In defense of my post about the brass band. I do not at all deny that a brass band can and does play many types of music very well! The point I was making is that if they bill themselves as a MARCHING bandn then play music appropriate to a marching band. If they want to doshow music then play show music, but don't march in a parade playing the theme from Dr. Zhivago. It doesn't match the tempo of the marchers. I am not at all against music in schools. In fact thinking back on it, some of my fondest memories are from Mr. Johnson's music appreciation class in 9th grade. I got to play the autoharp using a rubber doorstop as a plectrum. Glory, was I bad....but I learned that it didn't matter how bad I was, I was part of the other 28 kids that were also adding their own levels of good/bad and together we sounded not too bad!!!