Introduce Yourself

Who are you?
Where are you from?
Where and when did you march?
Who's your favorite band/corps?

Also, go ahead and brag about your accomplishments. =)

I'm Joe. I'm 31, live in the San Francisco Bay Area, and run Flea Circus Games out of my kitchen (and occasionally my couch.)

I marched snare in Pioneer from '92 to '94. During my first year we were Division III and in '94 we won Division II.

My favorite corps are Cadets from the 90's and Cavies in the 2000's. My favorite show is probably Cadets 93.

My home page with all my other stuff is joelesko.com

Name- Matthew Allan
Location- West Covina, CA
South Hills HS Marching Band 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
Pasadena City College Lancer Band 2006, 2007, and my last will be 2008

What instrument, Matthew?

I made a mistake on the above entry and I can't edit my post.

Name- Matthew Allan
Location- West Covina, CA
South Hills HS Marching Band 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
Pasadena City College Lancer Band 2006, 2007, and my last will be 2008
Marched in Tournament of Roses Parade 2006, 2007, and 2008

Clarinet, 8 years and counting. I've also been composing for about 4 years.

Name- Jake
Location - Auburn, Alabama
Age: Too old to remember . . .I'm in my 12th year of being 29 (you do the math)
When I was young and spry I was a color guard specialist. I still judge and do some instructing but not as much as I used to.
I sing, play piano, all since I was about 12.

Name- Zach Piner
From- Stafford, Virginia
Where And When did You March- I Hope to March '09 through '12 In highschool marching band. Hopefully will march with Crown ( Just like my big Brother), And I would Love More than Anything to March With Phantom Regiment!
Age- 12 years old
Instrument- Trumpet
Favorite Corps- Phantom Regiment

Bragging time- I am the best trumpet in my 6th grade band, I own the school's mile record for 6th grade, I am a very good artist, preferably manga, And finnaly (says in proud voice) I am god's gift to the band.

I'm Marvin Brown, from Charleston,SC. I am currently a student at Clemson University and I am in Tiger Band. I was in the Stratford High School Marching Band from 2002-2005. I am 20 years old and I play the tuba. Favorite corps are Phantom Regiment, past 5 years of Crown, mid 90's Scouts, some random BD and Cavies, and most of SCV.

Jake.. did you go to the bowl game this year?

I'm Joe Itkor. 42 years old. I marched jr. corps with the Madison Scouts and marched with several senior corps. Most frequently as a player, staff member and designer for the Bushwackers. I've done color guard, percussion and brass. My degree is in percussion. Oh, and I'm from New Jersey.

i'm Alex, Thumper, big guy, whatever you wanna call me. I'm 16, from ohio, and I play with Brunswick High School.
Timpanist for the '05-06 and '06-'07 marching seasons
Bass 4 for the '07-'08 season
I'm a junior and in my second year of playing in the Wind Ensemble, which was one of two high school bands to play at the OMEA conference in February
Next year I hope to audition for both the Matrix and the Capital Regiment front ensembles

I am Sean O'Brine i and 16 and i ply with the Air Academy band as a Baritone and euphonium. i am a sophomore and we won state last year. I am second chair Euphonium in the Wind Ensemble. Next year i want to continue in the and and hopefully get 1st chair

I'm Jim, 40 years old (UGH!)
Originally from Oxford, Alabama. Now live in Opelika (near Auburn).
Marched with Oxford High School Band for 3 seasons. (That was when we were a force of nature. Now their just a passing rain shower.) I played flute in high school.

I attended Jacksonville State University (twice). BLOW SOUTHERNERS!
I'm a marching technique instructor and color guard specialist when I have the time to take off from my 'real' job. I also do some composing and arranging (choral and instrumental). I play piano and sing.

Favorite corps - Consistently Phantom Regiment. The last 4-5 years I've come around to Carolina Crown. I occasionally like a Blue Devils show. Of course love Madison and Cavies if they don't stray too far. I used to be a huge fan of Cadets when they were still a corps. Not so much now that they want to be whatever it is they're trying to be.

Was that too much info. I so rarely get to talk about myself.

It wasn't too much info.

Jeromey

My name is Jerome,or Geerome as Mr Itkor calls me.I am presently a member/staff member of the Bayonne Bridgemen alumni corps.Been marching since 1979 in various corps in various keys.

Mr McMusic you are funny you know that

Im Tyler
I play and march baritone
My favorite corps is the Cavilers.
My favorite high school band is mine, Lafayette, insteed of bragging about me, ill brag about my band since were that awesome.
This is from our accomplishments page:
The Lafayette Band is a two-time recipient of the coveted Sudler Shield presented by the John Philip Sousa Foundation, an international award recognizing high school and youth marching bands of world class excellence.
Lafayette Marching Band has had the distinct honor of escorting Santa on two different occasions (1991 and 2002) in the world-famous Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City.
Since 1990, "The Pride of Bluegrass®" Marching Band has won the Kentucky Music Educators Association State Champion in Class AAAA and Class AAAAA an incredible 14 times. Since the inception of the KMEA State Marching Band Championship in 1986, the Lafayette Marching Band “Pride of the Bluegrass®” has performed as a finalist in every state championship event. In 2007, Lafayette accomplished 22 consecutive years as a State Finalist during KMEA’s history of Marching Band competitions.
National Finalist, Bands of America Grand Nationals, 1995 and 2004, Indianapolis, IN. (the only times we went)
Regional Champion, Bands of America Regional Competitions, 1996 and 1997.
Super Regional Class AAA Champion, Bands of America Super Regional Competition in 2005, Atlanta, GA.
Super Regional Finalist, Bands of America in 2005 (Atlanta), 2006 (St. Louis) and 2007 (Atlanta)
Regional Finalist, Bands of America Regional Competitions, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004.
Grand Champion, Contest of Champions, Southeast Regional Contest, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 (9 Times), Murfreesboro, TN
Lafayette band performed at the prestigious Mid-West International Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago in 1993
The Lafayette High School Music Department was recognized as a 2005 Grammy Signature School. This is an award granted to schools who have an outstanding comprehensive music department. To recognize schools across the country that support and maintain arts and music programs. The Grammy Signature Schools program recognized the top public high schools across the United States that made an outstanding commitment to music education during the 2004-2005 school year.

We would have MORE CoC championships but in 1004 they told us we won to many times, don't come back (im serious)

Sorry 1994 not 1004, since we cant edit posts.

Name - Kyle Swartz
Age - 17, junior in high school
Location - Yorktown, VA
Marched 3 years at York High, section leader and soloist in 07 season.
I'm marching Carolina Crown this season!
My favorite corps are Carolina Crown and Star of Indiana.

I've been in my high school wind ensemble since freshman year on french horn. I've made the top band in districts since 7th grade. I've made states since freshman year and am planning on majoring in music at JMU or GMU.

My band has participated and USSBA for many years reaching as high as 2nd place at Giants Stadium. Recently we switched over to BOA where we've gone to Atlanta for the past 3 years. Our show this past year was Magic of Orlando's 05 show Transfiguration: A New Beggining which was amazing.

I'm Jerry, I'm 17 and I'm from Longmont, Colorado. Since 2004, I've been apart of the Skyline High School Marching Band . This past summer I marched with the Troopers Drum & Bugle Corps in their Awakening year, that was a great experience. My favorite corps include: Troopers (obviously), Madison Scouts, Phantom Regiment, Carolina Crown, and Bluecoats.

Hey Sean Obrine, if you go to the Air Academy I'm thinking of...then I sat right next to your first chair euphonium player at CSU Honor Band.

