Do You Ever Grow Out of Being a Band Geek?

First let me start off my prefacing this post with the fact that in my school Band was cool. We were not hardcore band geeks, it was more of a social hour with 1/3 of my school.. literally. We had almost 300 kids and a little over 100 were in band. I played clarinet, and surprising I'm not that bad, and still remember how to play.

I started band in 5th grade and played until senior year in high school. We would have two concerts a winter concert and a spring concert. We would go to organizational contests and usually get a 1st or a 2nd. I went to a few solo/ensemble contests and got some ribbons. Then we have a few local parades for fouth of July, Memorial Day, Homecoming parade, etc.

Then there was marching band and pep band. We played pre-game and half-time and you got into the games for free. It was some fun times with friends and honestly.. we weren't that serious we goofed around alot and by no means were up for full-ride scholarships for college (maybe I should have tried a little harder, but we just weren't that hardcore). And not to mention that we got to go to Florida to March in a Disney parade.. that was pretty cool, we got to spend the whole spring break vacation in Florida and have some fun.

So anyway there is the background... well every year there is a community band that has summer shows every Thursday in the North Park. It's made up of people in the community and some kids still in High School. Most are alum that had Mr. Titus as a band director (he is the bomb diggity) and come back to play to see him and friends. Some people in community band are hardcore making sure they are in perfect pitch and others... like me.. are just there to have some fun, have something to do, and touch up on our skills, and we get paid $6 for every practice and concert we play in.

So every Thursday if you ever in GC around 7:30 come on up and listen enjoy some refreshements (sponsored by our band boosters profits going to GCMS Band) and enjoy some good music. The running joke has been that we are saving (for the past like 7+ years) for our GCMS Community Band Tour in Europe. Next year is Mr. T's last year directing band at the HS and I hope he will continue to be the summer band leader it's fun.