<p>So I'm trying to figure out if Vassar has a marching band? Does anyone know? Collegeboard lists it on their activities section for the school, but I cannot find any information on Vassar's actual website.
It seems like a small school to have its own marching band. I know that Salem College lets its students participate in the Wake Forest marching band. I thought that maybe that would be the case with Vassar and Marist?
If anyone can give me any information about this I would be really appreciative. </p>
<p>We…we don’t. It almost made me choose to go to another school, because marching is very important to me. Ultimately, I’ve managed to live without marching, and the pros here outweigh the cons (no marching band).</p>
<p>We have a good music program, but I haven’t even seen a place where one could even DO field marching, so we probably won’t get one in the future.There’s always the orchestra, if you want to keep doing instrumental things, and I do the choir now.</p>
<p>The Vassar wind ensemble is another option and is a true ‘band’ meaning there are not any strings. They perform all the ‘good stuff’ from the band literature and even vote on what to play. The level of playing is high and the concerts are enjoyable. I think that you can join the wind ensemble without an audition but all the players still sound great. There is a fun atmosphere but still a passion for excellence.</p>
<p>Most schools with marching bands have a football team. In fact, I know a school that added a football team solely because it wanted to have a marching band program. Anyway, since it is unlikely Vassar will ever have a football team, a marching band is probably not in its future.</p>
<p>The concert band option is a good one though.</p>
<p>Ex-marcher would like to point out that there is literally no need to have a football team to march. Football games were solely to show off at my high school; all we cared about was marching in competition (or exhibition, at our own contests) and could have gotten on just fine without the football team. No one particularly benefited from that arrangement. It’s just tradition.</p>
<p>My apologies, averagesnarker. I used to live in Texas and the University of Texas Arlington heavily promotes itself as one of the only marching bands in the country without a football team, so I guess I believed their PR. To be honest, that’s the only school I know that has a marching band without a football program.</p>
<p>Hey, I’m currently on the wait list for Vassar and I really really hope to get in! My high school’s marching band is pretty independent of the football team; I think any kind of organization can be established if you find a bunch of kids who will do it with you. You don’t even have to be recognized by the school, you can do your own thing for fun if that’s what it takes! Heck, I would totally march around campus with you Marching band is a really big part of my life too, and I can’t stand the thought of giving it up. Unfortunately, non of my schools have official marching bands, but I definitely want to try to put something together wherever I end up. So I think if you really want a marching band, you should go for it! Good luck!! :D</p>
Marching band is a really big part of my life too, and I can’t stand the thought of giving it up. Unfortunately, non of my schools have official marching bands, but I definitely want to try to put something together wherever I end up. So I think if you really want a marching band, you should go for it! Good luck!! :D</p>