Its school time and you know what that means, Football Friday Night! but more importantly Marching Band season is here! I know a few members are in the marching band at their school, but how many here actually are? What's your show this year? What do you play?

Its my third year in the pit (drumline- mallets) and I love it. No marching for me! :P Our show is awesome this year. The theme is Rockin' the Arena. Its a tribute to the arena bands, or so my director says. We're doing More than a Feeling-Boston, Carry On My Wayward Son- Kansas, Come Sail Away- Styx, and Bohemian Rhapsody- Queen. The best thing about our music is that its arranged by Bob Thurston who arranges the music for the Marine bands. And then my percussion director writes the drumlines parts (he's got his masters in composition from Cincinatti conservatory). Enough bragging from me. :lol:

Oh and if you're going to look my band up, we're Pickerington CENTRAL, not North. North stinks. Central's better.

You lucky...woman. But pit looks pretty cool, actually.

Aha, my time to brag. Sorta. This is my first year in marching band (I hate being a freshman, you don't know squat about anything), playing flute. Although my shoulder hurts from carrying it, it's still light, but I'm not a good marcher. Our show is called FEAR, and I really love it! It's in four parts: Claustrophobia, Agora/Aquaphobia, Metallophobia, and Kinetophobia. Right now, my favorite one is the second one because it's slow, we barely move, and it's easier than the others XD. The person who wrote it is John M. Meehan, and apparently my band director was one of the people who convinced him to start writing music for marching bands.
Apparently, my school is really famous for it's woodwind section...the style of our school is to have a 'woodwind run', when we play all these notes all at once, really fast. It makes judges go crazy, or so I've heard.

Sadly, I don't think I'll ever meet any other marching band people from Ichigo's, unless your school has a great band program and you live in the West Coast T_T

I'm in marching band! ^-^ I play the clarient! This is my...3rd year doing it ( so that makes me a junior ) and I love it! unfortunatly our show this year is Grease..you know, the movie..yeah..i'm not a fan, lol, but the show is coming along rather quickly! I can't wait for the competitions to start! Our school hosts one every year called Crown of Champions! It's loads of fun! but anyways, enough of my babbling lol. Woo, Go marching band people!!!

Ohh, we're almost done learning the drill for our show "The Rise and Fall of Rome" by Key Poulan. It's pretty awesome so far. We have this really cool set in the second movement, the ballad. It's during "the amen" (there's some musical term for it, but our director just calls it the amen) when we all form this huge cross laid diagonally on the field. Its pretty cool.

I'm in the Hempfield Area Senior High School Spartan Marching Band. Sondagger probably know a bit about our band. Our band is pretty good I guess. We have played in the Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California on new years day and we have been invited to play for the pope in the new years day parade in the Vatican and for the 2008 Olympics in China. This year our band has only 200 members and 20 trumpets, but I the past we have had 250 members and 30 trumpets. I play the Trumpet in the band, first chair, and I am basically the go to guy. This year our show includes...

Opener: Carry On My Wayward Son (http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h255/porschegtiii/Wayward1.jpg)
Page 2 (http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h255/porschegtiii/Wayward2.jpg)

Show: ACDC Medly
-You Shook Me All Night Long
-Back in Black

Production: Peace of Mind

Closer: 25 or 6 to 4

Marching Rotation: Bravura (http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h255/porschegtiii/OMG1.jpg)
Page 2 (http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h255/porschegtiii/OMG2.jpg)
Old Time Rock 'n Roll

And my favorite because of the ending....
You'll Never Walk Alone (http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h255/porschegtiii/Nice.jpg)
Nice and high, just the way I like it! :lol:

Hopefully I'll get a recording of our field show and show it to you guys.

ACDC, that's different. But then again at one of our competitions one band was doing a Metallica show. I proposed the idea to my band director (since I like metallica) and it was shot down. Dang. I didn't actually see it, but it was a cool idea.

A recording would be cool. Maybe there's one on the school site. BTW, here's our band website if anyone's interested. Yay! (http://www2.pickerington.k12.oh.us/bldgs/central/bandweb%201/index.html)

Quick notes: The site admin is our loverly senior tuba. He's really good, but he can't acess the school server yet, so the site is kinda shoty. There are recordings of the songs were're playing, but they're not by us (stinky Finale Recordings, but they get the job done) (at least the first set). We're not doing Karn Evil Nine anymore because our show was too long. It got cut. =[ So you know sorry about that, but there's nothing I can do.

Not in Marching Band-not my scene, but I'm at the school with one of THE BEST Marching Bands in the US;

Waukesha North High School (aka) Waukesha North Stars

You MAY have heard of us/them, but if you haven't I could understand why not.

DCI Championships were today!

1st- The Cavaliers
2nd- Phantom Regiment
3rd- Blue Devils

Lol, the damn Cavaliers always seem to win it-that I know of they do.. :lol:

Im a junior in the Vero Beach High School Band. Thats in Florida. I play 3rd trumpet (despite the fact that Ive been playing For 9 years). Our band is huge with 190 members. Oh yeah we played in the Macys Thangiving Parade in 1991, if that matters at all. The trumpets in our band are a bunch of immature idiots (myself included), but were trying to work up the maturity that is apparently required to have our own cheer. Its either going to be Gerudo Valley from Zelda or the Mario theme.


BTW Do they have FAMU in the other states? Tell me if you know what FAMU is.

I'm in the Hempfield Area Senior High School Spartan Marching Band. Sondagger probably know a bit about our band. Our band is pretty good I guess. We have played in the Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California on new years day and we have been invited to play for the pope in the new years day parade in the Vatican and for the 2008 Olympics in China. This year our band has only 200 members and 20 trumpets, but I the past we have had 250 members and 30 trumpets. I play the Trumpet in the band, first chair, and I am basically the go to guy. This year our show includes...

Opener: Carry On My Wayward Son (http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h255/porschegtiii/Wayward1.jpg)
Page 2 (http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h255/porschegtiii/Wayward2.jpg)

Show: ACDC Medly
-You Shook Me All Night Long
-Back in Black

Production: Peace of Mind

Closer: 25 or 6 to 4

Marching Rotation: Bravura (http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h255/porschegtiii/OMG1.jpg)
Page 2 (http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h255/porschegtiii/OMG2.jpg)
Old Time Rock 'n Roll

And my favorite because of the ending....
You'll Never Walk Alone (http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h255/porschegtiii/Nice.jpg)
Nice and high, just the way I like it! :lol:

Hopefully I'll get a recording of our field show and show it to you guys.

Lol Porsche my man you play trumpet in marching band too!
Haha we play your opener for stands music.
No one else knows what Im talking about but that song your transposing for me is going to be the trumpet voice solo in the stands (with low brass of course). See above post

Don't double post please. There's an edit button at the bottom of your post.

What is FAMU?

Oh, drats and I missed the DCI Championship.

Don't worry, it'll eventually show up on youtube. Haha, did anyone see the Cadets' show? that was... horrible lol. They went too far with colorguard roll-playing and stuff. I don't like shows like that. takes too much focus off of the music.

I went to a competition last year and there was a band that did a show about typing i guess... and at different points of the show marchers would hold up signs on the field with words on them (typewriter kinda font)

and no one really payed attention to the music and drill, they were too busy reading.

That's strange.

Good news! Me drumline friend taped the DCI championships, so I get to watch after all! Yay!

Question: How does states work in your state?

We go to competitions for a rating. If you get a 1, then you qualify for states. Anything lower to a 5 you don't. The lower the number the higher the score. Fun.

im not sure if we have somehting like that...? maybe we do and i just don't know about it. Maybe there's something like that With BOA (bands of America), like we go to the super regional and maybe the top bands there move on to grand nationals or something like that.

i don't know, last year at BOA I think we got 22nd out of 40 or 50, so maybe we wouldve been invited to grand nationals if we got like top 5 or ten or something

I think it's top 13, 'cause my school went to Grand Nationals in '04 and got 12/13 XD. However, we're not going to Grand Nationals until next year T_T;;
Edit: Scratch that, it's 12/12, and my band was...12/12 XD

im a senior alto sax (though i play the flute in concert band and dont touch the sax after marching season is over...) in the william mason marching band (we're in mason, ohio)

this is the marching band homepage...
http://www.masonbands.com/MarchingBand.htm

this is the first time we've played original music (used to do orchestral stuff, like leonard bernstein and stuff...)

west-carrollton has 3/4 of this years show....miami link has 1/2, but that's a high angle view =D (don't ask about the title...i don't know why it's called that either)
symphonic architecture (http://so-keene.com/mason_marching_band_2006.htm)

this was my freshman year show...my fav so far :)
amaze (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5846849544134941595&hl=en)

Woot, another Ohio Band. Its too bad that Mason and Pickerington aren't going to be in a same competition. I'd like to see that band live. You guys looked amazing in the video.

haha thanks. well, the only reason we actually kinda look good, is we had this drum corps guy come, and he started yelling at us about upper body, and for some reason unbeknowest to me, the freshmen are actually working hard! *gasp*

I found a video of our drum line... Quallity is bad, but you'll get the idea.

Hempfield Area Drum Line (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6765243922761505098&q=hempfield&hl=en)

my school is playing "Jesus' Hands"

For anyone interested, here's a video of our parade band last year (or maybe new years day of this year, I don't remember) at the Fiesta Bowl. Second place in our class! ^_^

Marching Panthers is Fiesta Bowl 2006 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbCyagCnBIA)

Hey, first post, and proud to be part of this forum...

I belong to the Catheral City High School bands, specifically the Symphonic Band and the Marching band ("Royal Lion Regiment"). (CCHS Band Website (http://www.cchsbands.org/)) Our band program has been officially recognized by the state of California and by some of its Representatives. We've had a lot of other acheivements as well, including playing in the 2005 Chicago State Street Parade, and the Symphonic band will be playing at Carnegie Hall in April of '07, one of only two bands playing there (the other band is a collegiate group). We have produced two CDs, and i can share some of the music with anyone interested (I can send mp3s via Email)

Anyway, I'm not sure what this year's show is called, but it includes:
1. Reflections of Form By Richard Saucedo
2. Reflections of Sound By Richard Saucedo
3. Minimally Speaking, Part I By Richard Saucedo

We're going to be performing this at Colony High in about four weeks, and again at Palm Springs High in the beginning of December. Post or PM/Email me if your band will be at one of these competitions, or if you want more info!

