If you were never in band in highschool, I pity thee.

[MiniMandaRuth]

Band rocks, man. Especially the bass section (Me!).




(I'm just excited for pep band tonight. Woohoo! I get to play Zoot Suit Riot!)



Have a great day, all. And stay safe and warm!

Luv, MiniMandaRuth, DU's best baritone saxophone player. :loveya:

[Maine-ah]

1. I loved band!

I wad first flute (dominated that position from jr.high through h.s.)hubbie played drums.

[MiniMandaRuth]

3. Hey, my dad plays the drums...

And a guy that has a crush on me plays the drums. Drummers rock! (Our drum section is the best, tying with bases for awesomeness)

I heart flutes when they are played well... and I adore jazz flute.

[malta blue]

2. What about if there was no band

and we never had the opportunity to learn to play?:cry:

BTW - Have fun tonight!

[MiniMandaRuth]

4. Then you are exempted.

But you should learn something. Trumpet is pretty easy to pick up. You could rent a trumpet and buy a little book and learn. That's how I did it.

[malta blue]

7. Thanks

I'm leaving the music to little MB. She is learning piano.

[billyskank]

5. You rock, Mini

You play the bari. It doesn't get much better than that. :headbang:

:yourock:

[MiniMandaRuth]

41. Yeah... although the basketball game got cancelled.

Oh well... We get to play for five hours tomorrow anyways (It's a double-header), so it's cool.

[ScreamingMeemie]

6. It was Choir for me.

But we spent a lot of time with the band because they backed us up come Christmas Concert/Musical time.

[billyskank]

9. Hey you

:hug:

[ScreamingMeemie]

10. Hi!

:hug:

How's the furnace?

[billyskank]

11. Dunno, I'm still at work

I wonder if it will work tonight? :D

:loveya:

[MiniMandaRuth]

42. Yeah... I was a choir geek last year.

Loved it.

[billyskank]

8. I always played clarinet

Five years in the county youth wind orchestra (four of which spend on third desk - last year principal!) and my last year of school (age 17-18) in the school orchestra. We played Beethoven's Fifth. We had a chamber orchestra string section and a symphony orchestra brass section.

The orchestra was rather brass heavy. :7

[MiniMandaRuth]

44. Yeah... we're getting a wind ensemble going.

Woo!

[SteppingRazor]

12. Nah ... I shoved those band nerds into lockers!

Kidding, kidding!!!! :hide:


I was a drama geek, actually, which may be several rungs lower on the high-school social ladder. I'm not sure how it shapes up these days.

I started out playing football, but after getting beaten to a pulp on the field once a week for several months my freshman year, it occured to me that football was not for me.

[MiniMandaRuth]

45. Ehh... most of the people in drama are in band or choir... so

it's about the same.

[Left Is Write]

13. No, no - if I HAD been in band in high school, you'd have pitied the other members.

[MiniMandaRuth]

46. Yes... we have some tone deaf trombones.

But we love them anyways...

[leftofthedial]

14. bari sax!

Zoot Suit Riot!

Hellyeah!

[MiniMandaRuth]

47. Best. Song. Ever.

[Beer Snob-50]

15. I was in the choir also!

Had a lot of fun and while my friends who were jocks found it humorous, it was a good place to meet women!

[MiniMandaRuth]

48. I'm the base section with mostly men,

cute men, and I wholeheartedly agree! Band is the best place to meet a member of the opposite sex!

[AllegroRondo]

16. The bassoon section rocks.

not only because bassoon is such a cool instrument, but because 99% of the other woodwind players were girls.

[billyskank]

17. Also known as

the farting bedpost. :D

[ceile]

32. Yes, we did!! n/t

[MiniMandaRuth]

49. My best friend plays the basson...

and fifty different other instruments, but the basson too.

[Broken_Hero]

18. I was in band, from 6th grade all through high school.

I was a 3rd chair clarinet for two years out of four in hs, was in pep band for three years, and made it to state honor band my senior year....

My favorite song for pep band, was Peter Gun...

[MiniMandaRuth]

43. We play that!

I love my part.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

19. Clarinet, bari sax, piano right here.

Jazz on, my sister.

:hi:

[MiniMandaRuth]

50. Yeah... I play bari and piano.

On clarinet I sound not unlike an emo cat being feed to a blender.

[Aristus]

20. Tuba, marching band and symphonic band.

Yes, I was a band geek! B-)

[MiniMandaRuth]

51. I'm playing tuba for symphonic band next year.

The bari is my baby for marching, though.

