg.com/2024/10/22/iowa-marching-band-members-sign-nil-deal-second-year/   • ISU Wind Ensemble offers sensory-sensitive concert for neurodiverse music lovers   https://www.amestrib.com/story/entertainment/local/2024/10/23/iowa-state-university-hosts-first-sensory-sensitive-neurodiverse-family-concert/75779156007/     SECOND STRAIN   Topic:   TOPIC: Errata, from last week’s tale of a postgame interview invading the postgame show   Video of the event: www.facebook.com/mathgeek00/videos/1670372037462/     TRIO   This week’s interview guest: JEN ABLES   jenables.com www.facebook.com/SWSalsa https://x.com/soldierswsalsa     DOGFIGHT   Postscript to the Jen Ables interview – and a 5-star review for TeePublic, our merch merchant!     CODA   Pre-election “special comment” … on a band podcast?       FOLLOW US!   BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 Rob ("HammertonMedia") on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia Rob on X/Twitter: twitter.com/DrRob8487   SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON!   https://www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV   WE GOT MERCH!   Visit www.teepublic.com/user/bandwagon-with-rob-hammerton -or- got to teepublic.com and search “bandwagon”   SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK!   Email: [email protected] Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon

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    Episode 36: "Sportsball (and) Stories"

    SHOW NOTES Episode 036 • October 28, 2024     FIRST STRAIN   News ‘n’ Notes:   • McKinley HS football and band clash   https://www.cantonrep.com/story/opinion/letters/2024/10/24/letters-mckinley-football-players-disrespected-marching-band/75807987007/   • Bowling Green band barred from rivalry halftime   https://www.13abc.com/2024/10/15/bgsu-says-utoledo-wont-let-their-band-play-battle-i-75-halftime/?fbclid=IwY2xjawF-OzpleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHeNrYTjRucs9fOnmz8yndJVTysb-wS6IFEEX9JkrB90ATAaRrAtcvXxBGw_aem_MGiZmj0Oj6vNeBADIB4L3w       SECOND STRAIN   Topic: More on the Toledo/BGSU tiff, and can’t we just get along?   https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2024/10/19/to-editor-ut-decision-bgsu-band-puts-hof-inductees-awkward-spot/stories/20241018109   https://www.wtol.com/article/sports/football/bgsu-marching-band-falcon-utoledo-university-battle-of-i-75-football/512-2aee6d6e-7fa0-4f03-9694-d1814def5b5c   TRIO   This week’s interview guest: SCOTT MONTY, part 2   https://scottmonty.com/ https://www.prsa.org/person/monty-scott https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottmonty/     DOGFIGHT   • More tales of bands and sports people     CODA   • Hammerton’s on The Growing Band Director Podcast, next Monday, November 4   www.youtube.com/@thegrowingbanddirectorpodc7296/videos sites.google.com/view/the-growing-band-director/home     FOLLOW US!   BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 Rob ("HammertonMedia") on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia Rob on X/Twitter: twitter.com/DrRob8487   SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON!   https://www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV   WE GOT MERCH!   Visit www.teepublic.com/user/bandwagon-with-rob-hammerton -or- got to teepublic.com and search “bandwagon”   SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK!   Email: [email protected] Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon

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    Episode 35: "Character, Culture, and Storytelling"

    SHOW NOTES Episode 035 • October 21, 2024     FIRST STRAIN   News ‘n’ Notes:   • Eastern Senior High School Blue & White Marching Machine gets a street named after it   https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/community/dc-high-school-marching-band-honored-with-new-street-name-eastern-high-school/65-ffcb8e39-d753-486f-a5cf-940038aa5eee   https://www.wjla.com/news/local/eastern-high-marching-band-northeast-historic-street-renamed-blue-white-marching-machine-way-music-art-campus-north-carolina-17th-a-street-music-high-stepping-communty     • Jackson State University names its fourth-ever female drum major   https://hbcugameday.com/2024/09/30/hbcu-band-names-fourth-woman-in-its-history-as-drum-major/   links       SECOND STRAIN   Topic:   http://www.hustlebelt.com/2013/8/16/4622774/2013-mac-positional-rankings-marching-bands     TRIO   This week’s interview guest: SCOTT MONTY   https://scottmonty.com/ https://www.prsa.org/person/monty-scott https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottmonty/       DOGFIGHT   Topic: Hammerton’s Allentown Story (first in a series, no doubt)     CODA   Topic: Theodore Roethke, poet   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Roethke     FOLLOW US!   BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 Rob ("HammertonMedia") on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia Rob on X/Twitter: twitter.com/DrRob8487   SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON!   https://www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV   WE GOT MERCH!   Visit www.teepublic.com/user/bandwagon-with-rob-hammerton -or- got to teepublic.com and search “bandwagon”   SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK!   Email: [email protected] Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon

