Steve Cash, Profile

Hometown: Staunton
College: Virginia Tech Degree: Bachelor of Arts in Music Education
What do you teach at SMS? Band
How many years teaching at SMS? 2
What is your favorite thing about teaching? I enjoy seeing students get excited about band and music the way many people do about sports or other hobbies.
Hobbies & Special Interests: I love playing and watching sports. Most people just think I’m a big “band geek” because that’s what I teach, but I was actually a decent football, basketball, and baseball player in high school. I just quit playing in because I knew music could take me further than sports.
What type of music do you listen to? Honestly everything but my favorites are 80’s and country
Favorite food(s) anything Italian
Pets: 2 cats
What is your favorite thing to learn about? I’m pretty big into new technology. I also like music and sports of course.
Why did you start running? I used to not like running but did it just to stay in shape, but running is one of those things that the more you do it the more you WANT to do it.
What do you hope to gain from this trip? The thing that grabbed my attention from the start was to motivate kids to read and run by choice and not because they had to. Being able to do that, in addition to educating our students about Chinese culture, is an awesome thing.
What are the five coolest things you have ever done? Drove across the Golden Gate Bridge, went to New Orleans (very cool place), played in the Virginia Tech Drumline for 4 years, shook hands with NFL Hall of Famer Bruce Smith, placed 4th in the state of Virginia as a senior percussionist at Fort Defiance High School.