I Am Proud to Have Been a Band Geek!

In this I am not kidding. More than once there was a call that they were looking for me and the first place that they checked was the music department. The teachers know that during study hall I had an open pass for the music department. It was interesting to say the least. I was part of every group but one. As you will see as you look down this page there were a few of them. This paid off when I went to college. My two year school had only a jazz band. When I left they also had a chorus started. So take note when it comes to music it is something that I enjoyed doing and still enjoy. With that said please enjoy this lens.

This image I had found a few years ago.

I started playing trombone in fifth grade. That was back in the 70's for those of you interested in how old I am. Also how long I have been playing and interested in music. It was interesting each year and through out the school year people were challenging each other. Trying to take the first seat. I was the weird one. I went for the 4th position because I preferred the lower notes. So I didn't get solos. That was not important. Playing was. A good example of this type of challenge is in the movie Drum Line. Where you had one drummer challenge another.

There were three chorus groups. I was in two of them. So as you can tell this was the only group that I was not part of. There was one time that our chorus had done several songs from Fiddler On The Roof and I was the one who did the dad part of Sun Rise Sun Set.

Yes I know that this picture does not match the others but it is the one that came into my head when I listed this category. The orchestra needed trombone players too. So I said sure. It was music related I was there. Did I get credits? Didn't know, didn't care.

Oh look another chance to hang out in the music department. This also helped bring out another memory and goal. That was from watching the Lawrence Welk show with my grandfather. The trombones were there and looked like we did when we were in concert. This goal was met. Add into that the Glenn Miller Story. Seeing someone becoming popular by playing the trombone.

OK Trombones in the front line. Everyone will guide to the tallest one in the front row. Hmm that was me. I was good and only misbehaved once. Slow down speed up move back and forth. Only happened during a rehearsal not while actually preforming. I also had a scarf that was long enough to cover everyone in the row across - there were five of us.

Marching in parades was easy. Performing at games or in competition that was hard. We understood that if someone got in the way go through them or you would get marked off. Trust me with a trombone you had a lot of room that you had to work with. I only hit one judge.

Final note. My wife was a drum majorette. Not for my school but still another thing to help bring us together.

Yes I helped organize the music for the whole department. It started with one, the chours and migrated through out the whole department.

If you liked the pictures used on this page,then you will love the show that they came from. Not much of a SpungeBob fan. But this is the the exception to the rule.

This is one that I have watched many times. Starting with TV then VHS and now DVD. And as the trombone player how could i not love this one.