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re: GBFTL band camp question..

Posted on 7/15/13 at 5:38 pm to
Posted by jmon
Mandeville, LA
Member since Oct 2010
8442 posts
Posted on 7/15/13 at 5:38 pm to
My son just finished up with four years in band, and he's a trumpet player. Proud to say he was 1st part and pre game all four years. It's best to have good marching skills and music major is not a pre requisite. He had a great time traveling and almost got to visit every SEC stadium. Has made many good friends in band and Golden Girls because they spend a lot of time together. If he does make it, you will not see him much that first semester with practice and school. If you tailgate, you'll know how to get to see him. If not, you'll become an avid tailgater! Also, hey warmup in the IFF prior to every game around 9AM till 11:30. Then get a break to make it back to the hall, then eat, then start dress rehearsal and war ups, again. It's exhausting, but he'll love it, and you will, too!
Posted by lflettrich4
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Apr 2010
16 posts
Posted on 7/15/13 at 5:54 pm to
As a former woodwind in TGBFTL, here's how cuts work. 2 scores: playing and marching. Marching is pass/fail. Fail and you're out. Then comes the music playing test. You play a piece and you get a score. They rank the scores and draw a line after the desired number of people. So lets say hypothetically that they want 20 clarinets. You want your son to be in the top 20 on the playing test. Assuming your son is coordinated enough to march, PLAYING TEST is by far the most important.
Good Luck.
Posted by CSATiger
The Battlefield
Member since Aug 2010
6228 posts
Posted on 7/15/13 at 6:37 pm to
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jmon


sounds great for him. I am used to not seeing him much during school. In HS-band,jrotc, honor society etc.
Posted by The Boat
Member since Oct 2008
164387 posts
Posted on 7/15/13 at 8:39 pm to
Does he know you post? I'll tell him.
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