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Name: Sara Garchar
Email: garchase@notes.udayton.edu
Years In Band: 2001-2005
Instrument Played: Clarinet
Personal Info: I am currently at the University of Dayton pursuing a degree in fine arts, possibly with a concentration in painting. I consider myself very blessed to be able to create art everyday and to someday do so as a career!
Favorite Memory: How can I pick just one? Band as a whole was an experience I will never forget, but some of my favorite memories include playing at NCBF, Midwest, and marching in the dome.

Name: Askenis Garcia
Email: sineska@yahoo.com  
Years In Band: 2002-2006
Instrument Played: Color Guard
Personal Info: Miami MIddletown
Favorite Memory: Spending my senior at band camp and the season with my baby sister. it was amazing bonding with her before i graduated.

Name: Ethan Goldsmith
Email: trekiee@yahoo.com
Years In Band: 2001-2005
Instrument Played: French Horn
Personal Info: Currently working on a video production degree at Ohio University.
Favorite Memory: That one time where we went to that big thing in Chicago. It was really cool. I think it was called...Midwest?

Name: Nick Granitz
Email: carpediem.ng@gmail.com
Home Page: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1272439122
Years In Band: 2005-2008
Instrument Played: Bass Clarinet/Contrabass Clarinet
Personal Info: Either Sping 09 or Fall 09 I will be going to college for an English Education degree.
Favorite Memory: Making it into Wind Symphony when I thought I had no chance and Mr. Bass calling me at home to see if I wanted my Bass Clarinet when I wasn't feeling too swell.

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Name: Doug Hamann
Email: hamanndg@muohio.edu
Years In Band: 2001-2005
Instrument Played: Percussionist
Personal Info: Majoring in a double mechanical/manufacturing engineering
Favorite Memory: Hard to say have to choose from - 2002 2nd Place WGI Scholastic A, 2002 Marching season, The Mass, Making semis at BOA Nationals, 2004 National Concert Band festival, and 2004 Midwest Clinic

Name: Jennifer Hamann
Email: hamannja@hotmail.com
Years In Band: 1997-2001
Instrument Played: Clarinet
Personal Info: I graduated from Miami University in May 2005 with a degree in Journalism and a minor in Political Science. I currently live in Mason and work for Fifth Third Bank in downtown Cincinnati as a Marketing Coordinator in their Investment Advisors division. I am (still) dating '02 grad Tony Elfers, tuba/guitar/drum major, after nearly six years.
Favorite Memory: Many of my best high school memories involve marching and symphonic band. I not only gained self-discipline and musical skills, but also a great group of lifelong friends. My favorite memory is the moment of standing at attention after snapping down my instrument after a successful show and knowing everyone else felt the same way.

Name: Kathy Hammond
Email: Kahammon@hotmail.com
Years In Band: 1997-2001
Instrument Played: French horn/Mellophone
Personal Info: I recently graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University with a double major in Classical Studies and Ancient Language (Latin and Greek) and a minor in Education. I have taken some time off of teaching to give birth to and raise my son, Augustus Dene. I plan to return to teaching in the fall of 2007.
Favorite Memory: I have so many! Some of my favorite and best memories come from my senior year of marching band. The senior girls sleepover, Mr. Bass and Mr. Sark dressed up like women, all of the seniors showing up at Mr. Bass' house to spend the night, toilet papering Mr. Bass' house (with Mr. Sark's help) while Kathy Burdick was supposed to be babysitting Andrew. Making it to finals a Bands of America Regionals and performing at Nationals.

Name: Jordan Harrison
Email: jmharrison2@liberty.edu
Years In Band: 2001-2005
Instrument Played: Trumpet
Personal Info: I'm currently attending Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia where I'm studying Child/Adolescent Developmental Psychology with a minor in Family and Child Development...
Favorite Memory: The people I was able to meet over the years

Name: Amanda Haynes
Email: amhaynes@purdue.edu
Years In Band: 2001-2005
Instrument Played: Trumpet
Personal Info: I'm in the business school at Purdue! Boiler Up

Name: Zach Hinson
Email: zhinson89@gmail.com
Years In Band: 2004-2008
Instrument Played: Saxophone
Personal Info: Heading off to BGSU majoring in Music Ed. and Saxophone Performance under John Sampen.
Favorite Memory:  Marching Band my senior year and being part of a Grand National Semi-finalist, Regional Class Champion, and State Class Champion marching band. Lots of fun soloing from the "color guard ball" and Glorimar Garcia's and my ending solo\dance thing, haha. Also, being a part of something as close-knit and talented as the Wind Symphony. Won't soon be forgetting the WS Chicago trip, or all the amazing people I got to meet in that ensemble. Also, Mr. Robert Bass and the inspiration that he is to everyone both musically and as a person, along with all the Mason Band Staff.

