December 1, 2008 
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Tiffany Brucker, a freshmen at UMass Amherst, was selected among hundreds of applicants across the nation to march and play tenor saxophone for the national Honor Band at the Rose Bowl parade on New Years Day.
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September 1, 2007 0 Comments
For 30 years, Minuteman Marching Band director George N. Parks has spent his summers teaching high school musicians the leaderships skills essential to being a drum major.
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August 12, 2007 Comments Off
These campers drum to the beat of a man named Thom Hannum.
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December 22, 2004 Comments Off
Under the direction of UMass Amherst’s own George N. Parks, a Rose Parade band shows how good it is.
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March 30, 2000 Comments Off
The reason is this: All whistles whistle, but those with peas produce a trill as air passes over the pea, which some whistlers use to create a range of sounds. Experienced whistle-users like Mr. George Parks use their pea whistles to articulate specific commands, which is useful when he needs to get the attention of [...]
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