Thanks ladies, but I want to be clear that I posted this for all the Fayette kids in this band. not just the hutchette

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Aw, we know that all the kids are accomplished and honored by being selected for this program. I think what Tug and I meant, is we know the Hutchette was one of the very best :^).

My sentiment's exactly!

Jane, I sure am glad you're back in your chair! lol

Thank you, I certainly think so, but I'm just a wee bit partial. Thanks again to you and Tug. Hey Dollar, I know this band stuff is driving you crazy, so I just want to say.....GOOD.........

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Ditto! GOOD . . .any other subjects you hate? We'll get a blog going for you!

Being a little proactive, eh? Thanks for changing that avatar. The fat man was about ready to come out of the box. BTW, its burgers and juliet potatoes on the menu tonight.
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Do you have to eat juliet fries on a balcony?

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Now, do you find you like to use ground beef, or lean ground beef? Do you grill, fry, broil, just how do you prepare these burgers? What specific kind of potatoes do you use?

Let me see if I can find my bread pudding recipe, I'll get it to y'all tomorrow.

Still with us $$$bonknitsmith?

wonderful children, geniuses. Grill, fry, broil, sautee,(French anyway) steam, on a stick, bake, or raw with onions?
I personally like NY strip--medium. With a good Greek salad. And carrot cake.
Eggs and crispy bacon or plain sausage patties for breakfast--with Texas toast and jelly with OJ. Any coffee but $5 stuff.
A meal completely home-made from scratch, turkey and stuffing with ham, cranberry sauce made from actual berries, pan gravy from some ham or turkey, Potato salad from potatoes, onions, eggs, mayonnaise, mustard, etc., made not purchased made. Home made rolls, wow!
A few oysters and some spinach dip prior to the meal, and pumpkin pie from scratch, and either sweet potato pie or candied sweet potatoes.
When I go to band concerts, I always take my own rubber chicken and bland green beans and coca-cola. Kids hate it when you go and watch them. Ours got through five years of marching and concert bands with us missing more than watching. That way they could court some and take their dates home!
Now, try sometime the Arab cuisine as I have. Boiled goats eyes with camel sauce. Sheep cheese with camel cream. Dried goat shanks--sliced and re-constituted with sour milk home brew. (better than crowder peas and rocks).
Brain pudding with rye seeds soaked in boiled and strained camel urine.
The Koreans, especially the northern ones, have very interesting menus, but I won't get into that here.
All these Harvard, Yale, and Stanford students are going to cost you guys tons of money. Better start saving.

My kid doesn't hate when we watch, maybe it was just yours, and I guess you all couldn't ride the horse at the same time. The Arabs fed you that stuff because they didn't want you to watch either.

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Is there anything stronger that you can give to him to help?

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You do realize it takes the average and above average student 4 years to get through high school (at least here in FayCo it does), right? Maybe yours went to one where 8th graders were put in high school....maybe.
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"Triangle Park"? Give me a break.
They should have fixed Shamrock first.

SCHS '07. Drumline.

That says it all.
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but I'm still very happy for ya!!!! Mrs. Cy and I talked to her during the all state audition. She make you proud!!!!!
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Right you are about the proud, I could maybe be prouder, but it would be at the risk of bursting.

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MAYWE is still looking for some percussion and brass players. www.maywe.com for info and application.

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I was checking if MAYWE has any strings, and the only one listed for auditions is String Bass (what Big Chip plays). How many string basses are already in MAYWE now?

Thanks.

None that I've seen.

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I am new to this, maybe my husband knows, he's not here at the moment.
What is Maywe? My son is in the 9th grade and plays tuba. Thanks for your information.

check out the blog above it tells what maywe is and you can reach them at www.maywe.com

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Thanks for the information and encouragment.

Your intentions for everyone in the county were clear. However, MAYWE has started to get very competitive and it's a great thing to make it. I know this because one of my relatives was in MAYWE last year, but didn't make it this year.

Another thing that a lot of MAYWE students do is the Georgia State Honor Band. This is two days of intensive music reading that I suggest for the hutchette.

As a product of the Fayette County Music Program, it really helped to have an outlet through which I could relieve stress (this is really true in the percussion section). Sandy Creek's band program led me to the U[sic]GA Honor Band, the Georgia State Honor Band, and also opportunities to perform at Troy State twice as part of the featured band (once with Flat Rock and again last year with SCHS), in the Chicago Thanksgiving Day Parade, and numerous band competitions.

I suggest to everyone I know to join the band at their school because of the opportunities it gives you.

Now that I'm at Tech, I'm playing in the Symphonic Band. We're playing at a college band director's conference at Columbus State next February as part of our pre-centennial celebration. We're also currently trying to raise enough money to transport the Marching, Concert, and Symphonic bands up to New York for the Marching Band to perform in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, and for the Symphonic and Concert Bands to have a concert/gala in Lincoln or Carnegie Centre to celebrate our centennial.

So yes, Fayette County has many great musicians and music opens up many opportunities that aren't available to normal students.

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"Triangle Park"? Give me a break.
They should have fixed Shamrock first.
SCHS '07. Drumline.

Thank you

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of my & Acey1's Alma mater, Troy State, although it's now just called Troy University.

Drumline? You've got my attention! Lil Chip is a percussionist and would love to pursue it not only in college, but as a career. Glad to hear all the different groups you've been a member of and some of the places you've played. I hope my Lil will have some of those same opportunities as he gets older and as his talent continues to improve.

I was on the SCHS drumline all four years of high school as a snare player (Center Snare senior year). If you or Lil chip has any questions, I'll try my best to answer them.

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"Triangle Park"? Give me a break.
They should have fixed Shamrock first.

SCHS '07. Drumline.