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Jun 09 2026
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MBI Vibes Takes The Stage for Pride 2026

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MBI Vibes Teams Up with St Paul Pride: Saturday, June 13th.

MBI Vibes is proud to partner with the 2026 St. Paul Pride Festival to take the stage and bring the vibe! MBI Vibes will entertain audiences at Dual Citizen Brewery in St. Paul, coming up on Saturday, 6/13. Join us from 5 pm to 6 pm for high-energy entertainment and quality vibes on stage with the one and only Dual Citizen Brewery team. See the links below to learn more about the Dual Citizen Brewing Venue, and we hope to see you there!

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Partnering With Pride: What is the St. Paul Pride Festival?

Pride partners with over 65 agencies, businesses and organizations to accomplish the mission of providing a FREE PUBLIC EVENT and game-changing educational programs that are cutting-edge and revolutionizing how we IMPACT the culture. Visit the website link below to learn more.

St Paul Pride Website

Want to Learn More about MBI Vibes or Get Involved? Visit Our Page Below

Live Entertainment Drumline and DJ
Jun 07 2026
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The 2026 MBI Drum And Bugle Corps Show Reveal Is Here!

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The Oak – An 80th Anniversary Production

MB’s 2026 production takes audiences on a journey through the life of an oak tree – beginning with its roots, rising through the strength of the trunk, and extending outward as branches bud with new leaves. Through this imagery, MBI embodies the resilience, vitality, and enduring presence of the mighty oak. Symbolically, the 80th wedding anniversary is traditionally known as the Oak Anniversary, symbolizing strength, longevity, and deep-rooted legacy.

The Oak – A Closer Look

The opener sets the scene by examining the ethereal roots of the tree. The repetitive nature of the music represents the foundation of the tree, where all things start – where resilience is born, and generations take hold, harkening back to where we’ve come from. The stage begins with backdrops looking through the canopy of our Oak Tree.

The trunk of the tree represents strength, power, and stability, which “Golden Hour” audibly depicts through strong chords and space. The trunk is also representative of the longevity of a tree as it stands the test of time through difficult tribulations, much like the drum corps has endured. The set begins to change, and the backdrops become individual stages to elevate the corps.

The third part of our show becomes rhythmically playful, adventurous, and audacious representing the branches of the Oak Tree which also allude to connectivity and can be related to mapping ancestry. Wooden sounds can be heard throughout this portion of the show and physical wooden props begin to outline the tree itself.


The leaves symbolize the growth, future, and life-giving energy of the Oak Tree as they absorb sunlight for nourishment. The lyrics of Iris reflect a deep and enduring love, much like the meaning behind an Oak Anniversary. Looking ahead to the next 80 years of MBI’s history, the corps embodies the strength and majesty of the Oak Tree, while vibrant green flags emerge to create a flourishing canopy overhead.

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Jan 07 2026
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MBI Winds MPS Clinic January 30th – Cancelled

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⚠️ This event has been cancelled and will hopefully be rescheduled for a future date 🤞Hopefully you were able to support your fellow Minnesotans at the march 📣

MBI Winds, in partnership with Edison High School Bands & Minneapolis Public Schools, welcomes all interested hornline players (and their directors) to a FREE clinic from 4-5:30pm on Friday, January 30th at the Edison Community Gymnasium. Come experience first hand how indoor winds is different from outdoor marching band. MBI Winds is an all-age and all-instrument ensemble, all are welcome!

What to bring

  • Your horn: flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, alto/tenor/bari sax, trumpet, F horn/mellophone, trombone/baritone/euphonium, tuba
  • Comfortable clothes and shoes to move in
  • Water bottle

What to expect

45 minutes of moving and 45 minutes of playing. We’ll supply the required music & stands. At the end we’ll play a warm-up/chorale piece together at the end. Attendees and directors are encouraged to stay and observe MBI Winds rehearsal to see how indoor winds works in practice.

RVSP Today

Let us know you’re coming and what instrument you play so we can prepare the appropriate materials:

https://forms.gle/8ezNBthk7kfbwLgu8

Curious directors should also RSVP. We’d love to have one of you be our guest conductor of our warm-up chorale. Plus we’ll talk through how winds is a great place to start or enhance a scholastic marching program.

Friday, January 30th 4-5:30PM @
Edison Community Gymnasium
2030 Monroe St. NE
Minneapolis, MN 55418

Oct 23 2025
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MBI Winds 2026 starts in November

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MBI Winds is set to kick the 2026 season off on Saturday, November 1st from 9a-4p in Dinkytown. We have openings in all sections, so we encourage interested members to register today!

All-Instruments, All-Ages

As is part of the Minnesota Brass tradition, MBI Winds is an independent group and is open to all ages. As part of the WGI Winds division, it’s open to all instrument. If you have marching experience and play any of these instruments, we want to hear from you!

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Apr 08 2025
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Inside AMPED! Effects for band instruments

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We get a lot of questions about how we “AMPED!” our hornline for the 2025 MBI Winds show. Here’s an inside look at our technical journey when searching for those tones…

Pickups

This experiment started in the 2024 season at one rehearsal spot – a church that has a bunch of guitar amps. We discovered a product called PiezoBarrel and I bought one to try out. Originally designed for clarinet (hence the name), this piezoelectric pickup works by picking up sound from the inside of the instrument. For clarinet, they sell a pre-fabbed barrel that has the pickup adapter pre-installed. Sabrina, our clarinetist, provided some wild examples of what it would sound like with generated harmonies from a Boss PS-6 Harmonist pedal.

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