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    Episode 34: "...Although It May Not Be Seen From the Valley"

    SHOW NOTES Episode 34 • October 14, 2024     FIRST STRAIN   News ‘n’ Notes:   • Laguna Beach Community Concert Band celebrates 25 years   https://www.lagunabeachindy.com/keeping-the-beat-community-concert-band-celebrates-its-25th-year/   • News item title: Savannah State University gets its first white drum major   https://hbcugameday.com/2024/09/13/hbcu-band-appoints-its-first-ever-white-drum-major/       SECOND STRAIN   Topic: “What, Me Worry?” Two college bands schedule a play-date     TRIO   This week’s interview guest: MICHAEL COOGAN, continued!   Dover Community Band: www.facebook.com/dovercommunityband/ www.youtube.com/@DoverCommunityBand/videos     DOGFIGHT   Topic: The SMU band makes commentary   https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/acc/2024/09/30/smu-football-band-sad-war-chant-florida-state/75450124007/     CODA: a Joke!       FOLLOW US!   BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 Rob ("HammertonMedia") on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia Rob on X/Twitter: twitter.com/DrRob8487   SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON!   https://www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV   WE GOT MERCH!   Visit www.teepublic.com/user/bandwagon-with-rob-hammerton -or- got to teepublic.com and search “bandwagon”   SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK!   Email: [email protected] Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon

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    Episode 33: "Over Every Mountain There Is a Path..."

    SHOW NOTES Episode 033 • October 7, 2024     FIRST STRAIN   News ‘n’ Notes:   • Woodley Concert Band celebrates 50 years   wokingham.today/woodley-concert-band-celebrates-half-a-century-of-music-making/   www.woodleyconcertband.org.uk   • Grant nets Woodward band new instruments   https://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/positively-cincinnati/woodward-band-marches-to-new-tune-after-hamilton-county-grant-gets-them-brand-new-instruments     SECOND STRAIN   Topic: An Allentown memory     TRIO   This week’s interview guest: MICHAEL COOGAN   Dover Community Band: www.facebook.com/dovercommunityband/ www.youtube.com/@DoverCommunityBand/videos     DOGFIGHT   Topic: BandWagon podcast MERCH!!   Visit www.teepublic.com/user/bandwagon-with-rob-hammerton -or- go to teepublic.com and search “bandwagon”     FOLLOW US!   BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 Rob ("HammertonMedia") on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia Rob on X/Twitter: twitter.com/DrRob8487   SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON!   www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV   WE GOT MERCH!   Visit www.teepublic.com/user/bandwagon-with-rob-hammerton -or- got to teepublic.com and search “bandwagon”   SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK!   Email: [email protected] Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon

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    Episode 32: "When Podcasts Collide"

    SHOW NOTES Episode 032 • September 30, 2024     FIRST STRAIN   News ‘n’ Notes:   • News item title: Mississippi band bus crash   www.magnoliastatelive.com/2024/09/20/two-people-killed-in-crash-involving-bus-carrying-mississippi-community-college-marching-band/   • Michigan Marching Band gets a new field   https://record.umich.edu/articles/marching-band-takes-possession-of-new-elbel-field-facility/       SECOND STRAIN   Topic: Band Shorthand, and an “Allentown” call-to-action   J. Birney Crum Stadium: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Birney_Crum_Stadium     TRIO   This week’s interview guest: KYLE SMITH   The Growing Band Director Podcast: sites.google.com/view/the-growing-band-director/home   https://sites.google.com/a/westbrookschools.org/westbrook-high-school-instrumental-music/teachers     DOGFIGHT   Topic: Whose idea was this anyway?     CODA   Topic: The other half of the BandWagon/Growing Band Director Podcast home-and-home series (BW-featured episode drops on November 4, 2024)   GBDP’s video channel: www.youtube.com/@thegrowingbanddirectorpodc7296/videos     FOLLOW US!   BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 Rob ("HammertonMedia") on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia Rob on X/Twitter: twitter.com/DrRob8487   SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON!   https://www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV   SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK!   Email: [email protected] Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon

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    Episode 31: "Your Best Is Good Enough"

