At a Glance:

Instrument: French Horn

Drum major experience: Two years

Favorite Cereal: Cookie Crisp

Favorite Candy: Mike and Ike

If you were a fruit, you would be a: Banana

Jeans or Sweatpants: Jeans

Favorite Stand Tune: Green Onions

Looking Deeper:

TRL: As a returning drum major, what’s it like?

JH: It’s a lot better because I know what I’m doing this time around. Last next was super stressful because everything was new and I just hated everything because I felt like I didn’t know what I was getting into. But now that I’m comfortable. It’s fun to be up there and lead everyone and be adventurous.

TRL: What’s it like conducting with two returning drum majors this year?

JH: We‘re a lot more efficient because it’s easier to communicate because [Lily and I] have both done it before, and we know what needs to be done and when it needs to be done. There’s a lot of unspoken communication going on.

TRL: When did you decide you wanted to be a drum major?

JH: Freshman year, except that was more of a “why not?” type thing. I knew I was not going to get it, and little did I know that two years later I would be one.

TRL: How does being a drum major work with being in band?

JH: We have to show up to everything early, we have to show up to more things. You have to make sure that everything that allows the rehearsal to run, that isn’t the people, is there like speakers and podiums. All that has got to be set up before rehearsals and it’s up to the drum majors to do.

TRL: What’s your favorite memory of band?

JH: [The band trip to] Corpus [Christi] sophomore year for sure, that was like the cherry on top to a great couple of years of band.

TRL: Now that the season is over, what are some of your thoughts about how it went?

JH: It was an incredible season. We accomplished things the band has never done before and it’s only up from here. Hopefully in two years they’ll get their chance to go to state.