December 2, 2010 - Arizona vs.

Arizona State

The Leaky Bugle

Volume 55 Issue 8

EJR
 Message from the Editors
The last Bugle of the year! YAY! WE’RE SO EXC....sad. We’re very sad.

No, we really are sad. It’s been a fun year of Bugles and of getting to put them
together. And we get to end this year by beating ASU! Right, football team?

Not much else to say. You can submit to the Leaky Bugle, but they probably
won’t be published until next year.....

GO CATS! BEAR DOWN AND BEAT THE SCUM DEVILS!

Chelsea Cohen and Kristen Riordan

Leaky Bugle Editors, 2010

Special thanks to: All contributors for the year, Ashley Mason and Fast Copy
for printing the Bugles, Emilio Romero for cover design, and Amanda Tester
for taking the Bugles in to be printed.

Leaky Bugle Staff

Committee Members Contributors

Tau Beta Sigma Kappa Kappa Psi Rachel Bennett

Chelsea Cohen Kristen Riordan Chelsea Cohen
Stephanie Castro Tyler Anderson Bryce Good
Tiffany McCall Carl McBee Jose Hermosa
Amanda Tester Emilio Romero Justine Miller
Craig Tester Lauren Spradlin Monique Murietta
 Table of Contents
Interview with an ASU Drummer............................................................4
An exclusive interview with the drummer who passed out during a live feed

Meet the Director & Meet the Band........................................................5

The article that didn’t appear last week due to technical difficulties & let’s meet the Piccolos!

Billy the Band Geek................................................................................6

Like Meet the Band, except anonymous

Comics.....................................................................................................7
Beat of a Different Drummer and a special comic by Justine Miller

Bowl Game Scenarios.............................................................................8/9

Where we could go and how we could go there

Game Preview.........................................................................................9
Go Cats!

Shoutouts................................................................................................10
Lots and lots of shoutouts!

Color Theory...........................................................................................15
 Interview with an ASU Drummer
Interview conducted by Jose Hermosa
So if you haven’t seen the video of the ASU drummer that passes out during a live feed, do it! Look it up under “Tenor drummer
passes out” on Youtube. I actually know this guy and was able to get an exclusive interview with him. Enjoy!

Name: Nick Arocho. Year/Major: Junior- Jazz Performance for Drumset

Jose- Alright buddy, so I know what happened and you know what happened, but please share with my fellow POA members what
went on in this video?

Nick - Well I was a freshman and it was my first week of college, and also our first week of band camp as well. So it was my first Fri-
day night living by myself and in the college atmosphere. Even though I knew we had a rehearsal the next day at 8 a.m., my friends in
the band invited me out for a “get together” at a friend’s house. I had a lot of fun that night, but when I woke up at 7:59 a.m., I wasn’t
having such a great time. I then remembered my instructor saying “If there is ONE day you are not late this season... it is tomorrow,
because we are filming a live webcast for www.bandirectors.com, broadcasting a clinic on how to run a drumline. SO DON’T BE
LATE!” I then sprinted out of my dorm to rehearsal and jumped in just in time for the clinic to start.

I was a little “hazy” still from the previous night, and very “dehydrated”, and I felt “terrible”. And about 3 exercises into the clinic, I
KNEW I was going to pass out. So I waited for the next available moment to step out of the shot, which I knew would be right after
the dirty attack we usually played that early in the season. So we cut after the attack, and I put my sticks down on the tenors and
started to walk away out of the shot, knowing that I had about ten seconds until I was lights out. However, as I was walking away, I
noticed my sticks falling off of my drums. Not wanting to get scolded by the instructor for having my sticks fall all over the place in
the video, I regrettably went back to fix them, and about five seconds later, my knees buckled, and I toppled over my tenors like a rag
doll.

The next thing I remembered was opening my eyes and seeing the entire drumline and staff in a huddle staring down at my limp body.
After regaining my hearing and vision, I then noticed a couple paramedics and firefighters running towards me. They gave me some
fluids and helped me recover, but nothing they could give me could take away the extreme case of embarrassment I had after I passed
out over my drums in front of 1000+ band directors on a live webcast at ASU on how to run and manage a drumline. Yep... I was that
guy.

J- Do you ever watch this video for fun? If so, what do you think about when you watch it?
N - I actually watch it a lot if I am having a bad day or in a less than favorable mood. It definitely makes me laugh and realize that my
day could be far worse. At Blue Devils this summer my buddies watched it about 3 or 4 times a day on tour and thought it was funnier
every time they watch it, and couldn’t believe I was “that guy”.

