Links and Items of Interest

Links

Stop by and visit Portland's other (and slightly larger) all-adult marching band:  the One More Time Around Again Marching Band.
Are you the kind of person who turns the bass waaaaaay up when you listen to music? Then check out Tuba Christmas, Portland's annual quest to discover "how low brass players can go"!
The Oregon State University Alumni Band plays for various activities; GALMB Members are welcome to join the fun as "friends of the band".
Another of our favorite all-adult bands is just a tad further away -- St. Petersburg, Florida's Awesome Original Second Time Arounders.
The Ophir Prison Marching Kazoo Band and Temperance Society, LMTD is quite possibly an even stranger bunch than we are — but we bet you'll enjoy their website.
We played with the Humboldt State Marching Lumberjacks in the Pasadena Doo-Dah Parade and discovered that (a) they're a lot of fun, and (b) there's a reason they're called a Banned.
GAL feels at home in San Antonio since we've visited three times for Fiesta -- but the real home band is the Alamo City Community Marching Band, specializing in military marches and patriotic music.
The Atlanta Seed & Feed Marching Abominable promises "the joy of the unexpected through music and street theater". They're also the oldest adult marching band in the country (at least as far as we know!), with roots going back to 1974. We learned about them when listeners in Atlanta wrote in to National Public Radio in response to NPR's piece on GAL.
The mission of MakeMusicPDX is to provide group music making opportunities for recreational musicians of all abilities, ages, and experience in the Portland, Oregon area.
Tired of puny 500-piece bands? Try marveling at the truly humongous band in the Opening Ceremonies of the Sydney 2000 Olympics.
"Better living through recreational music making"? Sounds like our kinda folks (although frankly we'd probably have added "and pizza"). See what Making Music magazine has in their current issue.
Lists of bands, lists of events & contests, where to buy band stuff -- you can find it all on marching.com.
Still not enough bands? Try The Band Hall, run by a professional clarinetist in the US Air Force Band and dedicated to "anything and everything band-related".
Check out the Woodwind Fingering Guide for more alternate fingerings than you'll ever use with marching band music.