Marching Season. If you have a marching band kid, then you know that Marching Season is a whirlwind adventure of practices, games and competitions. Time that was dedicated to other things gets funneled into fixing uniforms, helping build props, teaching teens how to clean and polish band shoes, watching shows, giving feedback, driving to and from football games, taking photos,…

If you had told me one year ago that my living room, and den would both be half buried in music instruments, I’d have have thought you were a fool. But… I would have been wrong. For the past 18 months or so, my family and I have been buying a flute, clarinet or sax from an auction, thrift store…