There has often been much confusion regarding the differences between March and Concert Band. The most important fact is that both move together as one band. Regular high school bands are known as "marching bands" during August, September, and October. The concert season begins immediately after the end of the marching season, in mid-November, and lasts until the end of May. Bands are similar and different in many different high schools due to different teaching techniques and methods. Highlighting music enthusiasts in general, no two types of bands form the foundation of music education quite like marching bands and concert bands. In the first type, the band marches in processions and puts on a remarkable show by outlining shapes and perforation patterns on the marching field. To enjoy the view during the concert season, they gather and perform marches, famous classics and melodic pieces. Although many students confuse concert art and marching band art, their differences and similarities come together to function as a unity. Many people think that marching bands are just there to participate in parades and have fun playing instruments. They believe the marching band is easily spotted by students wearing shako hats with tall feathers and walking with a high step, and particularly correlate those in colleges and universities. They do more than just parades and marches in the parking lot. Band members practice and demonstrate their marching show on the football fields while competing against other high school bands. Many people in general consider band a pure sport while others consider it a form of musical art. Few people say that marching band is a combination of both physical accents... middle of paper... teeth perform, which relates the two and unites them to become similar. Generally people confuse the two types of bands due to their instrumental availability in different seasons. The differences between these two are the wide variety of tools and environment. The simulations are the exact same effects and styles of music performed. Performances and competitions are similar activities experienced by both bands. Overall one thing they have in common is the objectives and teaching methods they are taught. Educators and music directors try to make the case that it is not all about the winning title, but what we have learned during the interminable journey and what is permeated through the musical knowledge. James states that “recognition is best earned not through what we have done for ourselves, but through what we have done for others” (Middleton 184).