The first time I was ever daunted sitting at a drum kit‚ was at my first gig with my high school jazz ensemble during my freshman year. It was the night of the Presidents Circle Dinner‚ an event dedicated to the individuals who donated a substantial amount of money to my school. All the people I had to impress. Not only was I new to playing in front of a crowd but I was also new to playing jazz itself. During the performance of C Jam Blues‚ the band director pointed at me‚ hinting that I‚ the second
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Most schools offer a variety of activities‚ classes‚ and clubs‚ my favorite activity is band. First‚ band is an extraordinary activity to be involved in. Second‚ band requires to interact with the other students so I get to talk to my friends. Last but not least I get to go on a lot of different field trips throughout the school year. As can be seen‚ I think band is the best activity offered in school. First of all‚ band is a great activity that the school offers. I get to play my own instrument
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John Updike’s Marching Through a Novel is a poem that illustrates how characters truly come alive to their authors. Throughout the poem‚ Updike discusses in figurative terms how characters are developed. He does this effectively through the use of strong metaphors and illustrative word choice. The author opens the piece by stating that “each morning my characters greet me with misty faces”. Characters are the first thought in the author’s mind when he wakes up. They “greet” him. Although‚ inferences
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the football field‚ I knew the marching season for the Mead High School Marching Band was coming to an end after another year. I remember feeling jittery and excited despite the fact that I was composed before our eight minute marching show began. I hopped off of my podium‚ used my shaky hands to disassemble the platform‚ and exited the field to catch up with the band. Our performance at the St Vrain School District Band Night marked the end to my high school marching band career that started just
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The school activity that I have been most involved in would have to be Marching Band. I’ve done this activity for all 4 years of high school. I’ve gotten the opportunity to be the low brass captain for 3 of those 4 years. That leadership position has taught me how to be responsible for a whole section of the band. Its taught me how to teach others and be comfortable while doing it. At first it was difficult because I was new to playing baritone and the growth that I saw in myself I wanted to to give
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I am writing concerning Tripp Moore‚ whom I have come to know throughout my years as the Flomaton High School “Hurricane” Marching Band drumline instructor. As Tripp’s instructor‚ it was a pleasure to get to know him. Tripp has been a great student of mine and it has been my pleasure of being able to teach him. He has some great qualities of a human being and qualities that you would love to see in a leader. Tripp’s hard work and his dedication to music helped him as he joined band and made awesome
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crumpled beneath my torn black shoes and the thick silence only cut by the timed chants from afar. This is the last moment I will stand here for this reason. This is the last moment I will stand here with my family. This is the last moment of my marching band career. Many will say that this was a special group of kids‚ others will say that this year was a show that was made to make it. I‚ on the other hand‚ will say that this was because of seven years of dedication. I started this crazy journey
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John Phillip Sousa was the father of marching music and the father of the marching arts. Most of the patriotic marches that we know today were written by John Phillip Sousa‚ like the famous “Stars and Stripes Forever." According to The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music‚ “John Phillip Sousa wrote 137 marches‚ five teen operettas‚ five overtures‚ eleven suites‚ twenty-four dances‚ twenty- eight fantasies‚ and 322 arrangements of nineteenth-century western European symphonic works.” Not
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When I first started marching band during the summer going into my freshman year‚ I didn’t expect to fall in love with it. Freshmen percussionists at my high school are required to be in the front ensemble their first year and couldn’t be in the drumline until their sophomore year. Knowing this‚ I thought of the upcoming marching season as just a waste of time because I wanted to be in the drumline and I would never want to stay in the front ensemble beyond my freshmen year. Although I wasn’t expecting
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In the poem “Marching Through a Novel” by John Updike‚ the novelists conveys the submissive nature of his characters in the trusting relationship they have with the novelist. Through the metaphor of war‚ the soldiers -characters- show obedience towards their general -the novelist. The general starts of by illustrating the characters with “misty faces” which gives the reader the impression that they cannot be seen clearly. This could be literal seeing as the novelist goes on to talk about landscape
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