J- Do your friends still give you a hard time for this?

N - I definitely get my share of torment for the video still. I got the nickname “Wobbles” and that exercise we were playing when I
passed out was renamed that day to Wobbles. My friends love to throw it on at parties and put it on loop. I have to admit, it is pretty
epic, and I am really glad it was caught on film. I’ve already archived it on a disc so I can show my kids and future students some day.
I REALLY knew it was a viral drum-accident-video when Scott Johnson (Drum captain at BD) was talking to our snare line in the lot
one show about this video he and the staff just watched on the bus about some dumb kid passing out during a clinic over his tenors.
The line busted up in laughter and told Scott that I happened to be the kid in the video, and after he finished laughing about it that day
in the lot, he still hasn’t let me forget about it!

J- Last but not least and be honest...Who do you think will win the game?
N - I think it’s easy to be good at football when you live in a place like Tucson :) Go Devils!

J- I’ll forgive you for that one. Thanks for answering my questions and good luck on getting your Handicap parking pass...aka ASU
diploma.....Bear Down!

N- Nice!

J- I know!

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 Meet the Director
Interview conducted by Rachel Bennett

The Leaky Bugle: How can you park wherever you want?

Rees: Well, I didn’t originally have that power to park in so many different locations. But then
it got to the point where it was kind of understood that I needed to be at different locations
around campus. I go back from the music building to the athletics pavillion, often at different
times of the day, and it is no longer consistent. It changes around a lot, and finally we were able
to qualify for the service permit pass. So the band office now has a couple that we can give out
to certain individuals. Parking on this campus is difficult, and we always have issues. During my
early years on campus, I got tickets all the time.

The Leaky Bugle: What is happening for the ASU game?

Rees: It is so unusual that the game is on a Thursday and a school day that we will not be able to
do the usual ASU vs. UA exhibition, and because of that we don’t have an available time slot to
do a joint music rehearsal like we usually do for this particular game. Because of these factors,
we probably won’t be doing a joint halftime performance. Instead, we are both sharing halftime,
and each school will get to have some part of halftime dedicated to their halftime show.

Meet the Piccolos!

AKA: Piccside, Cigarettes and Licorice, Ice Piccs

Quotes: “Get in my shorts!” “Picc-siiiide!” “Aw

yeah.”

Memorable Moments: When Rees complimented

us, entire section Honorable Mention, Game Ball
Cook, surprise twin day, side ponytails with Rees,
hairbows, huddling in the cold rain, Head pat!,
marching like penguins, the hump line, when Cas-
sandra Krum met the band.

Questions for Rees: Why didn’t you wear a hair-

bow? Can there be a piccolo solo? Why are we so
far back in the stands? Why don’t you say “smoke
‘em if you’ve got ‘em” more often?

Show Suggestions: Blink 182, Spice Girls, George

Strait, Usher, Michael Buble, The Temptations,
Grease, Return of Tears for Fears, Return of Muse,
Paul Simon, No Doubt, Coldplay

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 Billy the Band Geek
Editor’s Note: Billy the Band Geek is an article that used to run in the Bugle where embarrassing stories
would be told by POA members under the pseudonym Billy the Band Geek. This week, the Bugle was ap-
proached with such a story. Names have been changed to protect the innocent.

It was three years ago, the night before the ASU game. That year, the game was in Tempe, so we were leaving
Tucson on buses at around 7AM the next morning. A few of us rookies were hanging out in someone’s dorm
room when we decided, at 9PM, that we wanted to go to Walmart, despite the fact that it was raining and none
of us had cars.

“Never fear,” one member of our group who may or may not be drum major right now but who we’ll refer to as
Bob said. “I am from Tucson, so I know how Suntran works.” (Those may not have been his exact words, but
close enough).

The rest of us were a little afraid of having to call our section leader the next morning and tell her we weren’t
going to be at the ASU game because we had accidentally ended up in Mexico, but we really wanted to go to
Walmart, so we followed Bob to the bus stop and onto the bus.

We got to Walmart successfully and did our shopping, but then Bob had to go home, leaving us to try and get
home on our own. Needless to say, we were at this point legitimately terrified of ending up in Mexico.

It was still pouring rain as we waited at the bus stop for the right bus to come and take us back to campus. The
time that Bob said the bus would be there came and went, and there was still no bus. As we began to freak out a
little, someone noticed that across the street from us, stopped at the red light and waiting to turn left, was a blue
station wagon.