    SHOW NOTES Episode 031 • September 23, 2024     FIRST STRAIN   News ‘n’ Notes:   • Cairns Municipal Band new-building update   www.cairnslocalnews.com.au/band-marches-on-2024-09-07   • 2025 Rose Parade bands announced   tournamentofroses.com/2025-band-announcement/       SECOND STRAIN   Topic: Alma Mater memories     TRIO   This week’s interview guest: DONNA MORSE   newhorizonsmusic.org/board www.mnhband.org/directors   www.nelsontownband.org/home   snowpond.org/music-faculty/661-director-of-jazz-studies     DOGFIGHT   Topic: US Navy Band’s “Lion King” medley   Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNSjgay9GYA     CODA   Topic: Listener Clarification       FOLLOW US!   BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 Rob ("HammertonMedia") on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia Rob on X/Twitter: twitter.com/DrRob8487   SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON!   https://www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV   SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK!   Email: [email protected] Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon

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    Episode 30: "Starred Thoughts"

    SHOW NOTES Episode 030 • September 16, 2024     FIRST STRAIN   News ‘n’ Notes:   • Florida State band War Chant controversy   https://www.si.com/college-football/florida-state-band-why-war-chant-no-longer-played-third-downs   https://www.tomahawknation.com/florida-state-football-fsu-seminoles-college-cfb-acc-norvell-team-roster-schedule-game/2024/9/5/24236816/edm-marching-chiefs-issue-statement-third-down-warchant-music-stadium-changes-petition-fans-band-dj   • High School Band fan-greeting salute controversy   https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/louisville/2024/09/03/ohio-louisville-high-school-marching-band-alters-greeting-fans-stark-county-fair-nazi-salute/75054198007/     SECOND STRAIN, TRIO, DOGFIGHT, CODA   Topic: George N. Parks, on the 14th anniversary of his passing   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_N._Parks   www.dci.org/news/eyes-with-pride-mourning-the-loss-of-umass-band-leader-george-n-parks   https://artsedresearch.typepad.com/blog/2010/09/george-n-parks-1953-2010-a-life-in-context.html   UMass Marching Band “Let’s Groove” audio courtesy of Michael LeClerc     FOLLOW US!   BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 Rob ("HammertonMedia") on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia Rob on X/Twitter: twitter.com/DrRob8487   SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON!   https://www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV   SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK!   Email: [email protected] Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon

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    Episode 29: "Long Story Medium"

    SHOW NOTES Episode 029 • September 9, 2024     FIRST STRAIN   News ‘n’ Notes:   • Calvin University Launches New Marching Band Program   https://calvin.edu/stories/calvin-university-launches-new-marching-band-program-led-veteran-director   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gx-moGS3nzw   • Obituary: Pennsylvania band director Gregory Shreckengost   https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/leader-vindicator/name/gregory-shreckengost-obituary?id=56171187       SECOND STRAIN   Topic: Quiet Dignity and Grace After a World-Class Error   BBC news story: www.bbc.com/news/articles/clylrzgzxn8o   Original RSPBA championship results announcement: pipingpress.com/2024/08/17/worlds-2024-results-inveraray-for-the-third-time/   Correction: https://pipingpress.com/2022/08/19/rspba-admits-error-in-4b-result-at-worlds/   And: www.pipesdrums.com/article/rspba-publishes-incorrect-worlds-grade-1-overall-result-sfu-confirmed-third-as-announced/   Post-championships opinion piece: pipingpress.com/2019/08/24/observations-on-the-world-pipe-band-championships/   More on the World Pipe Band Championships: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Pipe_Band_Championships     TRIO   Topic: Uxbridge HS Band, 25 Years Later     DOGFIGHT   Topic: Mean, Nasty, Ugly Things     CODA   Call to Action: Send Us Your George N. Parks Stories!     FOLLOW US!   BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 Rob ("HammertonMedia") on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia Rob on X/Twitter: twitter.com/DrRob8487   SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON!   https://www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV   SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK!   Email: [email protected] Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon

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    Episode 28: "Haste Ye Back"

    SHOW NOTES Episode 028 • September 2, 2024     FIRST STRAIN   News ‘n’ Notes:   • New IUP band director, Cassidy Nalepa   www.thecourierexpress.com/lifestyle/iup-names-new-marching-band-director/article_e8e5d7d6-5fe1-11ef-b9c2-0b40e6abad04.html   • Macy*s announces participating bands for 2025 Thanksgiving Parade   macysthanksgiving.fandom.com/wiki/The_99th_Annual_Macy%27s_Thanksgiving_Day_Parade_(2025)       SECOND STRAIN   Topic: How Band Camp Reassured Me About A.I.     TRIO   This week’s interview guest: MAUREEN CONNOR   Capital District Youth Pipe Band on Facebook: www.facebook.com/cdyouthpipeband/   Capital District Youth Pipe Band website: cdyouthpipeband.com/   “Duncan Johnstone”: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEWajsY6nok   Bagad: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagad     DOGFIGHT   Topic: An Apology     CODA   Send along a story about the late George N. Parks! (for a segment planned for the 14th anniversary of his passing, September 16)       FOLLOW US!   BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 Rob ("HammertonMedia") on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia Rob on X/Twitter: twitter.com/DrRob8487   SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON!   https://www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV   SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK!   Email: [email protected] Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon

