Themes you want to see done!

[musicmeister]

Types of show we would like to see, theme ideas, ect!

I personally would love to see a show centered around the imagination, you could play a pure imagination ballad too, ughhh it would be amazing

[dbbandalum]

I don't know if this has been done before, but I think a show based around the different eras of marching band would be cool to see, with each movement being a different era so it shows the progression from the 60s/70s to now.

[allthingschaotic]

A show about chocolate. No context, no plot, just chocolate (I am eating chocolate rn)

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But seriously, I had this idea after a contest last September.

A show about a train journey across the US but the journey is a metaphor for life and time. The traveler starts in the vibrant city of Los Angeles, young and free (props/city will have a 1930s-1960s feel. Music should be driving and maybe jazzy?) The traveler rides a train (something along the lines of the Pioneer Zephyr or a similar streamlined train) to the East Coast while also traveling through time. The ballad is the midlife crisis but the traveler comes to [some highbrow thing SCV might do]. As the sun rises on the wide land, the traveler reaches a state of peace. The closer symbolizes the traveler's arrival in a modern New York. The theme from the opener (whatever that piece might be) returns but is a bit restrained and in a more "modern" style (probably something like classical contemporary music by Judd Greenstein.)

That's the only concept that I have that is even close to being complete. I've thought of one that incorporates the ending of Shostakovich's Symphony No. 4 but it's probably too dark for a high school lol.

[bandirectorman]

I think that it would be cool to show what life would be like without bands/band funding. 

Can only be performed by a large ensemble with elite capabilities*

Begin playing championship-worthy material, Grade 4,5, etc. 
At certain moments, challenges and bad news is revealed. - Unsupportive administration, unsupportive community. Scandal. Lack of ownership.
Ultimately, the amazing drill and amazing musical arrangements that cost thousands cannot be afforded. The director must do it him/herself (let's assume this is the drum major)
Slowly but surely, the band's numbers begin to dwindle.
Pretty soon, the 250 member band is extremely small.
The conductor continues to conduct.
And pretty soon, the conductor is the ONLY ONE conducting, waving their arms... to no one. 

Two minutes of silence. Arms waving. Then, pre-recorded music takes over.. his memories projected to the audience via the originally recorded music made earlier in the actual performance.

I would PAY to see someone dare to do that because so much is conventional today.

[jmike16]

May 12, 2023 13:56:52 GMT -6 bandirectorman said:

I think that it would be cool to show what life would be like without bands/band funding. 

Can only be performed by a large ensemble with elite capabilities*

Begin playing championship-worthy material, Grade 4,5, etc. 
At certain moments, challenges and bad news is revealed. - Unsupportive administration, unsupportive community. Scandal. Lack of ownership.
Ultimately, the amazing drill and amazing musical arrangements that cost thousands cannot be afforded. The director must do it him/herself (let's assume this is the drum major)
Slowly but surely, the band's numbers begin to dwindle.
Pretty soon, the 250 member band is extremely small.
The conductor continues to conduct.
And pretty soon, the conductor is the ONLY ONE conducting, waving their arms... to no one. 

Two minutes of silence. Arms waving. Then, pre-recorded music takes over.. his memories projected to the audience via the originally recorded music made earlier in the actual performance.

I would PAY to see someone dare to do that because so much is conventional today.

That would be neat to see, however I think the concept would not please a lot of people. 

[hewhowaits]

THIS!!!

www.mlive.com/news/2023/05/dutch-bicycling-marching-band-shows-off-unreal-talent-at-hollands-tulip-time.html