I participated in a combined middle/high school band since seventh grade‚ which includes marching and concert seasons. I have been the flute section leader starting in eighth grade until the present. As a senior‚ I became the drum major. When the band director wasn’t able to‚ I led the band in afterschool practices with the other drum major. Through an audition process‚ I was selected to participate in All-District band for three years. Every year of high school‚ I have prepared and performed a flute
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Saturday morning. The Marching Hawks performed in the annual Oktemberfest Grand Parade‚ playing the tunes of the well-known group‚ the Beatles. The Marching Hawks perform in this parade every year to show off the talents of our band and to receive a rank in the 1A division. This year‚ the band performed part of their marching show‚ the L-S fight song‚ and a drum cadence. The Marching Hawks earned second place in division 1A. “Students rose to the challenge of marching at various paces while performing
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prepared to preform. I hear the booming voice say‚ “Michaela Spillers‚ is your band ready for competition?” I wait for the drum major to give her salute. Check. The voice calls back‚ “Oxford high school‚ you may take the field for competition.” This is the moment the band has been practicing for all season. Participating in this band has helped me with strength‚ discipline‚ as well as making friends. Being in the band has increased my physical strength tremendously. Drumming boosts my upper arm
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Being a conductor of a school band was one of my memorable event of my childhood. I was a freshman at Happy Palace High School. It was summer of 2002 when my high school was having a sports tournament. During that time‚ school held a selection process for band conductor. It was an opportunity for me to improve my self-esteem and confidence. I decided to participate and gave my name to the selection team. The selection process required each participant to perform a band conductor role by using baton
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UT Chattanooga Marching Mocs This is a copy of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Marching Mocs Alma Mater and fight song Alma Mater Lookout Mountainr o’er us guarding‚ Ceaseless watch doth keep. In the valley stands our college‚ where the shadows creep. Refrain: Chattanooga‚ Chattanooga! Loud the anthem swells. Sing‚ O Sing of alma mater. All her praised tell. As in days of blood and battle On that mountain’s height‚ Soldiers fought‚ so she shall ever Stand for truth
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appreciation‚ and my identity. My first recollection of music occurred atop of my father’s shoulders during a Dave Mathew’s Band concert‚ at the age of four. Awed by the sights and sounds of live music‚ I marveled at the mass of people singing‚ dancing and bouncing colored beach balls through the air. My favorite part of the show happened when LeRoi Moore
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It wasn’t a typical Friday until I got my morning headache courtesy of the freshman drumline banging out a rough cadence three months and counting after marching season and I stepped in a puddle of spit. And my new black converses just made contact with the remnants of the trombones’ spit valves. The brown tiled floor of the band room was disgusting‚ especially near the low brass section where the instrumentalists felt the need to pour their spit out everywhere. I lucked out with having my instrument
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I was not in a class band‚ and although marching band motivated me to join a concert band‚ watching these guys play was the final push I needed to join. I took up playing saxophone the end of my junior year‚ and although knowing how difficult it would be to try and get on the level of the other kids‚ who have been playing far longer than me‚ I was determined to learn‚ so I took lessons with the woodwind advisor for our marching band. Although I came into the band only playing for three months
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For my community service hours this quarter‚ one thing I worked at was Pep Band for various basketball games‚ mostly the Friday home games. I play the Baritone in our band‚ and I believe that I chose this project due to reasons stated in the social cognitive personality theory. As I know that I play in a group and I need to help the group‚ I set goals for myself‚ and for me to get better‚ I need to practice‚ and I can get practice at the basketball games. I also believe that as stated in this theory
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understand‚ others take it to the next level and add choreographed movement to it‚ such as marching bands. An average marching wind ensemble practice begins with a simple stretch and review of the basic marching techniques. They begin one week before the fall semester starts. Normal “band camp” days involve basic technique practices on the field in the morning‚ rehearsal after lunch‚ and a combination of the marching and music after their dinner. They meet three days a week during the fall semester; two
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