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Hmm, North Texas. Do you play in any of their ensembles, Dave?
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Nah.
But I was a big ol' band geek in high school, being that I was in a 5A high school in UIL region 24 (essentially one of the best areas for high school band in the country, period). I played baritone for concert band, and picked up bass trombone for jazz band/full orchestra. I quit after high school though, for a variety of reasons. I didn't have my own instrument, which would've cost quite a few thousand, and needless to say that's a hefty investment for something unrelated to my major. As far as jazz goes, I have my own trombone, but since that was my secondary instrument, I didn't stand a chance at keeping up with the swarm of music majors who duel to the death over the lab band positions. And of course I would've kept on with marching band, except for the fact that UNT's field performances are spectacularly underwhelming for a school so renowned for its music program. One of my buddies does play bass for one of the higher lab bands though, but I forget which one. He's a beast.
So there's an unreasonably elongated answer to your question
