Marching
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A marching band is an athletic group of instrumental musicians who generally perform outdoors, and who incorporate movement – usually some type of marching and other movements – with their musical performance which makes it a sport. Instrumentation typically includes brass, woodwinds, and percussion instruments and the music usually incorporates a strong rhythmic component suitable for marching.
All marching bands use some kind of uniform, often of a military style, that include the school or organization's name or symbol, shakos, pith helmets, feather plumes, gloves, and sometimes gountlets, shashes, and/or capes.
In addition to traditional parade performances, many bands also perform field shows at special events (such as football games) or at competitions. Marching bands are generally categorized by function and by the style of field show they perform. Increasingly, marching bands are performing indoor concerts (in addition to any "pep band" duties) that implement many of the songs, traditions, and flair from outside performances.