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title: Marking Time
date: 2018-08-27T10:00:00-04:00
author: University of Maryland
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# Marking Time

*August 27, 2018* — by [Stephanie S. Cordle](/author/staff-photographer-stephanie-s-cordle)


> Marching Band Tunes in for Early Week

*Marching Band 08202018 2805 — Photos by Stephanie S. Cordle*

Trumpet-toting Terps didn’t exactly march 15 miles through a swamp, but they did hold their own boot camp last week.

The Mighty Sound of Maryland’s Early Week was an intensive introduction to the 265-member marching band’s season. They sweated out this August tradition under the leadership of Andrea Brown, the new associate director of bands and director of athletic bands. 

Musicians, guard members and the dance team arrived on campus for the semester a week early to help them get adjusted to campus life, make friends and start learning the drills and music. 

The rest of us just get to enjoy the soundtrack. 

- Band members—who average 1,200 steps per show—work on the finer points of marching on the Chapel Field.
*Band Practice 08202018 2880 min*
- Color guard member Tanya Amienta holds her flag aloft.
*Band Practice 08202018 2981 min*
- Jacob Cooper lines up with other sousaphone players on the first day of practice, Aug. 20, 2018. When all 15 are assembled, the Mighty Sound of Maryland has a mighty bassline.
*Band Practice 08202018 2431 min*
- The band takes a break, but there are many more hours to go in the grueling schedule of Early Week practices.
*Band Practice 08202018 2373 min*
- For Andrea Brown, the university’s new associate director of bands and director of athletic bands, it’s one hour down, 59 to go in Early Week’s practice schedule.
*Band Practice 08202018 2320 min*
- Decked out in Maryland flag trousers, leis and Hawaiian shirts, the festively dressed woodwind section works on starting and stopping on command.
*Band Practice 08202018 2865 min*
- Tyler Andrews belts out a powerful blast on the tenor sax on the first day of practice.
*Band Practice 08202018 2340 min*

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