The Marching Band Culture

Tonight on the Front Porch, We're marching to a different beat! The air is getting crisper, the leaves are changing colors, and the home team is taking to the field. And if it's football season, then it's also marching band season! We're going deep inside marching band culture with a woman who knows them from the inside-out. We'll find out why they're so celebrated in some parts of the country, but not necessarily in the Northeast.

We'll talk with:

• Kristen Laine, author of American Band: Music, Dreams and Coming of Age in the Heartland
• Charkee McGee, member of Portsmouth's Leftist Marching Band.