Speaking of being judged. Marching Band is a sport because we are judged at competitions. In Marching Band you have what is called MPA, or Music Performance Assessment. At MPA you perform for judges who judge you on Marching Technique, General Effect, Auxiliary Effect, Drumline, and Drum Major To start …show more content…
They give comments and a scoring that goes from Poor(lowest) to Superior(highest). At the end of the night, they give awards for each category of judgment in every class(1A-5A) and announce the overall winner of the competition of the competition. Now if I'm correct this sounds like cheerleading a well-known sport across the nation , leaving me to wonder if cheerleading is considered a sport-- why isn't Marching Band. ?
On the flip side of the coin, it could easily not be considered a traditional sport. It doesn't have a scoring method or ranking system to say who's best, we do have kids who work outside for multiple hours a day, most days a week to perform on 1 day for not an hour or even half that. Usually, we get Ten minutes to perform our and get off the field so we don't get penalized.
In conclusion, Marching Band is a sport because we perform on a collegiate level and at competitions. I invite you to come see us at any practice, game, or performance. I'm very sure you'll see I'm right by the time we're