{"id":898,"date":"2011-06-12T16:18:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-12T20:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/?page_id=898"},"modified":"2025-02-26T15:04:27","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T20:04:27","slug":"chapter-34-senior-year-and-legal-at-last","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/?page_id=898","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 34: Senior Year and \u201cLegal\u201d At Last"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Drumline Auditions<\/h3>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-21\" src=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/drumline-pearl-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"DRUMLINE\" width=\"345\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/drumline-pearl-243x300.jpg 243w, https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/drumline-pearl.jpg 516w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 345px) 100vw, 345px\" \/>I solidly made the snare line at percussion tryouts later in the month.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I was now a four-year senior, along with another snare player Bob \u201cWillie\u201d M, and a few others.<\/p>\n<p>A former cymbal player, Lori D, tried out for snare but was made captain of the cymbal line, hardly consolation but in itself quite an honor. I understood how she felt. She went on to become Field Commander, however, and did an absolutely amazing job in the role.<\/p>\n<p>We welcomed another cool female player to the snare line, Tracey W. She had the Bs and Gs like the rest of us.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/musicnotes-tiny.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-9464 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/musicnotes-tiny.gif\" alt=\"musicnotes-tiny\" width=\"50\" height=\"61\" \/><\/a>&#8220;I Heard A Rumour&#8221; by Bananarama<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"mbmaplayer_1375883924658\" class=\"{skin:'black', animate:false, width:'120', volume:0.2, autoplay:false, loop:false, showVolumeLevel:true, showTime:true, showRew:true, downloadable:false, downloadablesecurity:false, id3: false}\" href=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Bananarama-I-Heard-A-Rumour.mp3\">Bananarama &#8211; I Heard A Rumour<\/a><textarea class=\"map_params\" style=\"display: block; padding: 3px; background: #444; color: #fff; text-decoration: none;\" disabled=\"disabled\">map :: {skin:&#8217;black&#8217;, animate:false, width:&#8217;120&#8242;, volume:0.2, autoplay:false, loop:false, showVolumeLevel:true, showTime:true, showRew:true, downloadable:false, downloadablesecurity:false, id3: false}<\/textarea><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5867\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5867\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5867\" src=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/bassdrums1.jpg\" alt=\"Awesome tonal bass line\" width=\"800\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/bassdrums1.jpg 700w, https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/bassdrums1-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/bassdrums1-600x360.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5867\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Awesome tonal bass line<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We worked up <em>Pursuit<\/em>, a solo with two toms in front of each snare player (a series of chromatic pitches down the line), intricately woven into the feature. The effect was dramatic as each player would reach out to the toms in perfect Rockettes-like sync.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/musicnotes-tiny.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-9464 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/musicnotes-tiny.gif\" alt=\"musicnotes-tiny\" width=\"50\" height=\"61\" \/><\/a>&#8220;Pursuit&#8221; Percussion Solo<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"mbmaplayer_1375883957452\" class=\"{skin:'black', animate:false, width:'120', volume:0.2, autoplay:false, loop:false, showVolumeLevel:true, showTime:true, showRew:true, downloadable:false, downloadablesecurity:false, id3: false}\" href=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/1987-Percussion-Solo-Pursuit.mp3\">WVU Drumline &#8211; Pursuit<\/a><textarea class=\"map_params\" style=\"display: block; padding: 3px; background: #444; color: #fff; text-decoration: none;\" disabled=\"disabled\">map :: {skin:&#8217;black&#8217;, animate:false, width:&#8217;120&#8242;, volume:0.2, autoplay:false, loop:false, showVolumeLevel:true, showTime:true, showRew:true, downloadable:false, downloadablesecurity:false, id3: false}<\/textarea><\/p>\n<p>My apartment at Pierpont was on the seventh floor that year, and I got the double room in the center to myself, and had four other roommates\u2014two junior music majors, Barb and Jen, and two others I\u2019d never met before. One of them moved out soon after the start of the school year. The other, Kathy T\u00a0 from Montville, NJ, and I hit it off right away.