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MineralMan

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11. The teen years are challenging, for sure.

Sat Feb 8, 2020, 01:06 PM

Feb 2020

I was lucky. I give a lot of credit to my mother, who suggested I stop worrying and make friends with people like myself.

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I Was a High School Band Geek. [View all] MineralMan Feb 2020 OP

⭐️⭐️⭐️K&R⭐️⭐️⭐️ spanone Feb 2020 #1

Another band geek here. CrispyQ Feb 2020 #2

I was a clarinet player for the first two years. MineralMan Feb 2020 #6

Could have made it pay off.......... MyOwnPeace Feb 2020 #30

It was one of the things I considered doing, MineralMan Feb 2020 #34

I as a clarinet player too. Always wanted an oboe or, better yet, a Sax. Hoyt Feb 2020 #51

Sax. Oboe is a PITA. MineralMan Feb 2020 #57

so, tell us about camp dweller Feb 2020 #3

What happens at band camp stays at band camp... MineralMan Feb 2020 #7

You and me both. DinahMoeHum Feb 2020 #4

Right back at you! MineralMan Feb 2020 #9

How many of us were in Student Council? Walleye Feb 2020 #5

I was, for three years. MineralMan Feb 2020 #8

I can so relate...theatre and chorus geek here! unitedwethrive Feb 2020 #10

The teen years are challenging, for sure. MineralMan Feb 2020 #11

Yepper, Wellstone ruled Feb 2020 #12

Yikes. And that was before plastic mouthpieces, probably. MineralMan Feb 2020 #14

Had the plastic one Wellstone ruled Feb 2020 #17

Another Band geek here! redstatebluegirl Feb 2020 #13

Hmm...Looks like a lot of us are here... MineralMan Feb 2020 #15

I don't think it is :-). redstatebluegirl Feb 2020 #16

It always seemed to me that the band members were fairly MineralMan Feb 2020 #19

Our band director was one of the most dedicated, devoted teachers I ever had. Aristus Feb 2020 #23

Yes. Band was excellent training in many ways. MineralMan Feb 2020 #24

I was the geekiest of band geeks; I played the tuba. Aristus Feb 2020 #18

Look up at my post #19. MineralMan Feb 2020 #20

I was not only a band geek Freddie Feb 2020 #21

That's a wonderful story. Thanks! MineralMan Feb 2020 #22

Yes, a standout in a bunch of great stories. Hortensis Feb 2020 #43

I was in band, too Leith Feb 2020 #25

Sounds like a great school to go to. MineralMan Feb 2020 #28

Also a chorus geek...I got all the solos and found my tribe. Baltimike Feb 2020 #26

You'll all be shocked to learn that Mr. L was part of the Stoner/Midnight Movie crowd ... mr_lebowski Feb 2020 #27

Ah, one of those, eh? MineralMan Feb 2020 #29

Well, I'm actually on the straight and narrow these days, but I tell ya what ... mr_lebowski Feb 2020 #31

Good to know. Actually, I stopped smoking it years ago. MineralMan Feb 2020 #32

That's very reasonable and practical of you ... mr_lebowski Feb 2020 #33

Add me to the band geek list MissMillie Feb 2020 #35

You're certainly part of the group! MineralMan Feb 2020 #38

I played French horn. Scrawny little 6th-grade me used to lug it home every day Recursion Feb 2020 #36

A good friend of mine played horn. She lived just a block away from MineralMan Feb 2020 #39

My youngest was, and still is, a band geek mcar Feb 2020 #37

Yes. Music can do that. MineralMan Feb 2020 #40

Quitting high school was one of the best decisions I've ever made. hunter Feb 2020 #41

I'm sorry you had that experience of high school. MineralMan Feb 2020 #42

:) But a very lucky fellow. Hortensis Feb 2020 #47

As was i brokephibroke Feb 2020 #44

I knew a couple of band members who doubled on both instruments. MineralMan Feb 2020 #45

I was a high school debate/math/science geek Gothmog Feb 2020 #46

I'll fly my band nerd flag with ya Mersky Feb 2020 #48

+100 MineralMan Feb 2020 #49

Hell, I'm still a Band Geek. TomSlick Feb 2020 #50

Community band Freddie Feb 2020 #56

Couldn't agree more. TomSlick Feb 2020 #63

I was never a band geek samplegirl Feb 2020 #52

My kiddo is a freshman.... MontanaMama Feb 2020 #53

You're right. Music teaches many things. MineralMan Feb 2020 #58

True story. My best friend of 60+ years was a "band geek." One football halftime his drum clip dameatball Feb 2020 #54

Creative problem solving. MineralMan Feb 2020 #60

I woud have been... handmade34 Feb 2020 #55

Yay You! MineralMan Feb 2020 #59

You got the poo flinging primitive cave dwellers brokephibroke Feb 2020 #61

They love me over there. MineralMan Feb 2020 #62

Band geek here too. mac56 Feb 2020 #64

Band geek (alto sax) and choir geek (alto me) Staph Feb 2020 #65

Band geek here, too....played clarinet bdjhawk Feb 2020 #66

I was a social leper in HS jcmaine72 Feb 2020 #67

I was a Jr. ROTC Geek and a Computer Geek. Zolorp Feb 2020 #68

Lots of great IT people were band geeks. Ilsa Feb 2020 #69

Yup. Music and logic skills go together well, I think. MineralMan Feb 2020 #70

All of my kids were first chair on their instruments. panader0 Feb 2020 #71

Wonderful! My parents, too, were tortured by MineralMan Feb 2020 #73

I was a choir geek in high school derby378 Feb 2020 #72

I was in the choir, too, both at school and at the church I attended. MineralMan Feb 2020 #74

This message was self-deleted by its author Iggo Feb 2020 #75

I was also in the choir in grade school Just_Vote_Dem Feb 2020 #76

Me, too. I was a boy soprano. When I was in sixth grade, MineralMan Feb 2020 #79

I dreamed of being a band geek. luvs2sing Feb 2020 #77

Kids with braces played the clarinet. We had lots of them. MineralMan Feb 2020 #78

I know. luvs2sing Feb 2020 #80

Band AND Latin! klook Feb 2020 #81

Nope Falcata Feb 2020 #82