A poll for marching band kids...?

Question

A few questions about your band...

1. How long has your band director been working at your school?

2. How many years have you been in the band?

3. What instrument do you play?

4. About how many members are in your band?

5. How many girls are in your low brass section?

6. What is your favorite field show you've performed?

7. How many drum majors does your band have?

8. Have you ever been a section leader?

9. Have you ever done color guard?

10. Does your band have a huge rival?

Answer 1

1.we had an amazing director for 8 years, then we got a new one last year.

2.this is my second year of band

3.i play clarinet & sax.

4.130-160, i'm not exactly sure

5.there are 2 female contra & sousaphone players. and 3 female mellophones, but that's isn't low brass. lol

6.last years show is probably the best show i'll ever do in my whole life.

7. 2

8.no, but i have a good feeling that i might be one next year.

:)

9.no, but i did winterguard. but i think winter percussion is funner!

10. well, we have more than one, obviously, but there is one band we REALLY hate!!!!

Answer 2

1. 2 of the directors about two years the third at least ten

2. going on my fourth

3.clarinet and flute

4.110

5.one

6.fire and ice

7. 2

8. twice

9.no

10. yes broken arrow marching band

Answer 3

1. How long has your band director been working at your school? 4 years

2. How many years have you been in the band? 1

3. What instrument do you play? Flute

4. About how many members are in your band? 14

5. How many girls are in your low brass section? 2

6. What is your favorite field show you've performed? Free bird

7. How many drum majors does your band have? 2 One boy one girl

8. Have you ever been a section leader? No

9. Have you ever done color guard? No

10. Does your band have a huge rival? Yes

Answer 4

1. This will be his second year. He's the third one we've had in three years.

2. Eight in band, two in marching band.

3. Tuba in marching and concert and trumpet in jazz.

4. The concert band is divided up into two divisions: The Wind Ensemble and the Repertory Band. The Wind Ensemble is like an honors band for the better and more experienced players. There are about forty or fifty in each, I think.

In marching band, there are about thirty or forty musicians and 20 Color Guard people.

5. There was a girl tuba player who graduated and now there is a female trombone player. There is another girl euphonium player who is concert band but not marching band.

There is a girl trumpet player and there was a girl mellophone who graduated. Those aren't low brass, but they're still brass.

6. Well we haven't started the one this year but I like the music so far. It has three movements and it's called Nightwatch.

7. Our band has three now. We had two last year.

8. I guess I'm kind of one now since I'm the oldest in my section, but it's not really designated.

9. No

10. No

You should post the answers for your band.

Answer 5

1.  This is her first year.

2.  This is my first marching year, but 3rd band year.

3.  Flute

4.  About 48

5.  4

6.  This is my first, so I guess this year.

7.  Two, both named Sarah

8.  In my middle school band, I was(we didn't march).  But this year I am not, but am first chair.

9.  Nope

10.  Yes, Bell Middle/High School(we are in Florida, and am Trenton High/Middle School)

Answer 6

1.Hes been at our school awhile not sure though exactly how long, but I'll say at least 10.

2. 4

3. trumpet

4. not sure at least 60 probably more though

5. less than 5 they all play clarinet and flute.

6. we performed once and it was no big deal for a parade

7. we have like 5 drum players

8. no

9. don't know what that is.

10. No, because we don't compete.

Answer 7

I was in marching band in high school and recently graduated (07). Sorry if I don't qualify.

1. I had 2 band directors. My first one was there freshman to junior year. (He was there a total of 6 years.) The band director my senior year just left this summer (after 2 years) to pursue a higher degree.

2. 14 years

3. I marched clarinet and trombone in high school, but I play basically any wind instrument (minus horn lol).

4. It dwindled from 80 to around 40 when I graduated. This year it has about 30?

5. When I was captain my senior year, 5 of the 8 were girls. Not sure how it is now, but I doubt it's changed that much.

6. I loved my senior year show because it was an abstract theme. We also did a show based on Saturday morning cartoons, which was fun because it had the audience laughing.

7. We always had 2 (basically because of tradition). When I left it got cut down to 1.

8. I was a section leader for 3 years: 2 on clarinet and 1 on trombone/baritone.

9. No, I didn't, and I wish my school had had a winterguard because I think that would have been fun.

10. Our school has a rival because we were the first two built in the county way back when. As for band, no not really. We're the smallest band in the county and the only one in our class, so there wasn't exactly anyone to "compete" against. A lot of kids in the band come from out of district though (magnet program), so they have "mini-rivalries" with the people their district, you know friends they had in middle school.