<\/p>\n<p>Kathy was a sunny, born-again Christian who followed \u201cthe good book\u201d quite literally\u2014women didn\u2019t wear pants, kept hair long, were submissive to their men, abhorred fornication, etc. She was so convincing that I began questioning my own dress and decorum (including my obviously monogamous love life). Only after speaking with Pastor Robbins did I relax about such things.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5865\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5865\" style=\"width: 345px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5865\" src=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/kathy-dave-pittsburgh-527x600.jpg\" alt=\"Us with Kathy and Dave\" width=\"345\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/kathy-dave-pittsburgh-527x600.jpg 527w, https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/kathy-dave-pittsburgh-263x300.jpg 263w, https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/kathy-dave-pittsburgh.jpg 855w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 345px) 100vw, 345px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5865\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Us with Kathy and Dave<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ancient social customs have little to do with the reason Jesus came to earth in the first place\u2014we aren\u2019t, and can <em>never<\/em> be, &#8220;perfect&#8221; by anyone&#8217;s standards.<\/p>\n<p>One time, we went to her church, an Apostolic congregation.\u00a0The <em>&#8220;Hallelujah! A-<strong>MEN<\/strong>!&#8221;<\/em> style of worship and evangelical fervor hadn&#8217;t exactly been our cup of tea, but it was an interesting experience.<\/p>\n<p>Kathy\u2019s boyfriend Dave was a really nice guy. We went out as a foursome a few times, once driving up to Pittsburgh to paint the town\u2014dinner out and dancing. We usually took Dave\u2019s Blazer.<\/p>\n<p>Memorable and notable were the concerts John took me to see, in Baltimore and Pittsburgh, including RUSH, Yes, and Emerson Lake and Palmer.\u00a0We\u2019d road trip it and arrive back in Morgantown early the next morning. He also took me skiing for the first time at Deep Creek Lake in Maryland.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/musicnotes-tiny.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-9464 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/musicnotes-tiny.gif\" alt=\"musicnotes-tiny\" width=\"50\" height=\"61\" \/><\/a>&#8220;Little Lies&#8221; by Fleetwood Mac<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"mbmaplayer_1375883983288\" class=\"{skin:'black', animate:false, width:'120', volume:0.2, autoplay:false, loop:false, showVolumeLevel:true, showTime:true, showRew:true, downloadable:false, downloadablesecurity:false, id3: false}\" href=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Fleetwood-Mac-Little-Lies.mp3\">Fleetwood Mac &#8211; Little Lies<\/a><textarea class=\"map_params\" style=\"display: block; padding: 3px; background: #444; color: #fff; text-decoration: none;\" disabled=\"disabled\">map :: {skin:&#8217;black&#8217;, animate:false, width:&#8217;120&#8242;, volume:0.2, autoplay:false, loop:false, showVolumeLevel:true, showTime:true, showRew:true, downloadable:false, downloadablesecurity:false, id3: false}<\/textarea><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6383\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6383\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6383\" title=\"Drumline Section Shirt Designs\" src=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/drumline-shirt-block1.jpg\" alt=\"Drumline Section Shirt Designs\" width=\"750\" height=\"1187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/drumline-shirt-block1.jpg 993w, https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/drumline-shirt-block1-189x300.jpg 189w, https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/drumline-shirt-block1-379x600.jpg 379w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6383\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Drumline Section Shirt Designs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>That semester, we fourth-year music majors had the opportunity to do some lab teaching at a local school downtown, St. Francis Elementary. Once a week, some of us carpooled and taught the recorder to the nine-year-old students.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-14399\" src=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/tuba-drum-cartoon-270x300.jpg\" alt=\"A cartoon of us\" width=\"345\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/tuba-drum-cartoon-270x300.jpg 270w, https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/tuba-drum-cartoon-539x600.jpg 539w, https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/tuba-drum-cartoon-768x855.jpg 768w, https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/tuba-drum-cartoon.jpg 796w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 345px) 100vw, 345px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We also signed up to teach General Music at another elementary school on the edge of town once a week. We designed lesson plans and had to be prepared with music, displays and instruments. I was assigned to Mrs. Seckel\u2019s second grade class.