2009-2010 pre-season schedule

Verbatim from our director's email:

Drumline Camp and Leadership retreat dates - TBA
September 2 - 4: evening rehearsals for V-A Band, 6:30-9:30PM
September 5th: Huskies season opening vs. LSU
September 7: rookie auditions - this is also Labor Day
September 8th-11th: pre-school drills
September 12th: Band Day - first game for the 2009 HMB
September 13th: Rehearsal in preparation for USC, 1-6PM
September 14th: evening rehearsal, 6-9PM
September 16th: evening rehearsal, 6-9PM
September 18th: all day rehearsal - times TBA
September 19th: Huskies vs. U$C

No rehearsals until normal rehearsal schedule begins Tuesday night, Sept. 29th (6-8PM) with classes starting on the 30th.

Also--if you're interested in joining the Husky Marching Band call (206) 543-7383 or email band@u.washington.edu for more information or if you have any questions. This page of the HMB's website has all the information you'll need, including a link to register for auditions. Remember, the auditions are held on September 7th beginning at 8 AM.

Now it's the off-season...

...and somehow still no one has time for homework, despite the 10 hours/week of band practice being a thing of the past. Winter quarter sucks.

The Huskies had the worst record ever (literally) this year, but the Husky Marching Band was still the best in the Pac-10 and we cheered the team on until the very end. (And all the football-turned-band fans cheered us on, too...we <3 them so. Band fans FTW.)

Rookie nicknames were lovingly bestowed en route to the Apple Cup (something we're still trying to forget). Check the members page and scroll nearly to the bottom to see.

The band banquet was recently, and the saxes brought home two section awards, woooooo yeah! I'll remember what they were and update the awards page soon-ish...I promise!

Everyone is super excited for Obama of course, but we here at Washington are also pumped for FOOTBALL. Sark and Holt? It's gonna be good...

And finally, on a personal note, should my cousin John happen to have found this blog and read this far--HI JOHN!! : )

Close-to-the-end-of-season update

Congratulations to the rookies on making it this far...the end is near!

Lots of important things are happening soon. The 101st Apple Cup is on Saturday, the 22nd of November, and (more importantly) the rookies will be receiving their nicknames on the bus ride to get there. Said nicknames will be added to the members page upon our return. GO DAWGS, BEAT THE COUGARS (please)!!!

A current section picture will be added soon, when a file of it is procured. Until then, enjoy looking at the 2006 saxes in all their glory.

The links page has been updated to include links to all the Pac-10 marching bands, all 11 Big-10 bands, and other bands' sax section websites.

GO DAWGS!!

2008 Auditions

It's already September, and the 2008 marching season is almost upon us! Good luck to all prospective saxes this Friday at auditions! If you would like to audition and haven't signed up, it's not too late! Give the band office a call at (206) 543-7383, or email band@u.washington.edu for more information. If you have any questions about the Husky Saxes, you can always give us an email, and we'll be happy to answer.

Updates

Website updating is in progress, please check back tomorrow evening.

Lazer Tag!

So, three weeks ago (2/2) most of the saxes (and some obnoxious trumpets had to come too...) went down to the Federal Way area for a lazer-tag lock-in at Lazerquest. Most of us got there around 11pm, and they divided us up into two groups, blue and green. I was lucky enough to be in the first group, blue. We got to choose nicknames, but nothing offensive was allowed. They wouldn't even allow Jihad! Luckily, Gizmo they were fine with, and other people found ways around the censoring (FStick).

When we were finally called up, we went in this "briefing room" that was lit with the same lighting as in the arena. It was then that most of us discovered that wearing dark clothing didn't really matter, as lint seemed to show up well. Anyone who wore their trumpet jersey was lit up like a lightbulb though (Gavin). The arena was really nice, three double-floor fort like structures, with a maze on the ground as well as underneath the forts. The first round was a free-for-all, which was fun. People were running about shooting like mad, unfortunately no pictures, a camera wouldn't have worked in the arena anyways. Later on we moved on to team games, team survival games (only 15 lives, so you had to be careful), and "base attack" games (which sucked, in my opinion). For the team attacks, we divided into two groups of saxes and a group of trumpets. The trumpets lost to both sax groups (obviously).

Anyways, by the next morning, we were all lazer-tagged out (though going a few more rounds would've been fun), and we packed up our remaining food, took a few pictures, and went back to Seattle. Hopefully we do this again next year, if not sooner.

Webmaster Change....

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