tomorrow!

the parents show is gonna rock

the potluck will be a blast

but then it will be over

how i love band camp

we pretty much rock you guys

our first 5 sets in an hour? ya thats pretty cool

the music is amazing

i love you all

well, band starts tomorrow.

are you guys ready to give up the rest of your summer?

are you ready to dedicate your time to keeping your toes up and staying in step?

are you ready to drink gatorade like there's no tomorrow?

are you ready for all those pulled muscles, bruises, and sun burns?

are you guys ready to rock this season?

good.

cause i am.

wow i was totally impressed with rehersal tonight!!!

the opener and candle both sounded really good. as for drum line... they were hot.

this year is gonna own!

hey you guys!!!!

practice went well and i cant wait to see where we take the music!

lets do it all again tomorrow!

7-20-06     6:00 - 8:30

so band prett much starts in less than 24 hours... i think its actually somwhere areound like 18.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

who: you the OHS band kid

what : our first instrumental

when : july 18th at 6:00pm (but remember the 15 min rule)

where : the band room of course

see ya then

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i wrote a song that i would like to share with you all and it goes something like this

band band band band band band oakland band band band band is awesome band band band band band is in 4 days band band band band band band band band band

ya like?

"You have to have pride in what you do. Anytime you don't have pride, you shouldn't be doing it." ~Gerry McNamara

7 days!!!!!

8 DAYS !!!!

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

i found something id like to share with all you band kids out there

THINGS YOUR MOTHER NEVER TOLD YOU ABOUT MARCHING BAND!!!

-Those horrible, hot days of summer band.
-Rehearsing drill until your legs burn.
-Doing the show until you are positively sick of the band director saying, “Let's do it just one more time."
-Loading and unloading instruments, carrying flags and props on and off the field with the timing of a military offensive, day after day after day.
-Ice to relieve bruises on wrists, foreheads, and ankles.
-Swollen lips.
-Doing exercises.
-Standing at attention for five more minutes than you can bear.
-Sunburn.
-Wanting to sell your soul for five more minutes of sleep.
-Flags in the face, rifles in the ribs.
-Wanting to give it all up and join the chess team.
-Hearing the show music in your sleep.
-Sectionals.  
-Heartburn.  
-Heartbreak.
-Drumming on everything in sight.  
-Tossing anything you can pick up.
-Thinking marching band was a stupid way to get out of PE.
-Running laps because someone else was late. Again.
-Realizing color guard looked a lot easier than it is.
-Doing more exercises.
-Wondering what happened to your life.
-Eating dinner in the car while changing clothes and doing homework.
-Lost shoes and lost mouthpieces.  
-Blood blisters on your palms.
-Long underwear under your uniform and icy wind in your face.
-Learning the fine art of sleeping on a bus.
-Tears and teasing.
-Learning that you have 100 new brothers and sisters who will stick by you through thick and thin.  
-Knowing you that have 200 new parents who will cheer for you, no matter what.
-Laughing at each other's jokes and learning more about yourself than you ever knew.  
-Doing more exercises.
-Thinking the show will never work. Or end. And then, finally, it all comes together, and you have achieved perfection, drumming your hands off and playing your brains out and tossing higher than the sky.
-A slice of time in a stadium when everyone cheers and your mom cries and pictures get taken and once, just once, you have the world in your hands.
-And the band marches out of the stadium and down the street, always together whether it's success or not, and you know by the feeling in your heart it doesn't get any better than this.
-And you know if your director asked you to turn around and ‘do it just one more time, a little better,’ you would.

-Detailed sex ed lessons.

-Bus rides back to school...at night...

-Being afraid of the flashlight/handchecks.

- The point you want to give in and then the first performance hits... and nothing else matters at that point of your life.

-Talking about Old School Nickelodeon on the way back from competitions/games (and singing the theme songs. Camp Anawanna, anyone?)
-You'll sleep on anything and everything.
-Don't sit/get too close to the dance team/color guard; you'll be doused with hairspray and glitter and will reek of perfume.
-Anything you eat with cheese will be on your uniform, no matter what.
-Acting like a doofus in front of everyone and not caring.
-99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall will reach into the negatives eventually.
-At least one person will be late coming back from 3rd quarter break.

-Singing until death threats ensue.

anyone want to add???

i dont care what type of band geek you are you MUST watch this

its something called DCI Blast!

is DCI gone broadway

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DXQ0LpOfsI&search=DCI

i am in AWE

if you didnt notice i added around 50 pics that is stole from the smugmug. its definately a boredom buster.

enjoy

i have a treat for you all

ok its long yes but its great next year were starting  IDMAS and IDMMS ( i didnt make all state and i didnt make midstate) clubs 

for 10 years of band comics go to www.tales frombandcamp.com

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AND NOW ....THE COUNTDOWN

any news from guard land?

19 days till the first instrumental

are you ready?

have you been practicing?

are you ready to be good leaders for the freshmen to follow?

are you ready to rock heavy this marching season?

good

cause i am

three weeks you guys!!!! our first instrumental is a little more than three weeks away.

coming soon: ohs band marching season 2006

the smugmug (http://www.ohsband.smugmug.com/) now has pics from the banquet, jazzfest, the guard competition, graduation, and much more!!!!  go take a look!