Jammin' and chillin'...random pep band games r fun! heehee...Alsion and Blake- i've been doin ur Laffy Taffy dance, lol...itz quite fun!

CLARINETS RULE

shout out to my homesax to da max- u know who u r and never come here but i shout nonetheless, lol...

2 months w/ evan on friday the 13th- how freaky-deaky is dat?? lol...i'm lookin forward to fri. the 13th acctually-and i'm pretty sure marisa is too...jsut a random guess, lol

much love to all y'all ('cept trumpets)

**chels**

Back to skool??? ACK!! Ok. so wut is up with wack thugg pplz in my video class chatting about marijuana yo?? Kinda scary y'all...anyway, skool is wack...i wish it was JAZZ BAND all day- everyday!!!! YAY!!! I heart JAZZ BAND... :)

so anyway...i pretty much hate wind ensemble.,..yep...i'm sure i'm not alone, lol...was that minday rehersal insane in da membrane or wut yo? And mike didn't even come...

BTW, his monkey shrunk and he was surprised...if u don't know wut i'm talking about i promise it's not perverted...just another joke the two of us share...lol...I WANT TO GO ON THE AIR!!!!

word to ur mother,

**Chels**

SIGNS U've Been in BAND too Long:

1. When you hear music and you start marking time.
2. When you walk behind someone and you're in step with them.
3. When you try to guess the tempo of your favorite song.
4. When all your friends are in the band.
5. When you don't mind changing clothes on the bus.
6. When you point out key changes and dynamics while listening to the radio.
7. When every guy/girl you're interested in is in the band.
8. When you like wearing your uniform.
9. When people ask you about your social life and you say, "Oh, you mean my flute/trumpet/drum/etc.?"
10. When you consider your drill book a fashion accessory.
11. When someone hits a wrong note and you chew them out for an hour.
12. When you practice your instrument more than you talk to your dog.
13. When being mauled by a drum is a normal part of life.
14. When people worry when they see you without you instrument.
15. When "armed guard," means a girl with a pole instead of a guy with a gun.
16. When band camp is FUN.
17. When you answer to "Band Geek."
18. When someone says the words "atten hut" and you automatically snap to attention and scream "REGIME".
19. When you remember flats and sharps more easily than your name.
20. When you dress the lunch line, and urge others to do the same.
21. When your mouth is frozen to your mouth piece, and it feels normal.
22. When left slides or right back slides feel normal.
23. When your instrument has a name.
24. When you remember your instrument's birthday and forget your mom's.
25. When making a line is you biggest accomplishment of the day.
26. When back marching no longer reminds you of ballet.
27. When you give your instrument a birthday party.
28. When you can make white shoes look black.
29. When your uniform fits.
30. When black feathers become a fashion "do".
31. When you see your section more than you see your family.
32. When everyone wants to kill the other football team...and you want to kill the other band.
33. When you have dreams about early morning marching band.
34. When you think morning practices should start a half-hour earlier.
35. When you accidentally call your band director "Dad".
36. When you CAN sight-read.
37. When you can put on you uniform in less than 10 minutes.
38. When reeds taste good.
39. When you have a band song stuck in your head, and you tap your foot to the beat.
40. When you think your plume is alive.
41. When marking time is your favorite form of exercise.
42. When you have a neck strap/harness tan line.
43. When you subconsciously start practicing with a pencil.
44. When numbers past 8 aren't important.
45. When you're more opinionated about the Madison vs. American Fork Bands than the Monica Lewinsky scandal.
46. When you roll-step through the cafeteria so you don't spill your lunch.
47. When you'd rather practice than read this list.
48. When letters past G aren't important.
49. When the only class you look forward to is band.
50. When you actually like marching band and would kill to do it all year long.
51. When you wonder what life would be like if you weren't in band.
52. When you roll step while you walk to class.
53. When you major in music.
54. When you use your high school band director as a role model.
55. When those stupid "band humor" jokes are the funniest things you've ever heard.
56. When you pick the instruments from the music in cartoons.
57. When you start screaming "LEFT! LEFT! LEFT!" to the people that walk in front of you on the way to class.
58. When you've dated everyone in the band and now wonder if you're ever going to have another date.
59. When you think the trumpeters have a right to be egotistical.
60. When you don't think the flutist have a slight attitude problem.
61. When you change your instrument to the tuba.
62. When you have perfect pitch.
63. When the band director is always right.
64. When you marry that special someone in your section.
65. When you have kids and force them to be in music.
66. When you get the jokes on this list.
67. when you aren't sure which is more dangerous a girl with a flag or a guy with a gun!

