Princeton High School Bands
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Quotes
All quotes taken from actual class discussions.......unfortunately!!!
September 21st, 2010
Quote #2 (Tiger Band 2)
Student: "My Current Music News is in my mind!"
Mr. Grimaldi: "That's ok if you can turn your mind in to Mr. Bongiovi at the end of the period."
Student: "Ok, but he's going to need a wheel-barrel or something because there's a lot stuff in there!"
Quote #1 (Tiger Band 2)
Student: "Does the Current Music News have to relate to music?.............why?"
Mr. Bongiovi: "If you needed Cardiac Bypass Surgury, would you go to a dentist and ask him to do it?"
February 9th, 2009
Quote #3 (Nassau Band 1)
Student: "When is the jazz festival?"
Mr. Bongiovi: "March 27th and 28th."
Student: "How far away is that?"
Mr. Bongiovi: "Today is February 9th, do the math Einstein!"
Quote #2 (Tiger Band 2)
Student: "Can I borrow the keys to unlock the practice room?"
Mr. Grimaldi: "They should all be unlocked"
Student: "The one that's open is locked!"
Quote #1 (Nassau Band 2)
Student: "I have a headache in my eye...............Why are you laughing at me?"
January 21st, 2009
Quote #1 (Tiger Band I)
Student: "Hey Mr. Bongiovi, I found my music.....my cleaning lady moved it on me!"
Same Student 30 seconds later: "She has it out for me ever since I told her she wasn't cleaning my room right!"
January 14th, 2009
Quote #1 (Tiger Band I)
Student to Mr Bongiovi: "Is that how we really sound, or is that your singing?"
Mr Bongiovi: "I was trying to give you a vocal representation of what your face looks like!"
January 13th, 2009
Quote #5 (during a retest during break)
Student: "I can't think that quickly......I'd have to practice!"
Quote #4 (Tiger Band II)
Student: "Mr. Grimaldi... I went to a concert last weekend and they played a piece that kept changing time signatures."
Mr. Grimaldi: "That's great...how did you know that?"
Student: "They told us."
Quote #3
Mr. Bongiovi: "They just don't get it..."
Mr. Grimaldi: "And we don't get why they don't get it."
Quote #2 (Tiger Band I)
Mr. Grimaldi: "What do you get when you turn that around?"
Student: "The opposite!"
Quote #1 (Tiger Band I)
Mr. Bongiovi: "What's the first thing you do in the morning?"
Student: "Brush my teeth"
Mr. Bongiovi: "What do you do next?"
Same Student: "Get Dressed"
Mr. Bongiovi: "Oh,,,,so you chose to wear that to school today?"
January 12th, 2009
Quote #2 (Nassau Band I)
Mr. Bongiovi: "Gum?"
Student chewing gum: "ah.....no?"
Student who chews gum 24 hours a day, especially in band class: "Dummy"
Quote #1 (Nassau Band II)
Student: "Why do I know that song?" (Count Bubba)
January 9th, 2009
Quote #4 (Nassau Band I)
Student: "It's going to be awhile....because I have to think!"
Quote #3
Mr. Grimaldi: "The music is going to be horrible, but the quotes will be phenomenal!"
Quote #2 (Nassau Band II)
Student: "The trick question....... TRICKED ME!!!"
Quote #1 (Tiger Band I)
Mr. Grimaldi: "There is a new quote page online"
Student: "Is this mean like a quiz?%@#"
5 minutes later.....
Same Student: "Can I retest tomorrow" (Saturday)
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