Marching Band

Jasonflz

Jasonflz

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EPCOT Explorer said:
Oh, fun! Rehersathon, right? Don't miss those...

Can't view the vids (my fault, not yours...) but we did a Superhero/Incredible Show for FMBC one year. :D


Jason, what division are you?
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Yep. Fortunately, part of that will be a little fundraising activity (dunk the band director and seniors)


Also, at risk of sounding dumb, what do you mean by division?
 
EPCOT Explorer

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Jasonflz said:
Yep. Fortunately, part of that will be a little fundraising activity (dunk the band director and seniors)


Also, at risk of sounding dumb, what do you mean by division?
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Ewww...Fundraising...Don't miss those insane Band Fees either. That effectivly killed any Disney trip, or ANY trip for that matter....:(

Division? are you FMBC? FBA? (competition type) How big are you?
 
Jasonflz

Jasonflz

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EPCOT Explorer said:
Ewww...Fundraising...Don't miss those insane Band Fees either. That effectivly killed any Disney trip, or ANY trip for that matter....:(

Division? are you FMBC? FBA? (competition type) How big are you?
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Actually the fund raising is somewhat important. We are going to Washington for Spring break.

:lol: We are FBA. About 150 kids in all.



magicmaya said:
Nice avatar and those were some nice performances on those videos! :wave:
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:) Thanks.
 
EPCOT Explorer

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Jasonflz said:
Actually the fund raising is somewhat important. We are going to Washington for Spring break.

:lol: We are FBA. About 150 kids in all.
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Kewl. We were about 200 and did both FMBC and FBA.

I never went to DC (with the band, that is!), but they went the year aftetr I got off the band wagon.:lookaroun
 
krankenstein

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Jasonflz said:
We are going to Washington for Spring break.
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Our DC trip was fun....but the Disney trip was better. :D :lookaroun :lol:

We were one of 2 bands picked to represent the state of Georgia during some celebration thing. We played at the Navy Memorial and everything. Twas a cool experience. :cool:

Jason, do you plat de horn of greatness from France but really Germany? :lookaroun
 
EPCOT Explorer

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krankenstein said:
Our DC trip was fun....but the Disney trip was better. :D :lookaroun :lol:

We were one of 2 bands picked to represent the state of Georgia during some celebration thing. We played at the Navy Memorial and everything. Twas a cool experience. :cool:

Jason, do you plat de horn of greatness from France but really Germany? :lookaroun
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Ours was HORRIBLE....Most likely one of the factors that got me to quit, but at the same time, deepened my love for WDW. In fact, it's that trip that got me to finally bite the bullet and join WDWMagic, in which I had lurked for quite some time.

But the trip itself? Miserable! The Director wouldn't let us do anything, Officers were always arguing with us (mostly Flutes...:lookaroun) and the day in EPCOT was just depressing...You've seen me defend the place online...but IRL? Hoooooooo....I'm sorry, but you don't just dismiss RoE with "That's gay".:rolleyes::lookaroun:fork:


The performance was epic, though...Marching down MSUSA and actually BEING A PART of Disney, and of the Magic? Wow. That was literally a dream come true. Despite all the drama and foolishness that trip had, we were all thrilled.

And seeing backstage was quite hysterical too.:D
 
EPCOTPluto

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OK, while I am not in a band, my school band, for a lack of words, is just bad. Every year, they try a theme, and this year's Bon Jovi. :veryconfu

Let's just say the idea was good, but the execution so far is just terrible. :brick:

EPCOT Explorer said:
But the trip itself? Miserable! The Director wouldn't let us do anything, Officers were always arguing with us (mostly Flutes...) and the day in EPCOT was just depressing...You've seen me defend the place online...but IRL? Hoooooooo....I'm sorry, but you don't just dismiss RoE with "That's gay".
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And that's why I am so glad I am not going with them once Grad Night begins at MK. Can you imagine all the endurance?

Them: "Oh, look, that's Carousel of Progress. That's gay! Let's go to Space Mountain instead!"

Me: :eek::eek::eek: *Stuffs fist in mouth & repeatedly tries to ignore a long-winded spiel about the CoP history and influence to Disney*

:fork::fork::fork:
 
EPCOT Explorer

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EPCOTPluto said:
And that's why I am so glad I am not going with them once Grad Night begins at MK. Can you imagine all the endurance?

