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Author: MandyCarlsson
Date: 2011-08-20 05:11
Picture this...
Me, a 33 year old mother of three boys, *field marching* with "traditional students" (read: KIDS), awkwardly stepping across a field while trying to avoid crashing into hapless judges. *SHUDDER*
I am not happy about this, rather nervous in fact. The band schedule is crazy, I am already pressed for time and I'm not too sure how the youngsters (haha) will take to me. Thank god I missed band camp (which had a nutty 11 hr/day schedule).
Please tell me that someone out there in clarinet land has experienced this?! I feel like such an oddball.
Post Edited (2012-01-19 23:28)
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Author: MandyCarlsson
Date: 2011-08-20 05:13
On the plus side, I can enroll in school thanks to this scholarship. I am still classified as an out-of-state resident and I really wanted to get started on my music ed degree, just could not afford the tuition. NOW, I can start down the path, marching the entire way.
:)
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Author: Mom
Date: 2011-08-20 05:30
I have never experienced this, and would never want to, but I will sure buy tickets to the movie when it comes out!!! You go girl!!
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Author: clarinetguy ★2017
Date: 2011-08-20 14:03
Mandy, it sounds like you're being a good sport about this! I'm not sure I could have done what you're doing. This experience could be very useful if you end up with a high school marching band some day.
Some universities require marching band (at least a year or two) for those in music ed. I think part of it has to do with marching band numbers. At some schools they have no trouble finding students who want to march, so there isn't a marching requirement. At others the situation is reversed, and marching is often a requirement.
Back in college, I marched for a couple years with a tenor sax because our band didn't march clarinets. I enjoy the saxophone, but high stepping with a tenor wasn't my idea of a good time (although I know that many others enjoyed it). I wonder what it's like at Ohio State for woodwind music ed. students who want the marching experience but can't have it since their band is all brass and percussion.
Here's something else that I found interesting, and it isn't talked about much. In many university music departments, the director of bands (or the person responsible for marching band) puts heavy pressure on music ed. students to march. At the same time, the applied faculty pressures these same students not to march! My old clarinet professor was always very diplomatic, but he'd quietly express relief at the end of marching season. I don't think he liked the idea of his students spending three months high stepping with saxophones.
Post Edited (2011-08-20 14:07)
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