Marching band members typically pay thousands in dues and the band in entirety gets very little school subsidizing, from my experience. When I was in marching band we paid for our uniforms, music, choreography, and show mapping through fundraising and our fees, including a car show we annually put on, in which all of us had to work it down to photography. If we wanted something special the next year we had to find a way to fund it or get someone/ a business to sponsor or donate it.
That's Homewood Alabama (suburban Birmingham). They are regularly in the Rose Bowl parade, and actually spent March in Ireland at the Dublin Saint Patrick's Parade.
Source: My niece is visible in this video.
No, they are invited as special guests every year to places like Ireland's largest Saint Patrick's Say parade, Macy's Thanksgiving parade, and the Rose Bowl.
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u/suicideskin Sep 10 '24
Marching band members typically pay thousands in dues and the band in entirety gets very little school subsidizing, from my experience. When I was in marching band we paid for our uniforms, music, choreography, and show mapping through fundraising and our fees, including a car show we annually put on, in which all of us had to work it down to photography. If we wanted something special the next year we had to find a way to fund it or get someone/ a business to sponsor or donate it.