Them: "Oh, look, the TTA. That's gay! Let's go to Space Mountain!"
Me: :eek::eek::eek: *Stuffs fist in mouth & repeatedly tries to ignore a long-winded spiel about the TTA history and influence to Disney*
:fork::fork::fork:
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Oddly enough, they LOVED the TTA.:shrug: !?


I was happy though, when one of my friends asked me why there was a huge Wand, and a huge Hat in their respective parks. :D:lookaroun


Ah, 2006....Fun.:lol:
 
Figment1986

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I played Front Ensamble persussion for 4 years in the Land O' Lakes Marching Gator Band... Class of 05. marching season was fun... goofing off the rest of the time was better.. lol
 
Laura

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Jasonflz said:
it is a very demanding thing. I have at least 20 hours a week worth of marching, playing, and going to various football games. This saturday, I have practice from 9 A.M. to 4 P.M. (marching in the hot, Florida sun) It's all worthwhile though.
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Yeah...if your school doesn't stink.

All I ever wanted in high school was a decent marching band program. We never got one. There was very little interest in the band at my school (which was in a very small town). We had no funding. We had terrible directors year after year. The only thing we got to do was march down the street in the local parades and make idiots of ourselves because we stunk so bad. There was no field band. :(

It was a huge disappointment to me. I have always been very musically inclined. My parents met in a drum corps. I've been going to drum corps shows my whole life. My uncle directs one of the top field bands in New York state. All I wanted to do with my life was to go to college for music education and end up in some sort of musical profession, but every band director I had was so horrid I ended up being self-taught on many instruments and had no chance of ever excelling to the necessary proficiency with any of them. So I had to give up on that dream.

At least I got to be part of a drum corps in 1995 and 1996. That's the extent of my "fun" with music.

Here's me about 15 years ago. :ROFLOL: (I look so happy)

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Figment1986

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we had a great director for two years... he did challanging stuff and had the tudents into it.. he got his dream job at his alma mater my junior year and was replaced by an inexperiences direcotr who went back to basics.. doing a show of easy music that had nothing to do with each other...
 
EPCOT Explorer

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Laura said:
Yeah...if your school doesn't stink.

All I ever wanted in high school was a decent marching band program. We never got one. There was very little interest in the band at my school (which was in a very small town). We had no funding. We had terrible directors year after year. The only thing we got to do was march down the street in the local parades and make idiots of ourselves because we stunk so bad. There was no field band. :(

It was a huge disappointment to me. I have always been very musically inclined. My parents met in a drum corps. I've been going to drum corps shows my whole life. My uncle directs one of the top field bands in New York state. All I wanted to do with my life was to go to college for music education and end up in some sort of musical profession, but every band director I had was so horrid I ended up being self-taught on many instruments and had no chance of ever excelling to the necessary proficiency with any of them. So I had to give up on that dream.

At least I got to be part of a drum corps in 1995 and 1996. That's the extent of my "fun" with music.

Here's me about 15 years ago. :ROFLOL: (I look so happy)

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DCI Nerd!!!!:fork::fork::lol::lookaroun


Ya'll and your lack of Woodwinds scare me.:lookaroun
 
imagineer boy

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I was in the band during my freshman (where I was promptly treated like vermin by the upper clasmen) and sophomore years at high school. Played at football games and the green tree parade. :) I liked it yet I hated it, stressful and such but woth it when the half time shows worked out so well. I left when we got a new asistant conductor, and she was terrible.

I played alto saxaphone by the way.
 
EPCOT Explorer

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Laura said:
*breaks a clarinet over your head*
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*salvages reed*:lookaroun
imagineer boy said:
I was in the band during my freshman (where I was promptly treated like vermin by the upper clasmen) and sophomore years at high school. Played at football games and the green tree parade. :) I liked it yet I hated it, stressful and such but woth it when the half time shows worked out so well. I left when we got a new asistant conductor, and she was terrible.

I played alto saxaphone by the way.
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Woodwinds FTW!


And yeah, staff changes were always hard.

The second year I did band, we got a new director from the Army Band.:zipit: Yeah, he was good, yeah, he got good results, but what a miserable man. It's one thing to want to do good, but it's one thing to treat a classroom like the army../:rolleyes::lol: We were high schoolers for Bach's sake.:lookaroun
 

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