“Wouldn’t it be funny if that was Rees?” this person said .

We all laughed until we recognized something, I don’t remember if it was the license plate or a bumper sticker
or something, on the back of the car that let us know that it was, in fact, Rees.

We kind of all stood there for a second or two. “Should we do something?” we wondered. Then the light turned
green.

“Hurry, Billy!” yelled someone from our group I’ll call Sally. “Give me your camera!” And Sally ripped the
camera out of my hand and ran down the sidewalk, taking picture after picture as Rees turned left. Unfortunate-
ly, the pictures have since been lost due to hard drive crashes and computer switches.

And yes, the bus did eventually come, and we made it back to campus successfully.

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Comics!

Comic by Justine Miller

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 Bowl Game Scenarios/Game Preview
by Chelsea Cohen
We’ll know for sure where we’re going by the end of this weekend, but here’s a rundown of the possible sce-
narios that would get us to each bowl game. First, some background information. The Pac 10 has tie-ins with
six bowl games: the Rose Bowl, the Alamo Bowl, the Holiday Bowl, the Sun Bowl, the Las Vegas Bowl, and
the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl (yes, that name is correct). There are currently only three teams in the Pac 10
who are eligible for a bowl game (A team needs a 6-6 record to be bowl eligible): Oregon, Stanford, and us.
Although ASU currently has a 5-6 record and could get to 6-6 by beating us, they still aren’t eligible for a bowl
game because they played two FCS schools (the division below the one we’re in), and by NCAA rules, you can
only count one win against an FCS school toward bowl eligibility.

Washington State, UCLA, and California all finished with losing records. USC is ineligible for a bowl game-
because they’re cheaters who got caught. Washington can become bowl eligible if it beats Washington State
this weekend (a pretty good bet, although you never know). Oregon State can become bowl eligible if it beats
Oregon this weekend (not going to happen). So the end of the regular season will most likely see the Pac 10
with four bowl eligible teams: Oregon, Stanford, Washington, and Arizona. If Oregon beats Oregon State, they
are going to the National Championship.

Rose Bowl (Pasadena): How We Get There

We make it to the Holiday Bowl when a huge earthquake destroys Qualcomm Stadium (luckily, no one is in-
jured). The game then has to be moved to Pasadena, where we get to play in the Rose Bowl.

AKA….it’s not going to happen. Sorry.

Alamo Bowl (San Antonio): How We Get There

It’s looking like this is the most likely option. Assume Oregon goes to the National Championship. Then Stan-
ford gets to move up to the Rose Bowl, right? Wrong. There’s a BCS clause that states that this year, the Rose
Bowl must take the highest ranked team from a conference that does not automatically get a bid to a BCS bowl
should it lose a team to the National Championship. So TCU will head to the Rose Bowl instead of Stanford.
But wait. There’s another BCS clause that states that all teams that finish in the top four of the BCS rankings
have to get a bid to a BCS bowl. Stanford is currently #4. So barring any crazy shenanigans this weekend,
they’ll be heading to a BCS bowl game as well, most likely the Fiesta Bowl or the Orange Bowl. This leaves
us to move up into the Alamo Bowl and Washington to go to the Holiday Bowl.

Another possibility is that Auburn, currently #1 in the BCS rankings and Oregon’s likely National Champion-
ship opponent, loses to South Carolina this weekend. This could very well open the door for TCU (#3 BCS) to
slip into the National Championship. If this happens, the clause about the Rose Bowl having to take a non AQ
team is void because there’ll be a non AQ team in the National Championship. Then Stanford can go to the
Rose Bowl and we’ll still end up in the Alamo Bowl.

If Oregon loses but Stanford still manages to stay in the top 4, Oregon will go to the Rose Bowl and Stanford
to another BCS bowl, meaning we could still be in the Alamo Bowl.

The above all assume we beat ASU. However, if we lose to ASU and Washington State pulls an upset and beats
Washington, we’ll still go to the Alamo Bowl simply because there’s no one else available.

Fun story: Some projections have us in the Alamo Bowl...against Nebraska. Rematch?

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Holiday Bowl (San Diego): How We Get There

However, the Holiday Bowl is still a possibility. If we lose to ASU, we end the season on a 4 game losing
streak. Bowl games don’t like that. It’s worthwhile to note that just because the Alamo Bowl is the second Pac
10 bowl doesn’t mean that the second place Pac 10 team goes there. It means the Alamo Bowl has the second
CHOICE of Pac 10 teams. If Washington is bowl eligible and we’ve just lost 4 games in a row, the Alamo
Bowl could pick them over us, even though we: a) have a better overall record and b) beat them by 30 points
with our backup quarterback. Then we’d end up in the Holiday Bowl, which would probably not be happy with
having us back, but they’d have to deal with it because they wouldn’t have another choice.

