Welcome Kings High School Band Alumni!
The Kings Music Association would like to keep track of all the High School Band Alumni, so please pass this web site information along to all your past band friends. We will gather information to help keep everyone in touch with all your old Band friends.
We will also feature each month past Band students by posting information about them on this web page. Please register your e-mail address, home page information if you have one, and other information as indicated on the Alumni Form. If you need to update information, you can do so by re-submitting the information on the same form..
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Years In Band: 1969-1973 KHS Class of 1973
Instrument Played: Tenor Sax
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College of Mount St. Joseph, BS Information Systems 1991. While I no longer play the sax, it does not mean that I have quit playing. I play the harmonica, concertina and recorder all the time. The one thing that I have learned is my gift of playing any piece of music by ear. My father was the past president of the band boosters while I was in the band. |
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I loved the times while at band camp and the shaving cream fight on the last day! I really miss all the good times that I had while in the Kings Band. I really enjoyed the five years that I spent in the band.
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| Advice for Band Students: |
Practice, practice, practice. It is a lot of hard work but it all is worth it. You will find all the hard work pays off and it is lots of fun.
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Years In Band: 1985-1989 KHS Class of 1989
Instrument Played: Flute, French Horn, Melophone, Baritone
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U. of Cincinnati, Xavier U, U of Alabama in Huntsville
Current occupation - NASA contractor as a graphic designer |
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Wow... too many memories to list here. All of my memories of band were fun. The worst location for band camp had to be Camp Crescendo!! Oh lord... walking up the long, steep hill to get back to our rooms was a nightmare!
I don't think that the saying "oh you're in band, you must be a geek" holds true. I never felt like a geek. I felt like I was cool. I got to travel to a lot of places many other students didn't. I feel being band helped me appreciate music and the hard work that goes into creating the music and entertaining crowds with that music.
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| Advice for Band Students: |
Don't give up and don't let anyone tell you that you are a band geek!! |
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Years In Band: 1986-1990 KHS Class of 1990
Instrument Played: trumpet, baritone, tuba
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I was in the army for 6 1/2 years got out in 99' Became a Chef for 6 years, Became an Extrusion Specialist for 2 years, Now just got certified as a Personal Trainer.
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| Memories of the Band: |
Shaving cream fights, Screaming YEAH! all the time and upseting Mr. Mills, staying in touch with friends in band.
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| Advice for Band Students: |
cherrish the moment and the stuff you do, sometimes it will be hard but just push thru it!
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Brad Galin
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Years In Band: 1988-1991 KHS Class of 1991
Instrument Played: French Horn/Mellophone
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I currently live in Bloomington, Indiana and serve as the HR Director for Stone Belt, a large non-profit social service agency. My wife, Susanne, and I have two children Jack and Annie.
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As I look back on my days at KHS, the best times all involved the band in one way or another. B-ball pep band being quite rowdy (some would say obnoxious!), concert band in playing difficult music and always performing well in concerts and contests. However, it is the hours dedicated to marching band that dominate my memories. Band camp (shaving cream fights, pranks on instructors, and learning drill in the dark one year!) to competitions. Our senior class hadn't won a grand championship during our first 3 years of high school - we won the first contest of our senior year and went on to win 2 more during the year. I remember hosting a Bands of America regional at Galbraith Field. Helping younger band members learn is something I enjoyed as I remember how much it helped me having senior band members guide me when I was a freshman.
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| Advice for Band Students: |
Realize that time does really fly by. Take some time to cherish the music you play as it really can broaden the appreciation you have for all music. The eclectic mix on my i-pod gets much credit from the various pieces we played during my time in band.
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Years In Band: 1991-1995 KHS Class of 1995
Instrument Played: Fall and Winter Guard
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Being a member was the best thing that could have happened to me. I will never forget the friendships that I made and just the thrill of performing infront of people. It was such a rush.
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Years In Band: 1993-1996 KHS Class of 1997
Instrument Played: Mellophone & French Horn
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I'm a New Accounts supervisor in Milford, OH. I supervise twenty-five call center associates responsible for responding to inquiries regarding being granted or denied credit. I also led the New Accounts sub-committee for conversion of a new $400M credit portfolio. I created and implemented over 50 credit procedures and policies and collaborated with internal departments and external vendors to construct an automated phone IVR to handle responses to 2M catalog marketing blitz while ensuring new and existing employees were staffed and prepared to handle converted volume and processes.
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The Rocketeer-Stormworks-Triptych-Candide Joining the marching band was one of the best things I could have ever done. I met and became friends with so many different kinds of people. It was awesome to enter high school as a freshman and have already developed a relationship with others (including upperclassmen) over the summer that carried throughout the year; it made the transition from junior high to high school so easy! Band camp was tough, tiring, hot and sweaty, but I will cherish those memories for the rest of my life. My favorite memories of band would be the hot summers spent on the black top, late nights sitting in the back of the bus on the way home from a competition & Shawn's "retarded swan." Every once in awhile, one of the songs from a show will pop into my head.
