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« Reply #405 on: March 16, 2015, 10:22:04 PM »
Quote from: Swoosh on March 16, 2015, 10:17:46 PM
or low brass. (and the females tend to be flutes)

I teach high school. 
https://www.facebook.com/californiapintoprideband

So drumline?  what flavor of drum do you get to play during marching band?

We haven't had tryouts yet, hopefully snare though. I'm sure everyone else on this site loves our conversation we are having here.
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Re: The Newbies Thread
« Reply #406 on: March 16, 2015, 10:28:45 PM »
14.  So does that make you an 8th grader or a Fresh?

Here's a video of our competitive drumline from last fall
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=720235078044988&theater
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Re: The Newbies Thread
« Reply #407 on: March 16, 2015, 10:31:29 PM »
I had a male director who played the clarinet.  He wasn't a good director though; the best ones all played trumpet.  In fact, ironically, the last band director I had (in college) was a former trumpet player for Elvis Presley.

And for the record, I was a percussionist (played quads in marching band).
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Re: The Newbies Thread
« Reply #408 on: March 16, 2015, 10:34:16 PM »
I had you pegged as being a band geek too.  :D
...and I agree, for some odd reason, woodwind players really do not make good directors of band.  I've seen a lot of good woodwind assistant directors, but as the head dude, they are a rarity (though Macon has a sax player as their director and he has a really good band that we constantly fight for top honors at all competitions)
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Re: The Newbies Thread
« Reply #409 on: March 16, 2015, 10:40:07 PM »
Quote from: Swoosh on March 16, 2015, 10:28:45 PM
14.  So does that make you an 8th grader or a Fresh?

Here's a video of our competitive drumline from last fall
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=720235078044988&theater

Young Freshman. And my schools 5-8 grade band director played clarinet and she's been a director for many years.
https://sites.google.com/a/wlwildcats.org/wlband/
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Re: The Newbies Thread
« Reply #410 on: March 16, 2015, 10:48:11 PM »
You must be the tall bass drummer then in the photo?
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Re: The Newbies Thread
« Reply #411 on: March 17, 2015, 07:20:06 AM »
Quote from: Swoosh on March 16, 2015, 10:48:11 PM
You must be the tall bass drummer then in the photo?

Ya, it's easy to find someone when there are only two guys on drumline.
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Re: The Newbies Thread
« Reply #412 on: March 17, 2015, 09:17:01 AM »
I played Trumpet 7th-12th grade, and yep...my band director was a trumpet player too!
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Re: The Newbies Thread
« Reply #413 on: March 17, 2015, 11:43:32 AM »
Quote from: Swoosh on March 16, 2015, 10:34:16 PM
I had you pegged as being a band geek too.  :D

Band Geek?  I'll have you know, I was a First Class Band Nerd.  And the coolest kind, too:  a drummer.
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Re: The Newbies Thread
« Reply #414 on: March 17, 2015, 12:08:24 PM »
Quote from: History Buff on March 17, 2015, 11:43:32 AM
Quote from: Swoosh on March 16, 2015, 10:34:16 PM
I had you pegged as being a band geek too.  :D

Band Geek?  I'll have you know, I was a First Class Band Nerd.  And the coolest kind, too:  a drummer.

Someone understands!

And Swoosh, we are done with jazz band now.
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Re: The Newbies Thread
« Reply #415 on: March 17, 2015, 04:31:55 PM »
We actually refer to ourselves as "band jocks" with how intense our marching drills are. My kids are completely gassed after a full run of a show.
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Re: The Newbies Thread
« Reply #416 on: March 17, 2015, 06:23:22 PM »
Quote from: Swoosh on March 17, 2015, 04:31:55 PM
We actually refer to ourselves as "band jocks" with how intense our marching drills are. My kids are completely gassed after a full run of a show.

Remind me to never move to your school.

Do you guys do jazz band at all? (We won our competition today-1st time our schools ever won a competition!)
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Re: The Newbies Thread
« Reply #417 on: March 17, 2015, 06:43:40 PM »
Jazz Band isn't really a thing down in Missouri anymore.  The focus has sort of shifted to indoor drumline and Winterguard
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Re: The Newbies Thread
« Reply #418 on: March 17, 2015, 06:48:05 PM »
Quote from: Swoosh on March 17, 2015, 06:43:40 PM
Jazz Band isn't really a thing down in Missouri anymore.  The focus has sort of shifted to indoor drumline and Winterguard

Iowa doesn't do those things. Jazz band is kind of a big deal....
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Re: The Newbies Thread
« Reply #419 on: March 17, 2015, 09:05:07 PM »
Got a grandson that is a band nerd...plays drums/percussion. They won in a competition in Bentonville, AR last week. Grandpa is proud! :)
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