The Memphis Music and Heritage Festival is held every year in downtown Memphis on the Main Street Mall on Labor Day Weekend. It is a celebration of Memphis music, culture, art and food, and thus amounts to Memphis’ version of the New Orleans JazzFest, with some elements of Ponderosa Stomp thrown in for good measure. Unfortunately, each year the event seems to become more precarious, for, unlike JazzFest, the event is free to the public, and organized by the Center for Southern Folklore, a worthwhile organization which has also struggled in recent years. Since other festivals like the Beale Street Music Festival have little to do with Memphis music or culture, it is important for our community that we find a way to keep the Memphis Music and Heritage Festival viable for many years to come.
#13 Trezevant Drumline.MOV (by jdoggtn7)
At the Trezevant vs. Raleigh-Egypt game, Memphis, September 2, 2011
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#12 Trezevant Drumline.MOV (by jdoggtn7)
At the Trezevant vs. Raleigh-Egypt game, Memphis, September 2, 2011
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#11 Trezevant Drumline.MOV (by jdoggtn7)
At the Trezevant vs. Raleigh-Egypt game, Memphis, September 2, 2011
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#04 Trezevant Drumline.MOV (by jdoggtn7)
At the Trezevant vs. Raleigh-Egypt game, Memphis, September 2, 2011
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#09 Trezevant Drumline.MOV (by jdoggtn7)
At the Trezevant vs. Raleigh-Egypt game, Memphis, September 2, 2011
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I’m headed the Escape Alley on Marshall downtown!! If you’re in Memphis and you wanna hear some hip hop come out!
mellysays: knowledge nick – taktix – savsola – artistik approach – dj hush is spinning BRING YO ASS! http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=206561189399169
#08 Trezevant Drumline.MOV (by jdoggtn7)
At the Trezevant vs. Raleigh-Egypt game, Memphis, September 2, 2011
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The high school band situation in Memphis is not a pretty picture this year. I drove out to Southwind to see the Southwind vs. Wooddale game, only to find that neither team brought a band to the game. So I drove back out to Raleigh to catch Raleigh-Egypt and Trezevant, and at least Trezevant brought a small band, but not Raleigh-Egypt, who just a few years ago looked like a program that might be on the right track. What I find even more disturbing this year is that most of the schools have tiny bands, with only a handful of horn players added to a large drum section. I would assume that the problem is a breakdown at the middle school level of music education. Perhaps the pending merger of Memphis with the county schools will improve the band and music education, but I’m not holding my breath.
The high school band situation in Memphis is not a pretty picture this year. I drove out to Southwind to see the Southwind vs. Wooddale game, only to find that neither team brought a band to the game. So I drove back out to Raleigh to catch Raleigh-Egypt and Trezevant, and at least Trezevant brought a small band, but not Raleigh-Egypt, who just a few years ago looked like a program that might be on the right track. What I find even more disturbing this year is that most of the schools have tiny bands, with only a handful of horn players added to a large drum section. I would assume that the problem is a breakdown at the middle school level of music education. Perhaps the pending merger of Memphis with the county schools will improve the band and music education, but I’m not holding my breath.