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  1. Word Up II

    in Fun & Games

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    "Well he went down to dinner in his Sunday best

    Excitable boy they all said

    He rubbed the potroast all over his chest

    Excitable boy they all said

    Well, He's just and excitable boy"

    Warren Zevon - Excitable Boy

    word up~stand-in

  7. Mystery Song in our 2010 Marching Band Program

    in Questions and Answers

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    Our 2010 Marching Band Show is entitled "Artistry in Blue." It features, you guessed it, songs that are "blue" be it songs with "Blue" in the title, or, Blue versions of songs. I can recognize most of them, except for one. The first song in the ballad segment, which starts at 2:00 in the video below.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_pHlblrsz0

    The actual melody I'm talking about kicks in at around 2:15 in the upper woodwinds, (Flutes, clarinets, alto saxes) and is echoed my the trumpets at 2:37.

    Over The Rainbow starts at 3:06 as a trumpet solo, being backed by a Bari Sax. (We took out the trumpet 2/3 and the alto sax parts, our director thought it was too much)

    Anyway, if you recognize the melody at 2:15, please tell me. It just seems like it would be odd to have an original melody in a song full of popular tunes. Oh well. :)

  23. Anoybody else a musician?

    in Music Discussion

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    Thanks! We got 6th place at Finals at the Championships in Wildwood that year. Not bad for being 2nd year it;s been around after a LONG break, because the school stopped supporting it. When our new band director got hired a few years ago, he decided to start it up again.

    Also, we did a very good job, because the show's music was very difficult for a bunch of wind instrument players on mallets. (The bassist does play bass though, and plays Bari Sax in marching band) Also, the highest 2 bass drums are actually wind players! (Bass Drum 2 was in Gnomon last year, though. He normally plays the trumpet)

    PS. Did you understand the concept of the show?

    It's called Variations of Canon. (in D) Each letter (C-A-N-O-N) represented a variation. There are also some Pop songs buried in there; "Can't Help Falling In Love," "With or Without You," and "Sk8er Boi" from what I recall. The snare part from Bolero is in there, too; You can't see the kid who was on Aux. Percussion 2 that often. He was next to the glockenspiel. Did you also get the part where we played the music forward, then backwards? That's what the spelling was. We ditched that for finals and the battery did some complex marching in silence.

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