Is it okay?

[Bucketmom]

My gosh, there was band camp long before there was softball camps. I graduated HS in 1972 and there was band camp. Marching band in college was brutal. I chose to play in the band that just sat in the stands at the football games.

What instrument?

 

[Amy in AZ.]

Clarinet and alto sax.

 

[chinamigarden]

The band camp joke began with the movie American Pie with the line this one time at band camp being followed by a graphic discription of self pleasure and a flute. But yes they have band camp. The one most HS kids go to is to learn all the music and the marching show for the football halftime performance. Which is also the show they use in any competition they enter. They wake up at 6:30 and from then until 8:00 pm their day is scheduled. Other the. Meals they have 1 hour a day of free time. Usually there is a scheduled activity every night as well. One night this year they had dodgeball my dd surprised the he k out of a lot of the staff there. She plays tenor sax last spring she won the 1st chair and had a long solo during the concert competition they entered.

My dd would probably hang me if she knew I said Tenor Sax when it is clearly an Alto Sax that she plays

 

[chinamigarden]

My gosh, there was band camp long before there was softball camps. I graduated HS in 1972 and there was band camp. Marching band in college was brutal. I chose to play in the band that just sat in the stands at the football games.

My son did College Marching band for 2 years, he had to quit this year because of the time commitment was too much for his studies.

 

[Bucketmom]

My son did College Marching band for 2 years, he had to quit this year because of the time commitment was too much for his studies.

I was one who just sat in the stands. Our football team was the absolute worst!!!'

 

[softball_mom#7]

Clarinet and alto sax.

My youngest plays the clarinet. Man can it sound so pretty and OH SO Terrible. My dog runs and hides when he sees her carrying that black case.

 

[MsDinosaur]

Ha! I played the violin. Nails on a blackboard and unlike the band instruments, you never need to pause to draw a breath. :-D

Plus, no marching. Strings play indoors and, except for the string bass, seated.

I am truly fortunate that DD chose the cello. Even the bad notes are pretty mellow.

 

[chinamigarden]

Here is my son playing with a couple hundred of his pals

 

[chinamigarden]

Here is the DD with about a hundred of her friends.

 

[guero_gordo]

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