Briyahn R.
17 yrs old from New Castle, Dela"WHERE?" lol its a state joke
Primary is Trumpet, but i now play bass drum for indoor drumline, and french horn in symphonic band, and mello in marching.
I march for the William Penn Marching Colonials. heres the link to us at this years cavalcade of bands championship where we took first place with our field show entitle "Rhap-city" (rhapsody)- a day in the life of the urban jungle". youtube.com/watch?v=7byvydi2yyo
my fav. corp is The Cadets 2005

also i forgot we used Bluecoats closer "Petal to the metal" from their "Urban Dances" as our closer.

Sam Yates
Paducah, Kentucky
I'm principal trumpet and band captain for my high school band (Lone Oak). This was my fifth year marching and I plan on continuing at whichever college I go off to next year. I nearly made the Cavaliers as a junior and plan to audition again next year. I decided not to audition this year because I didn't want to have to prepare for college in approx. two weeks after the season was over. Obviously, the Cavaliers is my favorite drum corps, followed by Phantom Regiment. Oh, and here's a little side note: my director is friends with pedazos in real life and he wrote our drill this year for marching band.

Name: Tanner Jones
Age: 15
Location: Dallas, Texas
I play the euphonium for the Wakeland High School Band. Marching soloist 06-07 and 07-08. Was two slots away form making AAAA all-state as a sophmore but it's ok because I got beat by 2 seniors. THE CADETS will always be the greatest dci corps and I plan to march there senior year...(hahaha my dad is yelling at me because he marched phantom snare in 88')
Oh I finally broke 90. wohoooooooo

Name: Nathan
Age: 19
Location: Sugar Land, Texas
About me: I marched Capital Regiment in 2006 and after that i moved to Bluecoats in 2007, and i will stay with them till i age out(2010). Im in school studying History to be a teacher and i tech at a local high school( Adrian Caswell's actually lol).

as for my favorite corps...i dont have one, i do have a super corps though...
Brass: 95 madison volume with 92 cadets book : )
Percussion: Technicality of anything by the cadets in 2000 on, with Blue Devils playing style
Guard: Combine 03 and 04 BD with Crown's this year(Oh the possibilities)
Drill: honostly i try to write stuff like 97 and 98 cadets, very fast and very very fun to watch

Yo what it is
My name is Kasey Warren
I live in Colorado Springs, CO
Hometown: Houston Texas, otherwise known as "H-TOWN"
I'm 16
I go to Air Academy High School, same as three others on MML (b/c of me, lol) :)
My favorite drum corp(s) are BK (Blue Knights), and mostly the Cavaliers.
Next year I'm trying out for the BK (2009), and Cavaliers my senior year (2010)!
I play trumpet
WE WON STATE DIVISION AAAA! IN COLORADO!

nathan (bcoat07), do you tech for SFA?

I'm Nick Kulmala.
I'm from Williston, SC, a little one horse town.
Well, I've marched from 7th grade on, so by next year, it'll have been 6 years marching.
I've marched bass drum for 1 year, and tenor sax for 3. This past year I was drum major.
Crown is pretty much awesome.

Marvin, do you know my brother Teddy? He plays bass drum for Clemson.

I'm Steve Vaughn, I'm 18
I go to Union-Endicott High School in Endicott, NY
I was in U-E Marching Band since 2004 on baritone.

I will be attending Ithaca College next year as a Music Education/Euphonium Performance Major (with a little composition on the side). (I am 1 of about 2 or 3 that were accepted out of about 15!)

I marched 2007 Reading Buccaneers and will be marching with the Brigadiers this year. I hope to march Cadets or Phantom or Bluecoats next year (2009)

I was in the New York State All-State Symphonic Band this year on 3rd chair Euphonium of 8. O yeah, and I'm a world champion with Bucs. =p

Steven, 16, Ft. Worth, TX (for non-band nerds, about thirty miles west of Dallas...for band nerds, about ten miles southwest of LD Bell)

This is my third year with the Paschal Panther Band, all three in pit...hopefully next year I become section leader.

This is also my second year in the Wind Ensemble...last year was the first year we won sweepstakes in 37 years, so yay my timing!

My favorite corps (being a percussionist) is Phantom...though I like the Cavvies visual package as well.

I'm Jordan
I'm from San Diego
I marched at Rancho Bernardo HS from 2003-2006 (Graduated in 2007)
My favorite corps is the Cavies.

Name: Henry
Age: 16
I'm from Texas and play clarinet, I secretly wished I picked trumpet
so I could march with Blue Devils, or Phantom they are my two favorite, but luckly I'm in the process of learning trumpet...sort of..

Im Matthijs, 22 years old and living in Groningen, Holland. I marched from my 9th till 14th in a youth band called Pasveerkorps (pasveer.nl). After that i moved to another place and i went to Showband Marum (showbandmarum.nl). Most of the years i played snare.

I study journalism and im really addicted to Micromarching!

Forgot it, but i really like Blue Devils (artisticity, showmanship, themeshows) and Cavaliers (choreography).

my name is erik 28 years old live in the netherlands
play almost 18 years first trumpet then baritone with the same corps a dutch showkorps cald wilhelmus in sliedrecht based on drumcore but no competition only to entertain

im not 100% into dci because i live so far away and to follow the competition is a big task and i 'm more into drumbands
i realy like the scouts and maybe you know them The James Madison University Marching Royal Dukes!” simply JMU because the sound

My name is Erick Hoxter, I'm 17, a Junior at William Penn High School New Castle, De.

I'm from the tiny 1st state of Delaware

I'm a Trumpet player, and love it..one day my skills will catch up to my passion. I'm also going to be playing tuba next year(senior year) for marching band. I go to William Penn High. Cavalcade of Bands American 'A' Champs! We took everyones opinions and expectations of being "just that third place band" and annihilated that mindset finally. youtube.com/watch?v=7byvydi2yyo (leave a comment)

My favorite Corps are Cadets, I blew my audition this year but I will be a Cadet next year, mark my words! I wanted to march Raiders or Jersey Surf this year but I can't really afford to miss band camp. I also like Crossmen, Madison Scouts, Phantom Regiment, and Carolina Crown as well. All these Corps show either tradition, under rated shows or playing styles that go under rated and over looked by most fans.

I can't really brag because everything I tried out for (DCI, All state, local bands) Ifailed at, I'm not that great of a trumpet player but I will be.

Only thing I can brag about though is being able to stand in the Endzone at Hershey stadium on Nov. 10, and unexpectedly listening to the band names being called and us still not being called. by the time the announcer got to the top 5: I thought we were in the wrong division, top 3: I was glad we got third top 2: I was about to cry cause 2nd is a great accomplishment "and in first place, with a score of 91.55 nine one point five five. winning the high percussion award, high music award, and the high overall score award...William Penn High School!"
We stood set for a second fighting back tears of joy then went wild...best day ever in life...that was a little more than an introduction but I couldn't resist putting it down! Nice to meet you guys too!

Vinny Esposito, 37, from New Jersey. Been involved with a few corps and marching bands from 1990 through 2006- now semi-retired after a 10-year stint playing Mello with the Bushwackers. Now I just take out my frustrations here and playing trumpet in the local community band (with a few old Drum Corps buddies...)

Jennifer Spainhour
I'm from Floyds Knobs, Indiana-it's across the river from Louisville, KY.
I marched with/am marching with:
-Floyd Central High School 2002-2005 (clairnet, asst. field commander 2005),
-University of Louisville Cardinal Marching Band 2006 (clarinet), this coming year (mellophone)
-Derby City Knights All-Age Drum and Bugle Corps 2007-present, and hopefully many years into the future (mellophone)
My favortie corps are: Star of Indiana, Star United Mini-Corps, Phantom Regiment, Southwind and Pioneer

I made various honor bands while in high school, including IBA All-District band my sophomore and junior years, IBA All-State Band my junior year, IMEA All-State Honor Band and IBA All-State Honor Bandmy senior year. I still teach bagpipes at Floyd Central HS and am on visual staff for the marching band. I am Horn Sergeant with the Derby City Knights and am a music ed. major at UoL, and will be graduating either fall of '10 or spring of '11 with my MAT in music ed.

