Band Kids!

<p>What is your band program like? Big and well developed.
How big is your marching band? 300+ with all the dancers. 200 instrumentalists.
How many concert bands do you have? 3 I think... I'm not in them.
How many jazz bands? 1. We're the only school in the county to have an in-school jazz band... so we're pretty darn good.
Do you participate in winter drumline? No our school doesn't... I auditioned for the former WGI Open class world champions and made it, but I'm not going to dedicate that much time to something I don't like that much...
What did you take to concert festival? No idea.
What is your marching show? Children of Sanchez, Get it on, and Aquarius/Let the sun shine in
What are your favorite concert pieces? No idea.
What instrument(s) do you play? Electric bass.
Anything else neat about your band? Nope.</p>

<p>What is your band program like? Not amazing
How big is your marching band? N/A
How many concert bands do you have? 2- one that anyone with experience can play in, and a really advanced ensemble
How many jazz bands? 0
Do you participate in winter drumline? Doesn't exist?
What did you take to concert festival? We don't?
What is your marching show? N/A
What are your favorite concert pieces? We do stuff by the Beatles- it's always fun
What instrument(s) do you play? I play flute and piano
Anything else neat about your band? There's really nothing to talk about</p>

<p>What is your band program like? Decent, I guess.
How big is your marching band? About 70 people (with dancers and everything).
How many concert bands do you have? Two--the crappy one that anyone can get into, and the advanced "by audition" one.
How many jazz bands? One.
Do you participate in winter drumline? I don't think we have one.
What did you take to concert festival? Band people? Lol.
What is your marching show? Styx!
What instrument(s) do you play? Flute!! And tenor sax.
Anything else neat about your band? Not really...</p>

<p>What is your band program like? Sort of lame, Orchestra is way preferred at my school.
How big is your marching band? 100-ish kids.
How many concert bands do you have? 2
How many jazz bands? 1, if at all.
Do you participate in winter drumline? No such thing :(
What did you take to concert festival? Umm...Probably Washington Post March and some other stuff.
What is your marching show? West Side Story (we just finished our season)
What are your favorite concert pieces? Can't really think of any...(way better horn music in the Symphony Orchestra!)
What instrument(s) do you play? French Horn (Trumpet in Jazz band)
Anything else neat about your band? Nope. Nothing remarkable, except we did go to Europe last summer (I think we were tagging along with the orchestra)</p>

<p>What is your band program like? Decent, I suppose (I don't know)</p>

<p>How big is your marching band? Nonexistent</p>

<p>How many concert bands do you have? 3 (one for freshmen, one small group for more serious musicians, and one for the rejects 10th-12th grades; 120 of school's 380 members are in at least one of the wind ensembles)</p>

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

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

<p>What did you take to concert festival? Last festival was something non-competitive, non-rated in spring '05 at Carnegie Hall; I was a freshman, so I wasn't in that group then</p>

<p>What is your marching show? N/A</p>

<p>What are your favorite concert pieces? None; orchestra is more fun for me to listen to, even though most of the strings have the most heinous intonation in the world</p>

<p>What instrument(s) do you play? Percussion (mostly timpani, occasionally mallets)</p>

<p>Anything else neat about your band? No</p>

<p>The band at my school is better, more well regarded, and has more trophies than the football team.</p>

<p>What is your band program like? Let's just say that if students ran the music department themselves, there wouldn't be a difference. Or maybe it would be better.</p>

<p>How big is your marching band? It's mandatory and I think all the band kids hate it. Some went to the board of ed and told them they should remove it.</p>

<p>How many concert bands do you have? 2 (9th-10th/11th-12th)
How many jazz bands? 1, with about 15 people but it might as well be just 1 because he's the only one who knows how to play.</p>

<p>Do you participate in winter drumline? I have no idea what this is but I would guess no. </p>

<p>What did you take to concert festival? ?? Do you mean our school concerts? I guess my clothes and instrument?</p>

