| The UCI Band is the band of UC Irvine. Since we have no football team, the band has no need to perform field shows. Thus, we usually do not march. The UCI Band always needs more people. UCI Band members: please spread the word to your friends. Also, feel free to give them my Web address. The best way to add members is for each band member to encourage as many of their friends to join as possible. |  |
Q: Do I need to audition to join the Band? A: No!!! Just show up at a rehearsal with your instrument and play along. Rehearsals are Mondays, 7-10 p.m. in the new Music and Media Building Room 220A, not Music 196, the Choral and Orchestral Rehearsal Hall. Eric says there will be signs posted directing us to the new room. The first rehearsal of the 1999-2000 academic year is Monday, September 27. |
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Q: Do I need to be a student to play in the Band? A: No. It doesn't hurt to be a student, but we have a number of non-students and alumni who play in the Band. I am the classic case, UCI class of 1983. |
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Q: Do I need to be enrolled in the class to be part of the Band? A: No. We welcome people to sit in. If you are a student at UCI, we encourage you to enroll. The grading scale is quite liberal (though you should talk to Mark Hamamura about it for specifics). Some band members choose to not take it for a class their first year. However, they end up having so much fun that they attend all the games anyway. They look back and think, "Gee. I could have gotten an A" and thereafter, they enroll in the class. |
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| Q: Do you need me? A: Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. Please join. We want you. In the past we have been very short on trumpet players. Whatever you play, you are welcome to join. This is an ideal group to dust off that long forgotten instrument. |
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Q: Is the Men's basketball team going to be any good this year? A: The last two years I answered YES and last year I predicted a winning season. Boy was I wrong. The team added new meaning to the word underachieve. Now, how is the team going to do this year? A lot better, I predict. I don't want to go into too much detail here, after all, that is why I maintain a web page for the basketball team. However, UCI has most of its players returning as well as a group of promising recruits plus memories of last year to motivate itself. So yes, they will be pretty good this year, but everybody is keeping it "off the record, on the QT, and very hush hush." |
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| Once again, I claim that this is an exciting time to be part of the Band. With the passage of ASAR, the Band's budget will increase significantly in the 2000/01 season. Okay, that is a year away, but this year may be your last chance to join before the crowds start rushing in. Join us. Become part of the new resurgence of UCI Basketball. I was there at the previous one, when Kevin Magee played for UCI. For more of my incisive basketball analysis, see my UCI Basketball: Analysis and Commentary page. |  |
Q: Who are you, anyway? A: I am Robert C. Carden IV, band member since January, 1982. For more details (believe me, more than you probably want to know), read my paper UCI Band History which I am in the process of writing. This is work in progress so if you find a lot of years missing, check back a week or so later, and I will probably add another year by then. |
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| Q. Where is Music 196? A. For those of you who don't know where Music 196 here's a nifty map to help. It's in the Fine Arts Village in the upper left by Bridge road and is number 718. Q. Where is the new Music and Media Building Room 220A? A. It is probably near Music 196, but in one of those brand new buildings they just built. Go to the Fine Arts Village and follow the signs. |
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