Oh yes the Joys of teaching in small schools! I had just about the same situation at the first place I taught. The problem was truly confounded when the Superintendent "informed" me in the way of an order that at homecoming that I was to dress the entire band. It involved the young men on the football team having to change from Football uniforms with full pads into band uniforms and then Marching down the field. Those kids hated him and me for doing it. I realized it was a losing situation to stay at that particular school, and resigned at the end of the year...Bear in mind, this was the first year that that band program had ever marched, as the program was only three years old...(Jeez, was I desperate for a job!)
I wouldn't do it again for anything in this world....I'm shuddering at the thought of having to do it and it was nearly 35 years ago. Walt Lewis --- On Wed, 5/11/11, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Hornlist] cross-training To: "The Horn List" <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, May 11, 2011, 9:30 AM That's nothing new in small schools! When I taught in Grantsburg, Wis (pop slightly under 1,000 at the time), my first chair trombone was the quarterback, my only tuba, the halfback. 4 of my 5 percussionists were cheerleaders, the 5th (and only male in the section) was on the JV squad. Several trumpet and trombone players were either JV or 2nd string varsity. We had a great arrangement whereby the younger football players were band members until after half time, then suited up for football for the 2nd half. The cheerleaders marched the halftime show with the band. (It helped that the choir director was the assistant football coach! And I happily lent a hand with the track teams in the spring.) KJellrun Quoting Simon Varnam <[email protected]>: > http://video.nytimes.com/video/2011/05/07/sports/100000000807775/a-band-program-apart.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=thab1 > > > Simon V > > > _______________________________________________ > post: [email protected] > unsubscribe or set options at > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/hestekin%40mun.ca > _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/lewhorn9%40yahoo.com _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