Also, if Oregon loses and Stanford drops out of the top 4, Oregon will go to the Rose Bowl, Stanford to the
Alamo Bowl, and then we could end up in the Holiday Bowl.

Sun Bowl (El Paso): How We Get There

Oregon loses, Stanford drops out of the top 4, we lose to ASU, and the Holiday Bowl picks Washington or
Oregon State over us.

Las Vegas (Las Vegas, duh): How We Get There

Same as above, except the Sun Bowl picks who the Holiday Bowl didn’t out of Washington and Oregon State.
So…..very, very unlikely, although technically possible

Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl (San Francisco): How We Get There

Not mathematically possible. Fighting hunger will have to wait for another year.

Game Preview
In the big picture, this game probably doesn’t matter that much. We’re still going to a legit bowl game - it’s
just that the only thing this game most likely decides is whether it’s the Alamo Bowl or the Holiday Bowl, and
I personally wouldn’t mind going to either place. But we all know that saying this game doesn’t matter that
much isn’t true. I mean, it’s ASU. We hate them. And I, for one, will be very upset to close out my years in
Arizona Stadium with a loss to ASU. But have no fear. We should win this one. Key word being “should.”

I think we’ve all noticed by now that our football team can be erratic at times. Sometimes we play really well
(like the last two minutes of the USC game), and sometimes we don’t (like the rest of the USC game). ASU’s
5-6 record is kind of deceiving, too. Two of their losses, to Wisconsin and USC, were only by a point. Wis-
consin is now the #5 team in the country. They also gave Oregon and Stanford two of their toughest tests this
season before eventually losing. The sucky thing for ASU is that losses are losses, and they’re not going to a
bowl game because two of those five wins were over NAU and Portland State, both FBS teams, and you can
only count one win over an FBS team toward bowl eligibility.

ASU’s backup quarterback, Brock Osweiler, will be starting on Thursday after starter Steven Threet was
knocked out of the UCLA game with a concussion last weekend. Osweiler came in and threw for 380 yards
and four touchdowns in ASU’s 55-34 win, though, so he can definitely play. However, Nick Foles threw for
448 yards and three touchdowns against the top team in the country last week, while UCLA is in the lower
rungs of the Pac 10. Quarterback advantage: us.

In the end, I think our football team will come out pumped up and ready to beat our hated neighbors from the
north, and our football team is very, very good when they want to be. So final score:
Arizona: 35
ASU: 27
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 Craig C.

Shout Outs!
You need to finish that 3rd season of House already, otherwise
I’ma take from your house in your sleep.

James C.
You did it kid, and I’m so proud of you.  I’m so glad you decided
to march this season.  It wouldn’t be nearly the same without you.
Hey Trombones,
Where’s Kelsey?? DOSAKidAshleeGirl!
Anonymous You know who I am now!  =P
Also, I read the whole magazine...that’s some kinky stuff!
CHOCHEM!
We’re NOT even.  I want my birthday present! Will and Craig,
Thanks for letting me be a sudo-roommate.  You guys rock.  :)
Buff,
I love you more than anything in the entire world.  I can’t wait to The VaJAJ House,
spend the rest of my life with you. Only 1/3 of you are still in marching band (YOU know who you
<3 are), but I love you all.  I’m so glad we’ve had this whole semes-
Ace ter together.  :)

TBONES, Eric Maderis: YOU STILL GOT CAKE! lol and i will miss that
Hot dang, we’re awesome.  Thank you for being my rock this and more when you arent here next year!! i love you!!!!!! and one
season.  I really couldn’t have made it without you. day ill have to come by and see you and your horses (even though
i think i might Faint!) lol Good SKILL!! 
Prof. Rees, DaJuan
I really hope you don’t take it personally when I call you fat and
old.  It really only comes from the bottom of my heart. Marcos,
Your One and Only, You rock at drum majoring!  Congrats, dude.  You made it and did
Hot Cup Of Crazy a mighty fine job, if I do say so myself.  ;)