<p>What is your marching show? Umm... I didn't even know that people had shows. My (horrible) band teacher has been picking the same 2 pep tunes for everyone to play. One year they tried to coordinate us and actually get us moving on the field but it was impossible, so now we're back to everyone standing in a straight line.</p>

<p>What are your favorite concert pieces? One year we had a really fantastic teacher and he picked Candide, which was the first time I didn't play some fanfare, march, or prelude in band. But he left at the end of the year...</p>

<p>What instrument(s) do you play? Flute (piccolo also for nyssma)</p>

<p>Anything else neat about your band? It might be one of the worst high school bands in the state. The towns surrounding us are all music crazy but somehow we missed out and we only have a tiny section of the school whereas those schools provide actual space.</p>

<p>Obviously I'm not really liking the system at my school. Somehow, with teachers getting pregnant or leaving, I've had the same teacher for 5 years (not consecutive) and I'm ready to quit but need to stay in it if I want to make all-county or all-state. Grr...</p>

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Colleges should recruit for marching band!

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<p>Actually they do recruit for marching band....I know someone who got a piccolo scholarship. :)</p>

<p>Woo...we finished out our season with straight superiors at evaluation.</p>

<p>What is your band program like?
Our Marching band is highly competitive. We compete in TOB Chapter X. </p>

<p>How big is your marching band?
106</p>

<p>How many concert bands do you have?
One.. two if you want to strech it.</p>

<p>How many jazz bands?
One for the school.</p>

<p>Do you participate in winter drumline?
This is the first year our high school is doing indoor percussion. Not me Personally though.</p>

<p>What did you take to concert festival?
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<p>What is your marching show?
Our Show is entitled Metamorphasis. Caterpiller to Cocoon to Butterfly. It is actually rather good.</p>

<p>What are your favorite concert pieces?
I'm not in concert</p>

<p>What instrument(s) do you play?
Yeah guard.</p>

<p>Anything else neat about your band?
We have very amusing stand music.</p>

<p>What is your band program like?
Very good, considered among the top in the country </p>

<p>How big is your marching band?
Anywhere from 250 to 360 members, depending on the year.</p>

<p>How many concert bands do you have?
4
How many jazz bands?
3
Do you participate in winter drumline?
No, our school strictly does so in the fall.</p>

<p>What did you take to concert festival?
We are noncompetitive.</p>

<p>What is your marching show?
Anything coming from before 1990 (I wish they would get some modern music in, as our school is almost 2/3 black).</p>

<p>What are your favorite concert pieces?
Symphonic Overture, Wedding Dance </p>

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

<p>Anything else neat about your band?
We are traveling to China this year, as we travel every three years.</p>

<p>orchestra is better</p>

<p>Of course it is! I play viola, but our marching band is awesome. It's grabbed 1st in the nation in Bands of America a couple times (1990, 1991, 1999).</p>

<p>What is your band program like?
How big is your marching band? 97 people
How many concert bands do you have? 1 Concert Band and 1 Wind Ensemble (Honors Band)
How many jazz bands? 1
Do you participate in winter drumline? No
What did you take to concert festival? ???
What is your marching show? Key Poulan's "Medusa" this year. It was "Gladiator" last year and "Tempest" the year before
What are your favorite concert pieces? Molly on the Shore, Dies Irae
What instrument(s) do you play? Alto Sax, Tenor Sax
Anything else neat about your band? We have more 8th graders than seniors in the Marching Band</p>

<p>Ok..first understand that in my school there's probably 650 kids...</p>

<p>What is your band program like?
It's pretty good, we have a pretty good reputation for being good
How big is your marching band?
It's mandatory, & this year the numbers are down so only about 55
How many concert bands do you have?
1
How many jazz bands?
1
Do you participate in winter drumline?
Don't have one
What did you take to concert festival?
Haven't had anythis year
What is your marching show?
"South of the Border" including Los Gallos, Georgia on My Mind, Mexican Hat dance, & Simple Gifts
What are your favorite concert pieces?
Freshman year we played Puszta & Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral & last year we played Purgatorio
What instrument(s) do you play?
trombone
Anything else neat about your band?
not really...</p>