History

      If you wondered where the marching band began? Here is the story.

     Marching band is a group of people who plays instruments and marches in a line that produce a formation and parade. It primarily started as stated in the chart below.

Marching Band

Military Band 

Modern Brass Band

Modern Marching Band

                                                     

                   SMK Sultanah Asma Marching Band (SASBand) marched in parade in Italy; 2004

      Marching band was originally performing instrumental songs with instruments by travelling musicians throughout the prehistoric world. It was implemented within armies of early city-states where was the reason why marching band marched in unison and in synchronization. Hence, it became the basis for the military band. 

      At this rate, as musicians appeared less important on battlefield, the band moved into a higher rate. Instrumentation and music was added into marching band, called as modern brass band yet it evolved military tradition. In simple track “Many military traditions survive in modern marching band”. However, uniforms of many marching bands still resemble military uniforms.

       Paul Spotts Emrick, director of the Purdue All-American Marching Band in 1907 who is the first person creates a formation in marching band because he was inspired by a flock of birds fly in “V” formation and since that a band could replicate the action in the form of show formations. Many U.S universities started to form bands before 20th century. Modern marching band firstly associated with American football, specifically the halftime show in a game by University of Illinois Marching Illini in 1907 versus University of Chicago.

                                          

Smk Sultanah Asma Marching Band (SASBand) performed Mulan theme on World Marching Band Competition; 2011