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Ha ha...nice response there. I'd like to post it, but sadly I don't have the video. I'll see if my friend still has it (hope he didn't delete it ) If he does, I'll let you know. Chicken or fish?

werd I think we will get out of the game somehow though...if I remember correctly, I think our director was going to see if we could get out of the game after halftime...not quite sure if it's true or not, but it's still up in the air...I'd just rather not go to the game at all, seeing as how Bradley Stephens is going to run circles around our defense anyways. And yes, he IS that good.

*gets eerie thoughts...* Perhaps we should best leave that one to the imagination. Do you like cheese?

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I was kind of expecting that actually. We have a game against McAllen Memorial at McAllen Stadium that day as well...so we are going to be moving back and forth that game I was hoping they would move the game to our stadium so we wouldn't have to spend so much time on the road for the game...but I guess it's no biggy. It's only an extra 10 minutes on the road. *sigh* Man...we BETTER get to compete in finals One of the things that I do enjoy about BOA for some reason is finals. I guess it's because of the retreat

Cavies all the way! I'm seriously thinking about seeing if I can join them after I get out of high school, but one of my friends told me about the disadvantages to being a cavalier...not seeing a girl for several months, having to worry about **** guys, and so on and so forth...things I never thought about. Do you like corps music better or high school bands (the good ones of course)?

Thanks man..that really means a lot to know that someone actually took notice to our show. I like SCV 2000 as well. I guess it's just a shame that our video didn't come out too well because we heard from a lot of people that we played really well...but on our tape, all your hear is the front ensemble...

OOOO...an opportunity to be a music critic! I like the feeling that the piece creates and I think it is very well written. Let me just point out these things I didn't quite agree with... -A few of the transitions in the piece from one section to the next aren't very good. A lot of them are, but there are a select few that really stand out. -A few of the parts that are not the melody tend to become distracting because they don't quite suite the rest of what is going on. I really like your work, though. Keep it up, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise. You have amazing potential and I think that in time you will eventually become something if you work hard enough for it. The music industry isn't for everyone, so be sure to give it your all if you eventually decide to go that route. Many props to you.

ROFL, with tears out of my eyes! THOSE columns....well, I'll just say that they were a VERY sad attempt to incorperate props into our show. In a sense, I think it was a good year to do so, and an even better year do something as unrelated to our show as those columns were. As to what purpose the columns actually had, your guess is as good as ours. Quick funny story about those columns though. One by one, they were disappearing after marching season was over. The directors couldn't figure out what it was. Then one day they see one of our trumpet players taking them on the back of his truck. Then next day, he showed me this video he and some other guys shot of the pillars being burned. It was FUNNY, they looked like giant candles and several guys did dances around them. Then the next day, the directors told the guys that they needed the pillars because they were being donated to some organization that needed them. Then you see this freaked out look on his face....good thing that the directors were just messing with him.

All I can say is that all eyes are now on you...just stay in time with the center snare's feet, make sure you are always right, don't listen to the pit, and just give it your all. More pressure will be on you this year than in the past, but from what I hear, being drum major is actually worth it in the end.

Honestly...that is a toughy. So much has changed since the last time it was a state year..some programs have come up, some have come down, and some have just remained the same. This is what I think area finalists will come down to though... Area G finalists (random order): Harlingen Harlingen South Brownsville Lopez La Joya Sharyland Edinburg Donna Victoria Memorial McAllen Edinburg North OTHER BANDS TO WATCH OUT FOR: Laredo United, PSJA North, Brownsville Rivera Another reason I think it is going to be a toughy is because we naturally are a lot more competitive with each other than with anyone else. Once a Valley band gets out of the Valley, most of them become timid. No doubt that a lot of the bands in the Valley play well...what kills us down here is that our visual package (drill, colorguard, etc) is very lacking, as well as show concepts. A lot of us at my school could not understand why we got last at state two years ago since we know we played the socks off of our music...but our show was VERY behind the times, a show that you would probably have competed with ten years ago. But yes....I think among those bands I listed, it is really up in the air. Area is a very different competition for the Valley than state is.

Because you're not human. I kid...I would probably be doing the same thing if I didn't have section camps last week and this week. Teaching beginners how to march isn't a lot of fun. It's all worth it in the end once they finally start to look good though. I just woke up by the way and I gotta leave in 15 minutes.... So how much longer do you think you can last?

