If you can just get in the playoffs and get by a match or two, I think you start to realize your district was so tough it prepared you well. The problem is in the first match or two of the playoffs. You can be beaten up and shell-shocked from such a tough district. |
It's a matter of looking at things freshly each time you look at them, a matter of openness. |
It's all too clear we're on our own. |
musical personality into each group. |
Some of them come around once a week, some of them come around once every two or three weeks and that keeps stuff fresh. Every show is completely different. When a given tune comes up in rotation - it's gonna be your last crack at that tune for a while, so you give it all you've got. |
Steve is polished, he's a great arranger, and he sings in tune. Some people consider that trite. There's nothing trite about what he does. He's forthright, he gets to the point, and that's his greatness. |
That's It for the Other One. |
That's the problem. I think the whole district believed they had playoff teams. We were fortunate to get into this position. |
That's where the best art comes from. Really, it's where all real art comes from and that's what I want to be remembered for. If I have anything to give the world, it's that approach, that openness. |
The jam band idiom is kind of the new jazz as these kids will be growing up with this music as this music grows up. Watch out for this in five years. As we all grow up and get better the music will get better. |
The thing we had talked about was playing the ball to open space. This is the first time in a few years we'll be going to the playoffs. We always thought we would have a good opportunity to be a good team. We're real excited. It's nice for the seniors. |
There's still work to be completed right at the junction of phase one and two, which could compromise access to the school, |
These teams, the coaches and these kids - we all know each other. This is the third time we'll meet and I think we'll put on a good show. These teams are real even. |
They (Marcus) got the ball in the net and we didn't do a good job of challenging their shots. |
We found in the late '90s that if we didn't do a certain number of the old chestnuts, people weren't gonna come to hear the new stuff. |