Featuring chaotic, fast paced, and delightful surprises at every turn, On Clowns and Carousels captures the raucous environment of a circus. Through direct quotation of Fučík’s March of the Gladiators, racing chromatic melodies, and dancing rhythms throughout, this piece engages every section of the Band. I know my bandroom sometimes feels like a circus, and now yours can too! All jokes aside (well, maybe not all of them), the goal of this piece is for the performers to have fun and be a little clown-ish themselves on stage. I hope this piece brings smiles to your students and laughter (the good kind!) from your audience. May no one ever again tell you to “stop clowning around!”