The subculture I'm thinking about is my high school marching band. Some methods I think will be beneficial to my research are interviews, surveys, and experience. Over the course of the four years I was in marching band, there were about 210 people each year so I will have a wide variety of people to choose from. I also still keep in touch with some people that are still in high school so I will be able to ask them. The people that are and were in there are a wide variety of ages so I will be able to get different aspects and opinions of the same activities. I may also be able to make up surveys to gather a general opinion of some topics. I was in marching band for all four years of high school so I may be also able to use my own experience.
I'm not sure I will be able to use many books and documents for my research because it most likely wouldn't have useful information. Marching band is something you have to experience to fully understand. The only paper sources I may be able to use would be newspaper articles written about my band. This would give another opinion as well about the program and everything that is involved in it.
There are many rituals and behaviors, etc that people in marching band have. They are also very different depending on each person and the musical section they beliong to. Different sections have different rituals and rules they are required to follow. From there that even turns into bigger sections. So the flute section might have a specific rule to follow but the overall woodwind section has rules to follow as well. Then there are the rules of the overall band. Our directors had specific rules for us to follow.
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