JDGurg from good ole Vinemont Al. I was in the Vinemont High School Marching Eagle Band. I play Trombone usually 1st part but sometimes I unfourtuantly have to go to 3rd :(
I've been to UNA Honor Band, Solo and Ensemble (duet with Spirit of Legend) we of course got a one. I've also been to Cullman County Honor Band once and it was no where as fun as UNA. I hope to compete in Montivallo Honor Band, Auburn Honor Band, Alabama Honor Band and eventually go to All-State.

Bryan Robertson, 18, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky
I am a senior at Muhlenberg South High school. I am a member of the marching band. I play baritone and trombone. Our marching Suns just won the 2-A State Marching Championship. My favorite corps are the Cavies, and Phantom Regiment.

This is just a small portion of Brob08.

hey baritone i also play euphonium

Hey,
I'm Dion McGill of Chicago Illinois. I marched all through high school (Alan B. Shepard) first two years on saxophone, and spent my last two years as drum major. From there, Marched one year at Western Illinois University on Trumpet, and then 1 year as drum major (Drum major as a sophomore was odd). From there, I marched Mirage Drum and Bugle Corps (Div. 3) out of Rantoul IL. (Contra) in 1997, and in 1998 (I still say due to the stroke of luck of going to a college that had 5 members) I marched with the Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps on Contra. I marched with the Cavaliers again in the 2000 season, and of course, tied with the Cadets for the world championship. (I can live with a tie).
My first live drum corps show was 1995, 2 days before championships, in Dekalb, IL. Blue Devils beat Cavaliers by about a point.
My favorite corps include Cavies, Blue Devils, Phantom Regiment (They're '95 show still makes me swoon), Madison Scouts.
Formerly a music ed. major, I know major in history, and sing rock music.

Rock on!
~Dion

Who are you?
Where are you from?
Where and when did you march?
Who's your favorite band/corps?

Also, go ahead and brag about your accomplishments. =)

Mr Bud McCormick: Band Director of
Jackson Memorial High School, NJ
Marched with Santa Clara Vanguard 1974 and 1975
Marched with Reading Buccaneers 1978, 1980, 1981
(also Muchachos, Harmony Sr. Drum Corps)

Dennis Ward, 47
Married for almost 20 yrs, 2 children
Marched with St Andrew's Bridgemen 1975, Bayonne Bridgemen 1976 and 1977. Mellophone, Soprano, Baritone in order.
Woodrow Wilson Elementary Band, trumpet and baritone.
Bayonne HS Band, trumpet
Retired Navy
Playing guitar

Oh, forgot. from Virginia via Bayonne and the Navy

Nick Wong

~ 4 years Naperville Central Marching Redhawks (Trumpet)
~ 2006 - 2008 (Hopefully through 2010...if my body survives...) Colts Drum and Bugle Corps (Baritone/Euphonium)
~2007 "All-American" Marching Band - Purdue University (Trumpet)

I don't have a favorite corps...I find it kinda hard...I mean...we all do the same thing, but with different shows.

Who are you? Scott
Where are you from? Texas...Now living in North GA
Where and when did you march? 1987-1992 then Northeast Louisiana University.."the Sound of Today. Now the Universirty of Louisiana at Monroe...Marched Mellophone for one year then finished out my marching years as Drum Major
Who's your favorite band/corps? Aside from "the Sound of Today. I enjoy alot of SEC Bands.. The LSU Golden Band from Tiger Land, and the University of Tennessee, Pride of the Southland. However since moving to Georgia I happened on a website 3 years ago and it was the JSU Marching Southerners. I have become a very big fan of that program and have been to many arenas to watch the Southerners. The Director, Ken Bodiford has built an incredible program, not only with a powerful horn and precussion line, but also a remarkable guard ensemble that transforms this marching band into a visual masterpiece on the marching field. If you don't believe me..check it out for yourself... marchingsoutherners.org

Thanks for indulging me! Just wish I would have known about that university marching program when I was but a wee toddler!

Bukareaux,

Jacksonville State University . . . my alma mater and you are correct about those MARCHING SOUTHERNERS. JSU is also home to Spirit Drum Corps (formerly Spirit of Atlanta).
The Southerners have long been the jewel in the crown of JSU and are recognized as the largest recruiting unit for JSU. We have a very proud tradition and we welcome you to our extended fan club!

Who are you?
I am Billy, a mellphone player (along with many other instruments) and I am going to Major in Music Therapy/Ed at Nazareth College of Rochester with a concentration in voice!

Where are you from?
Cheshire, CT (For those of you who don't know...between New Haven and Hartford)

Where and when did you march?
Cheshire High School Marching Band (2004-2007) Graduating this year! We were USSBA Group V Open Champions 2005 and 2006.

Who's your favorite band/corps?
For high school bands, definitely Reagan from TX
And for Corps...Blue Coats! (I hope to march with them 2009 or 2010)

Hi...I'm Jenni! I'm a music teacher and I'm a trumpet player.

I'm from Hillsborough, NJ and I'm married to VinnyE. :)

I marched with the Bushwackers from 1999-2005 playing soprano and mellophone.

I'm Wade. You can figure out my last name my looking at my screen name. (Hint: Wade=Edaw)

I'm 18 years old and I go to Houston County High School in Columbia, Al. If you don't know where that is, it's 18 miles east of Dothan. If you don't know where Dothan is, it's in the southeast corner of Alabama.

I play horn. I am a member of many community bands/orchestras in my area, including the Troy University Dothan Community Band, Wallace Community Band, and Tri-State Community Orchestra. I have been a member of the Webb Baptist Church Chamber Orchestra, and Troy Symphony Orchestra, but due to my busy schedule and conflicts, I couldn't do those this year.

I do as many honor bands as possible. I have 12 honor bands on my planner this year. The ones I have already done are Tri-State (FSU) Samford (not Stanford), University of Alabama, Auburn University, Mid South (Ole Miss) Alabama State, and District 8. I still have County, Western Carolina University, All-State, University of North Alabama, and Jacksonville State University. By the way, JDGurg, did you get 5th chair trombone in the Bacon-White Band last year at UNA? I went last year and I had a great time also. Maybe I'll see you at UNA this year.

I marched in my high school band for 6 years. I started in 7th grade. It's cool that I have just as many years of marching under my belt as many College Sophomores. I have also done 2 years of the marching honor bands of both Auburn University and University of Alabama at Birmingham. Both are fun, especially if you love marching band.

I will be attending University of Alabama this fall. I will be pursuing a degree in Music Education.

I really love this site. I might get the opportunity to write part of the drill for my high school band next, but I doubt it. We have a small band. We have 29 winds and percussion in our concert band this year, and 9 of us are graduating.

Well, that's all I've got.

Hello, I'm Sam, I'm a senior in the Cleveland High School Band where I've been a member of the Marching Band and Symphonic Band for the last four years, and have been a part of various small ensembles for special occasions in the school and community. I've also been second chair Alto Saxophone in band for my entire high school career, which I've always though was bizarre... In addition to playing in band, I've also composed and arranged several short pieces for different concerts and events over the years. This coming fall I will be attending Lee University in my hometown of Cleveland, Tennessee where I will major in Music Education with instrumental emphasis...

Who are you?
Hi, I'm Andrew, a trumpet player, virtuoso my friends say, from Indiana.

