LAUSD BAND TUNING UP FOR TOURNAMENT OF ROSES.Byline: Sonia Giordani Staff Writer When Monroe High School For other uses, see James Monroe High School. Monroe High School may refer to:
Rooted in tradition, this parade is broadcast on multiple television networks, watched by upwards of one route. ``I'm nervous, excited. I'm kind of exhausted,'' Eli Ko, a 16-year-old junior and trumpeter from Reseda High School Reseda High School, established in 1955, is located in the Reseda section of Los Angeles, California, United States. The current principal of Reseda High is Alfredo Tarin. The mascot of Reseda High is the Regent, a lion welding a crown and a scepter. , said Wednesday as he practiced with the All-District band at Dodger Stadium. With less than a week to go, the band is looking at a packed rehearsal schedule to put the final touches on its all-star brass-and-percussion performance Tuesday. Now in its 29th year, All-District will be one of 24 marching bands, joining 53 floats, 27 equestrian units and three official cars in the 113th annual parade. ``We wake that parade up like no other band. We play the entire route,'' said band director Anthony White, an All-District band graduate who has continued to volunteer and work with the group for 17 years. White noted that his students gave up half their weekends and much of their winter holiday break to participate in a rigorous schedule of rehearsals. The last week of the year is the most intensive, with band members rehearsing from 9 a.m. to 3 or 4 p.m. ``The biggest thing I want to come across for these kids is that through hard work and consistency in hard work, life pays off,'' said White, a professional saxophonist and LAUSD LAUSD Los Angeles Unified School District (Los Angeles, CA) secondary music specialist. ``We see kids now so lost in their travels. This band provides a stable place for them.'' To earn a spot in the honor band, students must maintain at least a C average and obtain the permission of school band leaders, their high school principal and their parents. On Wednesday, students rode school buses to Dodger Stadium, where they worked under full California Christmas sunshine. Musical selections include Carlos Santana's ``Everybody's Everything,'' George Gershwin's ``Summertime,'' and medleys of patriotic music and a salute to New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of to honor the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. Band members also worked separately to perfect their technique before coming together to practice toe-to-heel marching and to run through one of the most challenging parts of the parade - a 105-degree turn at the corner of Colorado and Sierra Madre boulevards. ``We also have to get them in shape,'' said White, noting that the route runs 5 1/2 miles. Canoga Park High School Canoga Park High School is a public school located in Canoga Park in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, California, USA, within the Los Angeles Unified School District. It is located right across the street from the Topanga Plaza shopping center. senior Calvin Callahan said he's not concerned about the length of the parade - you don't get tired while marching. ``It's when you get home that you realize how tired you are,'' said Callahan, who will march in his third Rose Parade. This year, Callahan said he will march in memory of two loved ones. His grandmother Bette McKaughan, who passed away this summer, marched in the Rose Parade in 1937 with the Canoga Park High School Girls Drum and Trumpet Corps. And his mother, Mary Beth, who had played the flute in the Canoga Park High School band in the mid-1960s and who passed away three years ago, had always wanted to march in the Rose Parade. ``At least my grandmother got to see me march in the first two parades,'' he said. This year will be the first time sophomore Ruy Pena marches - and it won't be an easy run for the young musician who'll have to wear his 15-pound tuba tuba (t  `bə) [Lat.,=trumpet], valved brass wind musical instrument of wide conical bore. the entire length of the route. But he says the opportunity is worth it. ``I've met so many other students from other schools,'' he said. On Wednesday, student trumpeters This article lists notable musicians who have played the trumpet, cornet or flugelhorn. Classical players
v. cov·et·ed, cov·et·ing, cov·ets v.tr. 1. To feel blameworthy desire for (that which is another's). See Synonyms at envy. 2. To wish for longingly. See Synonyms at desire. positions in the line-up - the outermost out·er·most adj. Most distant from the center or inside; outmost. outermost Adjective furthest from the centre or middle Adj. 1. spots most likely to get a close-up shot on camera for the world to see. ``When the cameras are on, you want the perfect guy on the right or left end. And you want the best ones in front,'' said Carlos Alessio, a 16- year-old from Grant High, who has been playing trumpet for five years. ``We're waiting to see where we're going to be standing, but it doesn't really matter. I'm just happy to be here.'' CAPTION(S): 3 photos Photo: (1 -- 2 -- color) The downtown L.A. skyline provides the backdrop to LAUSD All-District Honor Band tuba players rehearsing Wednesday in the parking lot at Dodger Stadium, above. At left, Martin Vera of Fremont High practices his drills with the other drum majors. (3) Cymbal cymbal Percussion instrument consisting of a circular metal plate that is struck with a drumstick or two such plates that are struck together. They were used, often ritually, in Assyria, Israel (from c. and drum players with the Los Angeles Unified All-District Honor Band practice Wednesday for their Rose Parade performance New Year's Day. John McCoy/Staff Photographer |
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