High School Superlatives, Anyone?

[KylieGrant]

You guys are so cool.

And Sher, how *evil* of you to change votes.
And about dating band guys, hehe I did the same thing. I was on drill team for 3 years, but quuit before the 4th because some of those girls drove me crazy. I mostly dated trumpet and sax players, and drummers. Drummers (like my bf in my pic) were the hotties.

[sher]

kylie,
we are the same person.
don't think i didn't go through the percussion section, too!

and i quit drillteam middle of my junior year because i didn't play well with others. i used to have this little problem with the officers. see, i like to call a spade a spade and i like to call a bitch a bitch! apparently, i did so a few too many times! usually on purpose. i learned that if i got just enough demerits for err... enlightening the officers of my true feelings, that i would have to sit out pre-game victory line. i hated victory line. i also taught my lil' sis this trick, so she and i would kick back in the stands with the band prior to the football game as all the other stingerettes stood whoohoo-ing the jocks!

[eny]

so she and i would kick back in the stands with the band prior to the football game as all the other stingerettes stood whoohoo-ing the jocks!

Excellent life skills! Much more practical than doing the actual drills

[Paulie]

I mostly dated trumpet and sax players, and drummers. Drummers (like my bf in my pic) were the hotties.

Yeah, I played clarinet. Nobody ever came prowling for clarinet players. We had our own kinda semi-incestuous club going on. Great instrument to play for a guy, though. The male-to-female ratio was heavily in my favor without having to play flute and have people question my manhood.

[Wayner]

Orginally posted by Agentcarver:
FINALLY! Another band queer! (that's a term for someone who spends all their free time with band stuff, not a homosexual with a saxophone)

Um, I still prefer the term "band geek."

Of course, our marching band has more success than our sporting teams, so actually had a favorable rep with the student body. I actually played sousaphone in marching band senior year (got to wear the cool beret instead of the dorky shako hat! ) I played sax my first few years of college, but my GPA went up an entire point after I quit (I was having WAY too much fun with the band folk.)

Okay, too much information (TMI) - my grande mocha has clearly kicked in!

[agentcarver]

Sousaphone... Always liked it's shape...

Actually, we're reviving the Marching Band this year... By invitation only (We usually hold auditions) just because... well... we're mean.

OH! Anyone know where I can procure exactly 127 "Chickens" (The fuzzy white things that go around the top of the marching band hats) [When the Marching band folded in the late 80s, the kids got to keep em' as souveniers)

[KylieGrant]

Not a clue agent. Sorry.

And Paulie- there were ZERO male clarinet players in our band. You'd have felt right at home with all the ladies.

[Feifer]

Originally posted by shersidhe
at our high school we had books of "wills and prophecies" that were handed out at the junior/senior prom.

the seniors wrote out our wills and the juniors, who sponsored the prom, made up the prophecies. mine was lame, but said:

sherri will one day curl her hair." as you can deduce from that... i never curled my hair. it was very straight all of the time. original bunch, those juniors.

feif's was much more interesting. made me jealous.

What was mine? I cannot remember. I cannot believe that you do either.

[sher]

that you would come to the 10 year reunion on the back of a harley!

and we both know that i'm the sucker for a harley guy!!

[Feifer]

True, but we could not switch out....I always curled my hair.