A band uses the brass, woodwind, and percussion families.
If you take the string family out of the orchestra, you get a concert band.
If you take the chairs away from the concert band, you get a marching band.
Marching bands often play at patriotic or sporting events.
The person who leads the band is called the conductor.
Someone who writes music is called a composer.
John Philip Sousa was a very famous composer and conductor for marching bands.
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