Let's see how far FMA has spread by posting what part of the country or world is everyone from!

I'll start by saying that I'm from Tuscarawas County in Ohio, about halfway between Cleveland and Columbus via I-77.

Oh. And apologies for the Boost Mobile reference.

Haha, well, I'm not too far away being in Central Western PA right off Interstate 80 on the border of Jefferson County and Clearfield County. Its about 2 hours to Pittsburgh and 3 hours to Erie.

I'm from Western Washington - I live in Snohomish County, not too far north of Seattle. (I'm about 20-30 minutes away.)

I like how all the people who've written in this thread are from such rural areas that we have to explain where we live by the distance to major cities.

I'm from Ca but now live in Eastern Washington in Pullman.. right next to Idaho

i live in angola, indiana... the very top right tip of the state next to MI and OH. it's a really small town...

@Mellohero
Pretty much. What is sad is that I lived by the biggest town in the area marching band wise. Haha. We have the largest *competitive* band within about 3 or 4 counties.

*There is a band that is bigger than us about 30 min away, but they don't compete, and if they did, we would cream them. Bad.

I'm from a small town in Ontario Canada, close to Kingston

I figured this is what the introduction thread would be good for. Finding out where everyone is at as well. You do mention the location in each one.

Akron, OH :]

Angola, Indiana, same as WhitePrinceofAngola. and i wouldn't say it's a small town like he said.

Well I lived in Angola for most of my life. It's small, but it could be a lot worse though too. Population, about 7,500 at the 00 census but is expected to grow by another 10 to 15% by the time the final tabulations of the 10 census is done.

Wikipedia is your friend. ;) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angola,_Indiana

Like I've said, I lived in Angola most of my life as well and then lived in Fort Wayne (second largest city in Indiana with a Pop. of about 255K) for about 4 years after that. Currently going to Ball State University in Muncie (aka Funcie...but not really lol with a Pop. of 65K) for Telecommuncations (film, tv, etc).

warrington, cheshire, england

any other europeans here?

New Orleans

I hail from a town most of you wont be able to pronounce.
I live in Sylacauga, Alabama.
(pronounced Sil-a-kog-uh
haha :)
I am an hour away from Auburn, 1.5 from Tuscaloosa (which is where university of Alabama is for those that didnt know.) About 35 minutes to BIrmingham, with no Traffic. For those nascar fans, i am about 30 minutes away from Talladega superspeedway.
Sylacauga is a dying town.. we had a very large cotton mill that employed several thousand, but it shut down maybe 5 years ago.. Now the city is declining. Town used to be around 15,000. now maybe 10-12,000.



Little history lesson: Sylacauga High -where i am currently a Junior- has a unique band program. the school has had four band directors in just shy of a decade. one was a temporary (2-3 year) fill in. minus that gap, a Simpkins was the director. Started with Lewis "Fess" Simpkins, then his son, Buddy Simpkins, who passed it on to David Simpkins. David has a son a year older than me, just to put it in perspective. All great men. I just think it is eat when an area has such a strong lineage like I do. You just don't see it anymore. Now some bands are lucky o have a director for marching season, much less a whole year.

enough of my rant... Happy New Year Y'all!

Longmont, CO

Terre Haute, Indiana (central-south-west) Right at the point where it goes from a straight line to a jagged one. :)

Fort Wayne, IN...for a few more months at least.

Carrollton, GA 10 miles south of I-20 and 50 miles west of Atlanta.

North Liberty, Indiana. About 15 minutes Southwest of South Bend. Attend Ball State in Muncie aka Funcie, Indiana studying public relations.