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    Episode 27: "Re-Start"

    SHOW NOTES Episode 027 • August 26, 2024     FIRST STRAIN   News ‘n’ Notes: New Band Directors   • Zoe Cohen to Clovis West High School   http://cloviswest.cwaim.org/directors-staff   https://dmlatraining.com/zoe-cohen/   https://www.linkedin.com/in/zoe-cohen-66ba2b1a2/   • Michael Pettis to The College of New Jersey:   www.facebook.com/TCNJBands/posts/pfbid0MKF37QQLackVpgA6ZApjzjp2gLBpJHBwwQHzJvxYse8A7ycGitUAdm7X6aoTkC9ul   • Lisa Hummel to Clarion University:   www.explorejeffersonpa.com/local/2024/08/14/hummel-exits-retirement-to-lead-golden-eagles-marching-band-150425/       SECOND STRAIN   Topic: Collingswood High School … …   www.inquirer.com/education/collingswood-high-school-hires-marching-band-music-director-bill-woodward-20240819.html   www.inquirer.com/education/collingswood-high-school-marching-band-music-director-resigns-20240723.html   https://www.njpen.com/remembering-collingswood-band-director-joseph-lerch/     TRIO   This week’s interview guest: JUSTUS CARNEY   Friday Life: https://www.facebook.com/fridaylifeband/   UConn Marching Band’s 2022 closer, “Firebird”: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckjkxu2gf4c     DOGFIGHT   Topic: Tolsia HS Band uniform fundraiser   Story: wchstv.com/news/local/time-has-taken-a-toll-on-the-band-uniforms-at-tolsia-high-school   GoFundMe page: www.gofundme.com/f/support-mr-braggs-band-new-uniforms-needed     CODA: “A Friendly Seasonal PSA”   Elizabeth Spencer: collegiateparent.com/author/elizabeth-spencer/     FOLLOW US!   BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 Rob ("HammertonMedia") on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia Rob on X/Twitter: twitter.com/DrRob8487   SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON!   https://www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV   SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK!   Email: [email protected] Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon

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    Episode 26: "On the Road Again"

    SHOW NOTES Episode 026 • August 19, 2024     FIRST STRAIN   News ‘n’ Notes:   • Jim Ancona celebrates 30 years at Delaware   www.music.udel.edu/who-we-are/faculty-and-staff/jancona   pearldrum.com/artist/james-ancona   www.innovativepercussion.com/products/james_ancona_series   • Collegiate Marching Band Festival performers announced   https://www.facebook.com/cmbfestival/posts/pfbid0g9TAEab5goxHPSaYcn1HQWMbCWAisNeRW5SZRCXihrXiz7uuGaPatUojP17MPSYrl   https://vivace-productions-inc.ticketleap.com/       SECOND STRAIN   Topic: Fusion Core announces move to Florida   www.fusioncore.org/post/our-plans-for-2025     TRIO   This week’s interview guest: BASIL ISTWANY   The former Charlottesville Municipal Band: cvilleband.org/ cvilleband.org/the-band/ www.facebook.com/cvilleband   “Flower Dale” by Philip Sparke: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSHxFybELNY     DOGFIGHT   Internet Rabbit Hole of the Week: Kansas City Wind Symphony   Their website: http://kcwindsymphony.com/   Your gateway to their performances: https://www.youtube.com/@thekansascitywindsymphony3584/videos     FOLLOW US!   BandWagon RSS feed: feed.podbean.com/heyband/feed.xml BandWagon website: heyband.podbean.com BandWagon on Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555170345309 BandWagon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhammerton1 Rob ("HammertonMedia") on Facebook: facebook.com/HammertonMedia Rob on X/Twitter: twitter.com/DrRob8487   SUBSCRIBE TO BANDWAGON!   https://www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/eg706GUVzixV   SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK!   Email: [email protected] Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon

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What makes BANDWAGON different from other band-related podcasts? As much as it’s for band directors, it’s really meant for anybody who ever did band. And in a world where not everybody “gets” band, it can be a challenge for people who do. With news, commentary, and advocacy from the band world (concert and marching; scholastic, community, and service bands), and entertaining conversations with band leaders and participants alike ... this podcast aims to create community through band: to be a resource and a refuge for band geeks.

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Robert G. Hammerton

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