Band Geeks Unite!

[slavetotheWALL]

I posted this up on behalf of all the band kids that suffer day in and day out please share the following?

-Band camp experiences
-Band director pshyco or not ?
-instrument
-favorite concert/orchestral peice played
-favorite marching music
-favorite band stand music
-awards won ( Jr. county, States, Region)
-Jr. county/ States/ region experiences
-UGLY UNIFORM Encounters
-Parade massacre experiences
-does your football team suck

I play the Euphonium and my fav. con music is NEW YORK, NEW YORK

Band director is insane

Favorite bandstand is LAND OF A THOUSAND DANCES

[black_raven_nevermore]

well my band teacher is hilarious, he turns about 50 different colors during rehearsals

we won a best in class at the neewollah marching festival in independance, ks

i like land too but we have play that funky music too and i like eye of the tiger

our marching band camp is all about hot and sweaty people marching

this year we did a tribute to styx and it was cool, we sang during renegade

i play oboe, but in marching and pep band i play clarinet

i looooooooooooooove havendance by holsinger

i got to my school when we got new uniforms, but i dont like the ski-pant like jumpsuit pant thingys we wear under the jackets

well we were practicing parading, and i fell

and yes our football team suck arse.

[slavetotheWALL]

OMG wait a second you did styx thats what we did this year

song

Grand Illusion/ Renegade

(the ones with the slash in between means they are combined)

The best of times/ Too much time on my hands

Last we did COME SAIL AWAY

[coolgirlkdd]

I'm in my sixth grade band class. i play the flute we do not go anywhere ((my school is poor)) no trophies no uniforms and i do not get picked on
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Too many times I've seen this, rip a whole into our friendship... 4 words to choke apon
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[slavetotheWALL]

Stick with it you find out that their ALOT of interesting people in band (that usually make feel better about yourself) but the fun and interesting experiences usually dont happen until you get to Highschool


I am from South Williamsport


HISTORY OF SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT:

The only school that has a 30min. delay when the rest are closed

The only school that has a wrestling room that is smaller than my bedroom

The only school that built a second Basket ball gymnasium that is not regulation size

The only school that has a senior citizen dance

The only school that reqiures ID to go to your own dance

The only school made up of cheapscapes, ripoff artists, and convicts

The only school that uses CHEESE SUBSTITUTE

HOW BIG WOULD THIS SCHOOL BE ON YOUR MAP?

.(ABOUT ONE ONE THOUSANDTH OF THAT)

[dangerouswhenbored]

Ooh a topic I can contribute to!

-Band camp experiences: So many. The best would have to be the time I flashed the brass instructor wiping a smudge off the band director's window. Oops. His face turned redder than mine did.

-Band director pshyco or not ? Our BD is 21; this is his first season teaching. His psychoticness is very amusing.

-instrument: Pit! Xylo, marimba, vibes, cymbals, tympani, and the fun toys.

-favorite concert/orchestral peice played: "The Fire Of Eternal Glory" by Dimitri Shostakovich. The pit part was fun, and the ending was very powerful. Close second: "Russian Sailors Dance"...we got to act drunk for 12 measures!

-favorite marching music: See above

-favorite band stand music: "Hey"...lovely cymbal part.

-awards won ( Jr. county, States, Region): 23rd in the Atlantic Coast Championships

-Jr. county/ States/ region experiences: The whole busride to ACCs was hilarious...I sat with my "special male companion" the bari sax...when we went under the Baltimore Harbor Tunnel he tickled me to the point of collapse.

-UGLY UNIFORM Encounters: We wear military-style uniforms...
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(Modeling the uniform is the aforementioned bari sax player)...it's pretty bad as it is. We're about due for a replacement though...
The worse uniform experience I've seen was chapters last year...a fellow pit player left her Dinkles at school so we had to cover her sneakers in white stick tape. So ugly.

-Parade massacre experiences: Not really a parade, but...During the first home game of the season, I knocked over the water bucket with a marching crash cymbal, soaking my nice white bibbers...you could see right through!

-does your football team suck: Yes.

[slavetotheWALL]

Ever see a band that lets kids who wear sweatpants under their slacks <_<

Utterly disturbing :ph34r:

[black_raven_nevermore]

i wore long shorts under my uniform

we played in our styx show:

rockin the paradise
the best of times
renegade
lady

[slavetotheWALL]

Ahhhhhhhhhh you did rockin the paradise
*jealous*

[Darkness1313]

I'm a 'band geek'. I was bored and I needed an elective.

The only band camp I went to was for 3 days and it sucked.

My band teacher isn't pshyco, but he is very gay. No one in my band likes him.

I play the alto sax, but I want to play the soprano sax

My fav piece we played Rites of the Tamboro. I think we are going to play Simple and Clean from Kingdom hearts, but I don't know yet. If so...that will be my fav!

My fav march if Funky Town! We got a solo and it rocked!

I went to regions and I got 10th place out of like 48 saxophones.

Wal-Mart uniforms! I swear!

No I wish. (massacre marching thingy)

Our football team can suck when they want to...they obviously want to a lot.

[slavetotheWALL]

Any rivals
(heh being a baritone during marching season youll find that its awesome being the only instrument BECAUSE DURING LAND OF A THOUSAND DANCES I BLAST LIKE A BAT OUTTA HECK)

Any battle of the bands (when a band plays the same song you played and it bounces back and forth until they stop playing)

and also any annoying bands (bands that will literally play band stand song after song after song)

Darkness1313:
Yes !!! you are a band geek and proud of it .

[black_raven_nevermore]

they tell me that at our basketball team's games, it was liek world war III with pep bands. and they sucked. (not us, tho ) one band was all drum...so people were like look, pep drum

[slavetotheWALL]

Ever had the needless urge to play on the xylaphones

[EN1X]

I won the "Band Award" when I graduated from grade 8 (that officially labeled me as a band geek... o.0) ---I play the clarinet.
I used to play first in our highschool band, along with this other kid (imo, he really sucks. he always plays too loud, flat, fast, and squeeks a LOT.) .... but then the other clarinetists dropped out leaving a total of only 3. So I got "demoted" to 2nd. Argh.

We never play any good songs. The best one we played was a "Best of Star Wars" ... It was really short, tho... but still rather cool.

[black_raven_nevermore]

[quote="slavetotheWALL (Pinkfloydkingdom"]Ever had the needless urge to play on the xylaphones  [/quote]
xylophones are fun...except when i had to lug around this big ass bell kit in 8th grade thank god i play the much smaller and lighter clarinet now....

[slavetotheWALL]

Do any of you have Morning Band

*sigh* we have it before a concert at least about 4 weeks worth

[August]

What the hell is morning band? O.O I have a parade April 30th, a concert/trip like... May 5th? Another concert on May 17th, and I think one more concert on May 24th. I also have commencements on June 3rd.

[slavetotheWALL]

wow thats a booked schedule well morning band is when you get up earlier than usual ,go to school and practice at the school before school starts

[Charcoal_Eyes]

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[inugirl1000]

God.... hes ugly and pshyco~>[img]http://www.2and2.net/Uploads/Images/jasso.jpg[/img]

I play the tuba :o

SPONGEBOB SQUAREQPANTS is teh best song we eva played!!

I fergot which marchin song we played :3

We won some award in Anaheim, California at California Adventure