\u00a0At the end of the semester, I would have them sing <em>Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer<\/em> while playing percussion instruments in a concert at the Mountainlair.<\/p>\n<p>That evening began with a small crisis\u2014Dino expired at the gate of the &#8216;Lair parking garage, only to start right up like a champ after few minutes. I certainly didn&#8217;t need the aggravation before my grand finale of this assignment, and fortunately, it didn&#8217;t happen again. Dad later suspected that it was a vapor lock.<\/p>\n<p>Plans were also being made for Student Teaching (C&amp;I, or Curriculum and Instruction) in the spring.\u00a0We made arrangements for placement and attended more education-focused courses.<\/p>\n<h3>Some Skunk Funk<\/h3>\n<p>The Drumline worked up a red-hot feature named <em>Some Skunk Funk<\/em> with sudden meter changes, visuals and diversity in dynamics. It was a bona fide blockbuster.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6489\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6489\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6489\" title=\"Some Skunk Funk\" src=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/sunbowl-skunkfunk.jpg\" alt=\"Some Skunk Funk\" width=\"800\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/sunbowl-skunkfunk.jpg 1271w, https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/sunbowl-skunkfunk-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/sunbowl-skunkfunk-600x270.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6489\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Puttin&#8217; down the final four bars of &#8220;Funk&#8221; in El Paso<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This solo came in handy during one particular demo trip. In the middle of one of our intense percussion sectionals, a few male high school students wandered by. They smirked and chortled, \u201cLame &#8230; they got GIRLS in their line.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Overheard by our instructor, Adam, he kicked us into <em>Skunk Funk,<\/em> solidly delivered and nailed to the wall by players of both genders. Yep, we were smokin&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/musicnotes-tiny.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-9464 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/musicnotes-tiny.gif\" alt=\"musicnotes-tiny\" width=\"50\" height=\"61\" \/><\/a>&#8220;Some Skunk Funk&#8221; Percussion Solo<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"mbmaplayer_1375884030280\" class=\"{skin:'black', animate:false, width:'120', volume:0.2, autoplay:false, loop:false, showVolumeLevel:true, showTime:true, showRew:true, downloadable:false, downloadablesecurity:false, id3: false}\" href=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/1987-Some-Skunk-Funk-Percussion-Solo.mp3\">WVU Drumline &#8211; Some Skunk Funk <\/a><textarea class=\"map_params\" style=\"display: block; padding: 3px; background: #444; color: #fff; text-decoration: none;\" disabled=\"disabled\">map :: {skin:&#8217;black&#8217;, animate:false, width:&#8217;120&#8242;, volume:0.2, autoplay:false, loop:false, showVolumeLevel:true, showTime:true, showRew:true, downloadable:false, downloadablesecurity:false, id3: false}<\/textarea><\/p>\n<p>The dorks remained slack-jawed as Adam turned to declare loudly, \u201cGoes to show girls can <em>kick some <strong>ASS!!<\/strong><\/em>\u201d Those of us of the feminine persuasion were vindicated, and the morons were soundly muzzled.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2275\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2275\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2275\" title=\"The Big 21 at Gibbie's\" src=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/me-21-drink.jpg\" alt=\"The Big 21 at Gibbie's\" width=\"800\" height=\"469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/me-21-drink.jpg 500w, https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/me-21-drink-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2275\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Big 21 at Gibbie&#8217;s<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Cheers and a Bowl Game<\/h3>\n<p>I turned 21 just before Thanksgiving break, on the day of the marching band awards banquet, and I received my senior plaque. Following the dinner, John, \u201cBosche\u201d (a friend of ours), and I went down to Gibbie\u2019s on High Street. We toasted my big event as I sipped a strawberry daiquiri on the house. It was almost anticlimactic, but fun to stand on ceremony. It had been four years since John and I went to Crockett&#8217;s Lodge and I was turned away (I was just 17, and he was 21).