Name: Ashley Hitch
Email: hitcham@muohio.edu
Years In Band: 2000-2004
Instrument Played: Flute
Personal Info: Student at Miami University
Favorite Memory: Senior night at Mr. Bass's house with the class of O4 SHO'

Name: Matt Huot
Email: huotmk@muohio.edu
Years In Band: 2000-2004
Instrument Played: Trumpet
Personal Info: Psychology Major at Miami University
Favorite Memory: National Concert Band Festival was a once in a lifetime experience. I would also say Grand Nationals semi-finals in 2003 being able to end my high school marching band era in front of such a big crowd in the RCA Dome.

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Name: Amber 'Isaacs' Jackson
Email: msarj1063@aol.com 
Years In Band: 1998-2001
Instrument Played: Flute& French Horn
Personal Info: After school I got married in June of 2002 and soon after started having kids. In March of 2003 we had our daughter Grace, in May of 2005 we had Elijah, and on August 30, 2006 we had Levi. I am currently taking the year off from teaching preschool at Hope Church to be at home (in Monroe) with the kids. In a few years I plan to finally go to school and become a nurse.
Favorite Memory: There is no way to pick just one favorite. Our trips to New York and Flordia, not coming in last place, really learning how to play good music, knowing when you did your best at the end of a performance.

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Name: Diana Jiang
Email: drj16@case.edu 
Years In Band: 2001-2006
Instrument Played: Clarinet
Personal_Info: I am currently a pre-med student at Case Western Reserve University pursuing a BS in Biomedical Engineering with a specialty in Polymeric Biomaterials and a minor in Chinese. I will be researching stem cells and nanopolymers in the spring. I am not currently involved in music at Case =(
Favorite_Memory: Way too many! Midwest, Grand Nationals (going to Semifinals... twice!), all the Cedar Point trips, hot-tubbing at the Holidome, friday night football games, Atchie's movie nights (Monty Python and the Holy Grail, anybody?), Ernie chip-munking people, the band bus, band camp, crazy rehearsals for Midwest, district competition, state competition, concert band camp, the Asian posse! I love you all =P

Name: Megan Johns
Email: johnsmee@notes.udayton.edu
Years In Band: 2000-2005
Instrument Played: French Horn, Wind Symphony

Name: Beth Johnson
Email: johns156@muohio.edu
Years In Band: 2002-2006
Instrument Played: Trumpet, Field Commander
Personal_Info: I'm currently at Miami University majoring in middle childhood education! I can't wait to become a teacher and take everything that I've learned and give it back to those that don't know it yet.
Favorite_Memory: There's too many to name! I've made amazing friends who I know I'll always be friends with, bus rides, competitions, the RCA Dome. But the most amazing memory would have to be being drum major my senior year. Mr. Bass pushed me to be the best that I could, and although that came through many tears and lectures, it was more than worth it. He even told me that I was as good and/or better than my brother (Chris Johnson) :-)

Name: Chris Johnson
Email: Johnson22@gmail.com
Years In Band: 1997-2001
Instrument Played: Trumpet, Field Commander
Personal Info: In May, 2005 I graduated from Miami University with a B.A. in Mass Communications. I am currently employed at WLWT Channel 5 in Cincinnati, Ohio as a Client Specialist and live in the Hyde Park/Oakley area.
Favorite Memory: Too many to list: Starting the tradition of crashing Mr. Bass' house for a sleepover, leading the band with Emily and Kathy, the feeling you get when the airlock opens and you step onto the turf at the RCA Dome, bus rides, the brass arc, Steve Sanders beating me out for every solo I ever wanted :-), being part of taking the band from the level of the infamous "Evita" show to the greatness of my senior year, "So sit back, relax, and take in the sights and sounds of the crescent city...enjoy the scenes of New Orleans..." (and yes, I did that from memory.)

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Name: Tom Keene
Email: killerindian41@yahoo.com
Years In Band: 2004-2008
Instrument Played: Tuba
Personal Info: I'm going to Wright State for a double major in music education and tuba performance.
Favorite Memory: Just about the entire 2005 away marching band camp, rolling on the ground laughing at the hilarious student teacher (Mr. Gildow).
 