-CaelenVasius

Ah, gotta love marching band... Though it creates for the busiest time of the year. But hey i don't care! I'm on the drumline (tenors) and my band is getting already WAY better than last year.
Our field show is Alice in Wonderland this year, so it totally rocks! we all wear shirts with card symbols on them, and our drum major (the queen) actually comes onto the field to play croquet w/ Alice and there are Wickets, Flamingo mallets and a ball!
If anyone happens to go to So Cal competitions, watch for us, we're the Thundering Mustang Stampede. In fact we go to Etiwanda tomorrow for competition. And as of right now, i'm off to play for our football game.

So is anyone's band going to any BOA competitions or anything else that's nationwide?

oo im in marching band, im a rookie trumpet in Arlington Admirals marching band. i really like it and its fun being with all my friends. any one in NY State going to the Dome in syracuse?

So is anyone's band going to any BOA competitions or anything else that's nationwide?

We usually do a big parade every other year. Last year the Rose Bowl, next year the Fiesta Bowl or Macy's. My director hasn't decided which.

I was just at Ypsilanti, Michigan not too long ago....but we go to BOA grand nationals every year....and a trip to far far away like every other year...I remember we had a performace at the alamo and disneyland (or world?) in Florida...

I went to Flordia with my choir last spring. =D

Two competitions tomorrow, first in Newark, then in Swanton (near Toledo). Its going to be a long bus ride.

I guess the scariest thing is that the pit and the band haven't run the show together in quite awhile. Our practice and football fields are torn up to where we can't get our equipment out anymore.

I'm scared. :ninja:

So is anyone's band going to any BOA competitions or anything else that's nationwide?
Just went to BOA Regional -Flagstaff, Arizona. We got first place XD! And we're going to BOA Los Angeles to perform in the Coliseum. Being a freshman, I'm so freaking nervous...moreso because the well known bands in Southern California are going to WBA Valley View this weekend T_T. I just hope I get my crazy drill done well.


Ah, gotta love marching band... Though it creates for the busiest time of the year. But hey i don't care! I'm on the drumline (tenors) and my band is getting already WAY better than last year.
Our field show is Alice in Wonderland this year, so it totally rocks! we all wear shirts with card symbols on them, and our drum major (the queen) actually comes onto the field to play croquet w/ Alice and there are Wickets, Flamingo mallets and a ball!
If anyone happens to go to So Cal competitions, watch for us, we're the Thundering Mustang Stampede. In fact we go to Etiwanda tomorrow for competition. And as of right now, i'm off to play for our football game.
Yup, it's busy like no other. T_T It's worth it though. Hmm...are you in WBA or BOA? I might see you, I hope. ^^. And Etiwanda is one of our better competitors, I believe.

I hope i'm not too late on this thread, seeing as marching season just ended yesterday for me. We have one more performance, but thats at an away game for football(and we all know football players dont care =/). But this year, we had a show commissioned just for us. Its really pretty hard. I played flute during marching season, and this is the hardest music our marching band has ever seen, its on a college level. So needless to say, being a freshman, this music is CRAZY challenging for me.

Its a pretty cool show though overall. its gotten us a lot of superior's and first divisions, of course we've worked our butts off to earn those too. Its a 1920's gangster themed show. "Second city nights, Chicago Jazz" or something like that...i wish i had the music sitting here right in front of me.

No BOA for us though. Our band doesn't exactly have the budget. And to the person from Flagstaff arizona, ask your director what you're playing next year. I believe our director told us that a school in arizona was purchasing it from us to use for next year, and the name flagstaff sounds really familiar ^_^.

So, this was our last weekend of the season.

Yesterday we marched at the Greater St. Louis competition. 2nd in our class and 5th over all, out of 48 or 49 ^_^ haha, im a lot happier with this year than our last.

Then today we got to march in the Cardinals World Series Victory parade!! haha it was so awesome, we we're right behind the trucks carrying the players. it was amazing!! haha, the funnest parade ive ever marched in my life!!

Dang, that must have been fun. My family members are big cardinals fans.

Its official. We're marching the Fiesta Bowl Parade in 2007-2008 (my senior year). In 2008, they're marching the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade (I just might have to come back). Also when we're down at the Fiesta Bowl next year my director was thinking about looking into the BOA championships. This is all so exciting.

Shantred: That show sounds sweet. Do you have any recordings?

State contest on Sunday. Wish me luck.

I could certainly get one. i was thinking of getting our forrest city video and put it out on youtube. If i get it, i'll put it up for you guys to watch

is anyone going to be at the colony high shcool field tournament 11-6-06?

I'd like to meet up with anyone who is.

>.> Ok I'm REALLY late for this, but I'm a Junior Flute player. I've been in marching band 4 years, yes 4. I started off 3 years playing the picolo, and my new school happened to favor flutes over pics so this year i'm marching flute. Its no biggy, cept those friggen slides to the left are annoying. My band is called "California High School Entertainment Unit", and this year our show is called Kong. I forgot the names of the songs (:heh: ) but we do three, There is the Oppener "Its Deserted, Jack Captured" , "Beutiful" , and "Tooth and Claw, Beuty Killed The Beast". Mind you i'm not 100% sure, on our oppener and closer, but I know for a fact we play "Beutiful". We're ok for a AAA band, we're 5th in our region, but thats because we're going against 2 (recently MAX) AAAA bands, Yeah they lost alot of members this year, but they are still a BIG AAA band. So if your High School is in the vicinity of Whittier, WATCH OUT FOR US! @_@

I could certainly get one. i was thinking of getting our forrest city video and put it out on youtube. If i get it, i'll put it up for you guys to watch

Hmm...my school has a show on Youtube. ^^
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFCGiGk-NMU

Wow...i love that marching show. and BOA, impressive. Did you guys win?

Just went to BOA Regional -Flagstaff, Arizona. We got first place XD! And we're going to BOA Los Angeles to perform in the Coliseum. Being a freshman, I'm so freaking nervous...moreso because the well known bands in Southern California are going to WBA Valley View this weekend T_T. I just hope I get my crazy drill done well.


Yup, it's busy like no other. T_T It's worth it though. Hmm...are you in WBA or BOA? I might see you, I hope. ^^. And Etiwanda is one of our better competitors, I believe.

We are SCSBOA (souther California ...something... Bands of America? i dunno somethin like that)

I LOVE it and hope to go onto DCI before I age out!

So were you (or anyone else) at Etiwanda's competition at Chaffey College? We were there. Our show is Alice in Wonderland, and we just got 3rd place at Valley View high school out of percussion just this past Friday (Veteran's day observed) we were excited to say the least! After this we have only ONE more performance! I believe it's at Temecula Valley, so watch for us!

Hm? That show sounds familiar, where are you from?

Marching Band is cool... This is my 2nd year doing it, so I'm a Sophomore.. I play the Clarinet. I attend Lakewood High School. Sadly enough they are no more football games. :( ... This year our theme was James Bond.
we played:

Goldfinger
Live and Let Die
James Bond Theme.

and for Rock Chart at the end we either played:

The Kids aren't alright by Weezer or
The Final Countdown. ^_^

I MISS HALFTIME! ><

Hee hee, my marching season hasn't ended yet. Our team is in the state semi-finals. I hope they go all the way.

Meh, I'm not in Marching--not my scene--but I know our band is playing at Pasedena in like Janurary or something?

Well whatever, it's soon I know that much. :heh:

I'm in the Pearl City High School Marching Band (GO CHARGERS!!! ^_^) Our season just ended, and our field show was "Epic Journey" by Gary P. Gilroy; Moanalua High Schools still kicked grass, though ;) go look up their show, they're awesome, and their flags are actually together :o

Oh, and we're playing for the 2008 Olympics Youth Festival (or something like that) in Beijing in Summer '07 :D

I play clarinet, btw, and this is my first year :)

So did anyone happen to try out for Santa Clara Vanguard this weekend? I went to the So Cal auditions to try out for cymbals... I was soo nervous, I'd never done this before! and I was all alone... and now I anxiously await the e-mail response as to whether I get invited back to the December camp!

Meh, I'm not in Marching--not my scene--but I know our band is playing at Pasedena in like Janurary or something?

Well whatever, it's soon I know that much. :heh:

Sweet! My band marched in that parade too! It's a real honor to be in the world's largest parade. Congrats to your band! Now to come up with that hefty sum of money to get them there. :shifty:

So did anyone happen to try out for Santa Clara Vanguard this weekend? I went to the So Cal auditions to try out for cymbals... I was soo nervous, I'd never done this before! and I was all alone... and now I anxiously await the e-mail response as to whether I get invited back to the December camp!

Good luck! Man, I wish I could march drum corps, I'm a woodwind though, so I'd have to learn a whole new instrument to do it. Maybe I could do like pit or something

Sweet! My band marched in that parade too! It's a real honor to be in the world's largest parade. Congrats to your band! Now to come up with that hefty sum of money to get them there. :shifty:

Yeah, and if you don't know us,

Waukesha North High School - "Northstars"

:\ Shoot, I miss our show already.
I wish marching season wasn't over!!

Our show was called Reflections of Form, Reflections of Sound, and Reflections of Light.

It was great!
=]
I'm a freshman so it was my first field-show-performance.
This year was the best year of our band!
They would usually get last place. But not this year! We did super good! haha

I remember at a competition this band right before us played the same show! Same music but different drill.
We were waiting at the goal post while they were playing and our director made us turn around so we wouldn't watch them.
They sounded horrible!
We beat them musically and I think drill wise to.
=]
ya.

Don't you hate it when the band before you plays the same thing? That happened the year before I was a freshman. At least you did better than them. :)

Ya!
haha
We felt good after that performance!
=]

^^; We always get new music every year, so that probably won't happen, however there were a couple of bands who played a previous show of ours :D

Heh, I'm thinking about trying out for pit on Marimba/Xylophones for our Marching Band actually.

If I don't get too busy in a schedule I'd love to do it--no matter if I have to carry them in parades and whatnot. ;)

Don't you hate it when the band before you plays the same thing? That happened the year before I was a freshman. At least you did better than them. :)

When that happens I snicker and think how much better we are gonna play it and laugh when there trumpets don't take things up an octave. But then I get yeld at for moving at attention. Ah, I'm gonna miss marching band. :cry:

Good luck! Man, I wish I could march drum corps, I'm a woodwind though, so I'd have to learn a whole new instrument to do it. Maybe I could do like pit or something

One of my friends went out of his way to learn brass (he regularly plays clarinet) just so he could march DCI. he will be trying out for Esperanza shortly!

and I didn't make Vanguard, but I didn't expect to. I havn't picked up a set of cymbals in years, nor have I had any proper instruction, so I'm hoping to go out for the Cadets next year or something... Then i can move up after that! If i don't end up in the pit of the Blue Devils that is!


