Dan-Z

Yes, its fine. The christmas medley is for an off-season performance - it has nothing to do with the show. We're learning it to build brass fundamentals during camp, though.

Thank you, everyone! You all deserve a +1. CrownBaritone, I'll send you that PM, maybe we can meet at camp!

I think Dream Theater would have a pretty awesome translation to the field if you had the brassline with the talent for it!

Haha, I'm going down from NC, so It's not that far. Thanks for the advice! I might get caught up in football rivalries, though. GO STATE!!!

Hey vets, can you share any stories, experiences, or advice that you learned that would help out us prospects? First timer here, going down to Ft. Mill. Can't wait!

I'm either trying out for Crown or Splanta.

I'm kinda 'eh' about the new uni, to be honest. They could lose the shoulder pauldron and it would look better, IMHO. It looks... cluttered. Not the best uni choice, but by far not the worst.

Thanks for the tips! Elaborate on the dog story? That must have been one heck of a day.

True, I didn't think of this. Thanks a lot!

The thing is, all I do every summer is... nothing. Yeah, I go to the pool, vacation every once in a while, and hang with friends some, but usually what I'm doing at any given time is sitting in front of my laptop. Of course, I obviously won't be following the schedule every day, since life gets in the way. Also, I'm going to fit activities in, I just want to get something done this summer! Thanks for the info, man. I have no idea where to go when it comes to physical training in terms of corps, so you guys are really helping! I've already got bookings with Oprah's private trainer, my nutritionist also went to culinary school in Paris, and my sports psychologist is R. Lee Ermey. I'm on top of this, man.

Thanks! I'm not discounting other corps; in fact, I may just audition for SOA or Gold if I don't make it in Phantom.

Ah, d'oh! Of course I can! My family is going on a trip to Hawai'i for my brother's Bar Mitzvah. It's actually closer to a week and a half, but it'll still be a while. Lots of tonguing and slurring then, huh?

Thank you for the insight! I was actually hoping to get a lifeguard job with my neighborhood pool, and since I started HS I've been taking private lessons with a guy who was lead for Crown, and aged out last year. He's an amazing jazz player and a superb all around musician, but I don't know if he would want me to put his name out on the web. A question, though, for whoever wants to answer, I'm going to be out on a trip during the summer for 2 weeks where I will be trumpet-less. How do I keep everything up to par so I'm not rusty when I get back?

I think what you're saying is the similar to a quote my assistant band director told us at band camp last year. He said, "Practice doesn't make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect." And I want to march PR more than anything. I understand that the schedule could be kind of... Long winded? But I want more from the summer practice than just to train for corps; I want to "become the master," so to speak, of the fundamentals of my instrument. I want to know that each note that comes out of my horn is the best it will be, in any circumstance. So, yes, the goal is perfect practice.

Yeah, I thought it was too much... And my parents already think I'm out of my mind! Edited schedule is now reflected in the OP