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Miscellaneous => General Chat => Topic started by: Lola Prue on September 30, 2002, 04:28:50 PM
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Okay..here's a really fun question! :) Who here is in Marching Band. Seriously! You don't HAVE to name your school, but I was just wondering! I am! So...how about you! I just thought that it would be fun to know! Maybe talk about "marching basics" or something like that!
:)
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I'm in marching band at Havre (Montana) High School. I play euphonium and this year we're doing/done a James Bond show.
"Thus Spake Lizard"
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That's so awsome! I love James Bond! Our show this year is called "Down from Shimmering Skies" We had a competition last week, and we placed second in our division, and guard (me) placed 1st. We made it to finals and placed 7th out of 12. It was fun! Are you guys going to GSL?
Well, probably NOT b/c your school's in Montana! But, what ever!
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Edited by - Lola Prue on 10/2/2002 7:59:07 AM
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Heh, you guessed right. My director hasn't done any competitions in quite some time, although some surprisingly small schools around the state that I know of have gone to surprisingly big competetions. Anyhow, we basically just perform for our town (parades, games, etc.) and sometimes play for random college games and whatnot.
The Bond show is pretty cool. It includes JB Theme (of course :P), "Live and Let Die" (one mean song, if you ask me), and "For Your Eyes Only."
So what kind of songs are you playing? Twinkle Twinkle Little Star?
"Thus Spake Lizard"
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im in marching band. i play clarinet. my band is small we have:
2 flutes
5 clarinets
4 saxes
6 trumpets
2 french horns
1 baritone
4 trombones
2 sousaphones
1 xylophone
4 bass drums
2 snares
2 symbols
1 quad
5 flags
that's 41 people. we have to play every home game and one away game. our show has hits from the 70's
25 or 6 to 4
Crazy little thing called love
Carry on my wayward son
it os good, veryvery good
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Those are good songs.
One thing, the title is actually "Carry On Wayward Son", no "my". :-D
Dexter, boy genius...Dexter, the cookie
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I LOVE the song, Live and Let Die! I'm a HUGE JB freak! Anyway...NO! We do not play twinkle twinkle little star. All though that would be funny...we're not! The music is an arrangment of a piece by James Curnow called "Down from Shimmering Skies." It has five movements, and we are using parts of mvts. 1;2;3; and 5. The movements are called:
The Cosmos
The Spirit World
The Mortal World
The Sky World
It's really fun! We just has a competition on Saturday. Band placd 3rd, and guard placed 2nd. Not bad. It was so muddy! I slipped and fell! :) But I'm all right!
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Just got back from college game homecoming pre-game marching. Things went well, except we took about 10 seconds too long so the dual jet fly-over came 10 seconds before the end of the national anthem.
Oh well, time to go buy Mario Sunshine.
"Thus Spake Lizard"
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You mean you don't have it yet?!
:-P
Dexter, boy genius...Dexter, the cookie
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I was in a marching band, but I graduated this year and am in college now. But I play symphony band now. Symphony is so much cooler because your can actually hear the woodwinds, especially saxes.
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Heh-heh! Boy don't you know! We can hardly hear our saxes too!
:)
(No offense to any one who is actually in my school's marching band!)
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I play trumpet in the high school marching band (Now, anyway, marching season is only 2 weeks away from being over) And I must say.. I don't get any respect there. My director has me playing the crappy 3rd part wheras I am better (Not saying this to sound condesending, but it's true) Than all of the 2nds and 3rd, and about 1 or 2 of the 1sts! They got a freshman playing first part! (I am in 10th grade) Is it any coincidence that his mom is also head of the School Board of *Insert my town here*? And that the band got a "larger that normal" budget from the School Board of *Insert my town here*? I doubt it. And so the director has me playing the crappy 3rd part. I am the only person playing 3rd Trumpet that can PLAY their part. None of the others can play their part, along with the 2nds either... And therefore you only hear 1st Trumpet, and I am forced between making a sucky blaring sound or not being heard (Most of the 1sts can play their parts... includidng the freshman. Hey, I never said the freshman sucked.) because no one else in the 2nds and 3rd are playing, and the 1sts are heard oer everyone. I am surprised we even got a 1st caption (60+ points) at our District competition...
