Narrators
2014 Washington Trip
Concert Songs
Jazz Songs
Kyzer Says
100
The narrator for the Knox March concert who is an all-county trombone player from Salisbury High School.
Who is Thurston Alexander?
100
The Knox group witnessed "the changing of the guard" and a trumpet player playing "Taps" at a special wreath-laying ceremony.
What is Arlington National Cemetery?
100
This "BIG" song was composed by a Carowinds judge and performed by the combined 7th and 8th grade band at the Fall concert.
What is Megaforce?
100
This rock-style selection featured soloists with the initials E.M., R.B., and J.H.!!!!
What is "Drama for Your Mama?"
100
The two things the tall Knox band director says at the end of each and every Knox band rehearsal.
What is "The Pride of Troy" and "No Evidence?"
200
The narrator for the 7th and 8th grade band December Concert who is a former student of Mr. Kyzer's and is a lawyer in Salisbury.
Who is Peter Smith?
200
The name of the hotel that the Knox band group spent 2 nights in Washington D.C. in 2014.
What is the Best Western of Mt. Vernon?
200
This song was the theme of the2013 Knox 7th and 8th grade Holiday Concert and uses a mix of French Christmas melody and native North American melody.
What is "Twas in the Moon of Winter?"
200
This song was sung in the 2013 Knox Talent Show and performed at the 2014 Knox Fall Band Concert?
What is "Dynamite?"
200
Stolen from "rap lyrics," the witty Knox band director used this as a theme to have students increase their musical instrument practice and enthusiasm for band.
What is "Turn Up?"
300
He was the narrator at the 2014 Knox Spring Outdoor Concert who graduated from The University of the South.
who is Seth Morris?
300
Also the site of the 1963 speech by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., this Washington D.C. landmark has hosted 2 patriotic band concerts by the Knox band in the last 4 years.
What is the Lincoln Memorial?
300
This march was performed at the 2014 Spring Outdoor Finale Concert and bears the title of mythological beings.
What is "the Titans?"
300
Name both of the two Latin jazz songs played by Knox jazz bands in 2013--2014.
What is "160 Blue" or "Oye Como Va?"
300
As a "rabid" University of Georgia football fan, he can't help shouting this every time he and Briggs Hudson's dad are together.
What is "How bout them Dawgs?"
400
This Salisbury High School band director was the narrator at the 2013 Fall Band Concert.
Who is Mr. Mike Thomas?
400
This Washington D.C. building has a statuary hall where the statues of famous Americans are housed. There are also certain places in this hall where you can stand and clearly hear conversations of others far across the room.
What is the U.S. Capitol building?
400
This song was the first song from the 2013 Knox 7th and 8th grade holiday concert. It featured students and audience members shouting.
What is "Countdown to Christmas?"
400
Not an HBO TV show nor a Hollywood movie, this jazz ballad featured Jaquan Jackson as a soloist at the 2014 Knox March Band concert.
What is "Sax in the City?"
400
The alphabetical "trick" that Mr. Kyzer uses to get all students in an ensemble to bring their instruments up together prior to a performance.
What is A-B-C-D?
500
Mr. Kyzer's dumb jokes!
What is the reason why the Knox Band always uses a narrator for their concerts?
500
This body of water separates the District of Columbia from Virginia and empties into the Atlantic Ocean. It is acessible by boat tour from Old Towne Alexandria.
What is the Potomac River?
500
This selection from the March concert features the lyrics "From the Halls of Montezuma, to the shores of Tripoli."
What is "The Marines Hymn?"
500
The number 1 pop song and dance hit of 1963 by Chubby Checker was performed at the 2013 Knox Fall Band concert.
What is "The Twist?"
500
He borrows this phrase from the rebel fighters in the "Star Wars" motion picture series.
What is "May the Force Be With You?"
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