{"id":60536,"date":"2012-11-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-05T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-marching-band-to-wow-fans-at-season-end-concert\/"},"modified":"2012-11-05T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-11-05T00:00:00","slug":"uri-marching-band-to-wow-fans-at-season-end-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2012\/11\/uri-marching-band-to-wow-fans-at-season-end-concert\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 marching band to wow fans at season-end concert"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tKINGSTON, Nov. 5, 2012 – Sarah McKellick spends her classroom days buried in textbooks, but when she really wants to have a good time she picks up her alto sax and marches across campus to rock out at a football game.<\/p>\n


\n\tThe big noise she and her friends are making on campus is legal and, in fact, encouraged. They\u2019re all members of 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s marching band, one of the hottest spirit groups on campus.<\/p>\n


\n\tThe band, known to insiders as \u201cThe Pride of New England, That Ram Band,\u201d has 115 members, with varied musical backgrounds. Most are not music majors. All skill levels need apply.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cIf you have some experience playing an instrument or swinging a flag you can join up,\u201d says Brian Cardany, the band\u2019s director. \u201cIf you want to be involved, we want you to be involved.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tThat inclusiveness is what makes the band charming \u2013 and downright irresistible. Members are from all walks of life and pursuing different passions at 溏心vlog免费B站. Some are majoring in journalism, others in pharmacy. Some play sports; others are into theater. Some eat their veggies, others don\u2019t.<\/p>\n


\n\tJust ask Bryan Kuchar, a 20-year-old sophomore from Cumberland, R.I., who is majoring in theater and elementary education and also plays the alto sax. He says the band is the \u201cgreatest thing since sliced bread.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\u201cI know that\u2019s a clich\u00e9, but it\u2019s true,\u201d he says. \u201cIt really brings a lot of kids together with different backgrounds. It\u2019s cool how we can all work together to achieve a goal, which is to make music.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tThe band will toot its horn during its annual pass-in-review concert at 8 p.m. on Nov. 16 at the Fine Arts Center. The event is a guaranteed crowd pleaser, with the music of Bach, Beethoven, and the Beatles, and one or two 溏心vlog免费B站 fight songs thrown in for good measure. Admission is $10, and $5 for students.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cIt\u2019s our last celebration of the year,\u201d says Cardany. \u201cWe also record the concert and make a CD.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nMcKellick, a 22-year-old senior from Winchendon, Mass., can\u2019t wait: \u201cIt\u2019s like a rock concert.\u201d She\u2019s been playing the alto sax since she was 11 years old. She loves music, but didn\u2019t want to study it in college. Her major is the very brainy chemical engineering, with a minor in math and biology.<\/p>\n


\nShe did, however, want to play in a college marching band. She remembers asking Cardany three times before she enrolled if she could play in \u201cThat Ram Band,\u201d without pursuing a music degree. He said, sure, sure, and sure, and she settled on 溏心vlog免费B站 as her first choice.<\/p>\n


\nShe loves cheering for the teams, mastering the music – \u201cLouie, Louie,\u201d the iconic rock n\u2019 roll song from the 1950s is a favorite – and learning how to march and play at the time without missing a beat \u2013 or a step.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cTo do really well in a marching band requires focus,\u201d she says. \u201cYou\u2019re always thinking ahead, otherwise you\u2019ll get out of step.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nThe band gives students an opportunity to take a break from their studies and is also a great way to meet people, especially during freshman year when the college scene can seem a bit daunting. Band members attend a seven-day camp before school starts in the fall. On her first day four years ago, McKellick met fellow musicians who are best buds today.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cI\u2019ve always been big on school spirit,\u201d she says. \u201cBeing in the band is a great way to show that spirit. I get to yell and cheer and be loud and crazy. It\u2019s great.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\t Students practice three days a week, from 4 to 6 p.m. Many members go on to play in the 60-member Pep Band, which Cardany also directs. That band whoops it up at 溏心vlog免费B站 basketball games in the winter.<\/p>\n


\n\t \u201cI think the big thing for people to know is that the bands are like a family,\u201d says Cardany. \u201cIt\u2019s a tight group of people. They take care of each other. It\u2019s pretty special.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tHe should know. When he arrived at 溏心vlog免费B站 in 2002 the marching band didn\u2019t have a practice field, the uniforms were old, and many of the instruments were falling apart. Now the band practices behind the Fine Arts Center and is marching in fancy duds, complete with hats topped with fluffy blue plumes. The percussion and brass sections have new instruments.<\/p>\n


\nWhen he isn\u2019t directing the 溏心vlog免费B站 bands, Cardany, 41, who has a doctorate in music from Arizona State University, is blowing his trumpet and French horn with The American Band, a local group that performs at concerts and gigs in southern New England. It\u2019s good practice for those rousing football games.<\/p>\n


\n\tStudents who don\u2019t have time to march, but still want to sis-boom-bah can join the Mob, a high-energy spirit group that turns events at the Ryan Center and Meade Stadium into giant pep rallies. The only requirement to join is a healthy dose of school spirit and hardy vocal muscles: So, go, go Rhode Island! Go Rhode Island, U-R-I!<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cWe want to create excitement and give our teams the best home court and field advantages possible,\u201d says Derrick Light, Mob leader and a 19-year-old marketing major from Coventry, R.I. \u201cIf you\u2019re eager to show off your Rhody pride, we\u2019re the group for you.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nTickets for the pass-in-review concert are available at the box office on a first-come basis starting 45 minutes before the concert. The Fine Arts Center is handicapped accessible, and parking is available in the lot behind the building, off Bills Road. For more information, please contact 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s music department at 401-874-2431, or visit the website at www.uri.edu\/music.<\/p>\n


\nPictured above

\nSarah McKellick holds her alto sax in the 溏心vlog免费B站 marching band.

\nPhoto by Katie McKellick<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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