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Whenever I listen to this song, it brings back wonderful memories of last year's band. It was somewhat more balanced and better-sounding back then. Maybe there's some improvement this year; it's certainly not from these freshmen. Trust me, my class was much better than they are when we were freshmen.

Last year, we lost some of the most wonderful people I've ever known to graduation: Bridgit Saflund (oboe), Chris Colozzo (alto sax), Beth Fox (trombone), Brendan Mulhare (trumpet), Ned Swann (trumpet), Adam Sebzda (French horn), Jess Sperlongano (flute), Michelle Wilcox (flute), and Jen Tidswell (flute). Now we don't have an oboe, period, and we're still waiting for Mike to figure out the French horn.

I'm glad I made Wind Ensemble, because I have an escape from what's going to be a pretty...uh, unpretty concert band for some amount of time. Last year, the three concert trombones we had were all upperclassmen (Beth, Ned, and Seth, who was a junior at the time). This year we still have Seth. Zach was only in jazz ensemble last year but does concert band now too because Smitty needed him to. The other trombone player we have is Kyle -- Seth's brother. Let me put it this way: eww. So next year we get Kyle and a bunch of freshmen! Yay! That's just one example of the fun of concert band 2003-2004!

Graduating this year is an even longer list of talented musicians. I'm probably going to forget some people, but these are all great people and I'm going to miss all of them.

Libby Grimm (flute), Tiffany O' Neil (flute), Renee McKinney (flute), Beth White (clarinet), Nichole Fugere (clarinet), Renee Heath (clarinet), Nicole Ayala (tenor saxophone), Liz Frobel (bass clarinet), Mike Daley (trumpet), Nate Powers (trumpet), Dan Wree (trumpet), Seth Printer (trombone), Zach Dyer (trombone), Chris Larose (baritone horn), Chris Benson (percussion)

We've got about two years left before the whole thing turns to crap. By then I'll be gone, so I'm lucky.

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