My son Shane was in the marching band his freshman year. UF has summer band camps also, but they may not market them as aggresively as fsu does. My son Jason attended a "double reed" camp there (he played bassoon) but there was no way he was going to matriculate there. Tell her to be strong, and to resist going over to the dark side...
________________________________ Doesn't Steve McKibben have a son in the UF Band? (Pride of the Sunshine, not the Marching Thieves.) Also, contactKenneth Broadway, Director, of UF's Steel Drum Band. ( [email protected]) ----- Original Message ----- > >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >Behalf Of John Vega >Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2012 3:48 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: [gatortalk] UF Band & Music Department > >All those musically inclined... > >My daughter Olivia is a year away from college. We have done our civic duty >and fully educated her in all things Orange and Blue. In fact, I believe she >was the first birth announcement on Gatortalk back in early 1995. > >Olivia loves music and marching band. She is good (second chair in the >french horn in all-county and the youth philharmonic, second trumpet in jazz >band, plus concert band, ukelele, steel drum, etc.), but also realizes that >her future lies somewhere other than as a musician. > >However, just because music won't be her occupation doesn't man that she >doesn't want it to be a part of her life and studies. So, a college's music >department and marching band will be an important factor in deciding where >she will attend school. > >To that end, FSU has attempted something extremely devious. Its music >department hosts a summer camp for two weeks and she and other >impressionable youths are indoctrinated in the garnet and gold. As a result, >she is seriously considering attending FSU. > >I have only a year to change her mind. I'm happy to drive her up to UF; she >has been several times before, but a typical campus tour would be >meaningless. She needs exposure to the music department and the band. I'm >not sure what to do next. > >I thought that perhaps any Gatortalk members that were part of the Pride of >the Sunshine might have some good ideas. I can't bear the idea of her >spending four years in college learning to play only one song. > >-Zeb > -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us