Don't you hate it when the band before you plays the same thing? That happened the year before I was a freshman. At least you did better than them. :)

We kinda felt like that this year when our band did Alice in Wonderland, and then I noticed at the DCI quarterfinals that The Cadets did the same show! I do have to say, I like the way our show came out better... I wasn't particularly fond of the way they expressed Wonderland.

I'd post our show on youtube or something if i knew how to get it on my computer from the dvd... but I don't. anybody else have their show posted on a website anywhere?

I remember seeing a program, and it had a band playing Yoko Kanno's Tank!...

so I was like, "AWSOM!!!"

But, their rendition was...weak at best...

I'm in marching band or I was. I had an awesome senior year. You can't beat marching finals in Grand Nationals.^_^ What an amazing feeling.

I love it and all, but I think I may be done with marching. I don't know whether I'll do it in college or not. I know, however, that nothing will ever compare to my senior year.:\

I might try out for (Yeah!) Drum Core next year, or trombone. Probably more for drum core. I was messing around on our mallets, and this totally genious drummer (In our Jazz Band btw) said I should try-out for it next year.

I was honored, and thinking about it.

Also, our band director wants me to play piano WITH the marching band. Some concerto, and I would be on a piano in the center of the marching area--I need to be in the band to do that, so need to make up decisions for it. :heh:

Ha, this year at one of the parades my band went to there was this other band that had someone marching with a piano. They had a cheap little two octave electric piano hooked to an amp on a dolly. It was a sight to be seen! :lol:

Wow, the closest we got was an electric one for our field show.

Mum was in your band as a majorette and she said that you guys (hempfied) do a lot more parades than we do. So yeah. We're not good enough to have our piano player march with us. Not even our electirc bass player~

Trust me, having a pianist march on the field is not a sign of a good band. Synthesizers on the sidelines can have some great effect though.

Anyone here a quad player?

Sorry, just a pit player. My best friend is a tenor (quads). She taught me booya (cadence) and ironman (peptune) on the tenors. ^____^

Ahh, good ol' Ironman. One of the harder stand tunes but still not really difficult.

Don't take this the wrong way, but quad chicks are hot. ^_^

www.myspace.com/pickeringtonhighschooltigermarchingband (http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=126588386)

Its up! Our states show is up and running. On the left column the last three you tube files make up our whole show. The first part being on the top of course. If you're looking for me I'm in the pit. The first instrument I'm on is the vibe closest to the field commander stand. Then I move to the marimba closest to the field commander stand, and then I move to the marimba furthest away from the stand on the far left. I've got my long blond hair (although now its shorter) pulled back on the first two in a realtivly low ponytail. By the thrid song (Bohemian raphsody) I've taken my hair down for a little stunt you'll have to watch to find out.

Oh, there's another blone chick playing with me on the last song, she's got short hair that's half over her face. That's not me.

Enjoy!

Grr. I come from such a non-musical town, it stinks. Maybe I should move to Ohio... o.O

Hey I'm in marching band and right now I'm in the midst of Winter Percussion band. Is anyone else here involved in winter percussion? It's a lot of fun. We go to competitions all up and down the west coast. On Saturday we go to Portland, and we'll later on be heading to Washington, and down to San Francisco and LA (I think). I play mallet percussion in the pitt and also the synthesizer in the pitt. Go to www.gprocks.com if you want to see my band's website and www.gphsdigital.com to listen to the music. Eye Witness was our last year's winter percussion show. It was based on the movie, "Secret Window." The visuals were intense. And the music was pretty good too.

What th...!? Your high school goes on WGI tours?!?

Ohh, we're almost done learning the drill for our show "The Rise and Fall of Rome" by Key Poulan. It's pretty awesome so far. We have this really cool set in the second movement, the ballad. It's during "the amen" (there's some musical term for it, but our director just calls it the amen) when we all form this huge cross laid diagonally on the field. Its pretty cool.

The Blue Devils pulled that move in this past year's show, but it was The Godfather.

Still freaking amazing though.

What th...!? Your high school goes on WGI tours?!?

Haha, you better believe it! It's way more fun than marching band. I actually just got back from a competition. We came in second only by 0.2 of a point. <_< But it was good. Except the strong wind and the parallel rain...and the 10 hour round-trip bus ride.

The Blue Devils pulled that move in this past year's show, but it was The Godfather.

Still freaking amazing though.

Oh! My friend, Jesse, was in the Blue Devils Godfather show!

I don't know whether to shoot you or come to Oregon and give you a hug. <_<

Ugh, things are going to be SOOO much better in college... everything about our band sucks balls.

Well, not really, but we're on that incredibly frustrating line of, we could be an amazing state-bound band but we just don't care enough.

I don't know whether to shoot you or come to Oregon and give you a hug. <_<

Ugh, things are going to be SOOO much better in college... everything about our band sucks balls.

Well, not really, but we're on that incredibly frustrating line of, we could be an amazing state-bound band but we just don't care enough.

*Weighs rather being shot or being hugged...decides on being shot* ;) I'm sorry your band sucks. And there are definately some people in my band that don't care what happens either. They miss practices constantly and come late and so on. But my band director usually kicks them out of the program after a while. :lol: Don't give up though. Things could change for the better. After all, you're still a freshman, right?

all right freshman percussionists! (and others, of course).

all right freshman percussionists! (and others, of course).

I know from experience that sophomore percussionists have a higher measure of alrightness than freshmen. Just for your information. ^_^

I know from experience that sophomore percussionists have a higher measure of alrightness than freshmen. Just for your information. ^_^

:lol: alright, i'll give that one to you

*Weighs rather being shot or being hugged...decides on being shot*

You made your choice. *pulls out 9mm Baretta* o.O


;) I'm sorry your band sucks. And there are definately some people in my band that don't care what happens either. They miss practices constantly and come late and so on. But my band director usually kicks them out of the program after a while. :lol: Don't give up though. Things could change for the better. After all, you're still a freshman, right?

Yeah, but you have a better ratio of good to bad. In my band the people who want to go somewhere are the minority.



I know from experience that sophomore percussionists have a higher measure of alrightness than freshmen. Just for your information. ^_^

Lol, ain't that the truth. <_<

You made your choice. *pulls out 9mm Baretta* o.O

*waves hands around helplessly while yelling "I was only kidding!"*



Yeah, but you have a better ratio of good to bad. In my band the people who want to go somewhere are the minority.

That's really too bad. I still think that things could get better though.





Lol, ain't that the truth. <_<

Yes. Yes, it is. Next year, you will bask in the alrightness and reflect on what I said and realize how brilliant I was when I said it.

I'm sorry your band sucks. And there are definately some people in my band that don't care what happens either.

Reminds me of my band :P .

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Our band can't really go in a marching program of some sort ( :\ ) because not many people are good with articulation(s)--- it starts sounding all muffled. If you want a recording of my band, PM me ;) .

Yes. Yes, it is. Next year, you will bask in the alrightness and reflect on what I said and realize how brilliant I was when I said it.

yeah she makes a point. its probably gonna be really more alright than it is this yyear and since this year the alright's like whoa! then next year's gonna be all whoa whoa!

Yes. Yes, it is. Next year, you will bask in the alrightness and reflect on what I said and realize how brilliant I was when I said it.

Kind of. Around here, you're either good all four years or you suck all four years.

And sadly, the sophomore ratio is lower than the freshman ratio this year. -_-

we need more good beginner percussionists
next year should prove to be more promising

Kind of. Around here, you're either good all four years or you suck all four years.

And sadly, the sophomore ratio is lower than the freshman ratio this year. -_-

You really think so? All the people in my pitt have improved since last year in my opinion. I think if you had a dedicated pitt instructor and dedicated pitties they would most definately improve. But if they don't really care about getting better, then that's rough. I hope your band gets better.

You really think so? All the people in my pitt have improved since last year in my opinion. I think if you had a dedicated pitt instructor and dedicated pitties they would most definately improve. But if they don't really care about getting better, then that's rough. I hope your band gets better.

if they don't really care, then they shouldn't be doing it at all.

haha, pitties:lol:

I think if you had a dedicated pitt instructor and dedicated pitties they would most definately improve.

That's exactly our problem - we have neither.

But there is talk about getting another percussion guy/girl next year, so maybe our "pitties" will finally get the spoon-feeding they need - trust me, there is almost no hope for them improving much.

That's exactly our problem - we have neither.

But there is talk about getting another percussion guy/girl next year, so maybe our "pitties" will finally get the spoon-feeding they need - trust me, there is almost no hope for them improving much.

blehh:\ that blows

And everyone that was good is either graduating or trying out for the line.

Can't really say I blame them.

if they don't really care, then they shouldn't be doing it at all.

haha, pitties:lol:

That's what you'd think, huh? I think they really like band, and they just like being irresponsible and complaining about coming to practice. I think they think it's a way of getting attention, but they end up getting ignored. I can't imagine why else they'd spend all the time and money.

@Pantalaimon: I'm sorry about your band. I hope you get a new pitt instructor. If that person is motivated to change the carelessness in your pitt, then a lot of good work can be accomplished. But that's assuming that the pitties in your band listen to him/her.

Well, there's still hope. I think. There's still plenty of chances for good newcomers and departures of those less fortunate. We've already gotten one this year (even though he'll be on the line).

Moving on to something less depressing...

Our show next year is based on the Cadet's '02 show - Millenium Fanfare. There's something to look forward to. ^_^

Well, there's still hope. I think. There's still plenty of chances for good newcomers and departures of those less fortunate. We've already gotten one this year (even though he'll be on the line).

Moving on to something less depressing...

Our show next year is based on the Cadet's '02 show - Millenium Fanfare. There's something to look forward to. ^_^


See there you go. That's pretty sweet. It's good you haven't given up hope yet. Our next year's band show is either gonna be based on Alice in Wonderland or phobias I think. Not sure yet though. Still getting through my current winter percussion show.