Where and when did you march?
Muncie Southside High school, 06-07. I tried out for the Cavaliers last year and missed out barely, so now I'm going back to my high school so I get away from the drum corps experience for awhile.
Who's your favorite band/corps?
The Cavaliers, Bluedevils, and the Madison Scouts-especially '96.

well i'm john, a sax, french horn, mellophone player as well as a percussionist
i marching with my crappy high school , cypress high for 3 years now
i am marching with impulse this 2008 season on mellophone

i am very partial to the 94-99 blue devils, any of those years are awesome, especially '97
but the cavaliers have been pretty awesome lately

hi my name is juan im from miami. im 21. i didnt march in a super BOA band in high school, so my post will be pretty short. lol j/k. I'm a music ed major at miami dade college. I've been in Drum Corps since '05. I marched contra w/ the Boston Crusaders from '05-'07. this summer is my age-out and i will be marching w/ The Cadets. i teach a few bands in the miami area (none that you've heard cause they're not very good). i write drill on my spare time. well that's it!

Jamie Wilson
Paducah, Kentucky
Lone Oak High, Graduating Class of '09
Freshman Alto Sax, Sophomore and Junior Bari Sax
1 Year LOID Cymbal Player
Not much of a corps guy, Favorite Bands Nothview Marching Knights, Avon and Norwell

Jordan Taylor
Bowling Green, KY
Marched with Muhlenberg South High School for 5 years playing trumpet...
Marched one year (playing mellophone) with the Big Red Marching Band here at Western Kentucky University...
Marched during the winter and part of the summer season with Southwind 05 (don't ask... ha!) lol

I'm currently an English major who plans to teach... I'm trying my hand with guard (or about to, haha)... I was a two-time soloist and section leader my senior year in marching band... I'm much more into the vocal end of the music spectrum these days... doing a lot of musicals and choir stuff... woo!

Oh yeah... my fav corps are the Madison Scouts (my fav!), Cavaliers, Phantom, Crown, BD, Bluecoats, SCV, and BK...

hi. i'm jared.

So thats all you'll say? huh pedazos, or should I say "JARED". or is that just an alias to cover for your many "unlawful" duties? Huh?! just kidding : P

I'm Shane. I go to The Woodlands College Park HS and went to the Woodlands HS my freshman year. I play Tenors on the drumline and have been in the top band since my Sophomore year. I'm going to be going to Sam Houston State University to study in Music Education. As a matter of face, i got my acceptance letter into the school of Music from Sam today, and I also got an acceptance letter from University of Houston where I plan to do my Graduate Work. The corp that has consistently been my favorite has been the Cavies but it changes every year. Last year my favorite show was the Blue Devils with SCV very closely behind. One year i would like to do a corp just to get the experience but I don't know how that will turn out.

ok fine.

as i said, i'm jared. i'm 26/indianapolis/spanish teacher at avon high school. i help out with the marching band program during the fall and also manage the band website (www.avonband.com). i've never marched corps because i grew up a woodwind player (i regret it...i would've loved to have done corps, but i didn't know it existed until i was like 18), but i've been big into the marching activity since i started marching band my freshman year. i went to high school in springboro, ohio and got my teaching degree at miami university of ohio (go redhawks!).

while i'd love to be a big-named drill writer some day, i gotta start small. this past fall i wrote for lone oak high school in peducah, kentucky (jamie wilson's school). if you'd like to watch their fall show you can on the band website: www.loneoakband.org. maybe you'll watch the show and say "oh yeah, i SO knew it was pedazos like two sets into the show!"

i don't have a favorite corps because i've only been into drum corps since 2000, but i do have favorite shows: SCV '98/'99 (AWESOME drill), cavies '95/'01, cadets '00/'05/'07 ('05 my all-time favorite show), crown '06/'07, phantom regiment '03/'05/'06 (FAUST!). as for high school bands go: center grove back in '95-'99, plymouth-canton '97-'01/'06/'07, lawrence central '00/'04/'05, reagan '04, broken arrow '06/'07, avon '02/'04/'05/'07, marian catholic any freaking year but 2006 (2002 goes down as my all-time favorite show put on the field), and, of course, the LD Bell trilogy.

when i'm not glued to this website, i'm glued to my guitar rocking out in guitar hero, watching american idol/big brother/survivor, writing a novel that will never be published, drinking too much starbucks, or sleeping a lot.

i'm so glad have gotten all that off my chest.

Thank you, Jared. Sorry if I sounded nosy. I love Avon's band, their awesome. And thanks for the info, it'll make alot of people happy.

Hi, I'm Ricardo but most people call me Ricky. I'm 22 years old. I was born in Houston but moved to DFW when I was nine. I marched with L.D. Bell for 3 years from 2001 to 2003. I played the mellophone. :)

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Don't sweat the small stuff.
People tend to take my trust for granted.
If you catch me reading, it's probably a coloring book.
I know, I'm pretty exciting that way...
AND NOW I'M DONE

three great years to march in the L.D. Bell band! i'm jealous.

Zack Scull
Central Pennsylvania. I go to college now at IUP. Comm. Media major
Never Marched. I was in the PIT! Played Aux/Timp 1 year, 1st Vibes/ Xylo 1 year, And 1st Marimba 2 years. (best in the school)
DuBois High School Marching Band - 03 to 06
Also did Indoor Perc. Bass 3 1 year. Synth 1 year and Keyboards (Marimba/Xylo/Synth) 2 years.
Blue Coats/ Jersey Surf.
Pit Section Leader junior and senior year. Played Piano since 8. Viola for 2 years now. In Orchestra at IUP. (<3 Strings) Organ in church every once in a while.
Thats about it.. I'd like to work with music in the future, but media is a bigger interest. Music is a side.

Woops. I guess i did march. Indoor that one year..

Well yeah.

i lied.

Sorry.

Finally, the mystery of Pedazos is solved. Great website, by the way, for Avon High School. Not to mention your a Big Brother Fan!

when did you march coats?

Well...yeah, my name is Keyo Wilson, and I graduated from North Stafford High School in Stafford, VA...I go to James Madison University in Harrisonburg, VA, and I am a huge geek.

By the way, I marched tuba with Cadets last year. I think that explains why my drill is mostly linear, haha...

My favorite shows? Too many. I'll start with Cadets: 1987, 1992, 1993, 1996-1998, 2000 (this one is my ultimate favorite), 2005, and obviously, 2007. We marched and played the h*** out of that show last year, so I'm so proud of it.

Others: Cavaliers: 2000; Blue Devils: 2005; Phantom Regiment: pretty much any year, but the top ones are 1989, 1996, 2003, 2006; Santa Clara Vanguard: 1989; Carolina Crown: 2005 and 2007; Bluecoats: 2006 and 2007; Crossmen: 1992!, 2001-2003

Maybe I could go on, but I'm gonna give it a rest, haha...

Hi,
my actual name is Kevin. I am currently in the COLORADO STATE CHAMPION marching band from Air Academy High School. I play Clarinet, second chair. I'm currently a junior.

I guess I'll chime in.

My name's Adrian Caswell, ummm yeah. Here's the typical stuff you might want to hear.

I graduated from Westwood High School in Austin, TX. Spent 5 years getting my music education degree from The University of Texas. I was in the Longhorn Band for all 5. While I was there I met my wonderful my fiancé, Jenny. She was also in the band and a former drum major of The Woodlands HS. We're getting married in less than 3 months!

Now I'm in Houston, 24 years old, and in the middle of my first year of teaching. I teach at a high school in Sugar Land, a suburb west of Houston. I absolutely LOVE my job and feel extremely honored to be able to work with the students and staff there.

As far as corps experience, I never strayed very far from home. I marched in The Cadets from 2001-2005 on lead trumpet. I always had many favorite corps and that list is growing even more as friends, students, etc are getting further involved. My favorite high school is Austin High School &#9786;

I enjoy my time on this website and have had the privilege to meet many wonderful people. I’ve always wanted to start writing drill for real and it looks as though that may become a reality for this upcoming season. I can’t tell you how excited I am at the opportunity. Either way, I have a blast coming up with ideas and trying to let out some creativity through drill writing.

Hey Adrian, Do you teach at SFA, and also, What year did your fiance Drum major for the Woodlands?

you played a solo at the end of malguena in '03 didn't you...thats why you sound so familiar

*and the beggining?

