The Band Recap

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The friendships you make in music will last the rest of your life...or until chair placement auditions. Whichever comes first.

- The 13th Chair

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Real talk -#XG

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As a tuba player, I can tell you that we all think of our contras as rocket launchers

~TubaPresident

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1991 Star of Indiana “Roman Images” Closer.

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-#XG

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That drum hype 😈😀📷 || Moments with Chino Hills HS by @pedromarchingartsphotography

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Do I…. Do I use my instrument for this?

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Is screaming an instrument?

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Composers' expectations for middle school band are getting more and more realistic these days.

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When the band boosters meet to plan the next Disney trip…

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Winter Percussion Invitational presented by the Southern California Percussion Alliance Saturday, January 30, 2016

It’s that time of year again... indoor season! Here’s a preview of tomorrow’s SCPA season opener.

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The Sections At 1 AM The Night Before A Competition

flutes/piccolos: asleep scattered across the floor of someone's bedroom wearing matching sweatpants.

clarinets: moodily playing pokémon

alto saxophones: all at walmart separately because they all think they're the ones responsible for treat bags and forgot until now. never see each other and each get like ten treat bags the next morning. confused but happy.

low reeds: finding more ways to hide dirty jokes on their section hoodies.

trumpets: practicing their "marching face" in the mirror to make it suitably focused and serious yet smoldering.

mellophones: trying to figure out how to attach a large sign to their instrument that says "it's a mellophone, not an exceptionally large trumpet." they are doomed to fail and the masses remain uneducated.

trombones: frantically trying to fix their instrument from attempting to pop to the box in their bedroom with the slide as far down as possible and slamming into the ceiling.

baritones/euphoniums: reflecting bitterly on all the times the tubas have upstaged them. vow to never let it happen again.

tubas/sousaphones: standing in front of a mirror trying to figure out precisely which angle at which to tip their beret to look the most roguish.

pit percussion: still loading their equipment on the band truck even though they started after school; one of them is missing for no reason.

drum line: performing a ritual sacrifice.

color guard: already doing their hair. still almost don't get done in time.

drum majors: practicing their salute 40,098 times, then making sure they don't "stand weird" while conducting.

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Credit: @marching-band-amirite

This is Terrance the trombone. I’ve had him for 2 and a half years. He is very sassy, the love of my life, and he’s been with me through my darkest times. Also he is a total babe. I mean, look at dat brass.

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Jamestown Express @ Batavia 16 - 2016-01-16 by Anthony Baker

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Winter Guard Circuit for the state of Indiana Updated Saturday, January 23, 2016 at 9:56 PM ET 0.613140 - Mt. Vernon HS (Fortville, IN) 0.596463 - Danville Community HS (IN) 0.581912 - East Central HS (IN) 0.563007 - Pendleton Heights HS (IN) 0.561286 - Westfield HS (IN) 0.551303 - Northeastern HS (IN) 0.546434 - Beech Grove HS (IN) 0.529758 - Columbus North HS (IN) 0.519927 - New Palestine HS (IN) 0.513082 - Penn HS (IN) 0.496405 - Elkhart Central HS (IN) 0.489084 - Terre Haute North HS (IN) 0.

Today’s scores the RPI rankings for Class A units that have competed in weeks 1 and 2.

Mt. Vernon-Fortville has started strong in Class A!

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Academy - Belton, TX

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