Name: Ashton Kemerling
Email: ashtonkemerling@gmail.com
Years In Band: 2004-2008
Instrument Played: Flute, Tuba
Personal Info: I will be attending Loyola University Chicago, and studying Computer Science and Mathematics.
Favorite Memory: Playing Lux Aurumque with the brass during my Senior year of Marching Band.
 

Name: Melissa King
Email: kingm@kenyon.edu 
Years In Band: 2001-2005
Instrument Played: Contrabass Clarinet
Personal Info: Student at Kenyon College
 

Name: John Knight
Email: jdknight_us@yahoo.com
Years In Band: 1998-2005
Instrument Played: Trombone-Symphonic Band / Clarinet & Mellophone-Marching Band
Personal Info: Fine Arts Major at the School of DAAP at the University of Cincinnati
Favorite Memory: Band was one of the most positive experiences I had in high school. Looking back on all the great times I had, I remember Evan Powers (Senior 06) and myself singing the Irish pub song "The Rattling Bog" after the marching band had got into its first ever Grand Nationals semi finals. What made it a great memory was the whole band was gathered around singing in celebration. It was just one of those moments of greatness.

Name: James Kobylack
Email: kobylajf@email.uc.edu
Years In Band: 2001-2005
Instrument Played: Alto Sax, Bassoon

Name: Kelly Kranjc
Email: kranjckp@notes.udayton.edu
Instrument Played: Clarinet
Personal Info: I am now studying chemical engineering at the University of Dayton with a minor in French. Hoping to start playing again soon. :-)
Favorite Memory: I just remember how I met so many wonderful people by being in band after moving to Mason my sophomore year. Then, all the Cedar Point trips, senior band camp, being a co-section leader with Brian Kim, Midwest, NCBF, and all of Mr. Bass' crazy antics. :-P

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Name: Britt Larson
Email: larson59@msu.edu 
Years In Band: 1999-2006
Instrument Played: Clarinet
Personal Info: I am currently a pre-vet student at Michigan State University and loving it! I have an assistantship through an equine biomechanics research lab in the College of Veterinary Medicine, and I am in the Symphony Band through the School of Music. Although I didn't do marching band this season, I am seriously considering it again for next year.
Favorite Memory: I really can't choose - there are too many good ones. The highlights, though, would include the obvious, like Midwest, National Concert Band Festival, and Grand Nationals (especially my senior year), and all of my moments as drum major. However, there are also the small things that, when I remember, they make me smile.

Name: Christy Ledden
email: christyledden@hotmail.com
Years In Band: 2000-2004
Instrument Played: flute, piccolo
Personal Info: Where do I begin??  San Antonio, NCBF, marching band (particularly serving as drum major), every gathering at our house, forking the field, football games, Steak 'n Shake...GO BAND!
Favorite Memory: Where do I begin??  San Antonio, NCBF, marching band (particularly serving as drum major), every gathering at our house, forking the field, football games, Steak 'n Shake...GO BAND!

Name: John Ledden
email: leddenjp@email.uc.edu
Years In Band: 2001-2005
Instrument Played: Trombone
Personal Info: Currently studying trombone at the University of Cincinnati's College Conservatory of Music. Studying from Peter Norton and Jaime Morales-Matos.
Favorite Memory: Mr. Bass. No need for more words.

Name: Andrew Liaw
Email: andidly@gmail.com
Years In Band: 2001-2005
Instrument Played: Trumpet / Mellophone
Personal Info: So now I'm at Case Western Reserve University pursuing my joint Bachelor/Master of Accountancy degree. I'm still dating Robyn if anyone wanted to know. I guess that's it. oh and I have to throw this in here one last time, "Mellos are neato!"
Favorite Memory: This one time, at band camp...I dressed like a woman. I wore Caroline Ritz's "cutie" shorts and sang "If I Weren't a Mellophone" and rocked everyone's faces off with the rest of the mello section.

Name: Danielle Lower
Email: lowerdr@muohio.edu
Years In Band: 2000-2004
Instrument Played: Trumpet
Personal Info: I'm a student at Miami University!
Favorite Memory: My favorite band memory...parties/girl sleepovers at Christy Ledden's house after friday night football games!!! NCBF, making semi-finals, having a sweet band family :)

Name: Gregory J. Lutz
Email: lutzgj@email.uc.edu
Years In Band: 2000-2005
Instrument Played: Euphonium, Marching Baritone
Personal Info: I was Mu-Ed at CCM, now I'm Pre-med at UC
Favorite Memory: Any time we played good music well.

