Klarinet Archive - Posting 000739.txt from 2002/06

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Navy Band
Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 23:19:32 -0400

At 09:46 PM 6/21/2002 -0500, Kevin Callahan wrote:
>Uhm... topic, topic... Does anyone know any thing about the Navy band? I get
>appointed midshipman at Rice University in January, and since my minor is
>music, I'm wondering, is there anyway I can continue my playing while I'm
>in? Oh, yes, and is there a difference between enlisted players and officer
>players?

If I am not mistaken, in military bands there ARE NO officer players. All
players are enlisted; DIRECTORS are officers, or in some cases, warrant
officers. At one point in my Air Force career I heard they were looking
for band directors, but the personnel people made it VERY clear to me that
I would NEVER be released from duty as a flying officer to be a band director.

Bill Hausmann bhausmann1@-----.net
451 Old Orchard Drive
Essexville, MI 48732 ICQ UIN 4862265

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

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