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elf_princess · 04-24-2002, 10:15 PM

Way to go Galadriel! I'm proud of you... *starts a chant... galadriel , galadriel, GALADRIEL, galadriel , GALADRIEL , galadriel , GALADRIEL!!!!!! *

galadriel88 · 04-24-2002, 11:48 PM

Heh...thanks, Elf Princess!

My school is only 1-A, if that tells you anything about how small it is. In the junior band, we have: 2 clarinets, 3 flutes, 1 alto sax, 1 baritone, 1 trombone (me), 3 trumpets, and 3 percussionists. Senior band has 2 clarinets, 4 flutes (one who also plays piccolo), 1 alto sax/tuba, 1 trombone, 3 trumpets, and 3 percussionists. So in all, now that i have a total count, there are 14 people in junior band, and 14 in senior band. So I was one off, but oh well...

I definitely think we will get better with time. We do have some very talented people in band already. One of our trumpets in senior band has been playing for 5 years, and our sax player volunteered to learn tuba this year, which was quite a feat! He's doing great on it too.

Menelvagor · 04-24-2002, 11:57 PM

Congradulations! I've played Ashton Overture before although I don't have the slightest memory of how it goes.

I just went from a 30 person band to a 100 member band. It's....different. I think your lucky to be in a small band, my playing ablity has dropped a bit since I got to the high school, there's less of a reason to get it right, if you don't know it chances are the other 13 flutes do.

galadriel88 · 04-25-2002, 06:05 PM

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I just went from a 30 person band to a 100 member band. It's....different. I think your lucky to be in a small band, my playing ablity has dropped a bit since I got to the high school, there's less of a reason to get it right, if you don't know it chances are the other 13 flutes do.

I get what you mean. Maybe I'm more lucky than I thought...

Ashton Overture is a really cool peice, I love it. James Swearingen is a really good composer IMO. I would hum the tune for you, Menelvagor, but of course you wouldn't hear it, too bad!

We had our after - concert party today. Everybody brought brownies! We were all chocolated out, and I think I'm on a sugar high...

Also Miss Patton brought her CD player and a great jazz CD, we were all getting into the music and having a great time. It was funny because we played a peice called Concert Celebration, so Aundrea goes,"Hey, it's our concert celebration!"

elf_princess · 04-25-2002, 11:01 PM

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Originally posted by galadriel88
Heh...thanks, Elf Princess!

My school is only 1-A, if that tells you anything about how small it is.

I'm from an extremely small school too... in my class there are only 34 people. In my whole high school there are only about 120 people... I like it that way though. You know everybody... but there are a lot of gossips!

Radagast The Brown · 04-26-2002, 08:52 AM

Right!!!Don't worry, be happy!!!!

the worst that could happen won't destroy your life!!!!

TomFoolOfATook · 04-26-2002, 03:14 PM

You will do fine - look at it with a carefree Tom Bombadil attitude

galadriel88 · 04-26-2002, 09:14 PM

Your school sounds a lot like mine, elf princess. There are probably 29 kids in my calss and 100 on the high school hall. I know everybody! It's wonderful, although rumors do fly fast, like you said.

I love my school, I've hone there since KG!

***Khamûl*** · 04-26-2002, 10:09 PM

Have you ever played Covington Square by James Swearingen? It's one of my all-time favorite pieces. (Probably because I get to play the trumpet solo

) Brookpark (Overture?) is also another really cool song by him. My band director said that not a lot of composers like him because they say that every song that he writes is basically the same. I don't really care. I like them all.

galadriel88 · 04-26-2002, 10:39 PM

I've never heard of those but I may check into getting them for a little something to work on this summer. They sound like cool peices! Of course, just the trombone part won't sound like anything, but oh well....

***Khamûl*** · 04-26-2002, 10:51 PM

I think that Covington Square has a couple of cool trombone parts. Wait... maybe that's saxophone I'm thinking of. Anyway, they're lots of fun to play.

galadriel88 · 04-26-2002, 11:03 PM

Sounds good. I'll have to ask mom to take me to the music store sometime, or I may ask Miss Patton to look for me. She goes there a lot more often than I do...

04-24-2002, 10:15 PM	#21
elf_princess Elven Warrior Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: la dee da Posts: 275	Way to go Galadriel! I'm proud of you... starts a chant... galadriel , galadriel, GALADRIEL, galadriel , GALADRIEL , galadriel , GALADRIEL!!!!!! __________________ ~Life's unanswered question~ ¿Which came first... the chicken or the egg? ¿How much wood could a woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

