New Marching Band Takes to the Street in New Orleans

The Roots of Music Marching Band: Read an excerpt from The Times Picayune "Just before the parade, the band's youngest trombonist, Anun Bennett, 9, a chubby-cheeked third-grader at Martin Behrman Elementary School, had fiddled with his mouthpiece and claimed he wasn't nervous. "But if I am nervous, it's because I don't want it to rain," he said. He also wanted to sound good, he said. His key moment would come, he said, when the drum major held up three fingers, the signal for their version of the Barry White song, "Your Sweetness is My Weakness." It's his favorite tune so far, he said, partly because he has a solo part. "I hope I don't mess up," he said. Music can build a community and make a difference where schools may not. Read the article at the link above.