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4994\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4994\" style=\"width: 345px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4994\" title=\"Hacky-sack\" src=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/hacky-sack-541x600.jpg\" alt=\"Hacky-sack with Mr. Wilcox (yes, that was our band director!)\" width=\"345\" height=\"382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/hacky-sack-541x600.jpg 541w, https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/hacky-sack-270x300.jpg 270w, https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/hacky-sack.jpg 1008w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 345px) 100vw, 345px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4994\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hacky-sack with Mr. Wilcox (yes, that was our band director!)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After Thanksgiving break, a flurry of excitement rippled through the marching band when West Virginia got a bowl bid that season.\u00a0We\u2019d be heading down to El Paso, TX with the football team to play Oklahoma State in the Sun Bowl on Christmas Day.<\/p>\n<p>I knew that this would be the final performance on snare drum with the WVU Drumline.<\/p>\n<p>Next fall, I\u2019d be concluding my Music Education curriculum and joining the Percussion Ensemble, so that left little time for the demands of marching band.<\/p>\n<p>Also, John had decided not to participate next year, and I wanted to spend that time with him.\u00a0In retrospect, I wish I would have gone the extra season.\u00a0Not only did I love participating, but 1988 was the year the Mountaineers went undefeated and played Notre Dame for the National Championship in the Fiesta Bowl in Arizona.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/musicnotes-tiny.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-9464 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/musicnotes-tiny.gif\" alt=\"musicnotes-tiny\" width=\"50\" height=\"61\" \/><\/a>&#8220;Hourglass&#8221; by Squeeze<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"mbmaplayer_1375884054535\" class=\"{skin:'black', animate:false, width:'120', volume:0.2, autoplay:false, loop:false, showVolumeLevel:true, showTime:true, showRew:true, downloadable:false, downloadablesecurity:false, id3: false}\" href=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Squeeze-Hourglass.mp3\">Squeeze &#8211; Hourglass<\/a><textarea class=\"map_params\" style=\"display: block; padding: 3px; background: #444; color: #fff; text-decoration: none;\" disabled=\"disabled\">map :: {skin:&#8217;black&#8217;, animate:false, width:&#8217;120&#8242;, volume:0.2, autoplay:false, loop:false, showVolumeLevel:true, showTime:true, showRew:true, downloadable:false, downloadablesecurity:false, id3: false}<\/textarea><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4116\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4116\" style=\"width: 345px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4116\" title=\"1987-sun-bowl\" src=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/1987-sun-bowl.jpg\" alt=\"1987 Sun Bowl Program\" width=\"345\" height=\"447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/1987-sun-bowl.jpg 361w, https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/1987-sun-bowl-231x300.jpg 231w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 345px) 100vw, 345px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4116\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1987 Sun Bowl Program<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>From Dad\u2019s house in NJ, John and I drove down to Morgantown for practice and itinerary on December 22.<\/p>\n<p>That trip, like the Bluebonnet Bowl in Houston three years earlier, was a fast and frenzied itinerary of practice, performance, and transit.<\/p>\n<p>Early in the morning, we took eight buses up to Pittsburgh International Airport, and caught a flight to El Paso. The four-day trip included rigorous rehearsal, a walk across the bridge into Ju\u00e1rez, Mexico and a barbecue (all on four hours\u2019 sleep).<\/p>\n<p>I liked browsing the little shops and the palm trees were exotic.\u00a0I was struck by the barren western Texas landscape, complete with tumbleweeds.<\/p>\n<p>We all went to a barbecue at\u00a0Cattleman&#8217;s at <a href=\"https:\/\/cattlemanssteakhouse.com\/ranch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Indian Cliffs Ranch<\/a>, complete with roasting marshmallows and the like.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16524\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16524\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16524\" src=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Cattlemens.jpg\" alt=\"Cattleman's\" width=\"800\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Cattlemens.jpg 1412w, https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Cattlemens-335x201.jpg 335w, https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Cattlemens-600x360.jpg 600w, https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Cattlemens-768x461.