At the signal from the drum major, the brass and woodwind players raise their instruments to their lips, heels snapping together in unison. At the next signal, they begin to play, rising to the balls of their feet as they march in place to the cadence of the drumline practicing in the distance.
It’s football season, and the Alexandria City High School Marching Titans are rehearsing for their next halftime performance under the Friday night lights.
“Keep up the fullness of that sound,” shouts Timothy Grant, director of bands at the suburban high school in Alexandria, Va., a few miles from Washington, D.C.
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