See there you go. That's pretty sweet. It's good you haven't given up hope yet. Our next year's band show is either gonna be based on Alice in Wonderland or phobias I think. Not sure yet though. Still getting through my current winter percussion show.

awww you guys are lucky, we won't find out our show until we get it which is like during summer

Are your shows custom written? Ours were up until next year, when we decided we don't want any more of it. The guy we hired to write us evidently writes cooler shows for the richer schools - so naturally, we got the crappiest show on the list. History of Western Music - just the name is boring. =P

yeah, they are
i hate when stuff like that happens
our show was good
but the names of the songs were pretty stupid
i mean seriously we could've gussed it was the finale

Well, people are more likely to remember the song itself than the name - after all, the Cadets did an Alice in Wonderland show last year (how corny can you get?) and the freakishly amazing drum break was called 'Mad Tea Party'. -_-

yeah, thats true,
haha nice wish i was there to hear that

Yeah, I am not in favor of doing an Alice in Wonderland show at my school. But the description of the Phobias one sounded really cool. And yes, all of our shows are customly written and designed. In fact our parts are so custom, that when I started playing piano/synth for winter percussion our composer measured my hand to see how far I could reach when playing chords. I can play a 9th but no farther. Our composer has photographic memory and can listen to a part of soundtrack from a movie and write ensemble music based on it after only listening to it once. He usually writes his own stuff though for our shows. He's starting to gain some fame in Oregon and is so busy. I hope he doesn't become too famous, until I'm out of highschool that is. :P

Yeah, I am not in favor of doing an Alice in Wonderland show at my school. But the description of the Phobias one sounded really cool. And yes, all of our shows are customly written and designed. In fact our parts are so custom, that when I started playing piano/synth for winter percussion our composer measured my hand to see how far I could reach when playing chords. I can play a 9th but no farther. Our composer has photographic memory and can listen to a part of soundtrack from a movie and write ensemble music based on it after only listening to it once. He usually writes his own stuff though for our shows. He's starting to gain some fame in Oregon and is so busy. I hope he doesn't become too famous, until I'm out of highschool that is. :P

thats pretty cool.
our show for 06-07 was called
Seated Perspectives with
Arrival
Compassion and
Finale

yeah, thats true,
haha nice wish i was there to hear that

http://www.vicfirth.com/features/DCI2006/video/CADETS3HQ.html

Have fun. ^_^

I just found out today at winter percussion practice, that the middle school winter percussion ensemble is coming with us up to WGI Vancouver competition and their preliminary showtime is at 9 am. So in order to get there on time, we have to leave at 2 in the morning. @_@

We tried to start a middle school line last year, but it didn't get too far.

we had one 2004-2005 but then the drum teacher left the year after so it was disbanded... and it would have been so useful to still have that!

The middle school winter percussion here is huge! There's like 15 on the drumline and 8 or so in pitt. Crazy...now whether they're good or not I don't know yet.

The middle school winter percussion here is huge! There's like 15 on the drumline and 8 or so in pitt. Crazy...now whether they're good or not I don't know yet.


that is the true question that should be asked


i got a part in a song called "servitude" its a percussion ensemble piece and i'm marimba 1 it sounds prety cool

that is the true question that should be asked


i got a part in a song called "servitude" its a percussion ensemble piece and i'm marimba 1 it sounds prety cool

Hey, congrats! I hope you have a great time playing marimba and good luck too. I'm sure it will be a great experience and you'll do a good job. ^_^

Hey, congrats! I hope you have a great time playing marimba and good luck too. I'm sure it will be a great experience and you'll do a good job. ^_^

thanx!^_^

Yeah, over the next year I think I'm going to attempt to write a Marching Band song if I have any time. I'm gonna be in it next year since my director says he's doing something with a pianist (myself) and the marching band. I would also need to have an instrument to play, which could be Clarinet, Trombone or some percussion instrument. :heh:

I don't know, but my Sophmore year I'm gonna go to more shows and get a feel of what it looks like (I'm joining Late Sophmore-Junior Year).

Yeah, over the next year I think I'm going to attempt to write a Marching Band song if I have any time. I'm gonna be in it next year since my director says he's doing something with a pianist (myself) and the marching band. I would also need to have an instrument to play, which could be Clarinet, Trombone or some percussion instrument. :heh:

I don't know, but my Sophmore year I'm gonna go to more shows and get a feel of what it looks like (I'm joining Late Sophmore-Junior Year).

which makes you.... a frosh, right

Hey, I'm back from my winter percussion ensemble competititon. We tied for first place. And the middle school from my city that went up with us won too. Their show was really good. Just thought I'd let you guys know. :)

Hey, I'm back from my winter percussion ensemble competititon. We tied for first place. And the middle school from my city that went up with us won too. Their show was really good. Just thought I'd let you guys know. :)

nice. congratulations

that is the true question that should be asked


i got a part in a song called "servitude" its a percussion ensemble piece and i'm marimba 1 it sounds prety cool


Servitude? That's Drop6, isn't it? Pretty good stuff. Is it the marching one or the one with the guitar?

Servitude? That's Drop6, isn't it? Pretty good stuff. Is it the marching one or the one with the guitar?


yup its the one with the guitar

I'm currently in marching band...well, not really. Marching season's over, so I guess I'll have to wait until next year. ;) I play the clarinet, and I've been marching for three years. Originally, I had planned to try out for DRUM MAJOR, but, uh, I don't think I carried out that thought. Hah!

But, yeah. I'm the slowest one with drills, as I'm always the last one to memorize them. For some reason, my brain doesn't function well with this stuff at first.

Our show last year was Chuck Mangione, which wasn't as cool as the Cirque du Soleil show we did two years ago. =(

yup its the one with the guitar

That would make sense, since it's not really drumline season anymore.

I personally like the other one better, even though it's probably easier. :heh:

That would make sense, since it's not really drumline season anymore.

I personally like the other one better, even though it's probably easier. :heh:

this one seems promising, despite the fact that we haven't played it yet, and i am quite questionable of our guitarist

Ha! FINALLY something our school has that you guys don't! I was beginning to lose hope! <_< lol

Ha! FINALLY something our school has that you guys don't! I was beginning to lose hope! <_< lol

haha and that is?

A good guitarist... :unsure:

A good guitarist... :unsure:

lol that may be true i just hope he proves me wrong
he's not that great of a percussionist

And I'm assuming he's not so hot at guitar either?

which makes you.... a frosh, right

A freshman, yes. :shifty: I'm hoping to get a trombone over the next year or so too. The school one I'm usuing now just sucks. Any slide grease does almost nothing, and the tone is so muffled and flat. x_x

That's school owned instruments for ya.

I play tenor sax for one of our jazz bands. There's a school owned one I could play, but I choose to play my best friends instead. :P

And I'm assuming he's not so hot at guitar either?

i don't know yet we haven't played it yet because we have to prep for azpas so i'm just questionable of his reading skills

And I'm assuming he's not so hot at guitar either?

Well, guitarists who are self-taught usually can't read treble/bass clef :\ . Our band is lucky to even have a guitar player.

Too bad my school does not have a marching band program of ANY sort. :P

Well, guitarists who are self-taught usually can't read treble/bass clef :\ . Our band is lucky to even have a guitar player.

Too bad my school does not have a marching band program of ANY sort. :P

thats horrible!!!x_x

^Yep, it's only available to Sophomores (in High School) and higher... :P Only in my Freshman year. If I auditioned right, I may be in it next year, but I'll have to wait until the 26th of March. :P

My School District System (I'm in 9th grade):

7th to 9th Grade--- Regular Band program, no audition needed.
10th to 12th grade options:

~Symphonic Band. It's only a semester (some can choose a year) long :P . It's not special in any way, basically a "beginner's program"; scale testing, technique development, etc... Plus no audition required.

~Varsity Band. Same thing as Symphonic Band, except a few trips here and there, and audition required.

~Concert Band. It's basically the Marching Band at the high school... (10-12 is High School over here). Plus there's always a trip to Sweden and Iceland (think about it; it's far. I live in Minnesota). I'm hoping I made it to this one; I auditioned with a College-leveled piece, so I probably did :) . I just have to wait until the 26th...

^Yep, it's only available to Sophomores (in High School) and higher... :P Only in my Freshman year. If I auditioned right, I may be in it next year, but I'll have to wait until the 26th of March. :P

My School District System (I'm in 9th grade):

7th to 9th Grade--- Regular Band program, no audition needed.
10th to 12th grade options:

~Symphonic Band. It's only a semester (some can choose a year) long :P . It's not special in any way, basically a "beginner's program"; scale testing, technique development, etc... Plus no audition required.

~Varsity Band. Same thing as Symphonic Band, except a few trips here and there, and audition required.

~Concert Band. It's basically the Marching Band at the high school... (10-12 is High School over here). Plus there's always a trip to Sweden and Iceland (think about it; it's far. I live in Minnesota). I'm hoping I made it to this one; I auditioned with a College-leveled piece, so I probably did :) . I just have to wait until the 26th...

wow thats interesting
i guess our school is lucky
our beginning high school band is concert band, and then our jv band is symphonic which leaves our varsity band(auditions required for percussionists for all bands and i think just varsity needs auditions from everyone)

next year i'm doing varsity and we're supposed to be going to carnegie hall but we might not
A college level piece, huh? thats some awesome stuff!

Interesting. What piece is it?

College level- We played Timestorm. I'm pretty sure that that's a college level piece.

Interesting. What piece is it?

Mozart Clarinet Concerto- K. 622- the first movement. I have played Clarinet for only 4 years, and I can play this :) (usually, an 8 year player can play this). What's surprising is that I don't have a private teacher (I have absolutely NO idea how I was able to teach myself this piece...).

