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June 17th, 2007

Nobody has posted in a year. I just remembered this community and wanted to see if it was still alive. Apparently not. :-P

May 22nd, 2006

another one... sorry :)

So, I've got the (Australian) State Band Champs in September, and the senior band I'm in is playing

Eternal Father, Strong to Save (The Navy Hymn)

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Claude T Smith arrangement

I was hoping that somebody out there might be able to help me locate a recording of this piece (not just the little hymn bit... but the piece that starts with the trumpet fanfare). Maybe your band played it a few years ago and they recorded it? I don't know.

Ok. Thanks very much if you can help. I will be eternally grateful :)

x-posted everywhere

March 23rd, 2006

I haven't been in here since forever, so, I'm back now. :-)

Does anyone participate in Tuba Christmas? It's really fun. Check it out:
http://www.tubachristmas.com/

So, I've picked up piccolo trumpet and horn, and I'm starting clarinet (it's pretty easy so far). Maybe I should start trombone again?

I'm planning on joining drum corps after I graduate (currently I'm a junior in high school), but I don't know which ones allow girls... It's unfair that the amazing ones like the Cavaliers and Cadets are male-only. *sigh* Could anybody here tell me some good ones that I could try out for?

February 18th, 2006

hey, i just created new lj, n was looking for some communitys to join...

i play trombone, (okay, i'm gonna brag :P: 1st chair, 1st trombone) in our honors band (we have 3 at our school this is the middle one), so a brass lovers group is way cool...

yeah, just dropped a note to say hey. if u wanna chat, i'll be around.

by the way, anybody at the burklee jazz festival last saturday? it was wicked fun

November 27th, 2005

Hey everyone!

Just wanted to say that I still love brass, but guess what! I am now a member of the Wright City High School marching band, aka Wildcat Pride Marching Band. They are (of course, as most American bands are) a woodwind band, and it PAINS me to say that they do NOT have any cornets, flugelhorns, euphoniums, barytones OR alto-horns... So I have to play the alto-sax parts (I play the alto-horn). America should establish some more brass bands, and make the brass community a bit bigger. I mean, Stavanger Brass Band from Norway is the number one North American brass band (yeah), and that says a lot. A Norwegian band being the best American band? Yeah...

EDIT:
1. No, I do not hate woodwinds, I just dislike it
2. No, my band is not purely woodwinds
3. Did anyone stop and think that, hey, maybe I live in an extremely small place, and maybe they don't HAVE a drum corps?

September 25th, 2005

hey everyone. did anyone here go to UMass band day yesterday?! it was amazing, as always. at least this year there were no torrential downpours and we were under the lights which was just incredible. my school [granby] was the group of losers with white polos that said "granby high band" - you probably laughed at us. i was wearing a black pinstripe fedora during rehearsal :)

if you didn't go, you should. because its just awesome.

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Christie
(maybe i'll edit & put a couple pics up later on)

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September 10th, 2005

Does anyone in this community go to Wheeler in GA? There's a really cute guy in that band and I forget his name but I want to talk to him again.

August 13th, 2005

My name is Nicholas J. McKenzie and I have been a lover of music, marching band, and drum corps for the greater part of my life. It is because of this great love of everything wonderful that it means so much to me to be able to announce that...

I am starting a Drum Corps!

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August 8th, 2005

Hi Everybody.. I'm Very new to Live Journal and I was looking for people with the same interests when I found this.. My name is Kayla I'm going to be a sophomore and I play French Horn, Mellophone, and Trumpet.. I just wanted to say Hi.. and if anyones looking for a friend or someone to talk to let me know :)