Noonan! To the one and only POA,

I keep eating carrots but my boobs are still the same size.  :(
Jodi,
I’m really proud of you and everything you’ve done.  Keep it up,
girl.  You’re amazing.  :)
Seniors!!!
This is it, and I’m so excited and proud to say that I have been
able to be involved in this amazing experience with you all.  I
thank each and every one of you for making this the best, first
marching band experience a girl could ever have.  <3
-Amber.AKA GING.
you rock my world.<3
Kristi Howard: OH MOMMY!!! OH MOMMY!! HOW I WILL
MISS YOU!! i wish i could make you stay, but i cant! =~( 
i just want you to know that i love you.... and you have touched
me in a way i will never forget! i appreciate everything... and i
hope one day youll admit to the world that your macy gray and
sing us a song! lol!!! i will never forget that day! lol 
p.s i think your the best dancer in this band! lol  SISCO!: oh wow brodie!! how band will not be the same without
DaJuan  you! haah!! have fun tonight!! your a real legit dude! haha! lol we
Nick France,
Thanks for joining the section this year. I loved having you
around!
-Mo
There are no words I can use to express the way I feel when we
all “groove” and produce the famous POA sound. It has been an
honor performing in this band and I will truly miss it. Thanks for
all the memories! - Jose
Radiohead rookies: Graduate!
Anonymous.
Kim: KIM, i have said it before and ill say it again, YOUR AWE-
SOME, and without you i dont know what i would have done this
season... you to me are more than just a section leader, your my
friend. and better yet you are someone i look up too... your a awe-
some person and i luv ya! GOOD SKILL tonight... and have fun
at your last rivalry football game! 
i will miss you! 
DaJuan
Licorice and Cigarettes,
Thank you for a kickass senior year!! PICC-SiiiiiiiIIIIDE!
B.Port
have alot of fun! to bad to had to graduate! lol 
GOOD SKILL TONIGHT!!! 
DaJuan

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Ace, ELLIE,
I hope you have a blast at your last home game. I’m so proud of IT’S ON.
you, for everything you’ve gotten through and accomplished.  I’m -YOU KNOW WHO.
a very lucky man.
With love, Buff Cody: your definitely the best big brother i could have ever
asked for... honestly!!! you support me in so many things. and
Rani Dee, give me some of the best advice, and just have given me alot
You rock.  You rock ALL the rocks.  Have fun this Thursday, and since i have been here.. movin from california was hard be-
I’m proud of you! cause i had to leave all my friends behind. but comin out here.. i
Mom gained even more... and they are awesome ppl and your definite-
ly one of those! thankx for always helping me and having my
Tenors, back and believing in me even when i didnt. your the best! 
KIll it at this game.  Show ‘em what clean is supposed to sound DaJuan 
like.
Go Taco! TUBMAF:
Jake I couldn’t be happier to have met and marched with you. Best
of luck in all that you do! ASU might be our last performance
Konigstiger and FOIL, together, so uh... hold the line, eh?
More SSBM is in order, AFTER this week is over.  Also, THE
PROBLEM WITH CRUISE CONTROL IS THAT YOU STILL -Lil Cuete
HAVE TO STEER. -SPICE GIRLS YOU RULE ! ! ! <3
Prof. Plum
CLARINETS!!!
Marcos, I’m so proud of you guys, this has been an amazing year and I’m
We’ll play the ticks-tocks perfectly clean and in time... at some so
point... happy to have marched with you all! I love each and every one
Jake of you
and can’t wait to be back for one more year ;)
Miss Demeanor, Dr. McCreamy, Rani Dee, <3 Erin
Our family is RIDICULOUS.
Prof. Plum Chelsea, Erica, Kristin--
you guys rock, thanks for being amazing
Tyler, p.s. (DON’T LEAVE US!)
Ugh, cymbals. -E

GRADUATING HORNS!!!! -Simone,

I’m going to miss some of you. you are amazing and i love you.
No, I’m really going to miss all of you. 
Thanks so much for being mean in the To the drumline,
funniest way possible... for the most part. :) Thanks to an awesome season. I am proud of the growth we
-Valerie all went through. I look forward to seeing you all improve and
throw down in the years to come. Thank you all again, Love you
To my Cymbal students, guys! - Jose Hermosa
Damn you guys are good! You make me want to pick up my
plates and join you guys. I am proud of how far you all have To my one an only dance partner,
come. Keep up the good work, if I hear you guys are slacking, I’ll Why in the world did we not realize we were meant to be from
make you guys hold Port for a LONG time!...haha jk...but really! the start? There could have been so much more dancing. Luckily
-Cinnamon Bear we have time to make it up :) I always have a good time when
we hang out and I always look forward to the next time, Have a
-Hi-Me oops. Jaime, great last home game!!! -Dance partner
what’s our rule.
NO STICKERS ON HATS. IT AINT CUTE. Kristen Horner: MOMMA!!! wanna tell me why as i was writing
p.s. you are still owe me. :) this all i could think about was how we had toooooo much fun
this season.. on the field.. and at the halloween party.. and doing
Amanda, Derrick Williams. the drunk dance.. and laffing So hard i actually turned red! yeah!
Joe DAJUAN+KRISTEN=PRICELESS!! good skill tonight i love
you! 
TFF Rookies, something about a birthday and little girl, in Span- DaJuan
ish!!
Joe

