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2018-2019 Marching Royal Dukes Clarinet Section!

Welcome to the . . .

SEASON HIGHLIGHTS

Welcome to the clarinet section of the Marching Royal Dukes!

We have some great music and a bunch of awesome performances planned for this season, so get ready for an exciting year! We have many returning faces and are so thrilled for the number of new faces that will be joining us shortly. If you have any questions at all as you practice, pack, and prepare for this season, please do not hesitate to reach out to any member of the clarinet leadership team! You can find all of our contact information listed in our bios. We are more than happy to help, and even happier to get to know you! It is going to be a FAN-tastic season and we cannot wait to see you all in August!!!!!!!!!

Now, here are a few of our FAVORITE events of this season . . .

August 19 Pre-season camp starts!

August 19-25 Section Olympics

September 15 Home opener vs. Robert Morris

September 22 JMU Band Day!!!

October 20 Parade of Champions!!!

November 20-24 MACY`S THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE.

December 7 Harrisonburg Holiday Parade

TBD DUNK OFF.

***Dunk off is an annual COMPETITION between the clarinets and the color guard. We compete to see who can eat 10 packs of Oreos and 5 gallons of milk the fastest. WARNING: do not try at home.

RECOMMENDATIONS OF WHAT TO BRING TO CAMP

Music:

Plastic clarinet LOTS of reeds Season music Folder / binder for music Wire music stand (that can easily be packed up) Lyre

Attire & Gear:

Close-toed tennis shoes / sneakers Sunscreen Deodorant!!! Rain jacket Sunglasses / hat Backpack / drawstring bag Khaki shorts

***Khaki shorts will be needed for a performance that we have scheduled annually on the Friday of pre-season camp! Purchasing these ahead of time will save you from additional stress during your first week of college! If you do not buy or pack these in advance, you may be subject to looking like caveman SpongeBob on Thursday night.

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THE CLARINET LEADERSHIP TEAM

SARAH HUMPHREYS

KATHERINE CHIU

Major: Health Sciences, Public Health Education concentration

Minor(s): Pre-Medicine, Medical Humanities, and Humanitarian Affairs

Hometown: Ellicott City, Maryland

Year at JMU: 4

Year in the MRDs: 4

Section Leader Specialization: Visual

Email: [email protected]

Phone: (410) 446-3575

Fun Fact: I hugged Michelle Obama when I was in 7th grade.

Major: Music Education

Minor(s): N/A

Hometown: Chesapeake, VA

Year at JMU: 4

Year in the MRDs: 4

Section Leader Specialization: Music


Phone: (757) 777-2338

Fun Fact: I binged the first 2 seasons of Brooklyn 99 in less than 2 days.

HANNAH CONN

THOMAS BRYN


Minor(s): N/A

Hometown: Woodbridge, VA

Year at JMU: 2

Year in the MRDs: 2



Phone: (703) 309-0076

Fun Fact: I have an obsession with face masks.

Major: Intelligence Analysis, National Security concentration

Minor(s): Honors Interdisciplinary Studies and Geographic Science with Geospatial Intelligence specialization

Hometown: Leesburg, VA

Year at JMU: 2

Year in the MRDs: 2



Phone: (571) 239-9597

Fun Fact: A blind man walks into a bar. . . OUCH I hurt myself.

JIMMY MCKENZIE

RACHEL DION


Minor(s): N/A

Hometown: Westminster, MD

Year at JMU: 3

Year in the MRDs: 3



Phone: (240) 818-4725

Fun Fact: I dress like a colonial man in the summer.

Major: Biology

Minor(s): N/A

Hometown: Roanoke, VA

Year at JMU: 3

Year in the MRDs: 3



Phone: (540) 627-9928

Fun Fact: I own 120 rubber ducks.

THE SEASON (A comic book of sorts. Illustrated through memes.)

FIRST DAY OF CAMP . . .

You`ve final ly unpacked and you feel so accomplished. You have the perfectly packed backpack to be prepared for the worst possible scenario: Tornado? Tsunami? Space ships attacking Bridgeforth? You have l iteral ly thought of it ALL. You are so prepared and you`re ready to make friends and

have fun and enjoy your freedom and your fabulous l ife ahead of you!! You are THRIVING, sweetheart.

You feel dead inside and out. You have been sitting on your

couch al l summer and have not felt so much sun in what

feels l ike YEARS.

You did not fi l l your water bottle. You`re stressed. Your

teeth are spontaneously vanishing. You`re shriveling up l ike a raisin. If you had

just hydrated you would sti l l be thriving.

Rikkers announces that we`re doing a section

competition cal led Penny Wars to raise money for

Special Olympics.

Your section leaders yel l at you to bring pennies. You

don`t have pennies. You only have debit. You regret

becoming an adult.

You walk into the new D-hal l for the first time. You stuff your face with everything in sight, and you now believe in heaven. Nothing can stop you. You`re on the fast track to a

beautiful l ife.

You hear the entire MRDs play a note together for the first time. You have never heard something so powerful and majestic. You could fal l on

the f loor from being so overwhelmed and impressed.

You shed a single tear.

You perform for the first time EVER as a member of the MRDs. You`re standing on the field of Bridgeforth Stadium

in front of thousands of students at the Freshmen Pep Ral ly. You`re ecstatic. You`re no longer on Earth.

You have transcended.

THE REST OF THE SEASON . . .

You constantly forget your phone in your backpack RIGHT

BEFORE we do dri l l . It`s day 32. You must now run to your backpack in order to retrieve your phone. You

have 10 seconds. You debate whether or not it`s worth it. You final ly decide to run. Dri l l

is already starting.

You final ly realize that weather in Harrisonburg is

more unpredictable than your emotions. Scott doesn`t

cancel rehearsal even though rain is l iteral ly PLUMMETING

from the sky. You are forced to continue to march and

play. You fake a smile for so long it becomes permanent.

You cringe whenever someone says: when it rains

we get wet.”

You receive an email from Rikkers. You were asleep. You are no longer asleep.

You went to set 8. You`re screaming at Bi l ly Bob and Joe because they aren`t in

the right set. It`s YOU who`s in the wrong set. You look

l ike a fool .

You final ly arrive in New York City for the Macy`s

Thanksgiving Day Parade. You`ve l iteral ly never done something so cool in your l ife. You`re low key afraid that this is your peak, but

you`re too excited to care.

The season is over. You`re high key sad but low key so

relieved because you want to just sleep in on Saturday for

once. BUT al l of your hard work has paid off and you

are so excited to come back for the 2019-2020 season.

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