A band is a group of people who gather together for a common purpose, usually for the purpose of playing music. People in the United States can belong to many different kinds of bands.
Musicians who like jazz can join a jazz band.
High school students can choose to participate in a variety of brass bands that include trumpets, trombones, and saxophones.
Marching bands play at football games and other events.
An orchestra is a type of band composed of stringed instruments like violins, violas, and cellos.
When I was in high school, I played bass in a rock band.
Military parades feature military bands that play patriotic music.
People in the 1940s and 1950s danced to popular big band music.
They play music in a German oompah band.
A band is also a device that holds things together.
A rubber band can be wrapped around a newspaper to keep all of the sections together.
Plastic bands wrapped around caps on bottles snap when the cap is removed to indicate someone has opened the bottle.
Arm bands and wrist bands are worn to show support for a particular cause.
A wedding band is worn on the finger to indicate that a person is married.
If you cut your finger, you can wrap a band aid around the cut to stop the bleeding.