To Pedazos:

You should be jealous just as I am jealous of your sheer awesomeness.
Ha just kidding!
About the first part that is :)
It still amazes me how much that program has evolved into what it is today. Transcendents is most definitely not Exodus and that's a good thing.

Hi, I'm Jon. I am a sophmore at Oakville Senior High School (suburban St. Louis, MO) and play tuba/sousaphone in their band. Our band made finals at two BOA shows last, Clarksville (5th place) and St. Louis (8th place).

Greetings

I'm Mark from southern California. I marched SCV from 97-01. Favorite drill writers... Myron R. George Z. & Michael G.

ohh, mark irons, you marched in some amazing SCV shows. i envy you.

I'm EJ from Western Kentucky!
I play clarinet in my high school band, Marshall County Marching Marshals. I'm in my sophmore year, and last year we were fifth in the state and this year we were MCI (Music City Invitional) Grand Champions.
My favorite Drum Corp is the Cadets. My favorite show is the 2005 "The Zone: Dreamscapes in Four Parts with a Door"

I'm Jason from Tennessee. I'm a 2nd year band director. I graduated from U of M in 06. I play trumpet. Never marched but wish I would have taken the plunge and marched my age out in 04. I've been writing drill since 03 for local schools and some at the University. My favorite corps are The Cavaliers and The Cadets. When I saw my first live show in 01, they floored me and I was hooked! I'd say my favorite show is 007, maybe because I played a couple movements of it and loved it.

I am Elizabeth from Southern California. I am currently a undergraduate Music Major at Mt San Jacinto College. With hopes to transfer to La Sierra University in the winter 09 or fall 09 to work toward my Bachelors of Music in Music Education & Percussion Performance. Then I will apply to Boston University for my Master in Music Education. I been teaching as a instructor since august of 98 with various position ranking from Marching to Drum Major and Percussion. I also been writing drill sine 98 to 00 then just this upcoming season returning to the gig of writing drill.

I'm Paul. I march Baritone for the Plymouth Canton Educational Park Marching Band, this will be my third year. I'm 16. I play tuba in day band. And i also march cymbals for the winter drumline . My favorite Corps are Phantom, BD, and Crown. And Cavies are eh. haha. I hope to march corps next summer, at either Crown, Blue Stars, Bluecoats, or Glassmen (last three corps are close to where I live thats why). I want to learn to play piano and trombone this year as well. I hoe to enjoy this activity when im old and dying too.

Hey Paul Shanks, do you know Andy Ebert?

Paul you should consider the bluestars, it's a great corps to march with.

Joshua
15 years old
Freshman at Dorman High School in Roebuck South Carolina (second biggest high school in SC besides Summerville which is splitting up this year)
Marched in 8th grade (one in five) and ninth grade
I play the Trombone in concert band and the baritone in marching band. I will be playing euphonium next year. Our school marchers with Dynasty baritones, ephoniums, and mellophones (could be better, but its what we have).
Made ninth chair in the South Carolina All-State band against mostly tenth graders.
I really want to march Phantom, but will most likely march Crown first because they are so near to us, and because i know a couple baritone players that are planning on marching there until they age out.

Ed from Harrisburg, PA.

It's all in my profile page but here goes:

Marched 5 years of drum corps. First on baritone with the Reading Buccaneers (2000-2003) and the Harrison Bushwackers (2005) and then on mellophone with the Hawthorne Caballeros.

Been judging visual for about 4 years (I'd rather not say where.) I've been a music designer for about 5 years, and a visual designer for the past 2 seasons.

I see this place as a great tool to help budding drill writers who DON'T have 700.00 just laying around to buy Pyware and my goal is education. Hope my comments are helpful to you all! :)

Ed.

Madison

From ATX. Graduated from Bowie HS after marching all 4 years (2 on flute and 2 on Piccolo). My senior year I was 4th chair Wind Ensamble (1st band) and got to play Enigma Variations (Sweet!) and the 1821 Overture (Even Sweeter!).

I've had the opportunity to march in 2 national championships: Fiesta Bowl where we won Sweapstakes (1st in prelims, 1st in finals, 1st in parade) and the Grand Nationals Comp in Indy in 2006 where we place in the top 12 in prelims, semi-finals and finally 12th overall in finals (not bad for Bowie's 1st appearence, eh?)

I live in Laurinburg, NC where I go to St. Andrews Prebyterian College and am majoring in Forensic Science. I plan on learning snare this summer b/c the only band at SAPC is a Bagpipe and Drum band so why not?

I love music of all kinds and nothing beats watching DCI live!

Enigma Variations is AWESOME, i played Nimrod when i was in high school, GORGEOUS music

I know! We played I think 8 or 9 of the variations...ah! To beautiful to tell! :D

Hi I'm not Manuel...it's a good Portugese name...but I'm not Portugese...their women are beautiful though...Childless...nope sorry ...don't know where that came from...I'm older than 14 . I was ...years ago...too many to...remember...marched in drum corps taught and designed shows for corps and bands...for many years...loved it...was successful but haven't done it for awhile though I do keep in touch often...am very grateful to Joe for such a good job on a great game...just starting to catch up with the cyber rules..but it's all good.

so guys I haven't been on here in a looong time. Like I came on and there is percussion and guard now. Cool!

Anyways

Name is Shannon and I am a he. :)

Played Soprano for two summers for a Div II/III corps that is now a World Class corps. FCO!

A recently saved Christian, my faith is very important to me.

I design for a large high school band and have been the vis guy for the past 6 years. Recently I've picked up a Corps job... Don't judge my work on here because I mainly goof around when designing on here and I was at work... err... my old job. :)

Hmmm what else... I just started to play my trumpet again.

Single and 30.

Hmm... thats all for now.

: ) "a recently saved Christian"

Good to see born-again believers!

John 3:3

Who are you?
Where are you from?
Where and when did you march?
Who's your favorite band/corps?

Also, go ahead and brag about your accomplishments. =)

Peter Roser, West Chester, Ohio. Marching at my high school, Lakota East. I am a Maninet. It's like a clarinet player, but manlier. I don't watch much DCI, but I knew someone in the Cadets. Besides band, I write for the Spark news magazine, will be inducted into the National Honor Society this Sunday, and I work at Graeter's Ice Cream. I also am very involved in my church youth group, in July 07 we went on a pilgrimage to Italy, and in summer 09 my brother will go on one to England. Go Hawks!

Manny Morales duh...

i go to school in la puente CA...

nogales high school since 05'-06' season and im going to be a senior next year...i marched bassclarinets 06'...adn tenor sax 07...but sadly didnt keep up my grades so i only marched one show...and now in 08' i mrached tenor sax again and 18" zildjian cymbals for indoor drumline...and uhhh next year staying on tenor saxx...oh and occasionaly bari sax for jazz

my favorite corps has got be hands down CAVALIERS...!
then probably after them it'd go blue devils then SCV (because their cymbal line owns...!

and next year im going to audition for Pacific crest cymbal line =]

I never saw this topic, so I guess better late than never :)

My name is Jason Schmidt (obviously), and I go to Penn High School, extreme northern Indiana. I play the trombone, and I have marched with the band for 3 years now (junior)(yes, we march trombones as well)
-I have been in the top band since I was a freshman.
-I tried out for all-state band soph+junior year, and made it both years.
-Tried out for all-state orchestra junior year and made it.
-The bands in my school I am in: symphonic band, symphonic orchestra, marching band, pep band, pit orchestra, and jazz band next year.
-Our symphonic band made it into the Midwest Clinic for 2008 on our first attempt ever, lol, which is pretty exciting. Thankfully I will still be in the band for the great experience.

