Originally Posted by bandteacher1 (Post 777128)

Ah. (I'm old...cut me some slack!) Yeah, there is. I'm particularlly strong in strings and percussion. However, brass and woodwinds aren't exactly crappy. The only instrument I can't say I can truely play is bassoon. I can't make my thumbs do all that! haha. While I was in high school, I marched drum line. Bass then quads. When I got to college, I had learned to play the trumpet from my music teacher in high school. I went to UMass Amherst, and was on the trumpet line. However, when I started marching with the Cadets Drum and Bugle Corp, I got switched to trombone. Does that answer your question?

Originally Posted by AwwSugar (Post 777137)

Ahh, don't say you're old! You're 35 years young!!
Percussion is beautiful. It's good to have another percussionist on the boards.
I'm mostly a marimba player.
YOU MARCHED CADETS?!
OH MY GOD. The drill writer for the cadets is my old instructor's uncle and he wrote for our band.
And the marching instructor is with the Cadets right now.
Let's be best friends. [=

Originally Posted by bandteacher1 (Post 777148)

Yes, I am old, haha. And yes, I did march with The Cadets. The one thing my students always call me on is that when I go to show them something about marching, I still step off with my right foot. And sure, why not? I enjoy making new friends. The first time I went to college, I majored in percussion and double bass, lol.

Originally Posted by Paloma (Post 777149)

Oooh. Probably because it's been used derogatorily?

Anyway, welcome

Originally Posted by Paloma (Post 777149)

Oooh. Probably because it's been used derogatorily?

Anyway, welcome

Originally Posted by AwwSugar (Post 777153)

My band started stepping off with thei right foot this year because he wants them to be like a drum corp. The Cadets, to be exact.
New friends are nice.
And you and I seem like we're going to have a lot in common.