CMB Mellophone Section

Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃🍁 We are thankful for the horn family.

That’s a wrap on Band Camp 2025!!! Introducing our WONDERFUL Horn Section for this season! (Second years are looking good🤩)

Last but not least, our SL and ML, Jillian Gough!!!

Hi everyone!! My name is Jillian, and I’m one of the music and section leaders for the horns this year! I’m a fourth year majoring in Global Development Studies and Music. I love spending time outside, playing piano, and doing anything crafty. I also like to play soccer but sometimes end up just watching it instead🤩(go Washington spirit) Can’t wait to see everyone at band camp!!🥳

Thanks for checking in, see you at band camp!!

Starting us off for our last round of leadership intros… SL and ML, Fede Bandoni!!

hey fam!! 🤩🙌 my name is fede‼️🤘 and i’m one of the section leaders and one of the music leaders for the horns this year📯🎵🔥 i’m a third year from waynesboro, va 🌄🏞️ majoring in computer engineering 💻⚙️🤓 with a minor in data science 📊📈.
this past spring, i studied abroad in valencia, spain 🇪🇸🍊🌞 and won’t shut up about it 😂 ask me about my ✨pin✨ collection📍. outside of band, i’m a TA for engineering foundations 🛠️📚 and i’m also working with some friends🤝💡 to start a medical devices club aka FISH 🐟⚙️ (ask me about it). i love skiing ⛷️❄️, traveling ✈️🌍, being outside 🌳🌿, and hanging out with the horn fam 🎶. can’t wait for another amazing season!! 🎉🔥💥 GO HOOS!! 🧡💙

Check in later for our last intro…

Rounding out this WaHornWa Wednesday, we have yet another brand new Horn Drill Leader and piccolo alum, Maggie Parkhurst!!

HEYO! I’m MAGGIE another former piccolo turned HORN drill leader!! 🤩 Here are some very important facts about myself (in no particular order):

Year: 3rd
Hometown: Roanoke, VA
Majors: Biology and Medical Anthropology
Minor: Data science
Favorite color: Green
Shoe size: Women’s US 8
Occupation: UTS bus driver
Cat: Peanut 🐈‍⬛ 🥜
So excited for band: YES!

That’s it from us this week. See ya next week!

Welcome back to another WaHornWa Wednesday. Kicking us off this week is DL Rishi Bhogaraju!!

🏇⚔️GOOOOOOOOOD AFTERNOOOON CAVALIERS ⚔️🏇It’s your certified 4th year 📯horn📯 unc (hunk if you want 😘) Rishi! I’m a biochem and bio double major with a minor in BME ☣️! if it doesn’t start with a b im not doin it ✋‼️ This is my 4th year as a horn in the CMB and I cannot be more excited to be a drill leader one last time! I come from humble high school clarinet origins, but switched to the horn before my first year! I am a mediocre skier ⛷️, an avid snow eater 🍧, and even better butt skater, but until the first frost I must make do with turf pellet stew 🏟️. I can’t wait to be marching with all the homies old and new and beat Tech this year RAHHHHHHH WHAT EVEN IS A HOKIE 🍗🍗😋😋

Tune in later for another introduction.

🎉 Happy WaHornWa Wednesday!!! 🎉
Band Camp is right around the corner, and that means it’s time to kick off our 2025 leadership introductions! First up is none other than our brand new Horn Drill Leader (and proud piccolo alum)... KAREN GUZMAN!!

‼️‼️ATTENZIONE PICK POCKET‼️‼️ just kidding it’s karen! hi everyone i’m a third year (😦) majoring in computer science and data science 📈🤯 i’m so excited to be the first HORN drill leader introduced!! you may be wondering 🤔 karen??? i thought you were a piccolo🤔 you would be right bc this is actually my debut as a horn!! i am officially a switchie😌😌 shout out to my amazing piccolos, once a picc always a picc 🪈

a fun fact about me is that i just finished a summer study abroad in italy and i probably will never stop talking about it 🇮🇹😀 i am SO HYPED about becoming part of another (really really cool) section and can’t wait to see everyone at BAND CAMP!! 🥳🥳 (the last pic is my italian dog also please don’t ask me to speak italian i’m not very good👍)