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
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July 09 2006
ok edits from the last post from erin and katie
-going crazy for dci
-not being able to believe it will ever end
-you will drink after anyone, whether you know them or not
-sectional inside jokes that no one else really needs to understand
-playing truth or dare on the back of the bus
-those bag things that keep your hands warm!
-ending up with someone elses band uniform
and from me
- trying to understand lawsonisms on the practice field
- being moved/moving people back in the food line, the uniform line, the bathroom line, and any other line due to seniority
- being so anxious during awards taht you are hold the hands of 10 people at the same time, and making it a tradition
- having a band family, including a band mom, a band aunt, a band sister, a band baby, and any other relation you can think of
- "finding your center" untill you think your "center" will explode
- being geek enough to be the keeper of 2 band sites... anonymously
