I was a big band geek in high school. The biggest, actually. I went onto become drum major, both in high school and college. Some of my fondest memories. Anyway, about halfway through my junior year of high school we got a new band director. A guy that was 22 years old, a tuba player right out of the University of Texas. He was keen to shake things up.
Jared, seriously? You know DCI & Cadets? Holy shit!! My Dad marched Cavies 1955-1960, I marched Phantom Regiment 1981, DCI Board 2004-2008, Regiment Board 2008-2020, been a drummer my entire life, drum corps fan for just as long, have written percussion books and taught for local high school marching bands for a good chunk of the last 40 years.
So cool.
Been following you on Twitter for a good while now, used to read TDDN way back.
Friend used to work for a heating and air-conditioning company as an installer. With some help from his father-in-law he started a septic tank business. Now he provides porta-potties for concerts, fairs, music festivals etc and will pump the black water out of your camper or RV you stay in for $50 so you don’t have to move it. He keeps buying more trucks.
Jared, seriously? You know DCI & Cadets? Holy shit!! My Dad marched Cavies 1955-1960, I marched Phantom Regiment 1981, DCI Board 2004-2008, Regiment Board 2008-2020, been a drummer my entire life, drum corps fan for just as long, have written percussion books and taught for local high school marching bands for a good chunk of the last 40 years.
So cool.
Been following you on Twitter for a good while now, used to read TDDN way back.
Love your SoundCloud stuff :) Keep it coming!
Chuck McCurdy
Playin the tuba is good advice but the best part of this email is the music recommendation. Cheers.
Friend used to work for a heating and air-conditioning company as an installer. With some help from his father-in-law he started a septic tank business. Now he provides porta-potties for concerts, fairs, music festivals etc and will pump the black water out of your camper or RV you stay in for $50 so you don’t have to move it. He keeps buying more trucks.
His house is much bigger than mine.
My brother played tuba. Won state medals in high school in California. I played trombone and gave up in 8th grade for basketball & girls ( I wished).