<p>Nope, very few marching bands include oboes, and those that do are generally military marching bands, which have basically the same instrumentation as a concert band. If she wants to join, she’ll probably be encouraged to take up another woodwind instrument. Of course, she could play something completely different, too–I went from drums to trombone shortly after joining. Remember, the Band doesn’t require any experience on one’s instrument to join. In fact, the mere fact that she plays an instrument will put her ahead of half of the new members!</p>