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Staph

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65. Band geek (alto sax) and choir geek (alto me)

Sat Feb 8, 2020, 11:15 PM

Feb 2020

along with science club and math club.

Being in the band gives wonderful advantages in both high school and college that are not readily obvious. After summer band rehearsals and summer band camp, I started both high school and university with a built in group of friends, a knowledge of the layout of the campus and a confidence that I can survive this place!

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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