We're always delighted when folks help us spread the word about the band. Here's a selection of the coverage we've received.
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May 17, 2018: Globetrotting Band Keeps the Beat Going in Europe: Oregon's marching band ambassadors,recently completed their first trip to Europe. The all-adult marching band's 120 members visited several countries during a 17-day tour in late April and early May, a trip that was a year in the making. The band marched in a pair of segments of the two-day, 24-mile Bloemencorso Bollenstreek, one of the world's largest and longest flower parades, through the suburbs of Amsterdam. It also played outdoor concerts at Slot Zuylen castle near Utrecht in The Netherlands, and along the shore of Lake Lucerne in Switzerland. |
May 17, 2018: The Beat Went On in The Netherlands, Switzerland; and continues Saturday in Keizer: Fresh off a European tour, The Beat Goes On Marching Band takes to the streets for the Keizer Iris Festival this Saturday, May 19 at 10:30am. Even though some band members aren't yet over their jet lag, they're not slowing down. Staying in flower mode, TBGO will march in the Keizer Iris Festival parade this Saturday morning. Then, on Friday, June 8 at noon, TBGO plays an hour-long concert in Pioneer Courthouse Square in downtow Portland, part of the 33rd Annual Festival of Flowers. |
Robert Fulghum
July & September 2012
New York Times best-selling author Robert Fulghum (Everything I Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten) wrote about his experience performing with TBGO in the 2012 Seattle Seafair Torchlight Parade. If you've ever wondered what it's really like to be in a marching band, THESE will give you the straight skinny. We particulary recommend Part 3 below; it's the best description of the marching band experience we've ever seen!
Back on cymbals in the Pendleton Westward Ho! Parade, Fulghum adds
to his list of indignities.
May 2016
A huge THANK YOU to Samantha Swindler of The Oregonian and Oregon Live for a terrific story on TBGO, complete with pix and video.
We made the cover of Halftime Magazine and got great ink in a story on community bands, including coverage of our China trip.
November 2014
Thanks to NW Boomer & Senior News for coverage of our time in China.
August 2014
TBGO heads for Multnomah Village and Shanghai (how's that for a pairing?) in this article from the Tigard | Tualatin | Sherwood Times.
May 2013
Our historic performance as the first-ever marching band to open a session in the Oregon House of Representatives sparked this article in the Portland Tribune.
March 2013
Meet TBGO in this article from The Southwest Community Connection.
August 2012
Nice story about the band and our Bahamas trip from the Tigard | Tualatin | Sherwood Times.