re: Morgantown is a dump...

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WTF????? Now I don't understand you at all.

Who's downplaying the prestige of the WVU band? Or the music department? Why the hell would I downplay my daughter's band or music department?

Think about it.

Look, if you wish to come in here and defend the WVU band, there was no need to. I have nothing but high regard for WVU. I'm proud of WVU, the marching band, and what my daughter is/has accomplished up there. I know she has a long way to go, no doubt. But she's progressing well.

And I'm very proud of her.

To think I'm cutting down the WVU band, or if you think I'm not going to defend my daughter-- well,
putting it in musical terms--you're off key.

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Whether you meant to or not, you posted all that information in a completely condescending manner. You went on about how she could play through an LSU cadence when she was 15, wanted to be in LSU's band and just didn't make it for whatever reason. Then, you acted like she blew away everyone at WVU and made the tenor line ("quints"), which obviously isn't true.

Whether it's a sub-conscious thing or not, I don't know. From the tone of your post, you seem to think there's no way WVU's marching band could be on the same level as LSU's.

I'm not trying to downplay any of your daughter's achievements in any way because I know first-hand how difficult it is to even make the cymbal line in WVU's marching band. I also know first-hand how tough it is to be in the music department at WVU. I was there just a couple years ago. I was a four-year member of the drumline and, like your daughter, I started out as a freshman playing cymbals in the drumline, then moved onto snare. As a music student, I was principle percussionist in the Wind Symphony for a semester and played lead pan in the award-winning WVU Steel ensemble. I know the kinds of things your daughter has to do on a daily basis just to get by, so please don't think I'm saying anything negative about her.

I know Prof. Willis and I talk to members of the drumline (primarily the older ones that were freshmen when I was a senior) on a regular basis. I know how tightly-knit that group is. I'm part of it.

When I read that post you made, I felt disrespected. I'm sure you didn't mean any harm by it, but some of the things you tried to say about her position in the line (as a tenor player) were known by me as false. That's why I posted what I posted as a response.