Someone on one website wanted to know why. a Kennedy band fan was talking abour Carvers band so much..
Here was my responce
Kennedy & Carver's bands are one in the same. We used to march together as a joint band in some events... Why? our Directors were Brothers. ... They knew some of our music. we played some of theirs. but we didnt play eachothers traditionals. ... We got along so well till we had a battle every event then went to eat out afterwards ..lol
Carvers band wasnt as known as they are now .. they started back up in 98 and didnt get Good untill 2000 .. Then they became a 160 peice band with 8 dmajors (which was weird) .. They became the most popular band in the city. and then all of the bm's flunked out and they all went to reed. .. Last year carver was about 60 members at the beginning.. By parade season they were 120+ then they dropped again .. (this was the band that came to GA) .. they sounded better in 00-01
basically Kennedy Helped with Carvers Creation..
Fortier.. ...This is a band with a history 20+ year old history that collapsed in 95 with Miguell bonds (reeds popular Band director) took over..
Reed.. Reed has always been a copycat band. .. The band started in 1989 ...they didnt get good untill 1996 they became better in 98 .. then a BD swich and then their bd started recruiting everybody ....we used to refer to their members as "Alumni" because they used to march with alumni and their band members also came from other high schools ...... Reed was a 220+ band in 2001 .. This made all bands in N.O shrink because of their BD bribing our members... in 03..their bd left and reed had only 54 people ... carver got big again..
Then reeds bd came back and they got huge again but they werent as good .. but the rep they built in 2001 had them going
McDonogh35 was an 80's -90's band .. after that they started playing Rap songs and then they dropped.. but they were always one of N.O's great bands
St Aug... Best Band in N.O history.. yall know their story.lol
Kennedy best public school band.. Status is Similar to ST Augs....... Kennedy's has been around since 66... it wasnt fully black band untill about 78..... they became popular in the 80's and then made a strong rivalry with St. Aug Fortier and McD35. .. Kennedy's Band became popular in 1991.. every year was progress untill 1995 when Doc (the director) caught a slight stroke & a new bd took his place .. it was one of kennedy's worst years as an organization but as far as Sound goes . it was the most popular and best year for them (sound & Size wize) .THey had 186 Members **EXACT NUMBER**....... Doc came back & then Lawrence Rawlins Came to assist......... Lo kept the band going after doc retired. (in 1997) .... Kennedy stood at 150+ ....Kennedy was still playing traditional tunes along with extras.. 1999-01 was good some good years.. fall 01 was the start of a downfall but we managed to stay strong... i graduated in 02..... 02-03 was a good year for them .... then they got real small due to a director swich.. most Bandmembers quit... they became small & other bands got bigger But they (kennedy) never lost their tradition.
the thing about new orleans bands is that Everybody was cool with eachother.. so our rivalries became friendly ..
lol ...
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Kennedy & Carver's bands are one in the same. We used to march together as a joint band in some events... Why? our Directors were Brothers. ... They knew some of our music. we played some of theirs. but we didnt play eachothers traditionals. ... We got along so well till we had a battle every event then went to eat out afterwards ..lol
Carvers band wasnt as known as they are now .. they started back up in 98 and didnt get Good untill 2000 .. Then they became a 160 peice band with 8 dmajors (which was weird) .. They became the most popular band in the city. and then all of the bm's flunked out and they all went to reed. .. Last year carver was about 60 members at the beginning.. By parade season they were 120+ then they dropped again .. (this was the band that came to GA) .. they sounded better in 00-01
basically Kennedy Helped with Carvers Creation..
Fortier.. ...This is a band with a history 20+ year old history that collapsed in 95 with Miguell bonds (reeds popular Band director) took over..
Reed.. Reed has always been a copycat band. .. The band started in 1989 ...they didnt get good untill 1996 they became better in 98 .. then a BD swich and then their bd started recruiting everybody ....we used to refer to their members as "Alumni" because they used to march with alumni and their band members also came from other high schools ...... Reed was a 220+ band in 2001 .. This made all bands in N.O shrink because of their BD bribing our members... in 03..their bd left and reed had only 54 people ... carver got big again..
Then reeds bd came back and they got huge again but they werent as good .. but the rep they built in 2001 had them going
McDonogh35 was an 80's -90's band .. after that they started playing Rap songs and then they dropped.. but they were always one of N.O's great bands
St Aug... Best Band in N.O history.. yall know their story.lol
Kennedy best public school band.. Status is Similar to ST Augs....... Kennedy's has been around since 66... it wasnt fully black band untill about 78..... they became popular in the 80's and then made a strong rivalry with St. Aug Fortier and McD35. .. Kennedy's Band became popular in 1991.. every year was progress untill 1995 when Doc (the director) caught a slight stroke & a new bd took his place .. it was one of kennedy's worst years as an organization but as far as Sound goes . it was the most popular and best year for them (sound & Size wize) .THey had 186 Members **EXACT NUMBER**....... Doc came back & then Lawrence Rawlins Came to assist......... Lo kept the band going after doc retired. (in 1997) .... Kennedy stood at 150+ ....Kennedy was still playing traditional tunes along with extras.. 1999-01 was good some good years.. fall 01 was the start of a downfall but we managed to stay strong... i graduated in 02..... 02-03 was a good year for them .... then they got real small due to a director swich.. most Bandmembers quit... they became small & other bands got bigger But they (kennedy) never lost their tradition.
the thing about new orleans bands is that Everybody was cool with eachother.. so our rivalries became friendly ..
lol ...
My Bad For the Lecture
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