Are You Ready for Some Football … er, Marching Band? #PREalert

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Can marching bands play an integral role in professional football? Many groups have proven that they can and do.

By Eddie Carden

Turn back the clock to the 1940s, and you’ll find the origins of the NFL’s two longest-lasting (and only remaining) marching bands. Baltimore’s Marching Ravens and the Washington Redskins Marching Band, who practice and perform less than 50 miles apart, keep their home crowds fired up and maintain two distinct marching traditions.

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