Hmm.. I'm from Palos Verdes Peninsula High from Rolling Hills Estates, California.. We're a pretty small band, in the AA division... or A.. Something down there haha.. But we were at championships this year.. Also, I'm in Drumline as it's winter season, and we just went to WGI regionals in Union City. It was our first one, and we got a 65 or so. Our theme is Yellow, and we play music like Yellow by Coldplay and Yellow Submarine by the Beatles. Even though the score was low, it was WGI and our first too... aha

For our Band Season field show, I don't remember what scores we got, but we got a few sweepstakes and placed top 10 in California in our division... I don't even remember what our theme was D:

Hmm.. I'm from Palos Verdes Peninsula High from Rolling Hills Estates, California.. We're a pretty small band, in the AA division... or A.. Something down there haha.. But we were at championships this year.. Also, I'm in Drumline as it's winter season, and we just went to WGI regionals in Union City. It was our first one, and we got a 65 or so. Our theme is Yellow, and we play music like Yellow by Coldplay and Yellow Submarine by the Beatles. Even though the score was low, it was WGI and our first too... aha

For our Band Season field show, I don't remember what scores we got, but we got a few sweepstakes and placed top 10 in California in our division... I don't even remember what our theme was D:

I wonder... did you go to RGI in November? I know i've heard about that school from somewhere

Hmm.. I'm from Palos Verdes Peninsula High from Rolling Hills Estates, California.. We're a pretty small band, in the AA division... or A.. Something down there haha.. But we were at championships this year.. Also, I'm in Drumline as it's winter season, and we just went to WGI regionals in Union City. It was our first one, and we got a 65 or so. Our theme is Yellow, and we play music like Yellow by Coldplay and Yellow Submarine by the Beatles. Even though the score was low, it was WGI and our first too... aha

For our Band Season field show, I don't remember what scores we got, but we got a few sweepstakes and placed top 10 in California in our division... I don't even remember what our theme was D:


Holy cow! I was totally there at WGI regionals in Union City too! I was in scholastic A division. Grants Pass High from Southern Oregon. We came in second. Our show is "A Work in Progress" (which I named by the way) and it's like a day in the life of a run-of-the-mill guy who's late for work and makes it through traffic, suffers through work at the office, then comes home late, goes to bed and then our last part of the show is him waking up again. It was kind of low-key compared to our past shows but I like it. I'm in the pitt and I play the vibraphone and the synthesizer. Did you see our show? I didn't get to see yours unfortunately. What kind of drum do you play?

Cheers!

Holy cow! I was totally there at WGI regionals in Union City too! I was in scholastic A division. Grants Pass High from Southern Oregon. We came in second. Our show is "A Work in Progress" (which I named by the way) and it's like a day in the life of a run-of-the-mill guy who's late for work and makes it through traffic, suffers through work at the office, then comes home late, goes to bed and then our last part of the show is him waking up again. It was kind of low-key compared to our past shows but I like it. I'm in the pitt and I play the vibraphone and the synthesizer. Did you see our show? I didn't get to see yours unfortunately. What kind of drum do you play?

Cheers!

WOW I should have come here a few days earlier, maybe we could have met xD

I saw your show, it was in finals right? We were in scholastic A too, but we came in last T_T;. It's our first WGI regional anyway, and half of our drumline is new, so I think it turned out well xD.

I recall two shows of jobs.. I can't seem to remember which was yours, though. I know one of them was in open... Do you have pictures?

I play bass 4, but I REALLY want to play snare.

Did you see the other shows in finals? I really liked the game show one, and the magnetism one.

@Jumpoff, I don't remember competitions all that well, I'll look around for a calendar xD.

On a side note..
It's my first year in drumline, but my second in hornline
(band season->hornline, winter season->drumline haha)
I'm the trumpet section leader currently, but I probably won't retain it.. and I probably won't try to haha. Too many talented trumpets are... Killing me xD.

@Evera

Yeah, it would have been cool to have met you there. Well there's always other WGI competitions next year. The only one left I have is in Vancouver, WA and is the Northwest championships. My band director thinks we can go to WGI national championships in Dayton, Ohio next year. I hope so, that would be amazing. I saw the Magnet one too. The drumline was amazing, but the pitt's music wasn't really musical. All it was all loud chords and chromatic scales. But the drumline's performance skills alone were enough to make them win and so they did. I liked the Freelancers' show a lot too and the James Logan High Spider's Lair one. When they did the distorted Itsy Bitsy Spider part I felt like I would fall off my chair it was so cool. You know, I bet we were in the stadium in the same section of seats at the same time. Two Ichigoers and we didn't even know it. What a bummer.

Yeah haha

Hmm, what hotel did you stay at? Our DL stayed at the Holiday Inn, next to 152819 asian shops. I thought it was pretty funny xD.

Also, some tenor guys hit on our tenor chicks in the hotel... One of them was named Luke? Ahaha, we had an 8 hour car ride back to our hometown, so there was lots to talk about xD.

Wow, congrats, you guys must be really good xD. How much do you guys practice?

Yeah haha

Hmm, what hotel did you stay at? Our DL stayed at the Holiday Inn, next to 152819 asian shops. I thought it was pretty funny xD.

Also, some tenor guys hit on our tenor chicks in the hotel... One of them was named Luke? Ahaha, we had an 8 hour car ride back to our hometown, so there was lots to talk about xD.

Wow, congrats, you guys must be really good xD. How much do you guys practice?

@_@ *Twilight Zone music starts to play*

We were at that hotel! And Luke is my friend! He's our tenor player and those were our tenor guys! He told me all about hitting on your tenor chicks. He called their room and said, "Hi is there a Kayla in this room?" I think he heard one of your girls names was Kayla and he got Kiko's (sp.?) phone number I know. He said he was going to Myspace them when he got home. This is so weird! We were in the same hotel at the same time in the same city for the same purpose and we probably saw each other too. I mean I saw your group all over the hotel mostly during breakfast time and when we arrived on Friday. I probably saw you. And I checked my Ichigo's account on that computer in that little business room to the left of the main door. Oh my gosh, this pretty much blows my mind. Heh, and we had an 8 hour ride home too. Oh, and we were in Scholastic Open class actually, not Scholastic A. And we practice on Mondays and Wednesdays 5:30-9 and Saturdays 9 am to 9 pm and sometimes sectionals on Thursdays. What about you guys?

WOW

Oh, we should have met agasgjkllk.

I'll tell Kiko... I wonder if she can call you Dx
What's your name? (If it's not too personal D<)

Our practice schedule is weird now.. We have tuesday 3-7, sat 1-6... It used to be mon 3-6, wed 3-6 sat 1-6.. sat sometimes we don't have, other times its 9-6.. so yeah

Do you guys go barefoot?

Well if she should call anyone, it should be Luke! Hehe. He was so proud that he got her and the other girl's phone numbers. He's a goof. We're getting a little off topic in this thread, so how about you PM me if you want my name. Oh, and no we don't go barefoot. We wear our marching band shoes.

@JumpOff

I can't find the calendar, but you might remember our field show..

There's a split trumpet part that was probably kinda dirty in November.. There was also a trumpet and bari sax solo... Let me find pictures :<

@JumpOff

I can't find the calendar, but you might remember our field show..

There's a split trumpet part that was probably kinda dirty in November.. There was also a trumpet and bari sax solo... Let me find pictures :<


ha! i knew it! i was in the desert vista marching band
we did... alright

Do you have any pictures? I don't really pay attention to band shows ><

Do you have any pictures? I don't really pay attention to band shows ><

sadly, no:cry:

YAY!

According to our Drumline coach, I can play Snare Drum next year!

Any beginner exercises and lessons for marching snare? I need it :D

Congratulations to Evera! Sorry I don't have any exercises or lessons for snare, but I have some for mallet percussion! :heh:

Hm, there's a great rudiment packet TCU's got. It's not on the website, but I'll see if I can email a copy to you.

YAY!

According to our Drumline coach, I can play Snare Drum next year!

Any beginner exercises and lessons for marching snare? I need it :D

nice, congratulations!
may i suggest you try vicfirth.com?
http://www.vicfirth.com/education/studcentersnare.html
also try going through stick control for while

there's some other things but i can't think of them

I've got the entire rudiment packet on PDF, plus a complimentary chopout from Music City Mystique. Anyone interested?

I've got the entire rudiment packet on PDF, plus a complimentary chopout from Music City Mystique. Anyone interested?

most definately interested

Hey guys, well yesterday marked the end of my Winter Percussion competition season. We came in 2nd overall in the Northwest. We were really pushing to win this year, but oh well. My band director's looking into taking us to WGI national championships next year. I hope so. :)

Really? Our group has about a month left still :D

^Yep, it's only available to Sophomores (in High School) and higher... :P Only in my Freshman year. If I auditioned right, I may be in it next year, but I'll have to wait until the 26th of March. :P

My School District System (I'm in 9th grade):

7th to 9th Grade--- Regular Band program, no audition needed.
10th to 12th grade options:

~Symphonic Band. It's only a semester (some can choose a year) long :P . It's not special in any way, basically a "beginner's program"; scale testing, technique development, etc... Plus no audition required.

~Varsity Band. Same thing as Symphonic Band, except a few trips here and there, and audition required.

~Concert Band. It's basically the Marching Band at the high school... (10-12 is High School over here). Plus there's always a trip to Sweden and Iceland (think about it; it's far. I live in Minnesota). I'm hoping I made it to this one; I auditioned with a College-leveled piece, so I probably did :) . I just have to wait until the 26th...

:o I'll find out tomorrow which band I'm in. So nervous :\ ...

Good luck, clarinetist. I hope you make Concert Band. That would be pretty nice if you got to go to Sweden and Iceland! I would be jealous. :heh:

Every year? Your school is loaded...

Every year? Your school is loaded...

Unfortunately, that's true :heh: . The Concert Band in my district has had a long reputation; it is known as "one of the best bands in Minnesota" (the first schoolhouse in Minnesota was built in my district). But too bad the trip lasts for only a week :\ .

Only a week.

...

>____________________________<

x_x Varsity Band. All of the Clarinets were in Varsity band for some reason... I did hear rumors about a lack of Clarinet Players in our district, which may be the reason.

Oh well. I could have done better; I know that for a fact. My tone quality was bad that day x_x and I still don't know how to get rid of the "spit tone" I have. At least I know I am playing Junior (high school year) stuff :) (I'm a freshman right now).

That's pretty good stuff right there.

Trumpets and clarinets are the two instruments that are incredibly annoying unless played by an amazing player. :lol:

Aww, I'm sorry you didn't make Concert Band, clarinetist, but Varsity Band sounds good too. And I bet they'll realize how good you are and move you up next year or so. Afterall you're only a freshman yet. :)

That's pretty good stuff right there.

Trumpets and clarinets are the two instruments that are incredibly annoying unless played by an amazing player. :lol:

Heh, that's very true. Especially for the trumpet part ^^; at least, I think so.

clarinetist: There's four kinds of bands at your school?! *falls over*
Well, like, wind bands and stuff. We only have two. And strangely, what we call Concert Band is equivalent to your Symphonic XD.
Our Varsity is called Wind Ensemble.
Then there's Drumline, Winter Guard, and Jazz Ensemble...and that's all Second Semester.
First Semester = All Marching Band.

