I feel I have grown a lot as a horn player throughout the season, and I look forward to next season when I will hopefully be playing with this ensemble again. Sunday will be a nice climax to the season. We will be performing seven pieces, and of these probably my favorite piece would have to be “Watchman, Tell Us of the Night” by Mark Camphouse. Shortly after the concert band performance, my friend and corps alum
David Krcil (Marion Glory Cadets 2002-2003) will have his senior recital on trumpet. For his final piece he has taken his arranging skills and put together his own arrangement of the famous piece “When a Man Loves a Woman” (we all know this from Blue Devils, 1992). He considers this to be his tribute to drum corps. For his tribute he has brought together about 18 brass players and two percussionists to play this piece. I’m extremely excited about this because it will give me a chance to play mellophone with several people that march with other corps. The performance will be in Sheslow Auditorium, and from what I hear they’re afraid that it will be almost too loud. This weekend should be a great weekend to perform for me. Now it’s time to shine my horns in preparation so that they look good.
