Posting 5

I plan for my ethnography to spend a lot more time interviewing people, and maybe trying to get more perspectives on the subject than that of just my roommate’s. I might try actually going to a rehearsal and listening for awhile, not only to hear what they sound like, but also to better understand how they run their rehearsals. I’d like to find out what the band director might say to inspire them to work their hardest and sound their best. I would also love to see the reactions of the students, and how they respond; if they have any special ways of making fun of their leader, if they spend a lot of time just goofing around or do they spend more time diligently working? There’s so much I can simply observe, like their rehearsal patterns; do they simply just run through each piece, or do they take time to go over each and every note and section? The only I really worry about is maybe how I’m going to fill up 14 pages of things about my ethnography. I understand I’ll be putting several pages together, but I don’t know how much more I can really say about marching band. I suppose with a lot of research I can find more to say if I need to.