Heh, that's very true. Especially for the trumpet part ^^; at least, I think so.

clarinetist: There's four kinds of bands at your school?! *falls over*
Well, like, wind bands and stuff. We only have two. And strangely, what we call Concert Band is equivalent to your Symphonic XD.
Our Varsity is called Wind Ensemble.
Then there's Drumline, Winter Guard, and Jazz Ensemble...and that's all Second Semester.
First Semester = All Marching Band.

we have three concert, syphonic, and wind ensemble (from lowest to highest)
this year i'm in symphonic all year-round
next year i'm in wind ensemble, who's supposed to be going to carnegie hall next year but might not due to expenses

and then we have the drumline, (marching, winter) guard(same) jazz(year-round) the marching band for fall



and i say congrats to clarinetist for making varsity and that i totally agree on what ghibligirl said, you'll have it next year
but damn a week?we only had a week for band camp:heh:

and i'm going to go to minnesota, after i go to texas tho

Haha, don't worry, you'll do Concert Band next year for sure..

And, 2 out-of-country trips a year?

Wow.

Haha, don't worry, you'll do Concert Band next year for sure..

And, 2 out-of-country trips a year?

Wow.

thats what i'm thinkin righ?

And strangely, what we call Concert Band is equivalent to your Symphonic XD.
Our Varsity is called Wind Ensemble.

I think the reason for that is because, in 7th-9th grade, the middle schools are already considered to be "symphonic bands" (just learned that today).
Thanks everyone. I just learned a secret today that I wish I could have learned before :\ . If I played my clarinet at a 45°, the spitty tone is not an issue. Oh well.

Plus at the high school, there is a group just for percussionists. They get to play in all of the bands ("Symphonic Percussion Ensemble").

I think the reason for that is because, in 7th-9th grade, the middle schools are already considered to be "symphonic bands" (just learned that today).
Thanks everyone. I just learned a secret today that I wish I could have learned before :\ . If I played my clarinet at a 45°, the spitty tone is not an issue. Oh well.

Plus at the high school, there is a group just for percussionists. They get to play in all of the bands ("Symphonic Percussion Ensemble").


ah, ours is a little different.
people from beginning percussion are chosen to play in symphonic band (which to me makes no sense at all)
while people from advanced percussion are chosen to play for wind ensemble and concert band

while people from advanced percussion are chosen to play for wind ensemble and concert band

Wow. Looking at your system, that really doesn't make any sense at all.

Yeah, the good people are either in the top band or the crap band.

We have four bands - Concert, symphonic 2, symphonic 1 and Honors. Concert band is basically "scale jail" though, not really a band class.

Yeah, the good people are either in the top band or the crap band.

We have four bands - Concert, symphonic 2, symphonic 1 and Honors. Concert band is basically "scale jail" though, not really a band class.

yup, isn't that true

Wow. Looking at your system, that really doesn't make any sense at all.

i know, and on top of that, we have no cymbal line:cry:

Ours is in serious danger, unless we get some freshmen with strong arms next year. Both of our cymbal players want to move to the bass line, where there will be three open spots next year.

Arm strength can be gained. Just make sure you get freshman who are dedicated.

i wish we had a cymbal line. i'd be all over it

Ask your director.

That is unless you're too short for numbers.

Ask your director.

That is unless you're too short for numbers.

its just that apparently we have no one to teach the cymbals and i think we have none

its just that apparently we have no one to teach the cymbals and i think we have none

This seems very unusual to me because all of the percussionists in my band are expected to know how to play every single percussion instrument, including Latin Percussion :mellow: .

This seems very unusual to me because all of the percussionists in my band are expected to know how to play every single percussion instrument, including Latin Percussion :mellow: .

yeah but i guess our drumline teacher doesn't do cymbals

What's to know?

He can't be very qualified as a percussion teacher if he doesn't know how to play the cymbals. You don't have to have flashy moves to have good sound quality.

its just that apparently we have no one to teach the cymbals and i think we have none

We have a grand total of ONE drumline teacher, not four or five, like a lot of schools.

And we've never had a cymbal tech in the history of the school. <_<

Actually, we don't even have one teacher - he ran off to Tokyo for some gig at Disney World and apparently isn't coming back, and his interim is busy with Phantom Regiment tryouts.

We have a grand total of ONE drumline teacher, not four or five, like a lot of schools.

And we've never had a cymbal tech in the history of the school. <_<

Actually, we don't even have one teacher - he ran off to Tokyo for some gig at Disney World and apparently isn't coming back, and his interim is busy with Phantom Regiment tryouts.

he just went to tokyo forever? thats... interestingly strange:huh:

Tell me about it.. He gave us a week's notice. <_<

Tell me about it.. He gave us a week's notice. <_<


u can always kill him, you know, ninja ambush, tokyo style!:ninja:

Our instructor doesn't like cymbal lines >>

We only have one. Meh.

That sucks about the runaway director. Just goes to show how commited he really was.

All I know is that I think cymbals add alot.

We don't have a cymbal line...not because we can't or don't have enough people. But my band director prefers that all of our mallet percussion instruments have cymbals attached to them and that we frequently use them.

We don't have a cymbal line...not because we can't or don't have enough people. But my band director prefers that all of our mallet percussion instruments have cymbals attached to them and that we frequently use them.

yeah, we do to

We have cymbals in pit, so we're not missing the musical part..

I'm not sure as to how marching cymbals add to the visuals though.. It's just a preference, but I kinda don't like marching cymbals in the way they look.

We have cymbals in pit, so we're not missing the musical part..

I'm not sure as to how marching cymbals add to the visuals though.. It's just a preference, but I kinda don't like marching cymbals in the way they look.

i just like cymbals

Yeah, marching cymbals is about 95% visual, since the mallets usually have the part doubled on their cymbals anyway. It's pretty impressive when you've got eight or ten cymbal marchers - they can practically blind you. -_-

Yeah, marching cymbals is about 95% visual, since the mallets usually have the part doubled on their cymbals anyway. It's pretty impressive when you've got eight or ten cymbal marchers - they can practically blind you. -_-


blinding, huh?
i'll take it!

Only when you;ve got a huge cymbal line, really. One or two is just annoying. :lol:

Only when you;ve got a huge cymbal line, really. One or two is just annoying. :lol:

aww, nevermind then

I've uploaded part one of our entire show from this year at YouTube! Mwahaha! What do you guys think? That horrible trumpet soloist...yeah...that's me :heh:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BifZx-CsQDc <----Part 1

EDIT: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwpx1G5EoGU <----Part 2

@_@ That must be hard to play solo like that. It just was a weird tone coming out of the trumpet.

I've uploaded part one of our entire show from this year at YouTube! Mwahaha! What do you guys think? That horrible trumpet soloist...yeah...that's me :heh:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BifZx-CsQDc <----Part 1

Part Two is comming....


awww, don't put yourself down like that

tryouts in two weeks!
i'm totally screwedx_x

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwpx1G5EoGU Part 2 ^_^

Say, is your band big? Like 200-ish members? Or is that just what it looks like to me...it looks the same as my marching band.

Wait, you have a sixteen-minute show? Or was that first part a preshow?

Edit: XD Those guard flags look like one of ours.

The band this year is small compared to other years because of a director change. This year we have about 150-170 but normally we have around 300 members. At one time we had 23 Sousaphones!

Yeah the show in it's entirety is 16 mins but of course at football games you can only play 10mins so we decide where to start in the show.

EDIT: In fact this week is our spring trip to Disney World to march in the Magic Kingdom on Friday the 27 if anyone is interested.

Who writes your shows? I can't really see the point of writing a 16 minute show, since you can't do all of it at football games, and especially at UIL.

You're about two months too early to meet my band. Not that you would want to. <_< We didn't march. Cuz a) our marching chops are shot (still) and b) We're not really good enough to play and march at the same time.

Don't get me wrong though, we're monsters in concert band. ^_^

A man by the name of W. Roy Mitchell writes all of our music especially for us. His site is http://www.wroymitchell.com/ He is easy to work with and does a good job.

A 16min show isn't uncommon. The good bands have 3 or 4 different shows with different drills. Plus it would be very boring to play the same songs every game. We just pick a place to start in the show and play for 10 min and get off the field.

A 16min show isn't uncommon. The good bands have 3 or 4 different shows with different drills. Plus it would be very boring to play the same songs every game. We just pick a place to start in the show and play for 10 min and get off the field.

Common my foot. I live in the same AREA, not just state, as five of the best HS bands in the country and none of them do that.

Does sound like a good idea, though. I get bored too. -_-

So, Porsche, you're in the other marching band that got invited to play in Beijing as the prelude to the 2008 Beijing Olympics (or whatever)? The one from Pennsylvania? If so, I'm in the other marching band that's going to China: The Pearl City High School Charger Marching Band from Hawaii :) Trust me, we're not that good, they only picked us cuz we had a reputation in the past because of Mr. Sato (now teaching Damien High School), Mr. Nakasone (now conducting the Royal Hawaiian Band) and Mr. Kamisato (now old and retired from the marching band but still teaching regular band at our school). Our present director is now Mr. Kamei who's been teaching us for one year and is a pushover. Seriously. He holds practices once a week for an hour. When we had a field show, it took us months to get through it (Epic Journey by Gary P. Gilroy) (3 times a week) and the music was HORRIBLE. No joke. The brass - tubas are always out of tune, trombones are always blasting and are horrible (same with saxes) and trumpets just can't play. In the past we've been invited to the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade, the Tournament of Roses Parade and some other stuff in Japan and elsewhere. I hope we don't make fools out of ourselves and suck and shame Hawaii and the U.S. and stuff :( I mean, look at Moanalua High School Menehune Marching Band! They're the best in the state (IMO) and they have that Hawaiian flavor China wants... Look up their field shows on YouTube. They're awesome :o (Well, at least compared to us, lolz).