Umm, I guess that's it. Any more questions, just comment on my profile or something ;)

Who are you? - nickname is Tokyo given to me in freshmen bandcamp
Where are you from? - baldwin park, california
Where and when did you march? sierra vista dons, 07-10, not sure bout corps
Who's your favorite band/corps? Phantom Regiment

Also, go ahead and brag about your accomplishments. =)
Not much... not yet at least. But in Jr. High, I held 3 leadership positions.

My name is Devon and I'm 24. Nickname I go by is Denver, if you wanna hear the story just ask lol

I'm from the East Coast, the home of the Terps to be exact. I'be been living in Indianapolis for the last 2 months

I marched the Lehigh Valley Knights in 2002(d3) and the Jersey Surf in 2003(d2) I also marched every top 12 show beginning with 1999 in my living room lol

My favorite band would have to be Kennesaw Mountain and corps is a no brainer. I am a die-dard Cavaliers fan. The first time I saw the PBS broadcast back in 99 as soon as i heard the first note of their Classical Innovations program I was hooked and have been since. My first live show was in 2001 in Clifton, NJ. I regret having never gone out for the Cavaliers but thats life I guess. Also

Hmmm accomplishments...I've been on the staff of 2 tob bands back home and wrote drill for one. Its truly amazing seeing something you've created come to life.

I marched Bass 5 in 02 with LVK and switched to Contra in 03 with Surf.

Currently working on becoming a visual tech at one of the perennial BOA finalists here in Indy.

Thats enough about me for now lol

Gosh Jason Schmidt...your a talented trombone player!

one more thing...i love BASICS!

Oh. I never posted in here...

Uh..

Name: Joe Boboige (haha Firefox is telling me that my last name should be Oboist lol. See below why its funny)
From: Falls Creek PA, but I got to DuBois Senior High School
I have marched in my high school's marching band for two years, and started my freshman year. (We are part of Chapter 11 Tournament of Bands, group 2. Possibly Group 3 this upcoming season since they changed the number of people you have to have.)

I play Clarinet for Marching Band and concert band, but if there s something like a solo or important part in the Oboe part (or if the clarinet part is only split into like 2 parts or one), I play Oboe. (We only have four clarinets in concert band including me)
Um.. this past year I went to District Band on Oboe 2. I made 2nd chair so I didn't get to go to Regionals, but I made 2nd chair overall so I'm happy. I also do choir, show choir, and... I went to district chorus this past year, and made 11th chair (cut off for regionals is 10th), and I only lost by like .01 of a point or .1 something like that. If only I have gotten .2 higher... I also compose on the side. I also like to make rpgs...

Oh, and I'll be a junior next school year.

I'm Erica! I'm 15, I live in Lake Orion, MI, marched two years in my HS so far, I get another two years! We are currently second in the state of Michigan, Flight I (but still second out of all four flights) I'm section leader and in my school's symphonic band as a sophomore..:)..I really like the Cavaliers, but don't plan on going into DCI.

I love composing music, but rarely show anyone, because I'm too hard on myself.

I'm Josh.
18. Alum of WH Taft high school, San Antonio Tx
I don't march with band.
I march with Armed Drill Teams
'04-'06 Red Falcons JV Armed drill team
'06-'08 Sky Raiders Varsity Armed Drill Team
3rd Place Exhibition Drill 2008 Air Force Nationals Western Division
I somewhat play guitar, and sing

Stephanie, 23

I marched at Palm Harbor University HS in a 45 person band (anyone wanting to do music went to Tarpon Springs HS for all the BOA people out there).

I am starting my 6th year (I've graduated & am now doing grad school) at Georgia Tech, and play the flute/pic. My real major is engineering though :)

Matthew 15 I go to Ronald Reagan High School. I am the second chair player and marched It Chooses ME this past year. I will try out for Crossmen eventually.

Im Alyssa & I'm 16 & a half! I'm from San Antonio, TX!
I went to Reagan last year & will be attending Johnson H.S. this year. I marched in "It Chooses Me" with Reagan last year & will march in "Bloom: The Beginning of Always" with the Johnson band. My favorite corps include the Cavaliers, the Crossmen, & Phantom Regiment!
Random Stuff: *I listen to music 24/7, even when I sleep [fave song: There Will Be Love]* I love BAND* I love running!*I love going to concerts* I love technical computer stuff* I like math (hehe)* I love helping out at the animal shelter*I'm shy* I'm "in like" with someone* I love cheesecake* I love hanging out with my friends!*I enjoy listening to people* =D

Hellllooo. I'm Kristen Knott and im 14yrs old. ALSO from good 'ol San Anton' ,TX

I don't have much of a background with marchingband (at least, not yet. lol). My brother has played in the Reagan Marching band for 4 years so i have been supportive of him and went to practically EVERY compitition there was so i pretty much know what there is to marching band (somewhat). I will be a freshmen this year in the NEW SCHOOL Lady Bird Johnson High School and will partisipate in their awesome marching band directed by Mr. Alan Sharps and Mr. Jarrett Lipman. (like Alyssa said, i will also march in "Bloom: The Beginning of Always"~ily Alyssa!)
UMMMM... i have been playing the clarinet for 3 years, the piano for 7 years, and the guitar for 1 year. I have been in the Wind Ensemble for the three years i have been playing my clarinet and have enjoyed every minute of it. There is no way to describe how much i love music. i plan on staying in band for the rest of high school. I also will suppot my big bro while he plays in the Goin' Band from Raiderland (Texas Tech) this upcomming year.

Random things about me:

~I love to swim compective/ and for fun~
~I have an obession over peanut butter and ice cream (not 2gether-well i guess that would taste good!)~
~I loveeeeee music. anykind pleases me.~
~I have a HUGE phobia of spiders~
~I extremely outgoing and crazi/ i dont care what ppl think of me~
~i am verry subborn. (& yes. ive have been told that)~
~i am extremely randoM. hehe.~
~the band hall is my second home~
~Im outspoken~
~my favorite color is blue (which is the same color that ppl say looks best on me-i think cause my eyes are blue)~
~ppl say im blonde when i am really NOT. lol. my hair is golden brown thank you very much.~
~i guess you can say im a band geek~
~i am really close to my family~
~im a pusher. lol~
~i want to be loved/liked and i want to love/like.~
~I love my Lord and his son Jesus Christ more than anything~
~i sometimes feel like i have to do things amaazingly but im not a perfectionist~
~i write too much~ lol

<33 i love my love

My name is Adam Greene. I am 17 but pretty close to 18 (turn 18 in July). I play baritone/euphonium. I marched baritone in my high school band all 4 years. I went to Paul Laurence Dunbar H.S. in Lexington, Ky. In my years, we won state in 2004,2005,and 2007. We won two BOA Regionals (Murfreesburo in 2004, Bowling Green in 2005). In 2006 we made it to semi-finals at BOA Grand Nationals, placing 15th(I think) overall. In 2007 we also won 1st place at the Contest of Champions. I am going to Transylvania Univeristy here in Lexington and minoring in music (still playing euphonium). My favorite drum corps is probably a tie between all of them. Each one has certain shows that appeal to me (most notably Madison Scouts 1988 and 1995).

PS- I am in no way looking for a fight about KMEA State Championships or any other contest.

lol... mrtibbs08, I was at every single one of the BOA's that you listed... that's just uncanny...

I am a sophomore at Valley Christian High School in San Jose.
I've been doing marching band there for 2 yrs now.
fav. corps: Blue Devils, SCV, Cavies

Im a junior at Clinton High School in Clinton, South Carolina. I have been doing marching band for for years this coming season. Our 2008-2009 Marching Band Show is called "Catch-22" even though it has nothing to do with the book. I play a variety of instruments but my domain is the Saxophone. I march Bari Sax and play Tenor Sax in the concert band. I play trumpet in the orchestra when our drama club has plays.