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Dear Pom line, Twirlers, Guard. Cisco, stop making me look bad by making me laugh when we’re
I just wanted to say that you all rock, and I really enjoy all that at set, seriously. :P
you girls and guys do. Thanks for the many years of distracting Joe
me, friendships and hard work. You guys definitely get noticed.
Jose -San Antonio, Dallas, and ATX
all the best parts of Texas I LOVE YA’LL
-to my TWIN B.PORT,
with all my heart and love i am going to miss Stephanie, you’re like my best friend.Seriously, like, totally. So
you like cray cray.DON”T LEAVE ME.:(  thanks for putting up with me when I’m a punk. :D
you are coming back.LOL Joe
LOVE your TWIN NOONAN <3
TFF Hornz,
Bones, it’s been a great ride, you drove me hard. You really put The past 4 years have been indescribable. I’ve had so much fun,
everything into it, and pushed to the final yell.  and I love you all.
-Mo
-Krum,
you have been amazing since my first day of band camp weather Audrey Clark:you wanna tell me why all my TENORS ARE
report year.you committed super hardcore and owned that “good LEAVING ME! i feel neglected!!! man i will miss your bones sooo
attitude!” this year..i am really going to miss you! much! i hope you come back and visit! i love you!! Good SKill! 
<3 noonan DaJuan

Don’t stop, get it, get it! Kristen, I’m terrible at public affection, just saying. But you’re
Seriously, it’s been an awesome year. I’m glad to have met and pretty cool.
got to know each and every one of you this semester! Joe
Joe Pacini
Julie, I’m sure you have a ton of shout outs about being engaged,
Kim, so here’s my message, it’s unique: qeoiuywonbeintqueqpwn-
Thanks for being just a friggin rock this whole year. I honestly btqpneyqbowetub.
do not think any of us could’ve functioned without you. I know I Joe
couldn’t have! -HARRRRRRRRRRR <3
FLANKS+SLIDES, Monique
Bill, Don’t give up on the Cats so easily!
-Billy, Casey, Angelica, and Tyler Joe
we love our favsss.;)
AJ, Mariokart, LET’S DO IT!
-Thomas and Roy, Joe
we are going to sing in Spanish together.:)
Monique, 1 billion!
Lauren, you’re weird. But that’s okay. Joe
Joe
Jimmy,
-Duey I love you.
two words. ~Kristen
stanky leg.
<3 NooNaN -To All the PICCOLOS,
ya’ll are amazing and we totally owned this year,
Amanda: Well today is our big day..... we will officially be Mr. PICSIDE!! love noonan
and Mrs. Brooks.... i hope your ready for that ring! lol 
DaJuan Altos!  This season has been amazing!  Thanks to all of you for
being incredible people! 
Tiffers, I love you. Jimmy-you’re the best section leader an alto could hope for.  Stay
~Kristen awesome!  
Wally- thank you for putting up with me as your shadow and just
Nick Alanis, being a cool guy to learn from.  We still need to get slurpees! 
That girl that sat next to you on the shuttle was totally watching Tiff-  thank you for giving me and the other rookies so much help
your movie too...and she totally texted a friend that she was...she and support.  I don’t know if I would’ve stayed in band if it wasn’t
said it was pretty good though...and I totally creeped on her text. for you encouraging me and helping me out.  Make sure to join
Hope you had a good trip home! band next year (who needs a life anyway?)!
~Mama Kristen As a very wise person once said...PINEAPPLE!
-Tobes

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Tyler, you’re awesome. Don’t stop being who you are. ‘nough Erica,
said. Edgar and Luis like me more than you.
Joe -Monique