You MIGHT be A MUSICIAN If...

• your phone is unplugged for 2 hours or more a day so you can practice.
• you are more worried about breaking a finger then breaking a leg.
• Bach is not just a funny sound you can make in your throat.
• when practicing chromatic scales becomes more fun then bowling.
• you spend more money on books, instrument supplies, private lessons, and classes then rent, food, and bills combined and, you have more then one job to pay for everything. 
• you dream about little sharps attacking flats and whole notes falling in love with quarter notes.
• playing The Flight of the Bumblebee is as easy as reciting the alphabet.
• you know that normally The Flight of the Bumblebee is not that easy of a piece.
• the thought of taking a break, if only for a week, sounds crazy and suicidal.
• you listen to PDQ Bach and get all of the jokes. 
• that irritating song that's been running through your head for two weeks is by Mozart.
• that irritating song that's been running through your head for two weeks is from "Wozzeck" by Webern.
• your notice you are drumming your fingers on the table to the rhythm of the classical music being played at the restaurant.
• you walk down the hall singing the bass line to Beethoven's 7th and you wonder why people look at funny. 
• you might be a musician if you consider Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring" marchable. 
• you prefer playing your instrument rather than having sex.
• you know and can recite all the musician jokes and derivitives in score order!
• getting the sniffles is a true catastrophy.
• you walk around conducting the Verdi Requiem, Dvorak Requiem, Bruckner e-minor Mass, Beethoven 7, etc., and wonder why people are looking at you funny.
• you can roughly translate any Latin text, but you've never taken a Latin class.
• your co-workers can tell what you are listening to on your headphones by the way you are typing.
• you're willing to shell out $16 for a score to 4'33".
• you know what 4'33" is.
• you know Tchaikovsky's full name AND all its spellings.
• you have played more instruments than the average person can name.
• you own more in sheet music than in CDs
• you can define the difference between a sonata and a concerto.
• you know 101 jokes involving either violas, French horns, or percussionists.
• you know any jokes about players of any other specific instruments.
• you took more semesters of foreign languages, that you hardly ever use, than english.
• you have expelled more hot air than your average politician.
• you actually cheered on the marching band in high school.
• you have ever played anything by Bela Bartok.
• you had carpal tunnel before computers became popular, or have injured yourself more times sitting down than standing up.

To my hometools from da shed:

Hollah fools! Another year has taken off! And i really could care less...what does xcite me tho is that i'm getting a new awesometastical clarinet! Heck yes! Word is Bond!! Well, much love to Evan, as he is my xtra special homeboy...and a certain someone who doesn't even look @ zis wack XANGA thingy...he knows who he is and shall eventually come for his hat...we hope.

So happy new yr. to all and wutnot! I know everyone is looking forward to getting back to skool...well...i'm not...but surely there's SOMEONE who wants to go back!

Yeah...and all that stuff pplz say about going bak to c ur friends...that's wut the parties over break r 4 yo! Really ze only person i want to see is my xtra special dead leprechaun that wants to go on the air...and i havent't him awhile...and that's funky...that i wnat to.

well whatever...

Happiness to all!

~Chelsea~

(ur band geek from...well, scientists aren't quite sure yet...)