Auxiliary Groups That Support Students That Play Musical Instruments In Milwaukee WI

By Connie Sears


A student that plays one or more Musical instruments in Milwaukee WI may want to join a marching band. A marching band performs at football games, in parades, at band camps and exhibitions and at various community events. A corps-style band generally focuses on precision. Other bands incorporate dance moves into their performances. Students that are not musicians can also join the band as a member of an auxiliary group. At some schools students have several auxiliary groups to choose from.

Members of auxiliary units are considered to be full members of high school bands. There may be circumstances when auxiliary units do not perform. This usually happens when bands need to limit the number of performers to cut down on reduce travel expenses. Auxiliary units typically practice independently and then later practices with band members in order to get ready for parades and football games. Auxiliary members are often called upon to help out at band fundraisers.

Majorette squads have had a long association with marching bands, though; at the present time they are not seen as much. During halftime majorette squad members twirl batons. Experienced majorettes can twirl two or three batons at one time. Sometimes majorettes have coordinated routines, sometimes they do not. Some schools have a feature twirler, who is usually the best twirler on the squad. She often performs a solo routine or entertains the crowd by performing a series of tricks.

A pom squad is a dance team. The squad performs a feature routine mostly with pom poms. A pom squad at some schools is considered to be a spirit squad and performs alongside the cheerleaders. In recent years, however, marching bands have started pom squads as an auxiliary unit.

Some marching bands have dance lines. These groups perform mostly jazz and hip hop routines during halftime and in the stands at football games. Unlike pom squads, they do not commonly use pom poms, but may use other props and apparatus.

Try out for the color guard. Color guards provide visuals similar to the way flag squads do. Color guards in parades generally use flags. At football games, though, they utilize a variety of props. Among them are ribbons, sabers and hoops. Bands that have a color guard usually do not have any other auxiliary groups.

Corp-style bands often have a color guard. A color guard provides visuals similar to the way a flag squad does. In parades, a color guard member carries a flag. At a football game a member works with a variety of apparatus including ribbons, hoops, sabers and flags. A band that has a color guard generally does not have any other auxiliary units.

Students that want to support their fellow students that play Musical instruments in Milwaukee WI have several options. Go to a football game to see which auxiliary unit would be the best fit. Look and listen out for announcements about tryouts. Or, contact the band director for more information. In most cases, prior training is not required. If the school is large and spots in auxiliary are competitive, a student may want to consider taking a beginning dance class before tryouts.




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