I'm Scott and I am a Senior at Lake Orion High School in Lake Orion Michigan. I have played percussion in band for over seven years, including playing in the Symphonic Band next year as well as this past year, and Pit in the Marching Band for the last two marching seasons. We took third in the state in Flight I in 2006 with our show "Facing Rage", and second in 2007, "The Perfect Number". This year, I'm a Drum Major (one of four) which is obviously quite a jump from Pit. Our show for this year has yet to be given a title, but we rehearsed the music for a week already and it's going to sound pretty cool! This will be the first year that we travel to the BOA Grand Nationals so this should be a pretty interesting year. As far as my favorite corps goes, I would probably have to say the Cavies.

Who are you?
My name is Jonathan
Where are you from?
North Carolina
Where and when did you march?
High School band my Freshmen, Junior and my Senior year.
Carolina Gold Soprano-08
Who's your favorite band/corps?
Fav band would be "The Presidents Own"-Marine band.. as for drum corps the drum corps that has the most shows I like would be Phantom Regiment even though they don't have my fav show.

I am a 17 year old trumpet player.

My name is Brian, and my online user name is Barius. It is a shorter version of my MySpace name Barius Supremous. Barius Supremous means in pseudo Latin, "Supreme Bari," and I earned it for being one of the baritone saxophone players in the Antelope Valley.

I'm from Lancaster California, where I marched with the Lancaster High School Eagle Corps for all four years. I marched baritone saxophone freshmen and senior year, and alto saxophone sophomore and junior year. Upon graduating in 2005, I became a walk-on marching instructor for LnHS. I have done this for the last three years.

Being a California boy, I love both the Blue Devils and Santa Clara Vanguard Drum Corps. I also enjoy watching the Cavaliers. Some of my favorite high school groups in California are the Granada Hills Highlander Band, the Etiwanda Eagle Regiment, the Hart Regiment, and the Ayala Band and Color Guard. There are many more, but I can't think of them all right now.

Currently, I am studying Music Education at California State University, Northridge, and I plan to teach either junior high or high school band and orchestra.

Who are you? Eric

Where are you from? Michigan

Where and when did you march? Phantom Regiment 2002-2005 (Euphonium)

Who's your favorite band/corps? Anything that is exciting and fun to watch, both visually and musically!

name: John Janus
From: Massachusetts
location: Rhode Island since 2005
Marching Experience : Holbrook Jr/Sr High 5 yrs
URI - the Pride of New England 2 years
UMass Minuteman Marching Band- The Power and Class of New England 3 years

fav band/ corps: UMass, Boston Crusaders, (wow.. talk about staying local)... Carolina Crown, and Cavaliers

Who are you?Stephen Klepner
Where are you from? Tel Aviv, Israel (Currently in New Jersey)
Where and when did you march? Jersey Surf 07,08
Who's your favorite band/corps? I Enjoy Blue Coats, Crown, and some of the older Crossmen work.

flyodd - I missed the chance to watch you guys at the Clifton show this weekend- I got roped into hauling pit equipment for my old team...

I'm Ban.
I'm from Malaysia ( between Thailand n Singapore)
I marched from year 2000 until 2006.
MY favor DCI team is the Cavaliers!
My favor show is 007 and the merchine!

haha its ok VinnyE we were coming off a week break. I left from the Cliftton show with the flu or something like it it was not cool so we marched a euph hole that night anyway.

whoops, I guess if age is a criteria.. I'm 28 but since you can't edit posts, I'll correct it here

hey
my name is Allen Jones[tanner is my brother]
i'm 16
i go to wakeland high school in frisco texas
music is life. period.
and i want to write drill when i'm older.
my favorite corps are the cadets, SCV, and Phantom Regiment
I'm going to san antonio on friday to watch teh southwestern championship!
woo!

I'm Sam.
My family thinks I'm from some strange, musical world, but I'm pretty sure I was born in MN.
I've marched the past three years in my high school marching band.
My favorite corps is Phantom.
I've been the top trumpet in my school since I was a sophomore.
I'm currently going through marching band withdrawal because we ended last Thursday.

Name: Shawn Wright (duh)
Age: 16
Home Town: Daphne, Alabama (2nd fastest growing area in the nation[ughh])
Instrument: Trumpet (I own. QUADRUPLE G!)
Marched with: Daphne High School 2006 -2008
Favorite corps: (in order) Cavaliers, Phantom Regiment, SCV, Cadets, Blue Devils... I forget after that. lol =P
I also play: Piano, Guitar, CD's, Soundboard, MML =], Mellophone (French Horn), Tuba (one of my favorites. Pedal D2. OH yeah[sound like a helicopter]) and... I think that's it.
I'm About to brag about:
1) Being the best trumpet player, like... ever (almost)
2) Playing a Quadruple G on my Trumpet without using any fancy asymmetrical mouthpieces, no pressure techniques, etc., or anything but practice.
3) Doing on my one and only Bach 3C mouthpiece (I wish I had a deeper/bigger one though.
4) Being awesome at guitar hero, and playing a real one. =P
5) Ummm... oh yeah. My amazing marching skill (sarcasm, although I'm not too bad, if I may say so myself)
6) Ummm... poo! I forget! Oh well
Other things: I'm obsessed with MML, and am going to try to write all the rest of my shows in a state of amnesia, because apparently I do really good when I do.
Check out my show "Amnesia" on my profile.
Anyways, I'm done. -.-* (relief) =]

Shawn- If you like Bach mouthpieces, try a 1 1/2 C - they're deeper and overall "bigger" than a 3c- and will give you a darker, more orchestral sound. You may lose a little range for the first few weeks or however long it takes you to adjust to the new 'piece, but you'll get over that soon enough. Bach's quality control isn't quite what it used to be, so you may have to try one or two until you find one that slots well.

I've known a decent number of lead soprano guys who've used 1 1/2 Cs (or bigger) successfully. I've also known about 1000 or so lead sops who swear by those tiny "cheater" peashooter mouthpieces too- but they tend to be old school "lazer tone" players.

my name is Richard Worthington
im from pocatello Idaho
i started marching in '99 - '00 with judson high school played tuba
i also marched in '00 winter drumline cymbals
from '01 -'02 i marched for blackfoot high school again tuba
and in '01 i marched for the troopers baritone
and i have two favorite corps wich are the troopers and the blue devils

I am Michael McKenna
I am from Novi, MI, currently in Farmington Hills, MI

I marched tenors for:

--- DCI ---
2001 - Americanos
2002 - Colts
2003 - Cadets
2004 - Cadets

--- WGI ---
2004 - Great Lakes Percussion
2005 - Rhythm X
2006 - Rhythm X

My favorite corps are the Cadets and Blue Devils. Favorite indoor groups are Rhythm X and Riverside Community College.

Found this website and thought it would be fun to mess around with. Might be awhile before I publish, though. I want to learn more about how this works.

Im Jan Hoomans, 26 years old and living in Leeuwarden, The Netherlands. I marched from my 9th to my 15th in the youthband of an showband called Pasveerkorps. Since my 16th I am with the seniors. Most of the time a played snare. Since my 20th I am the drummajor of the band.
Check out youtube.com/watch?v=ovy8u19caom fyi.

I also do the drill and choreography of our youthband. Really nice to work with these kids.
Check out youtube.com/watch?v=7lhgvmjttpc

Im Nate McMahon im 19 years old. I attended 1 year at IUP for Music Ed. Im a sax player. As of right now i am on the wait to go to basic training i joined the Marine Corps to play in the band. I dont know where i am going to be stationed in October through december i deffinatly wont be on and then for the full month of Feb i wont either idk about the armed forces school of music if im not on here for 10 months i cant wait to see what Joe does with the site in that time

I'm Luke Stapleton (15). I'm in the Ross High School Marching Band. I don't like to brag about myself but I do like to brag about the band I'm in. Our band has qualified for the OMEA (state) Competition for 23 years in a row now. I'm a second chair trumpet. This is only my softmore year but it's been great so far! This year our show is based on Picaso's time period and it's called "Pablo". This is also the year that the Ross High School Marching Rams get to march in the Walt Disney World parade which is pretty exciting. Besides marching band, I'm also involved in pep band, concert band, and jazz band. Last year our jazz band played at the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland. I've got a MySpace account (www.myspace.com/trumpet_hero) where you'll also find many of my buds in the band. Give me a ring if you'd like. I also started up a new group on MySpace called Marching Bands of America. It's definitely open to anyone here! Just look us up! I've got to say that my favorite DCI band is the Cadets.

