Julie N. Books played clarinet in the Mt. Vernon High School Marching and Symphonic Bands that won 1st place in symphonic and 3rd place in marching at the 1986 Festival of States National Competition in St. Petersburg, Florida. Here is a list of the awards won by that band from 1985 to 1987 when Julie played clarinet during her junior year (1st chair, 2nd part) and senior year (2nd chair, 1st part). Thanks to Patrice Murane, the best drum major, and to all the talented musicians that made that band the best high school band in Virginia and better than many college bands. Julie also played in the District Ten Symphonic Band in 1987 and took some clarinet lessons with Lora Ferguson at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts.
1985-1986 Mt. Vernon Band Awards: Grand Champions of the Severna Park Tournament of Bands, Charlottesville Cavalcade of Bands, Woodbridge Invitational Marching Festival, Mason-Dixon Tournament of Bands, and Chapter 10 Tournament of Bands; 1st Place at the State Fair of Va. Marching Band Contest and Mid-Atlantic Band Festival, AAA Wind Ensemble. 1886-1987 Mt. Vernon Band Awards: Grand Champions of the Martinsburg Band Spectacular, Sounds of the Patriots Tournament of Bands, Upper Moreland Cavalcade of Bands, W.T. Woodson "Liberty Classic," Chapter 12 Tournament of Bands, and Atlantic Coast Championships (Group IV Champions, Highest Score Overall); Superior Rating in the VBODA Festival by the symphonic band, in which Julie played first part.
Here is a link to see the Mt. Vernon Marching Majors performing and winning 1st place in 1985.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0O5UKD8Xj4
This link is to Julie's art website, where you can see her drawings, paintings, sculptures, and equine art.
This link is to the home page of the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association.
Julie Books has been a member of Mensa since the 1980s. Her high IQ scores enabled her to attend the Gifted and Talented Center program at Stratford Landing Elementary School in Alexandria, Virginia, which she thoroughly enjoyed.
Julie Books wrote her doctoral dissertation, The Ontology of Film, under the supervision of Bruce Aune (UMass Amherst), Gareth Matthews (UMass Amherst), and Thomas Wartenberg (Mount Holyoke College). The abstract can be found at http://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI3068541/
You can purchase a copy of her philosophy book The Supersensible in Kant's Critique of Judgment (2016) at
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1433131919/ref=dp_bookdescription?_encoding=UTF8&n=283155
You can purchase a copy of her philosophy book What is Film? (2016) at