Needless to say, our band is run corruptly.
I am not a people person. In fact, I`m more of an anti-people person.
I respect your post. As long as you don''t insult my intelligence in it.
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I'm in marching/concert band. The way my school goes, if you're in concert band you're in marching band. I play tenor sax in Advanced band and jazz band. My band teacher's cool! He's really funny. Last year we went to Knott's Berry Farm, a theme park near us. We have about 165 students in the band.
"I am FLUDD, the Flash liquidizing Ultra Dousing Device. I hope to be of assistance"
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I've eaten some Knott's jelly of some kind before.
I'm not in a marching band, but I'm in an orchestra... and not a crummy school orchestra either.
Dexter, boy genius...Dexter, the cookie
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You know what's fun? :) I'm in orchestra too! My orchestra teacher makes fun of the band all the time, and a lot of what she says it true! But anyway, yeah, I just thought that it was fun that I'm both in band and Orchestra. The ADVANCED chamber orchestra too! 1st violin too! :)
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Waitasecond, Lola. What do you play in band anyway?
"Thus Spake Lizard"
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If you must know....I do not play a BAND instroment. I play violin and piano. But that doesn't matter! Anyway...I am IN the marching band because I am on the color guard. The people that spin the wooden guns and large shiny poles with flags upon them.
:)
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Unfortunately....this saturday is the last competition for Marching season! :( We are performing our show at the TWA dome, or GSL dome, or the Edward dome, or what-ever it's called now, really bright and early that morning!
I don't think any of you are going to be there, but if you are, let me know so I can cheer for you! :) I plan to stay there all day too! I think I updated my e-mail (lp9007@earthlink.net) so drop me a line if you don't want others to know what school you are! And yes I'll e-mail back!
Anyway...if/and/or/when anyone out there is going to that certain competition, and are there to see us perform, we are called, The Marquette Mustang Marching Band. We perform at like..........early in the morning! :) I forgot the time! Anyway, drop me a line, or not! :)
@}~~
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Tidbit of the Day: I just got back from All-State Band. Anyone else ever done that shindig?
This year had good songs and good conductor. yay
"Thus Spake Lizard"
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Well, that's cool, but you know what?
We`ve taken care of everything, The words you hear, the songs you sing, The pictures that give pleasure to your eyes. It`s one for all and all for one, We work together common sons, Never need to wonder how or why.
We are the Priests, of the Temples of Syrinx. Our great computers fill the hallowed halls. We are the Priests, of the Temples of Syrinx. All the gifts of life are held within our walls...
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Um.......what?
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It's from Rush's album, 2112. It's about this dude in the future who lives in an oppressed society.
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oh. Cool! :) we placed second in our division. Marching season is over so I won't be suprised if this thread will die in a few minutes.
Edited by - Lola Prue on 10/25/2002 3:40:04 PM
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It's past a few minutes.
Eeh hee hee hee heeeee!
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I had my concert band concert last Wensday! It was so fun seeing the entire band crowd around us, the jazz band, just for warmups! My conductor didn't even notice for about 10 minutes, and when he did, it was really funny watching them scram!
It was funny joking with my intermediate band(i'm in advanced) friend, saying he didn't make adv. band 'cause there were no open alto spots, but over the summer, all but two of them quit!
I am FLUDD, the Flash Liquidizing Ultra Dousing Device. I hope to be of assistance.
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Guess what?!?! It's that time again to take out your drill books and set picture one of the show...marching season has started. Well...it's pretty much over now...but oh well.
Okay, I know I haven't posted in ages, but I still feel loyal to the good ol` TMK.
But that's off topic.
MARCHING BAND PEOPLE! What's up? :)
There's really no "real" point to this post, but as a spontaneous question...what competitions have you performed at so far? What places, what's your show called and what not? :)
We've performed at...
Farming Competition
Lafayette Competition
Echoes off the River Alton Competition
and
Greater St. Louis Competition
We don't do very much, but the football games and parades take a lot out of you. Not to mention the practices.
Anyway...anyone been to these competition? Which ones have you all been to?
::side note:: thought I'd bring this topic to life again! :)
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AHHHHHH! Where did this topic come from? Where did you come from? This makes no sense!
I''''m the chef of the Fungi Forums!
