Band Kids!

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>Alright, come on... I know there is a plethora of you out there... </p>

<p>What is your band program like?
How big is your marching band?
How many concert bands do you have?
How many jazz bands?
Do you participate in winter drumline?
What did you take to concert festival?
What is your marching show?
What are your favorite concert pieces?
What instrument(s) do you play?
Anything else neat about your band? </p>

<p>--
and here are my answers...
-What is your band program like? Strong and healthy. I love it! </p>

<p>-How big is your marching band? 160 members</p>

<p>-Are you a competitive/corps style band or a show band? competitive/corps style </p>

<p>-How many concert bands do you have? 3</p>

<p>-How many jazz bands? 2</p>

<p>-Do you participate in winter drumline? yep</p>

<p>-What did you take to concert festival? "Hello, Sunshine" March (it was a neat Japanese march), Lo Presti's "Elegy for a Young American," and Del Borgo's "Music for Winds and Percussion." </p>

<p>-What is your marching show? We've been rehearsing but the show title hasn't been released yet. Last year's show was called Timeworks. </p>

<p>-What are your favorite concert pieces? Umm... "Elegy for a Young American," Eric Whitacre's "October" and "Lux Aurumque," David Gillingham's "Council Oak," Mark Camphouse's "Watchman, Tell us of the Night," De Meij's "Lord of the Rings Symphony" and SOOOO much more. </p>

<p>-What instrument(s) do you play? horn, euphonium, trombone, piano, guitar</p>

<p>-Anything else neat about your band? Elliot Del Borgo wrote a song for our wind ensemble this spring, which we dedicated to our director, and performed in April. It was awesome working with Del Borgo!</p>

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<p>I'm in only in the 7th and 8th grade band, so mine is going to be a lot different from your's.</p>

<p>What is your band program like? It's awesome. We've got the best teacher.
How big is your marching band? Like..70 people I think.
How many concert bands do you have? None. We have concert performances though..
How many jazz bands? None.. I play the saxophone, though. It'd be awesome if we had this.
Do you participate in winter drumline? No.
What did you take to concert festival? Umm... my intrument ?
What is your marching show? What?
What are your favorite concert pieces? You probably haven't heard of them... but.. Blues Machine, Garden of the Black Rose, etc.
What instrument(s) do you play? Alto Saxophone
Anything else neat about your band? Just that we have the best teacher ever and we got all 1's at state and district. haha</p>

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<p>Thanks for responding, Jonathan! By "take to concert festival" I meant song selection.</p>

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<p>What is your band program like?
Not bad...it gives me my PE credit.</p>

<p>How big is your marching band?
Almost 100</p>

<p>How many concert bands do you have?
3</p>

<p>How many jazz bands?
1</p>

<p>Do you participate in winter drumline?
yes</p>

<p>What did you take to concert festival?
I'm not in concert band....i'm in orchestra</p>

<p>What is your marching show?
it's going to be a murder mystery/Clue type thing.</p>

<p>What are your favorite concert pieces?
Again, not in concert band.</p>

<p>What instrument(s) do you play?
Drumline instruments.</p>

<p>Anything else neat about your band?
Nope.</p>

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<p>Texas Marching Bands BEAT ALL!!!!!!</p>

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<p>What is your band program like? OK, alot of the really good kids go like 3 miles away to the music magnet so eh...
How big is your marching band? 90-120 depending on the year
How many concert bands do you have? 2-3
How many jazz bands? 1
Do you participate in winter drumline? No
What did you take to concert festival? Uhh...nothing good, 2 years ago was much better
What is your marching show? Last year - James Bond 007, This year - Original music (similar to Madison Scouts 1995/1996 show)
What are your favorite concert pieces? Favorite has to be Clifton Williams - Symphonic Dance No. 3 - Fiesta
What instrument(s) do you play? Trumpet
Anything else neat about your band? Ehh...nothing really</p>

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<p>What is your band program like? Horrible. My first year was definitely better than the second, and I've heard it was much better even before then.
How big is your marching band? Around 120 people. Class A, so half are woodwinds.
How many concert bands do you have? Just 2.
How many jazz bands? HAH, 1. And it's really sucky.
Do you participate in winter drumline? I was going to for one year, but the music was horrible (Carmina Burana is overrated).
What did you take to concert festival? A couple pieces from Sousa and Auld Lang Syne.
What is your marching show? This year... Malaguena.
What are your favorite concert pieces? OMG, definitely Gavorkna fanfare and a whole host of fanfares!
What instrument(s) do you play? piano, percussion (mostly keyboard instruments), drumline- tenors
Anything else neat about your band? Well, our pit is the $h!zznit.</p>

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<p>What is your band program like? Excellent, the community is very involved/supportive of it, both financially and communitively.</p>

<p>How big is your marching band? About 30-40 kids, depending on how many seniors have left, as well as how many freshman are coming in.</p>

<p>How many concert bands do you have? Just 1</p>

<p>How many jazz bands? Just 1 as well.</p>

<p>Do you participate in winter drumline? Winter drumline....never heard of it :)</p>

<p>What did you take to concert festival? Chorale & Shaker Dance, Ere the World Began to Be, and Commando March</p>

<p>What is your marching show? We are having an old Chuck Mangio (I think that's how you spell his name lol) song being written up for our marching band; should be fun :)</p>

<p>What are your favorite concert pieces? Chorale & Shaker because of the Sax solo, and Commando March for a really cool moment in the song where it just sounds amazing. The third movement of the Planets (Jupiter) was also a fun one.</p>

