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 Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2004 6:39 pm
'ello!
I'm new here... but I'm in Pit! Yay! I play Marimba... and I love it.
I'm also Pit Captain this year, and that definitely makes me really happy. ^-^
I've progressed through the years on instruments...
Ninth Grade: Bells
Tenth Grade: Xylophone
Eleventh Grade: Marimba
Twelfth Grade: Marimba
I loved 'em all, but Marimba takes the cake for me.
Oh, and our Pit has some really strange customs. We kick each other before games, and have a spirit bottle that we carry around.
We also sacrifice people on the Marimba... and I am the Priestess!!!
xD Um... not really... sweatdrop But we do pretend to.
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Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2004 7:26 pm
I play Snare for marching band.
At tryouts, I was first runner-up for Quad Toms crying That skank got em over me because of her last name *RAWR*
But yeah. I definately love the Quads more than anything. They're so fun to play ^__^ I have my own set of White Pearl ones in my room. I have to get new heads everymonth because I play so much. I think I'm gonna need new rims too.. They're getting chopped up from the cadences that we play on the rims.
But yeah, I played Bass Drum (2nd highest) my Freshman year. I hated it. But one advantage. BASS DRUM MUSIC IS SUPER-UBER-DOOPER EASY TO MEMORISE!!! Especially because you only need to know your part. I hate memorising Snare music, it's so boring
For concert season, I'm usually on the more melodic instruments. We just ordered a new Marimba this year and I get to play it biggrin Usually I'm on Xylo or the really big chimes (I forget what they're called).
Ugh concert season is coming up. I know I sounded enthused about it in my last paragraph, but I really can't stand it. It's boring as all hell. The songs are really beautiful, but my god is there much need for 300 measures?
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Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2004 2:26 pm
[TheJudged] For concert season, I'm usually on the more melodic instruments. We just ordered a new Marimba this year and I get to play it biggrin Usually I'm on Xylo or the really big chimes (I forget what they're called). You *actually* got *new* equipment?! **dies** That would be so nice. We had to fight to get new bungees for the bass drum. Though the Drumline got new drums this year...... I'm using a marimba at least 20 years old. **sweatdrop** Where do you go to school, I'm transferring.... Just kidding. No one else wants to play my "beautiful" (read: dented, worn, cracked keys) marimba, so I get it all to myself.... ^_^
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Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2004 2:53 pm
Rhap-chan [TheJudged] For concert season, I'm usually on the more melodic instruments. We just ordered a new Marimba this year and I get to play it biggrin Usually I'm on Xylo or the really big chimes (I forget what they're called). You *actually* got *new* equipment?! **dies** That would be so nice. We had to fight to get new bungees for the bass drum. Though the Drumline got new drums this year...... I'm using a marimba at least 20 years old. **sweatdrop** Where do you go to school, I'm transferring.... Just kidding. No one else wants to play my "beautiful" (read: dented, worn, cracked keys) marimba, so I get it all to myself.... ^_^ You guys are uber lucky!! gonk Our band is stuck with old drums from like the 80s.. stare Our opposing school got new equipment and new uniforms.I wish we got new uniforms.*sigh*
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Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2004 6:56 pm
Last year we all got new uniforms, the day before ACCs of course but this year we got 5 NEW pearl Bass Drums, 4 New Pearl Snares, and 2 NEW pearl tenors, yeah!!!
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Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2004 7:42 pm
6 new pearl snares
3 quints
5 basses
Brand new, but next year we're hoping to get some better heads.
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Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2004 8:27 pm
Our uniforms are like, 20 yrs old!!! I wouldn't be surprised if we don't get new ones for another 20 yrs!! And for our drums and stuff, it's usually Yamaha... sticks though, i have no idea what kind we use
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Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2004 4:30 am
Our uniforms are about, 6 or 7 years old. We just got brand new, white competition pants last year though. One new set of quints last year, for me. Everthing else in the drumline is probably about 2 years old, and in great condition. This year, we'll be lucky to get stands(for drums) that we've been wanting, because of the harsh budget that the school enforced on us. sad
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Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2004 2:29 pm
which is the reason why i love the band parents, we get sooooo much money because of what they do, and the budget from the school allows us to recieve more money, so this year alone they have spent over 12000 on the band alone, sooo goood.....