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16524\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">At Cattleman&#8217;s<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The next day was an outdoor demo performance, then the Drumline played for a pep rally (&#8220;Skunk Funk&#8221; photo above), before we dressed and were shuttled over to the stadium.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14842\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14842\" style=\"width: 140px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Sun-Bowl-Itinerary.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14842\" src=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Sun-Bowl-Itinerary-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"Sun Bowl Itinerary\" width=\"140\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Sun-Bowl-Itinerary-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Sun-Bowl-Itinerary-448x600.jpg 448w, https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Sun-Bowl-Itinerary.jpg 715w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 140px) 100vw, 140px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14842\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click for larger version of itinerary. Courtesy of Michelle Micozzi Von Haden<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The tropical getaway we\u2019d envisioned was far from a balmy retreat by then. The weather had turned sharply colder, and at game time it was snowing.<\/p>\n<p>During the match-up against Oklahoma State (which we lost 35-33) we froze in the stands, and the players on the turf faced their own challenges. Despite the conditions, it was a hell of a performance by the 1987 Mountaineers against the #11 rated Cowboys. <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/zrGWQpaSjs4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The recap may be viewed here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As with the Bluebonnet Bowl three years prior, we played <em>One More Time Chuck Corea<\/em>. It was my favorite piece, and the snare part sizzled.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/musicnotes-tiny.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-9464 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/musicnotes-tiny.gif\" alt=\"musicnotes-tiny\" width=\"50\" height=\"61\" \/><\/a>&#8220;One More Time Chuck Corea&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"mbmaplayer_1375880987663\" class=\"{skin:&#039;black&#039;, animate:false, width:&#039;120&#039;, volume:0.2, autoplay:false, loop:false, showVolumeLevel:true, showTime:true, showRew:true, downloadable:false, downloadablesecurity:false, id3: false}\" href=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/1987-One-More-Time-Chuck-Corea.mp3\">WVU Band &#8211; One More Time Chuck Corea<\/a><textarea class=\"map_params\" style=\"display: block; padding: 3px; background: #444; color: #fff; text-decoration: none;\" disabled=\"disabled\">map :: {skin:&#8217;black&#8217;, animate:false, width:&#8217;120&#8242;, volume:0.2, autoplay:false, loop:false, showVolumeLevel:true, showTime:true, showRew:true, downloadable:false, downloadablesecurity:false, id3: false}<\/textarea><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4997\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4997\" style=\"width: 345px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4997\" title=\"Dave Satterfield\" src=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/satterfield-crew-295x300.jpg\" alt=\"Dave Satterfield\" width=\"345\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/satterfield-crew-295x300.jpg 295w, https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/satterfield-crew-591x600.jpg 591w, https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/satterfield-crew.jpg 938w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 345px) 100vw, 345px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4997\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dave Satterfield, Director of WVU Percussion and an excellent musician<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The photo of me in performance at halftime, in which snow is plainly visible on the Astroturf is posted below.<\/p>\n<p>Not the best of conditions &#8230; but as expected, we delivered a sick performance.<\/p>\n<p>After halftime, while most band members huddled inside concessions, I stubbornly stuck it out in the cold, because it was my final game as a WVU snare drummer. I was not going to miss this.<\/p>\n<p>With the December <em>Keynotes<\/em> concert at the Coliseum behind us, I knew that upon return to Morgantown, my drum would be retired to its case and this entire era would retreat to my past.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/musicnotes-tiny.