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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: heybandwagon@yahoo.com Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon

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: heybandwagon@yahoo.com Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon

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: heybandwagon@yahoo.com Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon

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: heybandwagon@yahoo.com Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon

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: heybandwagon@yahoo.com Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon

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: heybandwagon@yahoo.com Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon

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: heybandwagon@yahoo.com Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon

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: heybandwagon@yahoo.com Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon

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: heybandwagon@yahoo.com Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon

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: heybandwagon@yahoo.com Voicemail: speakpipe.com/HeyBandWagon