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Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2004 4:27 pm
I'll share a story that goes back to 1995.......
I was a freshman in high school that year and had section leaders who were very relaxed and laid back compared to me. I was having trouble holding my drumsticks properly so Aaron Arnett told me to pretend I was a guy going pee and that I needed to squeeze harder.
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Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2004 4:45 pm
demon_slayer_inuyasha Rhap-chan [TheJudged] For concert season, I'm usually on the more melodic instruments. We just ordered a new Marimba this year and I get to play it biggrin Usually I'm on Xylo or the really big chimes (I forget what they're called). You *actually* got *new* equipment?! **dies** That would be so nice. We had to fight to get new bungees for the bass drum. Though the Drumline got new drums this year...... I'm using a marimba at least 20 years old. **sweatdrop** Where do you go to school, I'm transferring.... Just kidding. No one else wants to play my "beautiful" (read: dented, worn, cracked keys) marimba, so I get it all to myself.... ^_^ You guys are uber lucky!! gonk Our band is stuck with old drums from like the 80s.. stare Our opposing school got new equipment and new uniforms.I wish we got new uniforms.*sigh* We've done like.. 50,000 carwashes, bake sales (surprisingly, our drum section can bake very well), raffles, donations etc. Plus, the old one was so old it had mold growing on it. I scratched my initials into the mold on every key lol
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Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2004 5:08 pm
[TheJudged] Plus, the old one was so old it had mold growing on it. I scratched my initials into the mold on every key lol **falls over** Mold. On your wonderful marimba. HOW COULD YOU LET IT GET SO BAD??? I mean, come on--mold! Dry the darn thing off when it gets wet and lemon-polish it two or three times. Not hard. Poor marimba...
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Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2004 5:44 pm
Rhap-chan [TheJudged] Plus, the old one was so old it had mold growing on it. I scratched my initials into the mold on every key lol **falls over** Mold. On your wonderful marimba. HOW COULD YOU LET IT GET SO BAD??? I mean, come on--mold! Dry the darn thing off when it gets wet and lemon-polish it two or three times. Not hard. Poor marimba... Hey, I was only a freshman so it wasn't my fault razz
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Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2004 7:25 pm
[TheJudged] Rhap-chan [TheJudged] Plus, the old one was so old it had mold growing on it. I scratched my initials into the mold on every key lol **falls over** Mold. On your wonderful marimba. HOW COULD YOU LET IT GET SO BAD??? I mean, come on--mold! Dry the darn thing off when it gets wet and lemon-polish it two or three times. Not hard. Poor marimba... Hey, I was only a freshman so it wasn't my fault razz heh, the ppl in my band go nuts when it starts to rain, we pull out towels and socks, and papertowls, tissues, anything to clean the instruments off from the rain...
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Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2004 4:08 am
Nintendo Punk 05 [TheJudged] Rhap-chan [TheJudged] Plus, the old one was so old it had mold growing on it. I scratched my initials into the mold on every key lol **falls over** Mold. On your wonderful marimba. HOW COULD YOU LET IT GET SO BAD??? I mean, come on--mold! Dry the darn thing off when it gets wet and lemon-polish it two or three times. Not hard. Poor marimba... Hey, I was only a freshman so it wasn't my fault razz heh, the ppl in my band go nuts when it starts to rain, we pull out towels and socks, and papertowls, tissues, anything to clean the instruments off from the rain... The only people who care about that in our band is the woodwinds. Evenb then, they seei t as an excuse to geto ut of band and hold their instrument bell-side up.
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