Hey I'm Ian
Im 16 years old.
I'm from Coconino High School in Flagstaff Arizona.
I marched 1st bass for the past 2 years,
and this year I'm SL and I'm marching center snare.
I might possibly be trying out for snare or pit in the local wgi winter drumline Dark Sky Percussion, who took 7th at world last year (their first year as an ensamble)
some of my favorite corps are the Blue Devils, and the Cadets, I liked the Cadets 2003 show.

I can't remember if I did this already but I'll go again for all the new people.

I'm David Brock. I'm a music education/computer systems double major at Morehead State University in Kentucky. I'm 22 and I've been marching for 11 years. See my profile for extended info. :)

Hi i'm Andrew. I live in Downingtown PA. I'm sixteen and i've marched Reading Buccaneers '07 and this year '08. My favorite drum corps is BD cause there always awsome.

My name is Calvin Fackrell, as it says above.

I teach, march compose and write. Not necessarily in that order. I teach up in the northwest, I marched in the northwest and currently march Blue Devils, I compose a little music every once in a while, and I come here to write drill.

I am 20 years old, and am enjoying being a part of this whole marching music thing. It's more incredible than donuts. Yeah that's right, donuts.

My moniker happens to be: Nate Hoppel. I am 18 years of age. I am from Cleveland Tennessee. I have marched for five high school marching seasons: one in Jefferson-Morgan high in Pennsylvania, and four at Cleveland High in Cleveland. I play trombone and baritone and i now go to Lee University, one of the best music schools I know of. As everybody knows, my favorite corps is Phantom Regiment, on account of their buicks. My favorite band is Broken Arrow on account of their show about water (I think it was "aqua" or something like that). And I made four ensembles this year at Lee: Jazz, Wind, Symphonic, and a Trombone Chamber ensemble. and it's my first year!

Who are you? Tyler Loveless
Where are you from? Batavia, Ohio
Where and when did you march? Cincinnati Tradition '07, '08; Batavia High School '08, '07, '06, '05
Who's your favorite band/corps? Bluecoats

I'm currently 17, I am a senior. yay me... I plan on majoring in music education at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, and then minoring in science. I am also auditioning for the Bluecoats this coming november.

I'm Victoria Shingleton
From Anderson, South Carolina
I've marched for the Pride of Pendleton Marching Band since 2005
Well, I'm a fan of the Blue Devils (go ahead... boo lol). I also love Phantom Regiment, Santa Clara Vanguard, and Madison Scouts.

I'm 16 years old and a junior in high school. I am the feature saxophone soloist this year, so if you happen to run into Pendleton at a competition (or just search us on youtube), listen for me at the beginning. Can't miss it.

My name is Marcus Grant. I'm 16, and I've lived in virginia all my life. I'm currently the trumpet section leader and field captain for the thomas dale high school marching knights. This is my third year in marching band. My favorite corps is Phantom Regiment, but I also like the blue devils a lot. In fact, the opener for our current season is 'One More Time, Chuck Corea' - originally a blue devils drum core chart in the early 80s. I have a solo in it =D. I'm a junior in high school, but not your average junior! I'm a composer/arranger for our marching band stand tunes, and just for fun! I plan on entering an original concert composition into the national PTA reflections contest this year. We'll see how far that goes ;D. You can read more about me in my profile.
P.S. I think this site is AWESOME! =D

Hi I'm Kasey Warren. I like long walks on the beach...

wait, hey! This is the date seeker thread!

My name is Chris. I'm from Columbia, South Carolina and I graduated from Lexington High School in Lexington, SC in 2006. I play saxophone, but I've marched cymbals with Palmetto Percussion, an independent indoor drumline, in 2007 and 2008. I've also marched with the University of South Carolina's marching band in 2006 and 2007.

Favorite Drum Corps: Cadets
Favorite PIW group: Music City Mystique and Rhythm X

My name is Carl.

I'm originally from Jupiter, FL, but right now I'm going to college at UCF in Orlando.

I marched for the Jupiter High School Marching Warriors (now known as Spirit of Jupiter) for four years, I'm now marching with the UCF Marching Knights, and this past summer I marched with the Boston Crusaders.

My favorite corps would have to be a toss-up between Phantom Regiment and Star of Indiana (gotta love the classics).

Hi Im Josh

I love marching band and play sax but I really want to play mellophone.

I have been in marching band for 2 years and just starting my 3rd.

Im the sax section leader and a woodwind officer.

I was in indoor guard for one year.

My favorite corps are: Phantom Regiment, *Carolina Crown*, Cavies, and Blue Devils

My dream is to learn mellophone (already practicing) and march with Crown

Who are you?
I am Alex
Where are you from?
Terre Haute, Indiana
Where and when did you march?
Terre Haute North Patriot Brigade, 2007 & 2008(this year), and definatley for the next 2 years too!
Who's your favorite band/corps?
My favorite band is mine, and my favorite corps is Phantom Regiment, a new fan though.

Also, go ahead and brag about your accomplishments. =)
Umm, In only my second year of playing baritone I participated in the ~2007 All Region Honor Band in Cloverdale, Indiana
~My school won gold in ISSMA competition (Symphonic Band)

There would probably be more if I worked up enough confidence and courage to audition for more things.

I'm Chelsea.
I'm from South Jersey.
I march in the RVRHS Red Devil Marching Band.
My favorite corps is a tie between Blue Devils and Jersey Surf. Both for my own reasons.

Accomplishments-
I play flute, piccolo, sax, and piano. During my high school career (I'm in my junior year now), I would like to learn three more woodwind instruments, and start learning two percussion instruments. I would LOVE to learn brass, but my teacher won't let me because she, and my other teacher say it will ruin my embrouchure(sp?). I disagree, but they're both accomplished musicians, and I don't doubt them.
In 2008, I got piccolo for the South Jersey symphonic band.
For my freshman, sophomore, (and probably junior, and senior year), I've been piccolo player in my district band (Western Burlington County).
I would one day like to go into music education, and go to West Chester University.
My favorite thing to play (just thought I'd throw this in) is Sevens by Samuel Hazo. I LOVED playing it.

And that's all about me. =D Comment if you have any questions/comments/concerns/what-not.

Mark S.
North Richland Hills Texas
Richland High school: 2005 (conductor), 2006 (Alto sax), 2007 (Bari sax), 2008 (low reed section leader, loudest woodwind player alive)

as for band and Drum corps, I could care less about the corp, but the show itself.

I've also been known as the Bari sax player that knows orchestral music more than band music, I'm alos the first one in my band to find audio files for the pieces we play, and I wirte music more than almost everyone.

Well, its about time I got around to doing this, so here it is...

Hi, I'm Kyle!
I play french horn for concert band, mellophone for marching band, viola for string orchestra, and I sing tenor for chorus. My school, Penn Yan Academy(NY) no longer has a competitive marching band, but we used to compete in NYSFBC up until the end of the 2006 season. That was unfortuantly the only season that I was able to march. Now the only time I get to touch the mellophone is for pep band and memorial day.
I have a couple favorite bands, most of them are listed in my profile. My favorite corps are Carolina Crown, Phantom Regiment, Boston Crusaders(DCI), and for DCA Empire Statesmen and the White Sabers.
Thats about it.