What if students can't pay the pay-to-play fees?
Pay-to-play, registration, and other fees are going unpaid and building up in the West Aurora (Ill.) school district. What to do?
Marching Band
Big marching weekend approaches in Illinois
Three Chicago-area festivals, two east of the river near St. Louis, two in central Illinois, and the ever-popular Drums at Appletime in Murphysboro pack the state with music and marching.
Niles North band in 2nd year after 20-year hiatus
The marching band at Niles North, which marched for the first time last year, continues to entertain tomorrow at the 3rd annual Skokie Skirmish.
Terms of service for uploading marching band photos
Posting our terms and conditions of service for people who want to upload photos of marching bands for inclusion on our band pages.
Shrek the Musical – Batavia – Nov 14-16
We open this year's coverage of musicals with Batavia High School, where crews of parents are already building sets.
U. Nebraska band features drum major from Deerfield
The University of Nebraska marching band will take the field Saturday led by 4 drum majors, including a senior music ed and tech major from Deerfield, Ill.
Coverage of the 35th Lake Park Lancer Joust
The 35th annual Lake Park Lancer Joust is a marching band festival in Roselle, Ill., and this year, you'll get to see the school's new turf field.
1st day of the last year for Schaumburg's band director
A band director is set to retire at the end of a 33-year career in northwest suburban District 211, and tributes are already coming in!
U of I band director resigns amid theft allegations
The University of Illinois's band director has resigned amid charges that he sold university property (used band instruments) and pocketed the money. He says that's not what happened.
Richards HS marching flutist is jazz pianist extraordinaire
A pianist and self-described workaholic was profiled in the Southtown Star newspaper, and we can just hear the hard work student-performers put in.