<p>What instrument(s) do you play? Alto and Bari Sax</p>

<p>Anything else neat about your band? A very tight-knit group.</p>

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<p>in quiting this year but....</p>

<p>What is your band program like? excellent
How big is your marching band? 163 people last year- over 180 this year
How many concert bands do you have? 3
How many jazz bands? one
Do you participate in winter drumline? no
What did you take to concert festival? danses de fantasie...forgot the rest...
What is your marching show? this year- moondance, vincent, and do not go gently into the night
What are your favorite concert pieces? i really liked danses de fantasie
What instrument(s) do you play? trombone, euphonium, trumpet
Anything else neat about your band? our teachers are great</p>

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<p>What is your band program like? superior I guess
How big is your marching band? 150 people
How many concert bands do you have? 3
How many jazz bands? 1
Do you participate in winter drumline? no
What did you take to concert festival? Amparita Roca, Chester, Marriage of Figaro
What is your marching show? Stevie Wonder Show
What are your favorite concert pieces? National Emblem and Marriage of Figaro
What instrument(s) do you play? Oboe and Alto Saxophone
Anything else neat about your band? uh idk lol</p>

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<p>dandoor - - Gavorkna Fanfare is an awesome song!</p>

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<p>Definitely! I don't play trumpet and used to not even like the sound of it, but that song convinced me otherwise.</p>

<p>That and the cymbal crashes at the end rock like woah.</p>

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<p>What is your band program like? okay
How big is your marching band? 100ish...from about 500 in grades 7-12, so it's a pretty good ratio
How many concert bands do you have? 3
How many jazz bands? 1
Do you participate in winter drumline? N/A
What did you take to concert festival? N/A
What is your marching show? don't know yet
What are your favorite concert pieces?
What instrument(s) do you play? trumpet...FIRST trumpet, lol
Anything else neat about your band? no</p>

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<p>What is your band program like? It's aight. Our conductor is a class A moron, but I think we have a lot of talented players. We get decent money. And the fights with the boosters are pretty fun.</p>

<p>How big is your marching band? I wanna say about 80 </p>

<p>How many concert bands do you have? 3</p>

<p>How many jazz bands? 2 big bands, 2 combos </p>

<p>Do you participate in winter drumline? Um...Eh? We have a percussion class...</p>

<p>What are your favorite concert pieces? Pageant...we played it in middle school, and I also listened to a performance by the Eastman Wind Ensemble...and it's gorgeous </p>

<p>What instrument(s) do you play? Sax</p>

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<p>What I play:
BASS TROMBONE<==sweetest instrument ever. If you write a song add a solo for this.</p>

<p>Don't feel like answering anything else. Too much to type.</p>

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<p>What is your band program like? Good program-very competitive</p>

<p>How big is your marching band? Ummm....I wouldn't really know....maybe 50ish?</p>

<p>How many concert bands do you have? 2, but we seriously need a third because there are too many people</p>

<p>How many jazz bands? 2</p>

<p>Do you participate in winter drumline? No</p>

<p>What instrument(s) do you play? FLUTE AND PICCOLO!!! :)</p>

<p>Anything else neat about your band? Well, it's not neat, but I have a fun fact: this year, in the school's advanced band, we had 7 flutes. Next year, in the same band, we'll have 13 flutes. The flute section is going to be so loud!! Anyone else have that kind of problem?</p>

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<p>Colleges should recruit for marching band!</p>

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<p>haha yeah right.</p>

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<p>What is your band program like? -- Awesome. We have a great teacher at the high school and a resident composer/arranger at the middle school. </p>

<p>How big is your marching band? -- Eh, we don't have one. </p>

<p>How many concert bands do you have? -- We have a Wind Symphony, a Symphonic Band, and a Concert Band</p>

<p>How many jazz bands? -- We have three jazz ensembles and three jazz combos</p>

<p>Do you participate in winter drumline? -- Can someone tell me what this is?</p>

<p>Favorite Pieces -- We're doing a really cool Joe Henderson piece, Isotope, in the Concert Jazz Ensemble this year. It's got some weird altered scales in it.</p>

<p>What instrument(s) do you play? -- Alto/Soprano/Tenor/Bari Saxes</p>

<p>Anything else neat about your band? -- We regularly attend the Berkelee High School Jazz Fest in Boston and the UNH Jazz Fest.</p>

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<p>What is your band program like? :
A lot more decent than how it used to be. A lot of fresh meat this year, though, so it can be frustrating at times.</p>

<p>How big is your marching band?:
Have none. </p>

<p>How many concert bands do you have?:
Five-ish? Probably more.</p>

<p>How many jazz bands?:
Just one. My school is small.</p>

<p>Do you participate in winter drumline?:
Well, I participate in drumline whenever it's needed-- winter or spring. There's no set season here-- we play whenever we're needed.</p>

<p>What did you take to concert festival? :
n/a</p>

<p>What is your marching show?:
n/a</p>

<p>What are your favorite concert pieces?:
errrrr.</p>

<p>What instrument(s) do you play?:
Everything and anything percussion.</p>

<p>Anything else neat about your band?:
Uhh. We're in Japan? </p>

<p>Snowflake-- my band has nearly twenty, I think. It's insane. But luckily, I'm not too convinced all of them can play properly yet (see fresh meat reference above)-- so our sound is pretty balanced.</p>

<p>Man. Some band geek I am!</p>