Aaron Graves

[The Deplorable Sleeping Dog]

I checked and CLEP still exists. Looks like there are more exams available and it costs $89 per exam.

Thanks. I'll bet they cost more than $50 now.

Did you fill the time with classes or use some of it for band work? I might wrongly assume you had to have some private practice time?

 

[BVHawkeye]

That first step was taken a long time ago. I had Algebra 1 as an eighth grader in the mid-1970s and we weren't the first group to have that option.

I realize that. I’ve been an educator/administrator for four decades. Just explaining how it started. Every school I worked in had an Algebra option for 8th graders. Dual credit, funded by weighted enrollment, was in the 90’s. PSEO was before that as was AP.

 

[Hawkeye Marching Band]

Thanks. I'll bet they cost more than $50 now.

Did you fill the time with classes or use some of it for band work? I might wrongly assume you had to have some private practice time?

Classes. Like most members of the HMB, I wasn't a music major, so I only needed so much practice time.

 

[The Deplorable Sleeping Dog]

Classes. Like most members of the HMB, I wasn't a music major, so I only needed so much practice time.

Then it must be much easier than it looks. I suppose you can play the fight song in your sleep.

 

[millhawk]

You could tell he was a smart kid based on this.

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Wut? Wait according to cf they passed on him.

 

[Hawkeye Marching Band]

Then it must be much easier than it looks. I suppose you can play the fight song in your sleep.

The performances take a lot of practice time during football season. During my time the band had outdoor rehearsals daily during the week, Wednesday night indoor rehearsals, and Saturday mornings at the stadium. We got one unit of academic credit. I didn't do much private instrument practice, unlike the music performance majors who practiced daily.

 

[The Deplorable Sleeping Dog]

So, not planning on a career in a professional orchestra? I think those odds are about the same as making the NFL aren't they?

But like I said, I think everyone in the band is playing a hard instrument (except the drummers-the shout out to my little drummer brother) and have to be pretty good musicians.