Also played in my high school marching band. We played this often, as well as some other rousing Sousa marches. We'll never get those melodies out of our heads...but that's okay with me.Played in the marching band in my youth and will always associate it with marches by John Philip Sousa. As I recall, we did little else.
Below a random school band performing the one I remember best: The Thunderer.
Perhaps slightly better known are Stars and Stripes Forever, Semper Fidelis and Washington Post.
The typical Fourth of July parade would have other stuff -- You're A Grand Old Flag, Marine Hymn, Yankee Doodle Dandy -- but for me Sousa brought the patriotic chills.
"America" from his movie, "The Jazz Singer", I think.Neil Diamond's "They're Coming To America". Not certain of the title, but am certain the words resonate loudly, very loudly in these times.....
Neil Diamond's "They're Coming To America". Not certain of the title, but am certain the words resonate loudly, very loudly in these times.....