“I did the marching band all throughout junior high and high school. Music was one of my favorite things in school.” SchoolBandHigh SchoolMy FavoriteJuniorsFavorites ThingsJunior HighMarching BandSchool Band Author:Tommy Lee
“I just started as a part of the public school music program. I took lessons at the school every Friday and was a part of the school band. I was just a normal kid taking instrumental lessons at school, nothing special.” KidsSchoolSpecialLessonsBandNormalProgramFridayPublic SchoolSchool Band Author:Kenny G
“From the age of four, I loved ballet and tap. I was in the school band, the choir, and all my school plays.” PlayAgeSchoolFourBandBalletChoirSchool PlaysSchool Band Author:Gugu Mbatha-Raw
“I played in the high school band. I was the one baritone saxophone out of 80 other people. No one could tell whether I was hittin the right notes or the wrong notes.” PeopleSchoolBandHigh SchoolNotesSaxophoneBaritonesSchool Band Author:Bobby Keys
“I shined off high school band, marching, jazz studies. At the time I was too cool for school, I had this professional gig and I was going home taking a shower and heading to downtown Hawaii, Waikiki.” HomeSchoolStudyBandHigh SchoolJazzShowersHawaiiGigsHeadingsDowntownGoing HomeToo CoolSchool BandWaikiki Author:Eric Hernandez
“I got in the school band and the school choir. It all hit me like a ton of bricks, everything just came out. I played percussion for a while, and stayed after school forever just tinkering around with different things, the clarinets and the violins.” DifferentSchoolForeverBandDifferent ThingsBricksViolinChoirAfter SchoolTinkeringClarinetPercussionSchool Band Author:Quincy Jones
“At one point I had dreams of being in the school band, but I didn't play an instrument that qualified me, and that was a problem. I always had fantasies to be part of that, but I did take my piano lessons quite seriously.” PlayProblemDreamSchoolFantasyLessonsBandInstrumentsPianoQualifiedI Had A DreamPiano LessonSchool Band Author:Paul Smith
“I asked all through third, fourth and fifth grade, when they were asking kids to be in the band, to be in the school band. But they wouldn't let me do it.” KidsSchoolBandThirdsLet MeAskingGradesFourthFifthFifth GradeSchool Band Author:Jon Gordon
“We had a great educator [in the school band], a man named Larry Laurenzano. He was tough, but we knew that he loved us. And that was the beginning of playing music with people and really being inspired and having fun and being in a community.” PeopleMenSchoolFunCommunityBandToughInspiredHaving FunEducatorPlaying MusicLarrySchool Band Author:Jon Gordon
“We still talk about [school band]. Almost 40 years later. It's like people are talking about, "Man we need to have a morning band reunion".” PeopleMenNeedsYearsStillsSchoolTalkingMorningBandReunionSchool Band Author:Jon Gordon
“Walk down Forest Ave to Joey's Pizza like we used to do after performances, which doesn't exist anymore. We had a sense of community [in the school band].” SchoolUsedCommunityWalksBandPerformancesForestsPizzaJoeySchool Band Author:Jon Gordon