Jordan, stop trying to bully me around, it’s not good for your Erika Fournierrrr,
health. Thanks for complaining with me. And being just as clueless about
Joe everything.
-Monique
Bryce, thanks for everything this year, you’ve really helped out
the section wouldn’t be where it is today without your help! Alto Saxes: OH WOW!! WAT A SEASON!! MAN I WONT
Joe EVER FORGET ANY OF YOU!!! the Initiation, the BBQ, BAND
CAMP, our section dinners at CACTUS! i wont forget any of it!!
Horn Rookies, thankx for being awesome an i love you guys!!! GOOD SKILL!
It’s been good getting to know you. I hope you stick around and DaJuan
keep working hard. It’s worth it. YIH! #
-Mo Luis,
Do YOU think you’re cool?
Marrrrrrrrrcos, -Mo
FJM seems so long ago. I’m really glad I got to experience
marching and being on student staff with you. You’re an amazing Christian,
friend. Just wear a sweater. I don’t care if you’re not cold. It’s weird.
Love, Mo-quie (is that how you spell it?) -Mo

Joe, -Mari and Kelsy 

My goal in life is to have more Facebook friends online than you i love you both very much.
do. forever ever
-Monique B*TRI*POD <3

-Angelica, Holiday Bowl Back of Bus 5,

just hush....you had me at hello...wait wait, Reunion for the 2010 Bowl Game?? Can we request a Horn/Clari-
better yet you had me at the sparkle in your eye. net bus again?
BAHAHAHA.
yellow duo bald baby ghetto fab black ladies Joe M. Pacini,
sisromance.♥ Hi :)
-Kristen A. Horner
Drew,
SO HYPE! Tran, Catherine, and Lauren: 
-Monique OH how i love you guys sooooo much!!!! i will miss everything!!
our spaghetti, and the sleep over in trans bed! and watching stupid
-Larea, movies like the decent! haha! lol this is soooo funny! haha! but i
my cousin,bestie,mama,and much more love you all! and i want you to know! i cant wait for next semester
you are the best at everything you do and i  for some more of our adventures ahah!
hope to be like you one day.:)<3 GOOD SKILL! 
DaJuan
NO YOU!!!
Drewbeary,
Clarinets! Congrats! I’m glad you like your sweatshirt 
Thank you for making my senior year AWESOME! Chelsea
Chelsea
Lauren and Tiffany,
Arielle, I really do like living with you, even if you throw things at me and
Next time, we throw our clarinets in the air, spin them three Facebook jack me
times, and then catch them behind our backs. I don’t think Erica Chelsea
will notice.
Chelsea TFF Rookies,
Shout, shout let it all out - it’s our last game!! WHOO!!
TFF Rookies!
IT’S OUR LAST GAME! Well, those of us who are graduating
on time, anyway. Thanks for an amazing last four years!
Chelsea

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Alison, Baby Elephant.
You’re active!! Woo-hoo!! You’re pretty cool, but only because we have a secret. Shhhh!
Go Rec Bars :) <3 Big Poop.
~Mom
Kim Reed,
-Troy, You’re welcome for the birthday cookie. 
how do you spell your last name?.. LHAVE YOU. 
B-O-W-M-A-N.:D -Amber
“what sup? wanna dance?”
Rees sandwich :) Rebecca Noonan,
We’ve taken the opportunity, and committed!
Nathan and Nick: haha! you talk about the tripod! haha! yall are just Next year it’s allllll you!
the coolest ppl i know!! i hope yall ready to kick some devil butt!! :)))
cuz we all know they got that PCD! lol!!! hahah! GOOD SKILL!! -GING.
ill see you on the field! 
DaJuan Tobby: Honestly you are one of the hardest working ppl out on
there.. and definitely the most improved person in my opin-
Dear Spice Girrs, ion! you started out with never playing an alto sax before... to
I RUV YOU ARR!! <3 becoming such a strong asset to our section and to the band
!!! your just awesome! i wish you the best tonight! HAVE
HI BASS DRUMS! FUN!!!!! 
- Piccolos DaJuan

