Fellow band geeks... is this you?

[MiniMandaRuth]

It's me, that's for sure.

A band geek is a person who:
1. plays one or more musical instruments well
2. eats, lives, sleeps in bandroom
3. considers band the most important class of day and frequently skips other classes to go to it
4. Has CPS (chronic playing syndrome) but does not suffer, rather enjoys every minute
5. Dates exclusivly band (or other musical: e.g. chorus) people
6. Understands band jokes
7. 99% chance of a horribly peverted mind
8. Worships band director/ drum major as god/jesus
9. Is in marching band and loves it more than life itself
10. has seen a lot of the other people in band and guard
11. IS INCREDIBLY AWESOME/COOL

Number 7 is certainly me, and only my friends know that. Trust me, WAY to many inappropriate trombone jokes in Jazz Band.

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[Heidi]

1. I was a band geek.

Among other things. :thumbsup:

[MiniMandaRuth]

2. DAMMIT.

:banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:
Anyhoo, thanks for sayin'.

[KitchenWitch]

3. My son, although he is not a band geek

as he is not in the high school band this year, has several of those attributes...He practices his guitar and piano almost non stop. Next year when he is in band, he will be playing trombone in the band. He does not date yet, however.

[MiniMandaRuth]

6. Better be quick or he'll end up like my good friends Rob and david.

WAY too many inappropriate jokes to be healthy.

And I always walk away wondering where the hell my mental windex is.

[ChoralScholar]

4. Good for you.

You can almost always take band geeks at face value. What you see is what you get.

I myself was a band geek, and became a choir director. Now I have my own little choir geeks that come to my room in the mornings and afternoons, just to see if they've missed out on anything.

I WAS those kids.

Oh yeah... what's the difference between a bari sax and a chainsaw? Vibrato... :)

How do you make a trombone sound like a french horn? Put your hand in the bell and miss a lot of notes!

:)

[MiniMandaRuth]

9. Oooo.. Our jokes are soooo much worse than that.

Oy. Put two teenage boys with raging hormones on either side of me... and I'm quite the... err... 'big' gal right there, and they CAN'T FRICKIN' STOP WITH THE DAMN JOKES.

And it was REALLY bad when one band performing had six trombones and one bass trombone.

Rant off.

[NMMNG]

5. Like this one time, at band camp...

I might have become a band geek, but it never came to fruition. When I was in grade school we were given a musical aptitude test, on which I scored well. It was recommended that I take band if I had an interest, which I did. Unfortunately the instruments had to be rented (unless you had your own) and my mom couldn't afford it, so I wasn't able to join.

[MiniMandaRuth]

7. If you're still interested...

And if you have one in the area, Ted Brown is pretty reasonable. I get my alto sax from there.

They have quite a big selection.

[u4ic]

8. BANG geeks?

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[MiniMandaRuth]

10. OH FLIP

Better change before Skinner remotely detonates my computer for lack of censorship.

[lildreamer316]

11. I progressed above that:

I was in DCI.
HA.

[erinlough]

17. My son was a Cavalier and I still volunteer for them. HI!!!!!

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

12. That entire list was me in high school .

Especially numbers 2,4, and 11 ;)

[AllegroRondo]

13. 12. knows what really happens on the back of the Band Bus

and its not "go fish".....

[texas1928]

15. There were some hot times back there.

amazing what you can hide on those yellow dogs.

[texas1928]

14. I was a band geek and also a jock and cool kid.

I hung out with everybody except the stoners.

[MiniMandaRuth]

16. That's kinda like me right now.

I hang out with some jocks, some preps, some of pretty much every crowd except for the druggies.

[fortyfeetunder]

18. yup, that was me way back when.

I consider having had a full life for the experience of playing in the marching band at two NFL game halftime shows. :woohoo:

[cleofus1]

19. i know i've posted this one before....

me playing Army of the Nile with a couple other band mates...i'm the one with the clarinet...

[AllegroRondo]

20. Army of the Nile

I think I still have that memorized!

The clarinet part at the trio was a bitch, too.