Pali Band
Music Theory
West Side Story
Marching Band/DCI
Mr. Ye's Mystery Category
100

Mr. Ye's email address

pye@palihigh.org

100

The notes in a A-flat major scale.

Ab, Bb, C, Db, Eb, F, G, Ab

100

The two main characters in West Side Story.

Tony and Maria

100

DCI groups exclude this group of instruments that exist in high school marching bands.

Woodwinds

100

The only planet that spins clockwise.

Venus

200

The total number of students currently registered for the 2024 marching band season.

51

200

The term for a major tonic chord at the end of a piece in a minor key.

Picardy third

200

The composer of West Side Story.

Leonard Bernstein
200

The DCI group with the most first place wins

Blue Devils

200

The only part of the human body that cannot heal itself.

Teeth

300

This staff member is married to voice actress Hynden Walch, known for her roles as Starfire and Princess Bubblegum.

Sean McDermott

300

A full diminished seventh chord is made by stacking this interval.

Minor third
300

West Side story is a modern retelling of this classic play.

Romeo and Juliet

300

Mr. Thomas Kato marched in these DCI groups

Gold, Mandarins, and Blue Devils

300

This letter does not appear in any American state's name.

Q

400

The year Pali High Marching Band won 1st place in SCSBOA championships.

2014

400

The seven church modes of the major scale.

Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian, and Locrian

400

This lyricist made his Broadway debut with West Side Story

Stephen Sondheim

400

The year DCI was founded

1971

400

This Los Angeles restaurant recently lost one of its two Michelin stars.

n/naka

500

The year Mr. Thomas Kato graduated Pali High.

2019

500

V7/V (Secondary dominant) in the key of C major

D dominant 7

500

Maria's final line.

I can kill now, because I hate now

500

This group was part of the original season of DCI. (Name one)

27th Lancers, Garfield Cadets, Boston Crusaders, Blessed Sacrament Golden Knights, or Blue Rock.

500

Mr. Ye worked at this Taiwanese dessert establishment in college.

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