♫ Count Bubba's Revenge ► Mikayla (14) & DVHS Performance Jazz Ens (Feb 08)

[TheGfou]

this is awesome, sooo good

[Kerpaltheballer]

is this dougherty valley high school?

[gazzy11296]

Course not!

i dont think i just made the cut off, there are like at least 5 more people other then me who are 12.

heh, i do get teased but not very often because im 5'7, and play football.

anyway, nice playing keep the videos up.

[gazzy11296]

still the best version

and i see on the related videos you were 14 and in 8th grade!?

im in 8th grade right now, and im 12!

my b day is nov. 2

oldie :P

[mikaylasax]

You must have just barely made the age cut-off for enrollment. It's got to be pretty tough being the youngest kid in your grade. Do you get teased alot?

Hey...... are you insinuating that I "flunked" a grade? The video you are referring to was recorded in late May 2007 (at the very end of 8th grade). And like most of the people in my class I had already turned 14 at that point.

Thanks for continuing to watch my videos. Hope you enjoyed them.

[gazzy11296]

yes.......

[gazzy11296]

wow, what grade are these guys in >:O

[mikaylasax]

High school. Freshmen through seniors.

[gazzy11296]

yeah, i heard near the end the loud applause, good stuff

[gazzy11296]

this is a festival?

looks like it, at my festival, there were no people in the audience.

really bummed us, until our wind ensamble showed up in the audience.

:D

[mikaylasax]

Actually there were quite a few people sitting further back. The judges sit near the front and talk into their tape recorders. Most listeners try to stay away from the judges so they don't interfere with them.

[gazzy11296]

the part for the tenors at the very begining, which is the rapid part, which is an "F"?

anyways, for my band, the 1st trombone plays to, in pretty cool.

[dxer12]

very well done. This is one of my favorite jazz tunes. I like the quartet sections from 1:29 to 2:35. another section I really like is from 4:25 until 5:15. I really like the tempo and can feel the groove through out the whole tune. What tempo are ya'll taking it at? it is a nice tune when the tempo is kicked up like that ! !

[mikaylasax]

It was a fun tune to play too.  This was last year (2008). We don't play the song this year. I've had several people comment that we played it "too fast!" Actually.... we did play it faster on this performance than we had practiced it.

[Xx1c3m4g3xX]

The lead trumpet note (high C, I think?) at 5:39 gives me chills every time I hear it, which is awesome.

Actually, I think this entire band is awesome, the sound amazes me, and this is only a high school band?

[mikaylasax]

Thanks for listening!

[Xx1c3m4g3xX]

I just listened to it again, it's a high G.

Those are some crazy chops that those trumpet players have.

[epSaxMan101]

You guys should think about coming down to El Paso sometime. We're some pretty tough competition, if i do say so myself. =)

[killstealer4]

DVHS?? what does it stand for? and where is that school? is it Dougherty Valley High School in San Ramon?

[mikaylasax]

It's Deer Valley High School in Glendale, Arizona.

[killstealer4]

oh whoops... xD

[trainwatcher8444]

Nice! The sax section is great!

[mikaylasax]

Thanks for the compliment!

[bassmasta226]

Decent.

[UniquelyUninspired]

Great performance. It would have helped if the band had adjusted to the acoustics of the auditorium better, though.

[mikaylasax]

The band almost didn't make it to the festival at all. Their bus broke down halfway from Phoenix to Flagstaff. They had to wait for another bus to drive up and pick them up. They arrived about 2 or 3 hours late, and had little time to do anything except go onstage and perform.

I'm glad you liked the performance.

[conn6m]

Fantastic! great section work. Audience reaction is very muted in my opinion. That would have received a huge roar in the Uk.

[mikaylasax]

Thanks so much for the compliment. The crowd's reaction may have been muted, but the festival judges weren't. The band received the judges' highest rating.

Thanks again for your comment.