04-24-2002, 11:48 PM	#22
galadriel88 Halfwitted Queen of Lothlorien Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Far off in a dream Posts: 1,166	Heh...thanks, Elf Princess! My school is only 1-A, if that tells you anything about how small it is. In the junior band, we have: 2 clarinets, 3 flutes, 1 alto sax, 1 baritone, 1 trombone (me), 3 trumpets, and 3 percussionists. Senior band has 2 clarinets, 4 flutes (one who also plays piccolo), 1 alto sax/tuba, 1 trombone, 3 trumpets, and 3 percussionists. So in all, now that i have a total count, there are 14 people in junior band, and 14 in senior band. So I was one off, but oh well... I definitely think we will get better with time. We do have some very talented people in band already. One of our trumpets in senior band has been playing for 5 years, and our sax player volunteered to learn tuba this year, which was quite a feat! He's doing great on it too. __________________ The beuatiful mind/The beautiful heart/Doesn't deserve the pain/How can I stop the rain? -How Can I Stop the Rain? by Kessid, my new favorite band +Every good thing that comes into my life is only a reflection of the greatest gift of all; the offering of yourself, dear Son of God+ Always remember, you're uniqe, just like everybody else! "The one constant through all the years has been the Trombone. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. Its been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again, but the Trombone has marked the time. This field, this section, this band is a part of our past. It reminds us of all that once was good, and could be again. Oh, people will come . . . people will most definitely come."

04-26-2002, 08:52 AM	#26
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04-26-2002, 03:14 PM	#27
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04-26-2002, 09:14 PM	#28
galadriel88 Halfwitted Queen of Lothlorien Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Far off in a dream Posts: 1,166	Your school sounds a lot like mine, elf princess. There are probably 29 kids in my calss and 100 on the high school hall. I know everybody! It's wonderful, although rumors do fly fast, like you said. I love my school, I've hone there since KG! __________________ The beuatiful mind/The beautiful heart/Doesn't deserve the pain/How can I stop the rain? -How Can I Stop the Rain? by Kessid, my new favorite band +Every good thing that comes into my life is only a reflection of the greatest gift of all; the offering of yourself, dear Son of God+ Always remember, you're uniqe, just like everybody else! "The one constant through all the years has been the Trombone. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. Its been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again, but the Trombone has marked the time. This field, this section, this band is a part of our past. It reminds us of all that once was good, and could be again. Oh, people will come . . . people will most definitely come."

04-24-2002, 11:57 PM	#23
Menelvagor Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: lurking on the edge of conversations Posts: 924	Congradulations! I've played Ashton Overture before although I don't have the slightest memory of how it goes. I just went from a 30 person band to a 100 member band. It's....different. I think your lucky to be in a small band, my playing ablity has dropped a bit since I got to the high school, there's less of a reason to get it right, if you don't know it chances are the other 13 flutes do.

04-26-2002, 10:09 PM	#29
*Khamûl* Slacker Warrior Admin Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,759	Have you ever played Covington Square by James Swearingen? It's one of my all-time favorite pieces. (Probably because I get to play the trumpet solo ) Brookpark (Overture?) is also another really cool song by him. My band director said that not a lot of composers like him because they say that every song that he writes is basically the same. I don't really care. I like them all. __________________ "If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you." Gandalf to Pippin Psalm 107:31

04-26-2002, 10:39 PM	#30
galadriel88 Halfwitted Queen of Lothlorien Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Far off in a dream Posts: 1,166	I've never heard of those but I may check into getting them for a little something to work on this summer. They sound like cool peices! Of course, just the trombone part won't sound like anything, but oh well.... __________________ The beuatiful mind/The beautiful heart/Doesn't deserve the pain/How can I stop the rain? -How Can I Stop the Rain? by Kessid, my new favorite band +Every good thing that comes into my life is only a reflection of the greatest gift of all; the offering of yourself, dear Son of God+ Always remember, you're uniqe, just like everybody else! "The one constant through all the years has been the Trombone. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. Its been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again, but the Trombone has marked the time. This field, this section, this band is a part of our past. It reminds us of all that once was good, and could be again. Oh, people will come . . . people will most definitely come."

04-26-2002, 10:51 PM	#31
*Khamûl* Slacker Warrior Admin Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,759	I think that Covington Square has a couple of cool trombone parts. Wait... maybe that's saxophone I'm thinking of. Anyway, they're lots of fun to play. __________________ "If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you." Gandalf to Pippin Psalm 107:31

04-26-2002, 11:03 PM	#32
galadriel88 Halfwitted Queen of Lothlorien Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Far off in a dream Posts: 1,166	Sounds good. I'll have to ask mom to take me to the music store sometime, or I may ask Miss Patton to look for me. She goes there a lot more often than I do... __________________ The beuatiful mind/The beautiful heart/Doesn't deserve the pain/How can I stop the rain? -How Can I Stop the Rain? by Kessid, my new favorite band +Every good thing that comes into my life is only a reflection of the greatest gift of all; the offering of yourself, dear Son of God+ Always remember, you're uniqe, just like everybody else! "The one constant through all the years has been the Trombone. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. Its been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again, but the Trombone has marked the time. This field, this section, this band is a part of our past. It reminds us of all that once was good, and could be again. Oh, people will come . . . people will most definitely come."

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