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| Advice for Band Students: |
People aren't lying when they say that 4 years of high school go by fast....they do! And be nice to the staff. They may make you work hard, but they want you to succeed and have fun and they dedicate A LOT of their time towards having an awesome show.
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Years In Band: 1994-1998 KHS Class of 1998
Instrument Played: Flute, Mellophone
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I'm now living outside of NYC, working as a software developer for ChemSW. I don't get many opportunities to play the flute, but I just picked up the banjo! It's a bit more of a social instrument.
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I am very proud of what our band and winterguard accomplished those years. It took a lot of hard work and dedication (as well as a ton of angst and pain). But being a part of a team of 100+ people trying to create art on a football field or basketball court is certainly a unique experience.
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Don't get wrapped up in the competitions! It seems like such a big deal at the time, but after you graduate and go on to the rest of your life, those competitions don't really mean much anymore. Don't miss out on all the fun and friendships that happens along the way because you're wrapped up in what judges say. Some of my favorite times were performing at the football games, believe it or not.
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Years In Band: 1994-1999 KHS Class of 1999
Instrument Played: Trumpet
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Out to Rhode Island after florida and Ohio State! Living as a Chef! I just ran into someone last week who remembered the swimming homeless band from 1997...
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| Memories of the Band: |
wow...prelims 1997 grand nationals! what an amazing performance.....Snowball fight outside the bus in our underwear afterward....Wright State's lovely fruit punch at the dining hall....fishstick dance!....hootie!...the card game egyptian ratscrew.....oooh the puppy chow.....getting the flu just before prelims of 1996... and still marching!.....that extremely loud gock block......Josh and Brian, the scouts gurus.....Mr. Shawn Blankenship who taught me how to play trumpet from the front of my mouth!
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| Advice for Band Students: |
the Instructors have the final word...and don't have snowball fights in your underwear after prelims! you may need to march tomorrow!
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Years In Band: 1997-2001 KHS Class of 2001
Instrument Played: Saxophone / Percussion
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Finishing my last two quarters for B.S. in Anthropology at University of Cincinnati. Have been a Mortgage Broker / Loan Officer for the last two years. Looking to move to Southern California after I finish my degree.
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| Memories of the Band: |
1997 BOA Waterworld Prelims performance! Making BOA Semi - Finals for Waterworld in 1997. Making Finals at Cincinnati BOA regional in 1998. Taking a AA Individual Marching Caption at 2000 BOA Indianapolis Regional. "Hobo Spices" "Da' Gone Blazer" "Its all about the kids" "No daddy no" Camp Shang Ri La and Captain Vic. "Jank" CLIFF REVIS....Mr. Wuest and Mr. Grosvenor....Percussion Judge saying "Heck yea" on the 2000 Roger Bacon tape. Frank Zappa teaching me to play bass drum. Reefin it with the drumline in the summer playin exercises for hours in the sun...mmmm...exercises. My entire 2000 season.
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| Advice for Band Students: |
Cherish every moment, it goes quickly. Practice. Be sure to create more memories by continuing on to DCI.
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Years In Band: 1997-2001 KHS Class of 2001
Instrument Played: Baritone, Euphonium, Flute, Bass Drum, Alto Sax
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Finishing up my last year at South University online for Crime Scene Investigation. While finishing school I am currently working at Cincinnat Children's Hospital in the scheduling center. Once finishing school I am planning a big move to either Florida or California to pursue my career.
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/millionsofbleedingstars
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| Memories of the Band: |
"Go TOSHA!," GO BIG OR GO HOME!!, Oswald the Monkey Man and Ishmael, "Yi", "Da Gone Blazer", "Hootie!," Camp Shangri La, milk carton bombs to the bunks & seran wrapping freshman to bunks and trees, "Will march for Food!", The Backyard BBQ, "Burger Burger Hot Dog, Burger Hot Dog, & M&Mers, Becoming the "Traitor" for switching from woodwind to brass line, Chris Fortin's mom running over the baritone in the marching field, Mr. Tuttle & the orange ping pong ball joke, Puppy Chow, Euchure, "I would walk 5,000 miles & You've lost that lovin' feeling," 1st year back in Marching Uniforms, being one of the first bands to use costumes, Wright State band camp, Friday football before the game, Joel Mills & Shawn Blankenship, Arm circles, The trips & the bus rides, My dad with the camera in your face for slide show pictures, Mrs. Bass and the gock block, Mills, Maegly, Josh, & Burge, Getting out of class to hang out in the band room, Murray the VW Bug, Roger Bacon 2000, Making !
Finals at Cincinnati BOA, INDY!, The Tarps, Waterworld, Phantom, Antz, & Jekyll & Hyde
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| Advice for Band Students: |
GO BIG OR GO HOME! Live in the moment and don't miss a thing. It goes by quickly so make many memories. Enjoy the good and the bad. The bad times make the best times worthwhile. Stay friends with your band friends..once you mention band camp, you're other friends just won't understand =)
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Years In Band: 1997-2001 KHS Class of 2001
Instrument Played: Percussion
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BS Biology from University of Cincinnati 2007, working as a Pharmacy Rep. in Cincinnati. I was married in 2006, we have a beautiful little girl and another on the way.
