[NABS-L] Urgent: Calling All Marching Band Students

[Abigail Duffy]

I don’t know if this helps, but in my experience, and what my friends have
said, usually the blind person will have a buddy who also plays the same
instrument. You will either have like locked arms with that person
depending on how you play your instrument, or they will kind of tell you if
you need to do turns or what have you. Also in marching band you walk in a
pretty particular pace, and you practice it a lot, so it’s never been An
 issue for me when I did.
I also never did this in marching band, but they could probably ask the
person standing in front of them to put bright duck tape on the back of
their uniform, if they had some residual vision.
Hope this helped
Abby Duffy

On Fri, Jul 31, 2020 at 12:37 PM Justin Heard via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> Hello all!
>
> Next week, my Mom is meeting with a blind student interested in
> participating in marching band, but no one knows how a blind person can
> do this. I know I've heard of blind students being successful in this
> area, but I do not know any specific names. If you have any experiences
> and/or tips to share, please reach out. I want to make sure this student
> has the same opportunity as her sighted peers.
>
> Lets turn her dream into a reality!
>
>
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