Charles Dobbs

Music performance freshman prefers French horn to rock band or one-man strip show

WILDCAT: What instrument do you play?

DOBBS: French horn.

WILDCAT: How long have you been playing?

DOBBS: Seven years.

WILDCAT: Wouldn't you rather play guitar or something?

DOBBS: No. I tried to teach myself how to play guitar and it didn't work.

WILDCAT: Don't you want to be in a rock band?

DOBBS: Not really.

WILDCAT: Do you think your French horn could contribute to a band? Give it a little something extra ·

DOBBS: If it was like Metallica S & M with an orchestra in the back, maybe.

WILDCAT: So what are you going to do with your horn?

DOBBS: I'm going to get my undergrad and go to a Christian graduate school and get a degree in conducting in youth ministry and try to do something with that.

WILDCAT: Why do they call it the French horn?

DOBBS: The source of the horn isn't really known, but the valves were invented in France. But I'm not really sure.

WILDCAT: What are you doing over break?

DOBBS: Going home to see my family in Las Vegas.

WILDCAT: You going to go gambling?

DOBBS: No. Never really appealed to me.

WILDCAT: You're not old enough, right? What about strip clubs?

DOBBS: Probably not.

WILDCAT: Would you ever strip in a strip club, like with your French horn in a one-man show bringing together nudity and music?

DOBBS: Can't say that I would do that.

WILDCAT: Well, you could cover up your genitalia so it would just be like your chest or something. Are you nervous for finals?

DOBBS: Not really.

WILDCAT: You going to be studying a lot?

DOBBS: A little bit.