Oh, I know marching bands don't sing... We don't have many American football teams, certainly. We have football teams, as in soccer, and rugby is sometimes referred to as 'footy' since it is, in full, 'Rugby football.' We don't really have marching bands but we do have a proud tradition of marching girls that has sadly fallen by the wayside due to the imported popularity of cheerleaders. Marching girls march, as you'd expect, in formation, often to a brass or bagpipe band. Their uniforms are vaguely military/Highland in design, and for a while held a place in the New Zealand psyche somewhat analogous to the sailor suit in Japan (though slightly less fetishistic). Marching became a popular recreation for Kiwi girls and women during World War II. I never was a marching girl but I always thought they looked awesome in the town Christmas parade. I was usually on the Women for Peace float because my mother was a member. We kids on that float tended to fight a lot.
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Date: 2005-11-04 10:01 pm (UTC)We don't really have marching bands but we do have a proud tradition of marching girls that has sadly fallen by the wayside due to the imported popularity of cheerleaders. Marching girls march, as you'd expect, in formation, often to a brass or bagpipe band. Their uniforms are vaguely military/Highland in design, and for a while held a place in the New Zealand psyche somewhat analogous to the sailor suit in Japan (though slightly less fetishistic). Marching became a popular recreation for Kiwi girls and women during World War II. I never was a marching girl but I always thought they looked awesome in the town Christmas parade. I was usually on the Women for Peace float because my mother was a member. We kids on that float tended to fight a lot.