[TPIN] Military Bands - a new thread?

[David Adams]

Well, does it count if you auditioned?  I auditioned for and was  
accepted into both the Army and Navy bands in Washington, DC in  
1970.  Would have been a sargeant (E-5 or 6), but managed to fail the  
physical (long story).  Yes, height of the Vietnam War, crazy  
times......more story to tell, but some other time.  At any rate,  
never got to play in the military.  Dave
On Jan 12, 2007, at 5:07 AM, Mark Deaton wrote:

> Alright... I'll jump in, too.  I was an Air Force trumpet player  
> with The
> Maxwellaires, stationed in Montgomery, AL.  The main point of  
> interest for
> that band was that its legacy was being the "remnants" of Glenn  
> Miller's
> Army Air Corp band.  In fact, one of our main shows was a Glenn Miller
> retrospective in which we wore the old Army Air Corp uniforms, and  
> we cut a
> couple of albums doing that stuff.  I think I can still play Moonlight
> Serenade while sleeping.  ;-)  I was in from 1985 to 1988, and was  
> the 2nd
> (jazz) player with the big band, and also played in the brass  
> quintet.  We
> played each year at the International Air Show in Toronto, and  
> always got
> stuck flying up there in the butt of a C-130 (ear plugs and winter  
> coats --
> those puppies aren't insulated), but that show was a blast, and the  
> Canadian
> Air Force treated us like royalty.  Always fun!  I'll spare the  
> list my many
> stories, but if you've been in a military band, I know you've got  
> 'em, too!
> The good, the bad, and the so insanely impossible that it just has  
> to be
> true.  :-)
>
> Cheers,
> Mark Deaton
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Behalf Of Vaxtrpts at aol.com
> Sent: Friday, January 12, 2007 1:58 AM
> To: tpin at tpin.okcu.edu
> Subject: Re: [TPIN] Military Bands - a new thread?
>
> I was really surprised that more of you didn't respond to this   
> thread.  Are
> there really only three of us who served in military bands on  the  
> whole
> list?
>  I would have thought there were many more.  It is  really amazing  
> how many
> of today's top players spent time in service bands at  one
> time..................
> Mike Vax
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David B. Adams
Palo Alto Unified School District
Director, Foothill Symphonic Winds
www.windband.org/foothill