Casey Hesson

@BlairAry @burn3racc0unt13 @DavePrichard Do I pass the test?

@caseyhesson @burn3racc0unt13 @DavePrichard 👍good for you!!!

If the band gets a class period, then sports should as well.

@BlairAry @burn3racc0unt13 @DavePrichard Here’s a photo of you need proof. lol

@caseyhesson @burn3racc0unt13 @JCcannon367061 @DavePrichard What marching band programs have you been involved in? Blue Devil in DCI any DCI or which high school band program?

@BlairAry @burn3racc0unt13 @JCcannon367061 @DavePrichard Is there a reason you need my credentials? I went to HS in a suburb of Nashville, TN and competed in several competitions including BOA. I was in the Pride of the Southland at the University Tennessee for 4 years and spent 2 1/2 as a Music Ed/Jazz performance double major.

@BlairAry @burn3racc0unt13 @JCcannon367061 @DavePrichard Not a band director, and never claimed to be. However I was in band in some form or fashion for 10+ years and studied music education for several years. Ask your husband if his students practice individually during band period, or if they rehearse together as a group.

@caseyhesson @burn3racc0unt13 @JCcannon367061 @DavePrichard Interesting, sounds like you are a very successful band director‼️‼️ Where do you teach?

@BlairAry @burn3racc0unt13 @JCcannon367061 @DavePrichard I would hope that he’s instructing his students to practice their instruments at home, and that he uses his time in rehearsal to teach them how to play together. If each kid is using rehearsal time to learn their part, they’re wasting rehearsal time.

@caseyhesson @burn3racc0unt13 @JCcannon367061 @DavePrichard Really?!? My husband is the head band director at a 6a school in Tx, what has he been teach everyday for the past 20+ yrs in all his classes if his kids don’t practice their instruments?!🤔🤔🤔please give insight!!

@burn3racc0unt13 @CardinalClique @JCcannon367061 @DavePrichard I think that was the case when I was in school, yes.

@caseyhesson @CardinalClique @JCcannon367061 @DavePrichard Don’t you have to be in symphonic band to be in marching band?

@CardinalClique @burn3racc0unt13 @JCcannon367061 @DavePrichard I get what you’re saying, but the argument could be made for PE. It’s not a perfect analogy, but in the same way that being in a symphonic band might have a tangential benefit to being in marching band, getting physical exercise provides a benefit for sports teams.

@caseyhesson @burn3racc0unt13 @JCcannon367061 @DavePrichard This is the crux I think. Football lessons/camp are private and cost money just the same. The difference is band offers structured learning time during the school day for free. Football players are expected to develop entirely after school. That’s all I was getting at at least.

@burn3racc0unt13 @CardinalClique @JCcannon367061 @DavePrichard Private lessons aren’t a part of band classes. Those happen outside of school hours, and you typically have to pay someone to give them to you. You start to learn the instrument typically in middle school, but even then it’s in a group setting.

@caseyhesson @CardinalClique @JCcannon367061 @DavePrichard I’m just curious how you’re automatically supposed to learn all the plays/techniques/etc in football outside of practice. Band has private lessons to learn the individual skills but the skills required for football vary from team to team so a private lesson might not work for all

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@CardinalClique @burn3racc0unt13 @JCcannon367061 @DavePrichard Again, I’m not against the idea, and I’m sure some schools have implemented something similar. I’m just saying it shouldn’t be justified simply because of how a schools music program is structured.

@CardinalClique @burn3racc0unt13 @JCcannon367061 @DavePrichard I think for that to make sense you’d have to make a broader argument that something like a “football theory” class benefits a child’s overall development. That would be such a niche topic, while studies have shown overwhelming benefits of studying music at a young age.

@CardinalClique @BarelyOnlineGuy @burn3racc0unt13 @JCcannon367061 @DavePrichard I understand that. I actually took the opposite route - I played football in middle school and chose band (saxophone also!) instead high school. I did marching band all the way through high school and college. Although for part of the time in HS I marched sousaphone.