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-9464 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/musicnotes-tiny.gif\" alt=\"musicnotes-tiny\" width=\"50\" height=\"61\" \/><\/a>1987 Pregame Tenor Cadence and Boogie: &#8220;Make It Funky&#8221; (1:16 Full Drumline entrance)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"mbmaplayer_1375884102744\" class=\"{skin:&#039;black&#039;, animate:false, width:&#039;120&#039;, volume:0.2, autoplay:false, loop:false, showVolumeLevel:true, showTime:true, showRew:true, downloadable:false, downloadablesecurity:false, id3: false}\" href=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/1987-Pregame-Tenor-Cadence-and-Boogie-Make-It-Funky.mp3\">WVU Drumline &#8211; Pregame Tenor Cadence and Boogie &#8220;Make It Funky&#8221;<\/a><textarea class=\"map_params\" style=\"display: block; padding: 3px; background: #444; color: #fff; text-decoration: none;\" disabled=\"disabled\">map :: {skin:&#8217;black&#8217;, animate:false, width:&#8217;120&#8242;, volume:0.2, autoplay:false, loop:false, showVolumeLevel:true, showTime:true, showRew:true, downloadable:false, downloadablesecurity:false, id3: false}<\/textarea><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6318\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6318\" style=\"width: 345px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6318\" title=\"Sun Bowl\" src=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/sunbowl-me-drum.jpg\" alt=\"Sun Bowl\" width=\"345\" height=\"505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/sunbowl-me-drum.jpg 357w, https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/sunbowl-me-drum-204x300.jpg 204w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 345px) 100vw, 345px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6318\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Snow on the field at the Sun Bowl, my final performance with WVU&#8217;s Drumline (during &#8220;One More Time Chuck Corea&#8221;)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This was even more profound than at the 1984 EBHS Band Banquet\u2014this time I was leaving marching band for good.<\/p>\n<p>I knew there were \u201csenior corps\u201d opportunities in certain locations, but post-college work and life might preclude taking such a step. (John and I would eventually participate with the Melrose Blackhawks Drum &amp; Bugle Corps from 2004-2019.)<\/p>\n<p>The following day, we piled on the eight buses at the Rodeway Hotel, bound for the airport. Somewhere on the bus, a boom box rang out Michael Jackson\u2019s current hit <em>The Way You Make Me Feel.\u00a0<\/em>The atmosphere was subdued yet jovial, but I was plagued with melancholy.<\/p>\n<p>And so ended my tenure as a WVU snare drummer. I would carry the experience with me for life, and eventually join the Alumni Band with John.<\/p>\n<p>During winter break, John and I drove down to D.C. in my car to visit his mother\u2019s cousin Susan, who lived in the Georgetown area.\u00a0I remember really liking the Metro, Washington\u2019s answer to the NY Subway system but much nicer. It reminded me of a subterranean Disney Monorail.<\/p>\n<p>It was a frigid couple of days during which we hit the historic Mall. We had a delicious dinner at Susan&#8217;s house and she was a wonderful hostess. My mind was filled with starting Student Teaching within the next several weeks.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a title=\"Chapter 35: Student Teaching and Romantic Crossroads\" href=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/?page_id=904\">Chapter 35: Student Teaching and Romantic Crossroads<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-13050\" src=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/drum-avatar-thumbnail-sm.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" \/> <a title=\"Return to Memoirs\" href=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/?page_id=13681\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Return to Chapters<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drumline Auditions I solidly made the snare line at percussion tryouts later in the month. I was now a four-year senior, along with another snare player Bob \u201cWillie\u201d M, and a few others. A former cymbal player, Lori D, tried out for snare but was made captain of the cymbal line, hardly consolation but in &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/?page_id=898\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Chapter 34: Senior Year and \u201cLegal\u201d At Last&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13844,"parent":4,"menu_order":35,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-898","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=898"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17167,"href":"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/898\/revisions\/17167"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adrummergirlslife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}