[Oeditpus Rex]

21. I played the Original Musical Instrument

I was in Boys' Glee, A Cappella Choir and Vocal Ensemble.

Oh, and Central Coast Section Honor Choir twice.

[MiniMandaRuth]

52. That's neat.

I loved choir with all my heart. Pity I had to quit...

[MissMillie]

22. The bandies were the best kids to hang around with

We had more fun than I can describe.

[MiniMandaRuth]

53. All of my friends are either in band or in choir,

or were in band or were in choir. We are the best!

Not to brag, of course.

[TheMightyFavog]

23. Nothing beats...

The really high alternate parto of My Sharona for Alto Sax.

You know, the bit where you just peg down the register key, mash the buttons on the side and give it all you got.

Good times, good times.

[MiniMandaRuth]

54. I played alto last year.

Bari is much better on My Sharona. That's a fun bass line.

[snacker]

24. Clarinet player here (choir too)

I agree with you...some of my best high school memories.

[MiniMandaRuth]

55. We need more clarinets in our band....

We only have four.

[AllegroRondo]

25. what happens at Band Camp stays at Band Camp.

ours was one week in June, right after school let out. ah, the memories!

[billyskank]

26. The first rule of Band Camp is

you do not talk about Band Camp.

[billyskank]

30. The second rule of Band Camp is

You Do Not Talk About Band Camp!

[billyskank]

31. Dupe

delete. x(

[MiniMandaRuth]

57. I'm hoping to go with my friend...

It's a marching thing.

[SPKrazy]

27. I Quit Band-I didn't want to march

don't ask me what that was about

I just didn't want to do it

[MiniMandaRuth]

58. Some people love band but detest marching.

Can't blame them.

[SPKrazy]

64. That was me!

I loved band, but I didn't want to march and so I quit.

I was pretty good, Clarinet player, and bass clarinet.

[BarenakedLady]

28. Alas, I'm musically disadvantaged

You can pity me.

[MiniMandaRuth]

59. *Pities*

;)

[ceile]

29. Concert band, no marching for me.

Played sports instead and besides, ever try marching with a bassoon? Good way to lose a few teeth!

[MiniMandaRuth]

60. Ever tried marching with a bari sax?

Good way to loose a few back tendons!




( ;) )

[lizziegrace]

33. I was a band freak

long, long time ago.

Played flute/piccolo in marching and pep bands and bassoon in concert band and a city-wide orchestr.

I miss it.

[billyskank]

34. You must have played a *lot*

of JP Sousa. :)

[lizziegrace]

35. Okay, I'm not THAT old

:*

[billyskank]

36. What?

I've played shit loads of them!

:*

[lizziegrace]

38. Sorry

:blush:

I thought you meant I played when Sousa wrote the music. (I said many, many years ago...)

I thought you were teasing me.

:(

[billyskank]

39. When have I ever teased you before, lizzie?

:hug:

[lizziegrace]

40. You're right

but teasing's okay. ;)

[MiniMandaRuth]

61. We have a lot of basson players on here..

Maybe basson's are just naturally smarter...

[sakabatou]

37. I was in band for 1 rotation (6 weeks)

That was it.

[MiniMandaRuth]

62. What did you play?

[ghostsofgiants]

56. I was in A band, but never band.

[MiniMandaRuth]

63. I'm our tuba player's bands official groupie.

If that counts for anything...

[devilgrrl]

65. Some of us lacked musical talent...

I'm one of those people :-(

[MiniMandaRuth]

69. Eh.

The only reason I'm still in band is that I'm uber dedicated.

[boston bean]

66. I played the alto saxophone. Probably could today too, if I had one.

[MiniMandaRuth]

70. I used to play alto for jazz band.

[WeRQ4U]

67. I played "percussion"...

And at pep band, I hammered the trap.

[MiniMandaRuth]

71. I love percussion stuff for pep

it's so amazing.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

68. We had a whole low bass section that I got to be a part of...

Because I played Bass Clarinet. We were fun and I was first chair. My senior year was my favorite!! Band ROCKS!!!!!
Duckie

[MiniMandaRuth]

72. One of my friends is a senior and a bass clarinet player.

[av8rdave]

73. band got me through high school

trumpets rock!!!

[MiniMandaRuth]

74. Pretty much the same for me.

[struggle4progress]

75. I played kazoo. In the halls. Between classes. Before they threatened ...

... to kick me out, that is. Memories, memories ...

[noshenanigans]

76. I was in the Marching Tar Heels..

UNC.. oh man, good times, good times...