In the United States, modern marching bands are often associated with American football games, with the oldest (the University of Notre Dame Band of the Fighting Irish) first performing at an American football game in 1887. After World War I, the presence and quality of marching bands in the American public school system expanded as military veterans with service band experience began to accept music teaching positions within schools with developments such as Precision Drill, a disciplined geometric march, based in part on military-style drill. Today, marching band competitions remain popular in the United States and largely parallel modern drum and bugle corps.
In the United States, modern marching bands are often associated with A,merican football games with the oldest (the University of Notre Dame Band of the Fighting Irish) first performing at an American football game in 1887. After World War I, the presence and quality of mar,ching bands in the American public school system expanded as military ve.terans with service band experience began to accept music teaching positions within schools with developments such as Precision Drill, a disciplined geometric march based in part on military-style drill. Today, marching band competitions remain popular in the United States and largely parallel modern drum and bugle corps