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 Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 6:42 pm
-You get annoyed when people in the hallway change the speed of their step when you're in step with them.
-It is a tradition to get sugar high on Pixy Sticks before every football game.
-You bring said Pixy Sticks before every football game to share with your section.
-You make a nice profit selling said Pixy Sticks to other sections before every football game.
-The said profit goes to purchasing more Pixy Sticks for the next game.
-You don't get embarrassed or excited when someone takes off their uniform on the band bus after a concert.
-You've watched Ferris Bueller's Day Off so many times even your BDs beg you to pick something different on band trips.
-The band outshouts the seniors, juniors, smores, and frosh at every pep rally and you get upset when the spirit stick always goes to the seniors.
-The band steals said spirit stick from the seniors.
...I think that'll do it for now...all these apply to me and our band...
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Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 9:51 pm
1. Your section makes up its own battle cry/dance that they perform at random times in the stands during football games
2. You've seen almost everyone in your section in their underwear
3. You know why it's an honor to wear the marching uniform
4. You freak out if someone's uniform is dirty
5. You get over-protective of the uniforms, band practice field, and equipment taken to the football games (podiums, banners, big jugs of water...)
6. When walking with other band members, you're all in step with each other
7. You flank instead of turning like a "normal" person would
8. You take band nerd as a compliment and affectionately refer to orchestra and choir members as orc dorks and choir queers
9. You want to kill the freshmen when they start goofing off too much during practice
10. You find yourself yelling LEFT... LEFT... LEFT when someone's off step even if you're not marching
11. You memorize your concert season music like you would your marching season music
12. You can't watch the movie Drumline on bus trips because you find yourself criticizing the marching style with the rest of your band mates... loudly and violently
13. You mark time whenever you hear music
14. You say "Hey! I can play this song on my (insert instrument name here)!" when you hear a song on the radio that you play as a stand tune
15. You stand at parade rest while talking to people
16. You understand what directions like .25 steps outside A 30 yd ln, 3.25 steps inside B 45 yd ln, 9.5 steps inside Visitor hash, etc. mean on a drill/coordinate chart
17. You find yourself saying "You adjust to the line, the line does not adjust to you" when the entire line in a move is right but one person is off and insists that they're right and the others are wrong
18. You know why backwards jazz running during a show can be deadly
19. You embarass your fellow band mates on their birthdays by telling the BD the about it and the entire band sings "happy birthday"
20. You have no trouble making "You know you're in MB when..." lists xd
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Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 6:31 am
You know you're in marching band when
~while listening to music you walk, if not march, to the beat
~when you play your music while standing still you know exactly where you would be on the field and feel weird not marching
~start singing your part to one of the show tunes in the hallway without realizing it
~look forward to marching band camp once school's out even though it's three months away
~can't do any dance moves that start out on the right foot because EVERYTHING starts on the left foot
~are incredibly annoyed when sets are in groups of five because you have to start marching on the right foot or halt on the left foot (we're playing the planets, which has 5/4 in it)
~you come up with random nicknames for everone in your section
~argue with others over what instrument's the hardest to march with
~are annoyed by the fact that while watching football on TV, they never show the marching band during the halftime show
~your non MB friends go to the games to see the band, not the football
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Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 10:44 am
-At band camp, you have contests to see who has the coolest sunscreen.
-You dance to the drumline's cadences and have choreographed moves to at least one of them.
-Your band wins more competitions/contests than your football team does games.
-When your football team has Senior Night during halftime, at least half of the audience at the game leaves because the band won't do their show.
-You laugh at the cheerleaders who complain about not being able to keep up with the band.
-Anyone in band who complains about not getting enough sleep is immediately beaten mercilessly by any and all band members in earshot.
-The end-of-year band video is centered around trumpet players taking off their uniforms to the song "I'm Too Sexy."
-100 pizzas are instantly devoured within 100 seconds at band parties.
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Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 11:18 am
~You walk to the beat of every tune that's in your head and get annoyed when you don't start out on your left foot
~You love singing band music and doing the above
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Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2006 8:26 pm
doctor beats are sweet. we had a sectional the other day and our dm was making it rap while we were trying to learn sets. seriously, it was sweet.
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Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2006 9:34 pm
- When you feel an uncontrollable rage when there are cars parked in the parking lot.