EDIT: Never mind: "Pearl City is one of two U.S. bands to be asked to attend the Beijing Olympic International Youth Festival, coming up July 9-18 [2007]. The other band is the Danvers Falcon Marching Band of Massachusetts."

http://starbulletin.com/2006/10/12/news/story04.html

http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2006/Oct/12/ln/FP610120423.html

EDIT 2: Don't even get me STARTED on the color guard :o

So, Porsche, you're in the other marching band that got invited to play in Beijing as the prelude to the 2008 Beijing Olympics (or whatever)? The one from Pennsylvania? If so, I'm in the other marching band that's going to China: The Pearl City High School Charger Marching Band from Hawaii :) Trust me, we're not that good, they only picked us cuz we had a reputation in the past because of Mr. Sato (now teaching Damien High School), Mr. Nakasone (now conducting the Royal Hawaiian Band) and Mr. Kamisato (now old and retired from the marching band but still teaching regular band at our school). Our present director is now Mr. Kamei who's been teaching us for one year and is a pushover. Seriously. He holds practices once a week for an hour. When we had a field show, it took us months to get through it (Epic Journey by Gary P. Gilroy) (3 times a week) and the music was HORRIBLE. No joke. The brass - tubas are always out of tune, trombones are always blasting and are horrible (same with saxes) and trumpets just can't play. In the past we've been invited to the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade, the Tournament of Roses Parade and some other stuff in Japan and elsewhere. I hope we don't make fools out of ourselves and suck and shame Hawaii and the U.S. and stuff :( I mean, look at Moanalua High School Menehune Marching Band! They're the best in the state (IMO) and they have that Hawaiian flavor China wants... Look up their field shows on YouTube. They're awesome :o (Well, at least compared to us, lolz).


EDIT: Never mind: "Pearl City is one of two U.S. bands to be asked to attend the Beijing Olympic International Youth Festival, coming up July 9-18 [2007]. The other band is the Danvers Falcon Marching Band of Massachusetts."

http://starbulletin.com/2006/10/12/news/story04.html

http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2006/Oct/12/ln/FP610120423.html

you poor, poor poor poor child, t hat really sucks, but even so, you're going to beijing

Yeah we were invited to go but we turned it down I think. I think it's because...

1. OMG it's clear over in China!
2. It would be in the summer and we are not active in the summer.
3. What's there to do in China?

Money wasn't the problem, we raise about $400,000.00 a year so...yeah.Anyway it's not my worries anymore. Marching band is now officially over. I just marched in my last parade at the Magic Kingdom in Florida on Friday.

Yeah we were invited to go but we turned it down I think. I think it's because...

1. OMG it's clear over in China!
2. It would be in the summer and we are not active in the summer.
3. What's there to do in China?

Money wasn't the problem, we raise about $400,000.00 a year so...yeah.Anyway it's not my worries anymore. Marching band is now officially over. I just marched in my last parade at the Magic Kingdom in Florida on Friday.

so marching band is like almost year-round for you? wow.
we only really have it for football season and an easter parade

tryouts this saturday!

For us, it's only football season and some community parades, some Honolulu parades and there's sometimes a trip to the Mainland or Japan or China. I can imagine how much better it'd be if our teacher would actually help us to become better, haha. (Psst. Wanna know a secret? He went to a Canadian school and majored in English. Then he said, "I wanna become a band teacher." He's so young and stupid. x_x)

And they hired him?

He's not qualified, that is unless he minored in music ed. or something like that.

lol very nice, hes an interesting one

2 days to tryouts!

Oh, you guys are so lucky!
Where I live, there is ONE marching band in the entire county. And we stink. I play the flute in it, but ya can barely hear us over the booming of the drummers and the trumpets in most cases. It's a community-type thing, so everybody who auditions, no matter their skill level, gets in (we aren't playing now, but sometimes the band'll get together and practice). So, we never get invited to ANY parades besides local ones. Oh well, the director is cool, he's a great musician and our band would be like five thousand times worse without him. :)

the entire country? and my guess is... New Zealand!
that really blows, having only one band... but its okay, just keep the dream alive, and you'll eventually have a good marching season!

tryouts tomorrow!

...there is ONE marching band in the entire county.


the entire country?

Really big difference there :P

I play the flute in it, but ya can barely hear us over the booming of the drummers and the trumpets in most cases.

That's common of most woodwind instruments. Its the nature of the sound, and also the shape of the instrument. The trumpets bells are pointed out, so that's where the sound goes.

so i was off one letter, even so that still sorta blows

also, auditions are over, and i auditioned for drumline and pit. i made pit. its sorta semi-depressing

What drums? That probably has a lot to do with it... I'm one heck of a quad player, but I probably could not make the snare line... my trad sucks.

Pit's nothing to be depressed about, unless they told you outright that they put you there cuz you're not good enough for the line, which I'm sure was not the case.

Our tryouts are next Friday... I hope we get some good Pitties from the middle schools. ^_^

so i was off one letter, even so that still sorta blows

also, auditions are over, and i auditioned for drumline and pit. i made pit. its sorta semi-depressing

@_@ Making pitt is NOT depressing! Pitt is a wonderful section, and you would do well to respect it. ^_^ What instrument will you play?

@_@ Making pitt is NOT depressing! Pitt is a wonderful section, and you would do well to respect it. ^_^ What instrument will you play?

oh, my bad i didn't mean it like that. just the fact that i had worked extremely hard to get to snare, and alot of people said i was really good and i ended up not making it. don't get me wrong, i love pit! i was just hoping for a spot on drumline.
lets see, i was told that this year i'll be doing mostly mallets with a side of percussion

Pfft we don't even HAVE pit x_x Why? I don't know, it'd make our band sound nicer.

do you have a cymbal line?

Yeah, why?

we have no cymbal line, we do cymbals in pit instead

Oh, I see. That's more effective than having a cymbal line, though, cuz the sound is right there, yah know?

True, but I like the effect of having marching cymbals. It's all about visual anyhow.

well, the sound depends on the players, whether they play out or not
and marching band is better with blinding, shiny visuals

When it really boils down to it, there's really not much technique involved in playing a cymbal on a marimba. What the player does with the marimba is another ball game, though.

When it really boils down to it, there's really not much technique involved in playing a cymbal on a marimba. What the player does with the marimba is another ball game, though.

My pit instructor would have a fit if she could hear you :P. She's all about playing the cymbal with technique even if it's attached to a mallet instrument. We once spent a half-hour of winter percussion practice standing there rolling and crashing our cymbals. She wanted us to get used to playing the cymbal not just like we're hitting something. She is very much into performing.

I don't want to make a thread about this :P. What is the shortest length of time you had to be able to play a song with minimal mistakes? I just got sheet music for the clarinet part in "Disney At The Movies" (Arr. John Higgins), and "Pirates of the Caribbean (Soundtrack Highlights)" (arr. Ted Ricketts), and I have to get it down by Tuesday. And this is me performing for a band I'm not even in -_-. Then there's annoying 32nd notes here and there....

I don't want to make a thread about this :P. What is the shortest length of time you had to be able to play a song with minimal mistakes? I just got sheet music for the clarinet part in "Disney At The Movies" (Arr. John Higgins), and "Pirates of the Caribbean (Soundtrack Highlights)" (arr. Ted Ricketts), and I have to get it down by Tuesday. And this is me performing for a band I'm not even in -_-. Then there's annoying 32nd notes here and there....

omg we just played disney at the movies for our spring concert like less then a month ago, and we are sight reading pirates of the caribeean in class because there is no more band lol

these songs are so boring, if wwe only play more game music songs

I don't want to make a thread about this :P. What is the shortest length of time you had to be able to play a song with minimal mistakes? I just got sheet music for the clarinet part in "Disney At The Movies" (Arr. John Higgins), and "Pirates of the Caribbean (Soundtrack Highlights)" (arr. Ted Ricketts), and I have to get it down by Tuesday. And this is me performing for a band I'm not even in -_-. Then there's annoying 32nd notes here and there....

The man who composes and arranges our music for marching band also conducts the local community orchestra. He asked me if I would play the piano part for Four Dances from Gyermektancok by Zoltan Kodaly at the last minute, because the pianist who was going to play it had an emergency and couldn't be there. He gave it to me at band rehearsal on Friday, and the concert was on Sunday. So, my band director let me out of practice to go to the orchestra practice. I basically only had time to sight-read. I played on Sunday, with only one practice, and I only made one (noticable) mistake. ^.^ I was really nervous though and I was shaking. Heh.

omg we just played disney at the movies for our spring concert like less then a month ago, and we are sight reading pirates of the caribeean in class because there is no more band lol

these songs are so boring, if wwe only play more game music songs

I doubt that's going to happen; based on personal experience. It's mostly "popular music" that is played at concert bands.


The man who composes and arranges our music for marching band also conducts the local community orchestra. He asked me if I would play the piano part for Four Dances from Gyermektancok by Zoltan Kodaly at the last minute, because the pianist who was going to play it had an emergency and couldn't be there. He gave it to me at band rehearsal on Friday, and the concert was on Sunday. So, my band director let me out of practice to go to the orchestra practice. I basically only had time to sight-read. I played on Sunday, with only one practice, and I only made one (noticable) mistake. ^.^ I was really nervous though and I was shaking. Heh.

:heh: So you had it tougher than I do :P. But -_- 256 measures on Disney songs?! (Unnecessary length, in my opinion.) It's 4 pages, fronts and backs of 2 pages (concerning Clarinet part)! x_x

I don't want to make a thread about this :P. What is the shortest length of time you had to be able to play a song with minimal mistakes? I just got sheet music for the clarinet part in "Disney At The Movies" (Arr. John Higgins), and "Pirates of the Caribbean (Soundtrack Highlights)" (arr. Ted Ricketts), and I have to get it down by Tuesday. And this is me performing for a band I'm not even in -_-. Then there's annoying 32nd notes here and there....

Lets see... Our last concert of the year, we got two new pieces. One from "Far and Away" and the other is called "The Illiad". We had about 2 days to get it down, and we only got like anhour to play all together. My part from far and away sucked and my Illiad part was easy so i didn't really worry about it, but altogether the song sounded pretty bad

This past year we got the last movement for our band show two weeks before UIL. >___<

This past year we got the last movement for our band show two weeks before UIL. >___<

Holy moly! The concept of getting marching band music that late blows my mind. The wind section of my band already knows the opener for this fall season, and band camp isn't until August. Heh. We kind of overprepare...



