Kenos Blog

I participated in marching band for all four years of high school. For those who do not fully understand what marching band is, it is a time intensive sport. Yes, a sport; try jazz running with a Tuba.  I only played tenor drum, but still my arms would ache after holding it up, wind instrument players lips would feel dead, just useless flaps of skin, and I would just feel drained all over after drilling basics and roll-stepping for hours on end. Playing an instrument, roll stepping to keep tone, hitting your dot, and keeping the formation at the same time, is a lot of hard work. Marching band has impacted my life in so many ways.  Marching band really becomes your life. You get up at five in the morning so you can be ready and on the field at six o’clock ready to practice. Whether it rained, snowed, or was blazing hot; we marched until school started, but we had band for first period anyways so we stayed out on the field. I remember wearing ski bibs, boots, a thick coat, and g...

My name is Jakeno Marshall. I was born on August 8, 1996, in Cleveland Ohio, where I lived until the time I went to college in another state. I’m the fifth child out of nine siblings and the only one that went to college besides my mother. My mother, Mrs. Sherritta Lee lives in Philadelphia working for various medical institutions across the state until she decided to retire. I'm very big on fashion I love looking good and smelling good. I'm a graduating senior at Lane college studying Mass Communication. I help start the band program here at lane in 2015 and our sound and tradition has been a big success over the years. In my future, I Plan on being a recording artist, and a music producer. I realize I will have to work hard and stay dedicated to my field of study in order to be successful I have a son he's 5 years old, his name is Jayden and he will be 6 in May. Jayden has been my main priority since his entrance into this world. I've calmed down a lot and really ope...