Welcome to Marching Designs -
the most complete online resource for marching band, colorguard, drum corps and indoor percussion activities. This is the place drill designers and music arrangers as well as choreographers and marching band clinicians mingle with the directors of marching ensembles. You'll find it all - from marching instruments and colorguard flags to marching band uniforms and contest schedules. No extra stuff to weed through just to get what you are looking for. Everything you need just a click away. Everything marching and nothing but marching!Teaching Your Marching Band How to use the Field Markings
There are always questions concerning field dimensions and markings and how do we relate these to the marching band students. Lets start with the field dimensions and then move into how we can best use them to our advantage in teaching and cleaning drill.More...
Marching Band Contest Event Calendar Updated
We have just added a comprehensive list of marching contests from around the country. Check it out! If you know of any contest not on the list, please use the contact form and let us know.Marching band show planning: The Overlooked Tasks.
Now that summer is fast approaching it would be a good time to make sure you are planning ahead for the logistics of the marching season ahead. So much of the time is spent on the music arranging, drill design and colorguard choreography for the marching band show that many of the mundane administrative tasks are often overlooked. In an effort to help avoid these from becoming crisis situations, we have developed a list of the commonly overlooked administrative tasks:
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Planning for Next Year’s Marching Band Show
OK, some of you are serious “type A” personalties and have the entire marching program planned, music arranged, and drill design done and ready to go. For the rest of us it’s that time of year when we are either beginning to look for next year’s marching band show or are in the process of working with the arranger, developing a show concept and selecting music. Now, is a great time to get your drill designer and colorguard instructor involved in the process.
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More Articles Published
The content keeps coming. Check out the newest marching articles received and published by some outstanding professionals in the marching world, including the team at Marching Designs.
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Marching Designs Announces "Official" Relaunch Celebration
Premier Partner listings will be offered at a drastically reduced rate till April 30th!
You have the opportunity to join the savvy companies who have already become Premier Partner Charter Members.
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Articles added to Marching Designs
The first of what will be many articles from respected members of the marching community have been added to the content of marching Designs. These represent some of the foremost experts in their specific areas of expertise. It is very exciting to see how quick the response to the redesigned website has been. A special "Thank You" to each of these authors.
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MARCHING NEWS
News from most of the World Class Drum Corps is available on the Drum and Bugle Corps Page. All the Drum Crops news you could possibly want in one place - Marching Designs.
A Quick Site Overview:
The Drill Designers page has articles from marching show design experts and listings of marching band drill designers for marching band, colorguard and indoor percussion ensembles.
On the Arrangers and Composers page you can find articles and information related to marching music and arranging as well as music selection and programming for marching band shows and winterguard.
The Instructors and Choreographers page deals with marching technique and marching clinics as well as colorguard choreography with in-depth articles and information.
Ever wonder where you can find a good camp for your drum majors or a clinician for your color guard? The Camps and Clinics page is the online resource for camps and clinics for marching band, color guard, marching percussion and drum majors.
Uniforms and Color Guard Equipment is more than just a listings of marching band and colorguard uniforms. You can find articles and information on band uniform design and great resources for color guard equipment, colorguard flags and rifles.
The Instruments page has information on everything from brass to marching percussion and drums with articles on maintenance, tuning and other topics related to marching band instruments.
All the Supplies and Equipment your marching band or colorguard could ever need can be found here - from metronomes and audio systems to band towers for marching rehearsals.
How did you build those big marching band props? Where did you get those custom printed flags for your colorgaurd? You can find those answers and more on the Printing and Props page. While you're here you can get some custom designed shirts for the directors and t-shirts for your entire band.
One of the hardest things to do is find a marching contest on a particular date or a score from last year's marching competition. On the Contests page you'll find a comprehensive marching contest events schedule plus links to the marching band contests and marching circuits to help you schedule and get information and scores from marching competitions around the country.
All the news, scores, and information for DCI and the Drum Corps activity is located on the Drum and Bugle Corps page.
The Software page is the best online resource for drill design, band administration and music notation software as well as information and articles on marching software.
The Audio / Video is your online resource for audio engineering and music production for winterguard, videographers for marching bands and information on how to use technology for your marching show.
You can find instructional videos, magazines and books marching band, color guard and marching drums on the Publications page.
The Associations page is a handy online reference of marching circuits and music education associations.