:heh: So you had it tougher than I do :P. But -_- 256 measures on Disney songs?! (Unnecessary length, in my opinion.) It's 4 pages, fronts and backs of 2 pages (concerning Clarinet part)! x_x

Well, I like Disney music. But yes, that seems like too much of it. The piece that I was I referring to that I had to learn in 2 days was so much fun. I wish I had been more prepared, and able to relax and enjoy the piece more instead of freaking out. :heh:

Well, I like Disney music. But yes, that seems like too much of it.

Let's see: "Disney At The Movies" is made up of these songs:

"Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah" <--- insane on the high woodwind part(s). I just realized it is in cut time :heh: .
"A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes" (From "Cinderella")
"Never Smile At A Crocodile" (From "Peter Pan")
"Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" (I don't know if I spelt that correctly.) Octave jumps on Clarinet. Clarinets are not built for octave jumps -_-.
"The Bare Necessities" ("Jungle Book").
"Under The Sea" <--- random glissandos. Octave jumps. But not as bad.
"Beauty And The Beast"
"Be Our Guest" <--- as insane with the woodwind parts as Zip-A-De-Doo-Dah is. In the worst key, too @_@. Concert Ab Major. Then it's in cut time...
"Friend Like Me" <--- Probably the hardest part in this whole song. It's just getting the rhythms even.
"A Whole New World" <--- slow. But so short -_-. 9 Measures.
"Circle Of Life" <--- hard. Demands even 16th notes. Then there's trying to blend it with all of the other instruments.
"Can You Fell The Love Tonight" <--- same as "Circle of Life"
"Colors of The Wind" <--- insane 32nd note ending @_@ . So slow, yet it needs to be so even for the 16th notes.

There's a somewhat-great recording of this.

~~~~~~~~~~~~

>.< That reminds me: I have to get braces 6 hours before the concert with this song starts x_x.

Let's see: "Disney At The Movies" is made up of these songs:

"Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah" <--- insane on the high woodwind part(s). I just realized it is in cut time :heh: .
"A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes" (From "Cinderella")
"Never Smile At A Crocodile" (From "Peter Pan")
"Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" (I don't know if I spelt that correctly.) Octave jumps on Clarinet. Clarinets are not built for octave jumps -_-.
"The Bare Necessities" ("Jungle Book").
"Under The Sea" <--- random glissandos. Octave jumps. But not as bad.
"Beauty And The Beast"
"Be Our Guest" <--- as insane with the woodwind parts as Zip-A-De-Doo-Dah is. In the worst key, too @_@. Concert Ab Major. Then it's in cut time...
"Friend Like Me" <--- Probably the hardest part in this whole song. It's just getting the rhythms even.
"A Whole New World" <--- slow. But so short -_-. 9 Measures.
"Circle Of Life" <--- hard. Demands even 16th notes. Then there's trying to blend it with all of the other instruments.
"Can You Fell The Love Tonight" <--- same as "Circle of Life"
"Colors of The Wind" <--- insane 32nd note ending @_@ . So slow, yet it needs to be so even for the 16th notes.

There's a somewhat-great recording of this.

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>.< That reminds me: I have to get braces 6 hours before the concert with this song starts x_x.


Whew! That's some program. I love all those songs. I grew up watching Disney sing-a-long videos, though.:heh: Good luck! Oh, and I had braces for a couple of years, and actually they don't start really hurting until the next morning after you get them put on. Well that was my experience anyway.The pain killer usually doesn't wear off until then. So you should be OK, although your mouth will feel weird. I hope your concert goes really well! ^_^

Whew! That's some program. I love all those songs. I grew up watching Disney sing-a-long videos, though.:heh: Good luck! Oh, and I had braces for a couple of years, and actually they don't start really hurting until the night you get them put on. The pain killer usually doesn't wear off until then. So you should be OK, although your mouth will feel weird. I hope your concert goes really well! ^_^

Finally something good about playing an instrument with braces on for the first day. I thought I wouldn't be able to play at all, for a sec.

Oh, and thanks! :)

Braces only really kill you if you play brass, haha.

Braces only really kill you if you play brass, haha.

haha glad i don't play brass (or have braces for that matter^_^

Me neither xD I just have a lot of brass/braces people in my band who complain about it once they get it tightened and stuff. No wonder they suck, haha.

I just have a lot of brass/braces people in my band who complain about it once they get it tightened and stuff. No wonder they suck, haha.

XD

"Pirates Of The Caribbean (Soundtrack Highlights)" may force me to learn how to learn how to start double tounging... Because I have no idea how you are supposed to start tounging eighth note triplets at a Presto @_@.

XD

"Pirates Of The Caribbean (Soundtrack Highlights)" may force me to learn how to learn how to start double tounging... Because I have no idea how you are supposed to start tounging eighth note triplets at a Presto @_@.

brain explosion!

I got our CD from this year! Take a listen and tell me what you think...

First our drum line doing "Pitt"
http://download.yousendit.com/DD71F1597FB647E8

One of our songs in the marching rotation, "Bravura"
http://download.yousendit.com/201D98D43F1A0875

And one of the numbers from our show "25 or 6 to 4" featuring me on trumpet.
http://download.yousendit.com/57AEE86633DEDAAD

You lucky...woman. But pit looks pretty cool, actually.

Aha, my time to brag. Sorta. This is my first year in marching band (I hate being a freshman, you don't know squat about anything), playing flute. Although my shoulder hurts from carrying it, it's still light, but I'm not a good marcher. Our show is called FEAR, and I really love it! It's in four parts: Claustrophobia, Agora/Aquaphobia, Metallophobia, and Kinetophobia. Right now, my favorite one is the second one because it's slow, we barely move, and it's easier than the others XD. The person who wrote it is John M. Meehan, and apparently my band director was one of the people who convinced him to start writing music for marching bands.
Apparently, my school is really famous for it's woodwind section...the style of our school is to have a 'woodwind run', when we play all these notes all at once, really fast. It makes judges go crazy, or so I've heard.

Sadly, I don't think I'll ever meet any other marching band people from Ichigo's, unless your school has a great band program and you live in the West Coast T_T



I'm in marching band on west coast! i remember seeing your show. but i forgot what school it was haha. our show was emerson lake and palmer, progressive rock! woo. haha i was in drumline marching snare. i dont do heavy drums. haha pretty tight though.Ima be a junior next year.Were gonna be doin the music of tchicovsky i know that spelled way wrong. haha

XD

"Pirates Of The Caribbean (Soundtrack Highlights)" may force me to learn how to learn how to start double tounging... Because I have no idea how you are supposed to start tounging eighth note triplets at a Presto @_@.

That's why our marching band stinks. See, almost nobody would bother with double tonguing. They either skip the passage completely, or they just substitute. =D I wonder if this is related to the fact that 99.9999% of the members probably wouldn't even agree to free private lessons if they were offered. I can name only around 4-5 people who actually care. =D

Anyways, we'll be marching at the 4th of July parade in a few weeks, which means one thing--XXL T-shirts! We don't wear our uniforms in community parades anymore, as there was one incident in which someone fainted from the heat. Instead, we wear shorts and a T-shirt. The T-shirts are sponsored by the garbage company, so we don't have to pay for them. And said shirts come in 2 sizes--XL, and XXL. Okay, maybe there are, like, 2 mediums and a large somewhere in there, but those always end up with someone who could wear a an XL without drowning. (This is coming from an XS-wearer who got stuck with XL for 3 years in a row. Also, I fail at shrinking clothes. Haha! XD)

That's why our marching band stinks. See, almost nobody would bother with double tonguing. They either skip the passage completely, or they just substitute. =D I wonder if this is related to the fact that 99.9999% of the members probably wouldn't even agree to free private lessons if they were offered. I can name only around 4-5 people who actually care. =D

I had to throat tounge for that concert >.< . Plus my tone has that 'spit tone' that I cannot get rid of -_-, and ironically, I'm playing college-leveled music x_x. For that Disney piece I mentioned, I only practiced it once, and the concert went fine; no mistakes :).

I have got to get a new clarinet soon; probably a Buffet Clarinet.

man this year we had wicked.you kno the musical...gay.........next year we have the lion king...........good thin our band director is retireing

I do hope you're not referring to Wicked in general as gay, but just the marching show. Otherwise, I might have to stab you in the jaw.

But yea, the idea of a Wicked marching show is a little... homosexual. =/

We did The Magic of Oz as a show my sophomore year. A medley of songs from the Wizard of Oz as the opener (Ding dong the witch is dead got arranged into a latin groove. =) ), ease on down the road as the mid (my personal favorite), and defying gravity as the closer.

It was not gay and it did not sound bad. With the right arrangements and the right drills it can look absolutely amazing.

I dunno... I guess I'd have to see a video of it. And besides, Wicked is a completely different ballgame from Wizard of Oz. I can imagine a decent WoO show.

To prove my point, just try and picture a marching band playing "Popular". Disgusting.

That'd be hilarious.

No one mourns the wicked was also in our show. That is a sweet one to march too. But you do have a point, there are limited songs that would be march worthy.

Im a freshman trombone player in the Alamogordo High School Tiger Marching Band (Man thats a mouthful!). We just recently hired a new director last year. He took us to State at the least. Which was alot better than our previous band director. This year we are playing a piece called "Rise of the Samurai Warrior". Its kinda slow in my opinion but loud yet beautiful.

EDIT:I will put a recording up when I learn how.
Someone posted the recording on youtube. Saved me the trouble :D.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=k06UMYVIEUQ

I am also a freshman, yay freshmen.
I haven't had Camp yet, but I know we're doing a Jazz Show as one of our shows.
Included in our set is 'Taking the A-Train', which I love.
I can't remember any of the other peices in the set, though...

If we're talking about what we were the previous year, then I'm a freshman too. Woot.

We're doing a sort of Disney show next year, but you probably wouldn't recognize it unless you've seen the nightly Epcot fireworks show recently. Should be fun once we make the drumline book interesting.

woo!! anyone start band camp for this years season yet?

We start pre-camp today and next week is band camp! oh joy lol

I'm a senior in the HHS Marching Band and I play Bari-Sax. Our show is called Immortal and it's based off of Evanescence's "Hello" and "My Immortal". We have to of the nation's leading drill and music staff helping us with our show, Darin Davis and Wes Cartwright. There is audio for you guys in my Arrangements Thread in the Composition forum. Seeing as how we cannot post file attachments here. Mr. Davis used a synthesizer that's worth around 2.5k to make these recordings. He manually played all of the parts on the keyboard. It's insane lol.

The first file is parts 1 and 2
The second is parts 3 and 4