Perhaps this question should be answered with a question...how big are these pancakes and what model is this canoe?

Nah...I TOTALLY agree with that, and I do think it is stupid...but I agree at the same time for my director's reasoning behind it. Some people like to trash talk..simple as that. Granted, I am VERY against trash talk, so I don't worry about myself saying anything. I do, however, worry A GREAT DEAL about the younger guys that like to go on forums and say "YEAH!! WE ARE GOING TO MARCH ALL OVER YOU MAN!!" That is the kind of stuff our director wants to avoid...because then it eventually turns into an online battle and then that's how little rivalries get started, and then there is hostility between bands, which there really shouldn't be, because band should be a very friendly community. If you think I am making this up, I wish I could say otherwise. A little bit of an "unspoken" rivaly sparked between us and Harlingen after we won that contest last year. One of their guys wrote a rather hateful "song" about our band, one of our myspace addicts found it, then people from our band decided to comment on his "song." I mean...I understand the guy's anger and I really have no problem with his expression of it, but what got me was the people that responded to it, which were all juniors, people that should know better. But yeah...that's why our director wants us to keep things like that under wraps. I know that no one would steal our show concept because it's a little late for that anyways, but at the same time, I don't want someone from my band being a little rat and making this a bigger deal than it is...which shouldn't even be anything. So, anyways, what do you think of Canyon?

OK...I know I am supposed to keep our show a secret until we have our first contest, but I am curious to what a majority of you think, so I'll satisfy both crowds...I'll say our opener, which doesn't give away what our show is We are playing The Canyon....yes, the very same one that Santa Clara did for their opener in 1999 (I think ours is in a different key); however, we are going to "beef up" some of the parts with some more fun-filled drum parts, jumped chords (everyone goes a part up in the chord), and other little fillers we want to have. What do you think? I know some people don't like when bands march "DCI music," but it's very suiting to our theme this year...especially since our show had no theme last year, and not much of one the year before. Anyways, let me know what you think

Yeah, he's done their music...the guys I am refering are directors for Churchill. I just brought out that point so that all the people at Churchill wouldn't have to say "hey...those names look VERY familiar..." because I know if I saw one of my directors' names on here, I would say the same.

One word...capitalism. The government (composed mainly of the rich) takes money from people in order become wealthier. Too bad this country is already in debt Why do they put bread in plastic bags knowing that they may get squished, but they put cookies and other goods that have less of a chance of breaking into boxes?

*snatches pretend dollar and runs* VIVA LA REVOLUCION!!

I know what you mean by "velvet" sound....well, at least I think so. Just that you get a full, lush sound with it. I'm considering switching to baritone for concert season...my director doesn't know that yet

Music arranged/composed by Alan Sharps, and drill/colorguard by Mike Sloan (sp?). Yes, both are Churchill guys. We also have our directors writing small parts into the music, and one of our directors writes the front ensemble (pit) parts.

we grew A LOT this year... 2 piccolos 30+ flutes 30+ clarinets 25 alto saxes 3-5 tenor saxe 2-4 bari saxes And strangely enough, we don't march bass clarinets. They either switch to clarinet or tenor sax, but if we need them for some sort of woodwind feature, they play it for that.

Bowser is Pissed (OC remix of Castle Theme in Super Mario Bros.) It's a hard rock style remix of the song...you should listen to it. go to www.ocremix.com and look under Mario remixes.

Psh...sexy doesn't even BEGIN to cover it for me. It makes me happy in so many different ways that it would make a prostitute blush. OK, OK, I kid, rather extreme, I know. Seriously, I like the layout.

We had about 50-60 try out in May, and we kept about 45. I think we are only going to be marching somewhere between 35 and 40 of them. But man....our guard has come a LOOOONG way from where they were my freshman year. We had only about 8 members that year and they SUCKED. The next year we had about 20 and they could do their work. Last year we had about 30 and they started to incorporate EASY dance into the show. This year...well, they are finally doing complicated things, I'll leave it at that

TRAITOR!! Nah, I kid. We have no solos this year...sadly. We have a flute solo during our second movement. There was this trumpet feature that I am SURE was going to be a solo just because it is in the concert version of the song, but we cut that part out of the final draft of our arrangement. So depressing....