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| Memories of the Band: |
'97 Waterworld prelims and making semis, Indoor '98 and '99 The Family Room and the Backyard BBQ, drumming on grills, "C'mon Barbie!!!" Oswald, "Go TOSHA!", "Will drum for food"
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Enjoy every moment, even the not so great ones. Stay in touch with your band friends, other people just won't get it.
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Years In Band: 2000-2003 KHS Class of 2003
Instrument Played: Clarinet / Drum Major
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Graduate of Bowling Green State University BA in Music, Minor in Arts Management. During college I was the District Vice President for Tau Beta Sigma, national service sorority for bands women. I am currently located in St. Petersburg Florida working for a Non-profit theatre company. Other than that I still like to pick up my clarinet and play random old band works, as well as I sing often still. If you want to keep in touch check me out on facebook or
myspace.
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| Memories of the Band: |
Oh my gosh I will never forget the drumline season when everyone had to have the same style of shoe, The red rubber band story, falling off a scoffling my sr year, sr night and the quarters....
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| Advice for Band Students: |
Enjoy the time in band, it truely goes by so quickly. Respect your teachers, they have only positively influnced my life, and lastly. What you want is what you give away. Remember this as you work on your upcoming season show. I wish you all the best of luck.
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Corrie (Gumm) Zech
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Years In Band: 2000-2003 KHS Class of 2004
Instrument Played: Fall Color Guard, Clarinet
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I graduated with a 2-year Certificate of Completion in Health Information Management from the Warren County Career Center in 2004. I am currently working Full-Time at McDonalds on Kings Mills Road as an Area Manager. I am married with a 2 and a half year old son named Parker. We live in South Lebanon right now.
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| Memories of the Band: |
My first BOA regional in Toledo...Going to St. Louis for a regional practicing in the lobby of the hotel...Getting up at like 5 in the morning at Nationals to practice marching in the hotel parking lot...My last Indianapolis regional when my sister tripped and hurt her ankle but still managed to finish the show.
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Work hard put your best effort into the show, otherwise all your hard work will be for nothing, and remember that win or lose, as long as you are having fun and doing your best, that's all that matters.
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Years In Band: 2000-2003 KHS Class of 2004
Instrument Played: Mellophone, french horn, trumpet
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I graduated from Miami University with a BS in computer engineering in 2008. I'm currently working on my master's degree in engineering from Miami. I spent 4 years in the Miami marching band and athletic band, and joined Tau Beta Sigma (a co-ed band service sorority). In TBS I met my future wife, and we are getting married in August.
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| Memories of the Band: |
Road trips (Toledo, St. Louis, Johnson City, Indianapolis, etc) Band camp, the assassin game, senior party night, playing Mario Tennis during free time in our cabin. Practicing in subzero temperatures in the Avon HS parking lot before semifinals. "Orange soda" and "chips and salsa". Music theory and "Slam Dunk Funk" with Shawn Blankenship. Too many memories to list with some great people who are still my best friends.
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| Advice for Band Students: |
Take advantage of the opportunities that are available to you. Cherish the friendships you form in music. Stay involved with music in some way after you graduate.
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Years In Band: 2001-2005 KHS Class of 2005
Instrument Played: Percussion
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I recently graduated from Miami University with a B.A. in Chemistry. I am currently working for Campus Crusade for Christ in Rome, Italy as a campus ministry worker. I will always be attached to music, and would fine my free time spent at the Center of Performing Arts at Oxford practicing on a
snare drum or marimba in the basement.
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| Memories of the Band: |
I truly admired the directors and instructors of the band and how the truly cared about us as individual members. I will always remember the influence Mike Maegly has had on my life. I loved performing and truly do miss it.
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Listen to and respect the instructors for the many years of wisdom.
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Katie (Croake) Brunney
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Years In Band: 2000-2005 KHS Class of 2005
Instrument Played: Guard :)
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I graduated from University of Cincinnati, College of Nursing in June and work at University Hospital in the Burn Special Care unit. I LOVE it! Throughout college, I remained active in the colorguard world, marching Onyx Open in '07 and Onyx A in '08. I was colorguard director at Hamilton High School from '05 to '08, assisted with Central Crossing Colorguard in Columbus '07. I just got married on August 23, 2009 to Jeremiah Brunney, assistant band director of Alter Archibishop HS, so of course I "get" to help out with the colorguard!
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I have so many memories from band! Like guard buddy stuff anf Tanya Waugh and I not shaving our legs for like a month before Grand Nationals!
Colorguard and band greatly influenced my future, for I met my husband through band, and most of my best friends are either from HS band or Onyx. I would've never found an after school job if it hadn't been for my guard experience.
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Have Fun!!! And take advantage of the opportunities with band (future jobs, community service, etc.)
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