@caseyhesson @BarelyOnlineGuy @burn3racc0unt13 @JCcannon367061 @DavePrichard I was a 2nd sax who chose football over marching band, and I don’t entirely disagree. I just think there are genuine benefits for someone in band who gets to play their instrument and read music in a graded class, versus a football player who doesn’t get the same structured time.

@CardinalClique @burn3racc0unt13 @JCcannon367061 @DavePrichard I’m not necessarily against that. I’m just saying that the logic of pointing toward having a band class means that there should be a “sports” class is somewhat flawed because, while similar, different bands have different goals.

@caseyhesson @burn3racc0unt13 @JCcannon367061 @DavePrichard Right, and I’m suggesting that a similar applied football techniques class could be implemented for football players, just as band class (while not directly tied to marching band) does help those in the marching band master their craft in a structured setting.

@CardinalClique @BarelyOnlineGuy @burn3racc0unt13 @JCcannon367061 @DavePrichard That’s not necessarily accurate. My school had a concert band and a symphonic band that rehearsed during separate periods and played different music. Some of those people were in the marching band, but not all. Marching band, concert band, and symphonic band were all separate.

@BarelyOnlineGuy @caseyhesson @burn3racc0unt13 @JCcannon367061 @DavePrichard That’s a non-sequitur. They don’t have the same class schedule because practice is reserved for after school, while every Marching Band member is scheduled to be with their band mates to play their instruments during “symphonic band” class. Make positions class flag football then

@CardinalClique @burn3racc0unt13 @JCcannon367061 @DavePrichard Feels like we’re saying the same thing. My original reply was saying the point of rehearsal isn’t to practice your instrument. Me coming to rehearsal not having practiced my part is the same thing as a WR coming to practice not knowing his routes.

@caseyhesson @burn3racc0unt13 @JCcannon367061 @DavePrichard Yes, but it’s still valuable practice time where everyone can work out their kinks together. You studied your role and know the pulling blocker is going to open up the B gap, but what you don’t see in your own time is the LB crashing down on the open gap. It’s still practice.

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@CardinalClique @burn3racc0unt13 @JCcannon367061 @DavePrichard When you play a sport, you’re expected to come to practice knowing the playbook, your positioning, routes, when to pull, etc. In band, you’re expected to come to rehearsal knowing your part. Rehearsal is for putting individual parts together, not learning your part.

@caseyhesson @burn3racc0unt13 @JCcannon367061 @DavePrichard Rehearsal IS practice. Gameday for example, you don’t “practice” like a normal practice, you “rehearse” the playbook with limited contact, no first downs, no line of scrimmage movement; you just run each play 5 times to demonstrate how it should look in the game.

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@caseyhesson @JCcannon367061 @DavePrichard I was in band I think I know (bass trombone) my high school won 7 consecutive state titles in marching band

@burn3racc0unt13 @JCcannon367061 @DavePrichard Kids in band don’t practice their instruments in class. That time is reserved for rehearsal as a group. They’re expected to practice their instrument (scales. etc) and practice their individual part on their own time.

@JCcannon367061 @DavePrichard @caseyhesson They practice their instruments

@DrummerJacob_ @DavePrichard We weren’t a huge band, but there were a few people who didn’t do marching band. Our band period was specifically devoted to concert/symphonic band. The fall we would have marching band after school, and in the spring we would have jazz band after school for those who wanted it.

That doesnt make much sense, did you have some giant school system where there were so many students, people didnt do both? Schools typically separate the first semester (marching band season) with second semester (concert band/jazz band) because students interested in music want to do both of those activities. How would you do both at the same time? Its far too demanding to ask a high school kid to do all his studies, PLUS learn an entire marching band show with 50+ sets and multiple songs, and then also concert band songs as well? Those are two completely different mindsets and disciplines. If your school had you doing all that at the same time, did you do it all year round with both?