{"id":64067,"date":"2008-10-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-marching-band-showing-strength-in-numbers\/"},"modified":"2008-10-08T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-08T00:00:00","slug":"uri-marching-band-showing-strength-in-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2008\/10\/uri-marching-band-showing-strength-in-numbers\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 Marching Band showing strength in numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tGroup has its largest membership in more than two decades <\/p>\n


\nKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 October 8, 2008 \u2013 One band, one sound. Make that one big band, one big sound.<\/p>\n


\nThe 溏心vlog免费B站 marching band is making big noise this season at Meade Stadium, where Brian Cardany is directing the school\u2019s largest contingent in more than two decades. Cardany, now in his seventh year as the head coach for 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s marching and pep bands, has 94 band members this year, harkening back to the late 1970s and early 1980s, when the band reached as many as 150 members.<\/p>\n


\nWith a freshman class of 43, his largest ever, Cardany is steadily building membership back to where it was several decades ago. <\/p>\n


\n\u201cWe have been able to create a sense of stability in the program,\u201d said Cardany, who had just 58 band members when he came to 溏心vlog免费B站 in 2002. \u201cWe have emphasized quality of music, and we have been able to build a strong rapport with the students, which has helped with retention.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nBy instilling a sense of pride in the band, Cardany is creating a group students want to be a part of.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cIt is the students who make the band what it is,\u201d Cardany said. \u201cYou watch them get into it, and you see the relationships we build within the band, and that\u2019s what builds that desire to be a part of it.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nInterestingly, less than one-third of the band members (30) have either music education or music as their major. The rest of the group covers a wide array of majors from pharmacy and nursing to anthropology and mechanical engineering.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cWhile we come together as a group, as one band, we are more than that,\u201d Cardany said. \u201cThis is a wide array of individuals who come together to share a love for music, as well as pride for their school.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nWhen Cardany arrived, the marching band did not have its own practice field, the uniforms were dated and many of the instruments were falling apart. In the past few years, he has gained a practice site behind the Fine Arts Center, purchased new uniforms in 2004 and bought new instruments for the percussion and brass sections last year.<\/p>\n


\nThough the upgrades have helped reenergize band membership, Cardany is facing severe financial issues. For the first time since he arrived, the marching band is not able to travel for road games, due in large part to the combination of budget cuts and the cost of sending the pep band to Atlantic City with the men\u2019s basketball team for the Atlantic 10 Championship, a trip Cardany said is required. <\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cWhen we recruit students for the band, we always hear two questions,\u201d said Cardany, who practices six hours per week with the band. \u201c\u2018How often do we practice?\u2019 and, \u2018Do we travel?\u2019 For the first time, we have to say no to traveling for the marching band.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tWhile the budget issues make life tougher, the marching band still puts on a quality show at the home football games. In a community outreach effort, 溏心vlog免费B站 welcomed the Portsmouth High School band to perform together at the Governor\u2019s Cup win over Brown University on Oct. 4. A near-capacity crowd of 6,014 fans watched the two bands belt out classic Jimi Hendrix tunes \u201cAll Along the Watchtower\u201d and \u201cFire\u201d during halftime. For the second time in three home games, the band also serenaded the crowd with the 溏心vlog免费B站 alma mater.<\/p>\n


\n\tAt the next home game, Oct. 18 against Villanova University (noon), the band will welcome its alumni on the field to play \u201cJoshua.\u201d The selection is a tribute to Don Burns, the former director of That Ram Band who passed away last spring. Bill Moffit, Burns\u2019 friend and college roommate, wrote the arrangement for \u201cJoshua.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n \t\u201cThe size of the band certainly gives us more presence on the field,\u201d Cardany said. \u201cIt helps us project our sound better, and there is a better quality to our performance.\u201d
Link here<\/a> for the sights and sounds of the Ram Marching Band.<\/p>\n


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\nWith nearly 100 members, the 溏心vlog免费B站 marching band is the largest it has been in more than two decades. 溏心vlog免费B站 Department of Communications and Marketing photo by Nora Lewis<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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