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iT cAmE fRoM tHe PaSt...
Anyhow, I pulled out of marching band at the last moment for my freshman year of college because of the huge time commitments. It also conflicted with a different Honors Program thing I was doing. Oh well, maybe next year.
I’m not stupid, I’m LD.
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I am in BJHS band and I play the tuba.
Performances I have been in ever since Junior High:
7th grade-
-Half-time performance at football game with the award winning Marching 100
-Region band Tryouts (I made it in)
-Region Band
-Downtown Christmas performance
-Christmas Performance at the high school
-A bunch of others
8th grade (so far)
-Half-time performance at football game with the award winning Marching 100 (which occured just a couple days ago)
Stupid inventions- Ejector seat for helicopters.
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Well, my marching season is almost over (less than a week!). At least I am playing 1st like I should this year - the sad irony being that I can't play antmore due to my nose surgery. I'm glad I can at least march the show for Regionals.
Stupid Quotes: (5th edition)
"I`d like to buy a vowel. An N?"
~Contestant on "Wheel of Fortune"
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I forgot to mention my band.
I am in the top band entitled, "Wind Ensemble." I am also 1st chair out of four. The people I beat are very good, so that means that I am a bit better. They totally messed up a chair test, but I knew the music very well giving me the advantage.
Stupid inventions- Ejector seat for helicopters.
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Marching 100? I've heard of that before, but I don't remember where? Where are they from again?
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I'm not in marching band anymore, b/c I am in college. No college within driving distance from my house has a marching band, but I still play in the symphony. My little brother's marching band is doing a 70's theme and have just put the whole thing on the field......yes, it took that long for them to finally get it. He goes to Satsuma High School as was my Alma Mater.
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I have a sister in a college marching band. It's the Pride of SMSU.
She's co-captain of the color guard there, which is like a pretty big thing! They're performing at the GSL festival next weekend as the exibition group.
Yeah! I get to see my sister perform! We're both on color guards, except I'm in highschool, and, well...she's not! :)
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The Marching 100 have had A LOT of state competitions that they have won.
They are from Belton, Texas, the county seat of Texas right in the middle of the state. Belton's an awesome place to live!!!! Woo!
I will be in the Marching 100 next year, woo even more!!!!
Stupid inventions- Ejector seat for helicopters.
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Awsome man! Go for it! :)
I figured out where the Marching 100 was that I was thinking of. It's Alton High School in Illinois. Those are two totally different states.
That's so awsome! :)
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I'm in marching band. I play bass drum. I'm going to play snare next year. I'm better than both our snares, but I missed tryouts. This might sound like boasting, but if you heard me play next to them, you want me to play snare, too. ;)
The surprising thing is, the Northmor High School Marching Band(That's my band, if you can't put two and two together.) is one of the best things we have at our school. It is rivaled only by the Girl's Cross Country team and the wrestling team. That's why were the Pride of Northmor. Our football and basketball teams suck. Big time.
Blessed are those who can laugh at themselves, for they shall never cease to be amused!
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Our school doesn't give a crap about our marching band. There's even a new rule at our school that says all the cars need to be movied out of the parking lot by 3:30 so we can practice. It's now called the "band parking lot". You think we could use the stadium field, but noooooo! Football people don't want us to tear up the field!
Sigh...we put up with so much!
But yeah for snare drums! They're amazing! :)
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We're allowed to practice on the real field, but we aren't allowed to set our drum harnesses on the "precious" track,(it goes around the football field, by the way)because we might damage it. We set them there anyways, and then drag them along it. We're so rotten!
Blessed are those who can laugh at themselves, for they shall never cease to be amused!
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"Who's bad?"
~Michael Jackson
I’m not stupid, I’m LD.
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Oh no! We don't want to damage the track or anything now do we! (hint of sarcasim)
People just don't seem to realize how hard the band works during the marching season now do they! It's so unfair. But...what cha` gonna do about it? Tear up a field and track? Oh wait! We already did that! :)
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I'm in marching band - I play alto sax. We just did a show last saturday. Went pretty well - we got a 1st for general score. Anyone else play alto?
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I have a friend who plays alto. Or maybe it was tenor. No...wait. I have friends who play both alto and tenor! Okay.
Off subject...sorry.
:)