Why TJMC? TJMC Alumni Perspective
- It’s a lot of fun.
- It’s a neat way for incoming freshmen to make friends before school starts.
- It’s great exercise (they practically run around the field).
- It’s a nice mental break from classes.
- It provides unique opportunities to develop leadership skills.
- It’s a chance to learn from very talented musicians who have been members of and are instructors for world class drum & bugle corps and indoor drum lines.
- The TJMC staff coach our students to develop a strong work ethic.
- It provides opportunities to sharpen your problem solving skills.
- It can be an opportunity to learn to play a new instrument.
- You can earn a varsity letter and wear it on a TJ letter jacket.
- It opens doors to other music opportunities (e.g., college marching bands and world class drum & bugle corps).
- Occasional TJMC hall marches are a great way to start the day!
- It’s a fun way to participate in some friendly competition against your base school friends.
- Traveling to competitions is an interesting way to visit new places.
- You get into football games for free.
- It’s okay to wear black socks with shorts.
- You won’t have to ride the school bus home 3 or 4 days a week.
- Carpooling is very entertaining, especially for the parents who do the driving.