Congratulations Zeb!
My son Shane marched as a freshman, carrying the tuba (sousaphone actually -
another instrument with a marching alter ego). Coincidentally, when they made
the outline of the state, his position was just about where he grew up! We even
got a good close up of him on TV during the Sugar Bowl pregame that year. I
hope Olivia has as much fun as Shane did.
By the way, you can watch the band do their run through on Norman Field first
thing in the morning. The top deck of the parking garage provides an excellent
viewpoint!
Steve M.
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Gatortalk has been around for quite a while and so have most of its members.
While I don't date back to the Prodigy days, the last 20 or so years in this
forum have been a pleasure and part of my life.
In early 1995, I had the pleasure of announcing the birth of my daughter
Olivia. This before the days where dads spent the nights in the hospital room
with mother and child, so I was at home alone and Gatortalk seemed like a good
place for a birth announcement. I think it may have been the first, but I
missed a few years, so who knows.
In fact, my online handle grew out of that pregnancy. If our child were a girl,
her mother would choose the name. A boy, and the choice were mine. My top three
were Shane Matthew, Zebulon, or Jacob ("Jake"). When given my choices, my wife
looked at me and said that I had better name my online name "Zebulon," because
she would never let me name a child that.
Over the years, Olivia has become an accomplished musician, and thankful that
she was never named Zebulon. She has been a member of the All County Band and
Youth Philharmonic on the French Horn, as well as trumpet in the Jazz band. In
her senior year, she became Drum Major at Naples High (home of Gators Nick
Alajajian and Buddy Schulteis). A picture is here:
Ultimately, she graduated high school with a 5.2 GPA, had the third highest SAT
in her high school class, and chose to attend Florida; that gives an idea of
the caliber of UF students these days.
This August, she enrolled at UF. The last few weeks before enrolling were full
of practicing "Orange and Blue," "Jaws," "We Are the Boys" and the UF alma
mater on the French Horn. Luckily, as any good father should, I had multiple
versions of each saved to my music library for her listening pleasure.
Last week, she auditioned for the band, and made the marching team as a
Freshman. I hadn't realized that the entire band doesn't march at halftime,
apparently marching as a true freshman is a bit of an honor. Here is a shot:
When the band spells out "Gators," please look for her; she will be at the top
of the "a."
I'm not quite sure of her position in the other formations, but was happy to
learn that she can now play "You Can Call Me Al."
Be sure to watch the band, and give an extra holler for the French Horns!
-Zeb
P.S. Technically, the marching version of the French Horn is called a
Mellophone. The bell of the horn faces forward instead of up, and it is not
played with a hand in the bell. So, if you would rather show your support by
being "mellow" for the game (you know who you are), that would be fine as well!
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