American Band: Music, Dreams, and Coming of Age in the Heartland
A High School, Nonfiction, Education book. This book really took me back to my high school band days. It's full of wonderful, talented high school students...
"Kristen Laine went back to the heartland-- to the America so many of us fly over without blinking an eye-- and uncovered ... a world where salvation and ambition and teenage angst collide in strange ways no outsider could ever understand, unless you read American Band." --Michael Bamberger, author of Wonderland: A Year in the Life of an American High School Every fall, marching bands take to the field in a uniquely American ritual. From the stands, it looks easy. You don’t see them sweat. For millions of kids, band is more than a show. It’s a rite of passage—a first foray into leadership and adult responsibility, and a chance to learn what it means to be part of a community. Nowhere is band more serious than at Concord High School in Elkhart, Indiana, where the entire town is involved with the success of its defending...
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- ISBN: 9781592403196 / 1592403190
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As a former high school band geek, I was inclined to like this book even before I read it. But even without this bias, I'd give "American Band" five stars.This books follows the Concord High Marching Minutemen, from tiny Elkheart, Indiana, as the Class of 2005 leads their peers to the state marching championship competition. There are... This book really took me back to my high school band days. It's full of wonderful, talented high school students who comprise one of the most storied marching bands (with THE most storied band director) in Indiana history. I WAS one of those band geeks once, even thought it's been a while. For people who don't know how much passion... Hard for a band geek like me not to love this book. I thought Laine was a little too fawning in her portrayal of these students and their band, but I couldn't help but smile as I read it.