- When you have the ability to play percussion, woodwinds, brass, and do guard work, even though you're only in one of said sections.
- When you're trying to fall asleep, and you have your warmups/tuning excersizes stuck in your head.
- When you look forward to the smell of band-funk (collective body odor in a small space such as the band bus)
- When you get to school at go to the band room first, even if band isn't your first class.
- When you go to the band room after school before leaving for home.
- When you know what homosectionality is, and why it is bad.
- When you treat the parking lot like a sacred ground.
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Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2006 9:14 am
Popoff_the_Magnificent - When you feel an uncontrollable rage when there are cars parked in the parking lot. Hey...I actually have a story about that. During band camp, we went outside to start drill, and discovered that there were cars parked in the middle of the field even though it was roped off(evil freshman parents who drive over the rope!). Steeps suggested that we throw them all in neutral and push them off the lot. Just as she said this Steven looked into one of the cars and discovered that it was unlocked! rofl Alas that the driver came out just as we were deciding where to push it to. She (with her frosh in tow) was pretty angry about us surrounding her car until I told her, "Lady, if you'll notice that this section of the parking lot is ROPED OFF and there are a ton of other spaces not too far away." I hate the unobservant. evil
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Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2006 9:08 am
Quote: 27) You realize that even the flutes hate the flutes. sigh~ emo don't hate the flutes! gonk i mean, the piccolos may never be able to tune and their highest notes may drive you to want to rip off your ears, but there's no reason to hate the flutes. unless they're bad in your band. or personality-wise. i dunno. there's not even many flutes in my band, but we're all pretty nice. 3nodding just wanted to say that. thanks for reading.
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Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2006 9:10 am
Or as beginners(6th grade for me) we never asked for someone elses instrument, and if they asked we were all like ewwww that can spread germs stressed ! And now if you ask all you have to do is wipe off spit with your shirt and it is okay. Or you could just pick up thier instrument and ask for a concert Bflat scale fingerings and play.
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Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2006 10:06 am
--When the people in marching band are your family from Late August until Early November, because you never see your real family
--It is more normal to see the gaurd dating the drumline, than them dating anyone else
--When every conversation you have is about band
--You watch other bands and criticise their wavy attempt at a straight line
--When you can't wait to see the kid you met from the other band at the next competition
--When undressing infront of a bus full of kids doesn't phase you
--You download DCI shows onto your computer so ou can watch when ever you want. (yeah Cavies)
--You get excited when you know an impact moment is coming.
--You have a burning passion to destroy all dot books. just give me drill charts.
--You will always have at least one set of handwarmers after mid september.
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Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2006 10:41 am
Haha, those are amazingly accurate xD
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Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2006 11:01 am
Norasaurus Quote: 27) You realize that even the flutes hate the flutes. sigh~ emo don't hate the flutes! gonk i mean, the piccolos may never be able to tune and their highest notes may drive you to want to rip off your ears, but there's no reason to hate the flutes. unless they're bad in your band. or personality-wise. i dunno. there's not even many flutes in my band, but we're all pretty nice. 3nodding just wanted to say that. thanks for reading. i'm waiting for my bd to give me a piccolo even though i'm the only flute player jsut so i can annoy people domokun . but its not the flutes fault all the time. the clarinets can be deadly.... xp
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Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 5:58 pm
Quote: i'm waiting for my bd to give me a piccolo even though i'm the only flute player jsut so i can annoy people . but its not the flutes fault all the time. the clarinets can be deadly.... haha exactly! i'm the only flute in my marching band. the rest are piccolos. they can't really tune to me, it's kinda funny. yes... clarinets with their squeakyness can be ohhh so bad. ugh shiver**
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Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 2:58 pm
Norasaurus Quote: i'm waiting for my bd to give me a piccolo even though i'm the only flute player jsut so i can annoy people . but its not the flutes fault all the time. the clarinets can be deadly.... haha exactly! i'm the only flute in my marching band. the rest are piccolos. they can't really tune to me, it's kinda funny. yes... clarinets with their squeakyness can be ohhh so bad. ugh shiver** oh, and the most annoyin thing is they go completely flat on the top of their higher register, which clashes with the tendency to go sharp on the flute.... stressed worse than fingernails on a blackboard sometimes...
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