{"id":129385,"date":"2016-01-07T15:33:21","date_gmt":"2016-01-07T22:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/01\/07\/tales-from-the-best-damn-band-in-the-land.html"},"modified":"2016-01-07T15:33:21","modified_gmt":"2016-01-07T22:33:21","slug":"tales-from-the-best-damn-band-in-the-land","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/01\/07\/tales-from-the-best-damn-band-in-the-land.html","title":{"rendered":"Tales from the "Best Damn Band in the Land""},"content":{"rendered":"

+<\/span>Kay Hill<\/a><\/span>, my daughter, is a high school sophomore and deeply into her school's marching band program, and, as part of that, we often watch videos of Ohio State's field shows. They are damned good.<\/p>\n

This story about the more controversial side of Ohio State's band is fascinating in terms of evoking memories of my own, long-ago college career; my "anti-harassment" management training by HR; and what I've seen of the intense camaraderie in Kay's high school band — and also reminding me why Margie and I help chaperon the kids during competitions and other outings, and what sort of world Kay will have to maneuver in without chaperones at such time as she heads off to college, whether she joins a marching band there or not.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nSex, Scandal and the Marching Band: Inside the New Rules at Ohio State<\/a><\/span>
\nAt the crossroads of big-time athletics, the fight for sexual safety and modern college life with the Best Damn Band in the Land\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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+Kay Hill, my daughter, is a high school sophomore and deeply into her school's marching band program, and, as part of that, we often watch videos of Ohio State's field shows. They are damned good. 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On the other hand, if she were wanting to pursue that marching band thang to its logical conclusion, there are far worse places she might consider going.(h\/t +Scott\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":46070,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/10\/26\/at-last-the-colorado-state-marching-band-finals.html","url_meta":{"origin":129385,"position":1},"title":"At last, the Colorado State Marching Band Finals","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 26-Oct-14 4:20pm","format":false,"excerpt":"I say \"at last\" because it's been an extraordinarily time-intensive couple of months of competition, both for +Margie Kleerup and me and for +Kay Hill (who did many times the work we did).But yesterday was the finals for Colorado, which were held down at the Air Force Academy this year.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_20141025_220518826.jpgimgmax%3D660.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_20141025_220518826.jpgimgmax%3D660.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_20141025_220518826.jpgimgmax%3D660.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":45987,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/10\/18\/the-marching-band-effect.html","url_meta":{"origin":129385,"position":2},"title":"The Marching Band Effect","author":"***Dave","date":"Sat 18-Oct-14 4:16am","format":false,"excerpt":"So that whole marching band parent thing we've been doing? Here's what it's all about. A video someone took of the Arapahoe High School Marching Band (starring +Kay Hill) show for 2014 (not 2015) at the AHS Invitational last weekend. 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