The horn is a state of mind. From the minute you buzz the instrument, and learn to play a few notes, your perception of the world changes. Any previous misconceptions you once believed about the world are erased in a flood of awareness. Awareness that you can change the world, with the righteous and beautiful melodies capable of coming only from the horn. Awareness that you can play an instrument most people in the world can't. The dark place that the world has become, where the most powerful nation in the world is led by a Texas hick who can't even pronounce 'nuclear', doesn't bother you anymore. You realize that no matter how many innocent Middle-Eastern people are slaughtered by Middle-Eastern radicals or by American Capitalist-Imperialism (led by Texas hicks who don't speak English), there is still a source of good and cleanliness in the world. It's the horn. We don't let the evil shrillness of the flutes, the foul honking of the saxophones, the malevolent pitch of the trombones, or the guileful screeching of the trumpets hold us back from unleashing pure righteousness into the world, from the divine instrument known as the horn.
So when you see a horn player dancing quite obviously like he doesn't care what other people think, he's rejoicing over the fact that his/her instrument is a bastion of goodness and right in a dark world of Terrorism, Fascism, George W. Bush, and Saxophones.
When we say that the horns are a family, we aren't kidding. The state of mind that is the horn unites us all by a common thread, namely the desire to do and be good, and the knowledge of how to do so. As Tolkien taught us, in a battle against evil, good must "...unite, or [good] shall fall". We, the horns, stand united against evil, whether it be manifested in the form of Low Brass, bad Marching Band shows (stupid American Quilt), Rap, or idiot Republican Presidents and their idiot administrations.
Once you go horn, you never go back. Unless you're Phil Keegan, but that kid's just crazy.
Then again, maybe the horn is just a really cool instrument that attracts elitists who want to put themselves on a pedestal above the lesser instruments in band. And maybe Jacob just really hates George Bush.
The world may never know.
Go horns!
-Jacob
I hope you all know that I'm joking. We horns love all the other sections. After all, ALL of us started playing music on something else! We just like to make jokes about you all, because you all set yourselves up. Flutes and your hating each other, Saxes and your collective lack of intelligence, Trumpets and your lack of pitch, Low Brass and your collective lack of intelligence, Clarinets and your squeakiness, Percussion and your collective lack of intelligence, I mean come on, how could we not get elitist? I feel like a lot of your words on other pages is attacking the horns or defending yourselves in reference to the horns and my above introduction. Get over it! I'm just playing around! I love you all, even Liz!