Joezay! We’re seniors! Let’s (tuba) dance! Haha. Angelica,

I want my Aerosmith shirt back.
Tiffany: ALL I KNOW IS THAT I LOVE YOU!! AND YOUR Hahahaha.
CRAY CRAY!! HAHAH!! BUT AWESOME!!!!! YAY FIRE You’re one of the funniest people that I know.
HACKEY SACK AND KICK BALL!!!! GO TEAM MINORITY! Loveeee Amber :)
LOL hahah! lol 
DaJuan “Jose,
      Well, today is the last home game, but not the last per-
I <3 you TWIN!! Thank you for being such an awesome friend and formance for you. As always have fun, and enjoy every
don’t worry because I’ll be around to be efficient with ya anytime!! moment. Although we only marched one year in both high
school and in the POA, it made my senior year memorable
Zach Harper: Buddy you are just an amazing person! and i wish you and fun. And I hope to continue to be your inspiration for doing
the best tonight.. and hope you enjoy one of your first last football what you do.
games haha! se ya there good skill!       CAHermosa” 
DaJuan
YELLOW TEAM!!!!
you had me at hello, it was the sparkle in your eye!
Miss Sarah E., my toes are purple saatttorrryy sisromance
I know I kind of suck for not being around, but I’m glad to say there is so much that i could say, if i did it would probably take
you’re my roommate anyway.  Marching with you this season has up the whole page haha.i’m so glad we became friends! you
been awesome.  Now put in that good word for me, and we’re are AWESOME! when were together we have so much fun, it’s
golden.  ;) crzy!!! it was all meant to be! thanks for being there and i’ll
always be there for you too! love you girl!!
Julie!! love always,
Congratulations!!  I’m so happy for you and Luke!  You guys make Angelica
me so happy, and I’m so glad you were still around this season.  P.S. your welcome for not killing you that one weekend! WHIP
You’re an amazing person, and I can’t wait to see where things lead YOUR HAIR! ANYTHING FOR SELENASSSS
with you.  I’m so glad you’re my Sister and Grandma all in one.  :)
Linaya, Sarah, Natalya, Sammie, Juan, Cesar, Rachel, Jordan,
Arielle: i love you soooo much.... and seriously meeting you in and Mclovin(micheal): yall are some of the coolest ppl i know!
marching band has only made my life that much better. i cant ex- im sooo happy that you guys are in my class and that i will be
press how much you mean to me.. and that i wish you the best per- around you guys for a while.. and that we will still have fun like
formance tonight.. and that i love you!!! more than you know!!!! we we always do! ahah! im sooooo excited for tonight! KODAK
have had some interesting times this season! lol Cheese Balls+Mall MOMENT!!!! i love yall!! and i wish you the best tonight!
trips+Saw+Guy on Motorcycle without helmet=HILARIOUS/ GOOD SKILL!! and ill see you out there on the field!
WORTH IT! hahaha! GOOD SKILL! and kick butt!
DaJuan 

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Everyone in the Pride, Duey and Ellie,
Thank you for being who you are and allowing me to hang with Blue Moon Ready Go
you for four years. I can’t imagine my life without you. -Mo
Love,
Kim Reed Lindsey, Aj, Julie, and Bill: OH WOW!! HOW MUCH I
FREAKING LOVE YOU GUYS!! HAHAH! YOU GUYS ARE
-Kristi Howard, JUST AWESOME... honestly.. i never knew wat a marching band
you are the ROCK. T.A was until i got here... and now i do.. and let me tell you.. you
enough said. guys are awesome at what you do! thankx for just always push-
<3 noonan ing us to be better. and thankx for always just being there for me..
and everything, you guys are definitely a huge part in making our
Joe Pachini: OMG!! NOOO!!!!!! please dont leave! good skill program successful. and i want you to know i appreciate you all!
tonight... and i will miss hearing your voice at rehearsals and and that you all are awesome!! Hope to see ya next year!!!! 
stuff!!! your just awesome!!!  GOOD SKILL!! 
DaJuan DaJuan

Color Theory
by Monique Murietta

Oregon-Green and Yellow: Green=growth and prosperity, yellow=all the f---in flags the refs throw
against us. Plus we were playing, you know the #1 team. But I fell into a turkey coma in the middle of the
game, so you can blame me again.

ASU-ASU Maroon and ASU Gold: Why do schools do that? I don’t have paint tubes marked ASU Ma-
roon/Gold. Then again, I generally don’t want people to puke on my paintings...Maroon is a weird type
of red. It’s almost a brown. Not very captivating. And Ron Weasley hates maroon. Come on. Pairing it
with gold? That’s too too close on the wheel! I’m pretty sure all the other schools we’ve faced knew about
the importance of CONTRAST. Even when I did a portrait of a guy breathing fire, I made sure the back-
ground was filled with dark blues, purples and greens to act against all the crazy red/orange/yellow shz
happening on the figure. With ASU it’s like oh let me jump into this lava pit, but first I’ll ignite myself to
prepare. You need balance. OMG JUST LIKE IN MUSIC! Football too, I’d imagine. But anyway it’s be-
come second nature for me to pick opposing colors to keep things interesting, but apparently nobody
thought of that up in Tempe-oh wait! Nobody THINKS there. That explains it.

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