A “New Direction” for the Central Marching Band Kelly Calame Staff Writer
same time which we need to get us through the rest of practice.” Some of the band members, like Ashley Nichols, junior, really appreciates McNulty for all he has done. “Mr. McNulty is a great director! He’s challenging the band to do what’s hard. With his direction, I believe the band is going to improve greatly. I think we should thank him more often because he does so much for us,” said Nichols. “We normally practice two hours every Monday and Tuesday. On Thursdays, we have practice from 4 to 8 and on Fridays we have a run through of our show for an hour,” said Pate. “And at games, we play until the middle of second quarter and then we go and warm up for half time. After that we go back in the stands and play until the end of the game.” McNulty has been a teacher for nine years, and he has “never seen such hard working students as the ones in the Central Band.” “I predict this year, we will be very successful,” said McNulty.
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Have you noticed the improvement in the band lately? A lot of that improvement can be directly contributed to Central’s new band director, Mr. McNulty. “I last taught at Richland High school. I decided to come to Central so I could be a head director. I like being a teacher at Central because I like meeting new people and having a goal to turn a band around,” said McNulty. One of the many musicians in band, Jennifer Bupp, junior, who plays clarinet, shared her outlook on the band’s future. “I think he’s turned our band around and he’s done a lot to make our band better. He’s a fun person and a serious band director, which are both important. He has prepared us to be really well and I’m excited for all that we’ll be doing this year, said Bupp. Though McNulty is described as a fun director, he challenges the students because he knows they can be great. “He may be tough at times, but we just have to think that he wants us to become better,” said Taylor Pate, junior. “He is very funny, but serious at the
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