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Name: Alex Marque
Email: alex.marque@valpo.edu
Years In Band: 2000-2004
Instrument Played: Bass Clarinet, Electric Bass

Name: John Marque
Email: johnmarque@juno.com 
Years In Band: 1996-2000
Instrument Played: Percussion/Quads
Personal Info: After graduating from MHS, I attended Miami University for a Music Performance degree in percussion. During that time I studied with Dr. William Albin and also was a member of the Glassmen Drum and Bugle Corps in 2002. After receiving my BM in 2004, I moved to Bloomington, Indiana to begin a Masters in Jazz Studies, under the instruction of Steve Houghton, David Baker, and Pat Harbison. I plan to graduate this August of 2006 and will be looking to teach in the university setting and play professionally.
Favorite Memory: Matt Sollenberger and I had a blast on the long drive down to Florida our senior year (quads 4 life!)

Name: Amy Martin
Email: amyxu.alum@gmail.com 
Home Page: keepingupwithamy.blogspot.com
Years In Band: 1995-1999
Instrument Played: Tuba, Marching Band, Drum Major, Winter Drumline, Orchestra
Personal Info:  I'm working on a Master's degree in French at Hunter University, after getting my BA from Xavier. I hope to start a PhD program sometime in the not-too-distant future and to teach not long after that. I work and go to school in Manhattan, but I live in Queens. I still love music, but sadly, I haven't played a tuba since 2003.
Favorite Memory:  I remember a marching band competition in the rain, in the mud. I remember marching backwards in strides as long as I could handle, playing my tuba, slipping in the mud, but making it. I remember a color guard member with a broken nose and rain bouncing off the drums in the pit and on the field. I remember feeling proud of the whole band when that show was through.

Name: Carrie Mayer
Email: carrievanessa@gmail.com
Years In Band: 2002-2004
Instrument Played: Flute
Personal Info: I do a bit of Army ROTC at The George Washington University where I study International Affairs and minor in World Domination.
Favorite Memory: Having Mr. Bass convince me to do marching band, doing marching band, NCBF, band drama, forking the field (glorious!), Mr. Bass' house, making coconut bras with Alex Noel to wear at band camp, and performing October. Oh October.

Name: Eric Miller
Email: em855405@ohio.edu
Years In Band: 2001-2005
Instrument Played: Euphonium
Personal Info: Freshman at Ohio University, Political science major, Music minor
Favorite Memory: Marching Band in semi-finals at Grand Nationals. Playing at the Midwest Clinic.

Name: Kelly McCaughan
Email: mccaugkm@muohio.edu
Home Page: http://www.green2blooo.blogspot.com
Years In Band: 1998-2005
Instrument Played: Tuba
Personal Info: I was with the Wind Symphony from the 2002 school year to 2005. This included the years performing at the OMEA Conference in Columbus, the BOA National Concert Band Festival, and the Midwest Band & Orchestra Clinic. I marched with the BOA Honor Band of America in the 2005 Tournament of Roses Parade. I'm a current student at Miami University - Oxford, Ohio for Music Education. I march Bluecoats Drum & Bugle Corps (contra line): 2005 - Caravan ... 2006 - Connexus
Favorite Memory: So many!! But honestly, moments that always stick out in my mind are those times when we would make Mr. Bass cry (in a good way) and I believe it was senior year at state contests when Mr. Bass was giving us a final talk before the performance, our two guides for the evening also started crying and just couldn't believe how close knit Wind Symphony was.
I returned over my spring break at Miami and went to listen and I was almost in tears - I miss you all so much, cherish what you have - really cherish it.

Name: Jamie McQuiniff
Email: jmcquini@purdue.edu
Years In Band: 2001-2003
Instrument Played: Trumpet
Personal Info: I go to Purdue University and I am an Economics major. I'll be graduating in May of 2007. After graduating I will be entering the Marine Corps, and hopefully flying for them.
Favorite Memory: 3-words, San Antonio Trip

Name: Bradley R. Merriman
Email: merrimbr@muohio.edu
Years In Band: 2001-2005
Instrument played: Trombone
Personal Info: I am currently at Miami University, working on my Bachelor in Music Education, studying trombone under Jaime Morales-Matos.
Favorite Memory: My favorite band memory would be when we went to the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic, performing among the best of the best, with one of the most spectacular groups and conductors.

Name: Stephen Wade Myers
Email: myersse@email.uc.edu
Years In Band: 1999-2003
Instrument Played: TUBA
Favorite Memory: Besides getting into Semi's at BOA GN.. My fondest memory, was having low brass-high brass football games, where Mike Crenshaw's collar bone was shattered.. Sorry Mike.. but you were on my own team.. and I put you out for a while.

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