One time, at band camp.....

[DreamClouds]

Ok, everyone, I'm going to band camp and won't be back until mid-august..... so that's where i went if anyone starts to wonder of my where-abouts.

i was really excited because my dad baught me a copy of HBP to take with me, so when i get back i'll be ready to discuss it with everyone, if people are still discussing it, that is.

omg liz i'm really sorry about your potions assignment because now i can't do it with ang (sorry ang!) so, yeah, um.... see everyone in 3 1/2 weeks!

[Lauren]

a 3 1/2 week band camp. THATS UNHEARD OF!

[FailureByDesign]

I hope you have fun at band camp bring back lots of stories haha

[angel17]

3 1/2 weeks of band camp? i go 2 weeks and its only from 9-3 and we only practice on the saturday before our light up night..but as i like band camp *cough cough* i wouldnt mind going three weeks.....have fun!

[TrishyKay]

LOL! Ohhh my goodness. 3 weeks dude? Yikes. I would get SO sick of lugging my bari sax around. I only have band camp 4 times, for 1.5 hours each night. That's sort of sad.. I like band camp. The people in my high school's band are funny. I'm not embarrassed to like band camp, either. It just shows that I have the coolness you need to play a musical instrument. ^_^

[Lauren]

i've got it for like 2 weeks before school starts... 9-4 w/ an hr lunch break.. but im in guard so im outside the whole time

[sassyangel03]

have fun!!! *daydreams about the days when i used to be in band*

[Lauren]

hwat did you play? gosh i could never quit band. although i dont think im gunna do it in college

[lover54241]

I have never played a band instrument. I used to play the violin but then I went to a school that didn't have orchestra so I dropped it..now I just stick to using my voice as a musical instrument...

[angel17]

yeah our school had three really good violin and chello players but our school board didnt approve of them so they all quit....quite sad really......but i have practice on tuesday...you know a kind of...."appetizer" before camp lol or at least thats what they tell us....oh question......on average...how many squad sheets do you use for one song.....that is if you know what im talking about

[Lauren]

squad sheets... are those like drill pages?? lol

[angel17]

yeah...same thing lol

[Lauren]

uhh this last year we had like 60 i think... it varies from year to year

[Hermione_Girl13]

Ahha Im not cool enough to play an instrument

[Lauren]

i thought you used to be in band rach..

[Hermione_Girl13]

Hah! Yeah right

If by band you mean we were forced to play violin in 5th grade? Then yes. But it wasnt really band, it was trying to get us to do something, anything, in music class! lol

[Lauren]

haha orchestra!! i played the bass in 5th grade.. and im 5'3" lol i was probably like 4'11" then lol

[Hermione_Girl13]

lol nice. Ive got 2 friends that play tuba in our band... The tuba just overwhelms my friend adrienne, its great lol!

[sassyangel03]

heavnsent4u said:

hwat did you play? gosh i could never quit band. although i dont think im gunna do it in college

I played the clarinet. I still pick it up now and then but it's not the same as being in the band. I'm hoping to find a community band once i graduate from college and actually have the time.

[angel17]

okay...thanks lauren...cause in the last 17 years, our old director only had us do 4 maybe 5 sheets per song...but with our new director we are expected to do at least 60 per song....i thought maybe he was just punishing us.......but since i see others had to do it too...its all good ^_^

[Lauren]

what do you mean per song?? we have like 60 for the whole show...(7 minutes) we have 3 parts.... i confused

[angel17]

yeah...well we do three songs for half time and three for pre-game....but we usually only had 4 or 5 pages for eacj song but he wants us to do 60 fpr pregame and 60 for half time...so to correct myself...he wants 20 pages of routines/movement for each song...which is still alot....he says that added movment makes us look better....cause we are going to be a competition band this year

[Lauren]

you werent before?? we always are.. this last year we made finals and placed 4th!! how long are the songs?

[angel17]

umm....im not sure time wise...like last year we did the song "Think" by Ureatha Franklin so about 5 min...each....and then in the middle of the season we change our second song in our half time show and then we also do our band dance..we are the only school that does it in the state lol but we only do it for our band fest which is where schools from our county get to gether and do our shows for eachother....yeah we were never a compettion band before...dont know why but we werent.....and he said that we are doing two competitions this year so its going to be different...and we just got new uniforms that make us look the three musketeers literally and they come with big aussie/cowboy hats lol

[Lauren]

competitions are soo much fun.. we do 3 every year.. but we might be hosting one this year :\