As fall begins and we march into the band season (referred by some as the football season), reader Gloria H. recalls her high school band experience and her appreciation for academic recognition of ...

is the week that band geeks love to hate -- from sunburn to bug bites to the social pecking order -- had readers drawing on their own memories. "Unless you are first chair of your instrument you will ...

In my last column, I gave a brief recollection of local bands from the 1970s to the present, and then I asked you to let me know who your favorite local band is. I had no idea that I would get so much ...

When I was a boy, anyone with a dollar in their pocket could walk into a grocery store and walk out with a loaf of bread and a dozen eggs. But nowadays, they have too many cameras. Yes, I’m old, and ...