Oakland Band
Relationship Status
Married
Highschool
Oakland High School
College
Julliard
Interests
marching band, concert band, jazz band, color guard, lawsonisms, eating anything thrown our way, dci bands, drinking gatorade made by our wonderful band moms, power rangers, being O-riginal, leaving it on the field, being swallowed up by the marching field, band bus rides, bologna (huh!), avoiding pic pokes & trumpet rubs, making sure our plumes arent on backwards, shining our dinkles, keeping our toes up, making shy people unshy, PRIDE PROMISE & POWER, playing loud, playing softly, stealing diamonds, crashing on the band couch, auditioning, mr jessup's love life, wgi, not getting hit by flags & weapons, starting shows at 210, lumber chalk, unity, being a big family, hanging out in the band room, hanging out with the directors, cubbies, teaching people how to open our door, losing drill, inside jokes, rocking competitions, buying stupid crap at competition, meeting other band kids at competitions, eating freshman for breakfast, having conversations that start with this one time at band camp..., mid-state, all-state, TTU clinic, MTSU clinic, gummy bears, loving our band boosters pit packers and uniform moms, finding our centers, ballet during camp, green river in the dark gym, sectionals, take the directors computer hostage, learning lots in music theory, jazzfest, governers school
Favorite Music
rhapsody in blue, russian christmas music, greensleeves, sousa marches especially WASHINGTON POST!!, march slave, universal judgement, the inferno, young person's guide to the orchestra, moondance, chester, america the beautiful, chorale and shaker dance, jupiter, farandole, phantom of the opera, buglers holiday, the firebird, elsa's procession to the cathedral, slavic march, finale overture, the marriage of figaro, slavation is created, light in the window, ghost train, go u northwestern, hey baby, go big o, land of a thousand dances, the hey song, im so glad, we are the champions, crazy train, another one bites the dust, brass #1, proud mary, national anthem
Favorite Movies
drumline, mr holland's opus, the music man, dci worlds dvds, wgi worlds dvds
Favorite Books
rubank, 16 weeks to becoming a better band, ohs band handbook, standards of excellence
Other Websites
http://www.oaklandband.org
September 24 2006
mrs.rhoda is still helping her 17 year old son get dressed