Oh wow i have to update my Xanga just so i can remember what happened at the Sonic Boom meeting last night!!!!
For those who know or don't know, I am a Member of the Sonic Boom of the South, you know, the marching band of Jackson State University who won an Academy Award last year for Best Documentary of 2005? (It was "Dog Days,"dealing with Historically Black college bands, aired on CSTV, we beat out HBO, TMC, the History Channel and Flix. Get with us.) And every year, the Sonic Boom has a banquet, a concert, and a meeting at the end of the year to determine section leaders, who's getting kicked out,who's misrepresented the ensemble by their moral charachter or lack thereof, and generally embarrass everybody who's been acting a donkey.
For those who know or don't know, Black colleges are families. Students are children, cousins, brothers, and sisters(regardless of race, cause we have quite a few white hispanic and Indian folks this year, and our percussion instructor Mr. Rockwell is White, this SUPERCOLD percussionist who looks like Tom Cruise when i grow up i wanna be just like him, musically), and faculty are your God ordained parents, uncles, aunts, and grandparents, or big sisters/brothers if you count the grad student teachers lol. Especially in the Dept. of Music. Woo wee. When I say Drs. Liddell, Murray, Girtman, Ware, and James don't give no damn, I mean they give NO DAMN about tact and gentility. They call your name and you stand up in front of all 200 of us to state your case or take your punishment.
The Sonic Boom meeting is quite an event.
Sooooo....
Starting off, i though I was gonna get it because i skipped a few practices during football season. I had legitimate reasons(i braid hair, but i am on full scholarship and thus don't qualify for work study so thats how i eatand buy deoderant), but once or twice i just gave practice the dueces cause we be out there TOO LONG! but he skipped my name and proceeded to JONE the F*** out them non playing freshman in my section. First up: Lacaris Jones, Skater of the Year.
Dr. Liddell: "Young Man, what happened during concert season?
Lacaris: (thoughtful nervous pause) "Um...i started working?"
Dr. Liddell: "You come in here playing half-a$$ as a fresman and think you have the right to WORK? You need to work on your horn.! You don't have enough SWAC hours to work! But ima let you stay....and I'ma kick yo @$$ if you late again without telling people why....freshman working can't even play Hot Cross Buns...."::grumble grumble:
NEXT VICTIM: MARSHAN TAYLOR
Dr. Liddell: "ah lets see..david, raheim, winthrop, thomas, herrero, marshan? Who the hell is Marshan? Raise your hand, boy, who ever you are." (marshan raises his hand. he is a sucky instrumentalist, infrequent at rehersal, and is very obese. big is okay, lazy is deplorable. ) Dr. Liddell squints....."OH! That's that nigga who ain't came to practice since Homecoming. STAND yo' fat a$$ up!" (yes, he said "nigga" in front of White Mr. Rockwell but i told you, they give no damn lol
Dr. Liddell: "Young man, what is your purpose?"(marshan: "to be a music major. I want to be a band director.) "Who do you think you gon' direct when you can't even come to practice? And barely raise your legs marchin when you do. SIT yo fat a$$ down!"::grumble grumble LAZY MOHTER********grumble grumble::
Next Victim: Talisa Flockhart(sounds like Calista i know but i tell you these Southern Women)..
Mr. Murray: "Where is Talisa? Is She a scratch from the list? Ain't been to symphonic orchestra practice in about two weeks."
Section Piccolos: "She ain't here, she's doing community service."
Mr. Murray: "From what I here, she's been servicing the community. SCRATCH!"
Highlight of the evening: CHARLES JACKSON, FRENCH HORN SECTION LEADER
Dr. Liddel: "Mr. Charles Jackson. Stand!" (he stands. thoughtful pause by liddell)......"Young man?.......Sigh, Why are you HERE?" (::band members::"AW SH!T!"::) mr. murray: "PLEASE get him, cause i'm ready to beat a$$, disrespectful muthaf******...."
Charles: I'm here for the band.
Dr. Girtman: " I don't think so. I think you want to do your own thing. If you here for the band, you know the band has freshman rehersals at 5pm. Why is it that at5pm every other freshman is in this room except your french horns?
Charles: "I had them on the field learning their music."
Dr. Girtman: "So you a band director now? you can just supercede my commands? you can teach them better than us? everytime we say something, you go back and say the opposite, and they are stupid enough to do it.
Charles: "Dr. Girtman, it aint even like that. I'm just trying to make some improvements where i saw some things lacking"
Mr. Murray: :"Oh so f*ck me right? That's ok, we gon' fix that S***. You can improve outside of this program. Yo services are no longer needed in the boom. "
Next victim: DIANDGY GEORGES
Mr. murray: "young man, are you gonna cry and act like a b*tch because you didn't get drum major?"
diandgy:"i didn't last year"
Mr. murray: "i didn't ASK you that, i said are you gonna cry or you just gonna become a better man?
diandgy: yessir, i'll be better
(that was kinda harsh but oh well)
Notable mention : Dr. liddell called Theo a "pussy"
chris, leslie, cournet, mea, eric, tim, walter, partick, matthew, herrero, freeman, searcy, syd, chris and I are section leaders
there was some other interesting stuff but i forgot. i think this will be a promising year, cause they kicked out or cut like 30 of the nonproductive air suckers.
