Gina's pictures have brought back so many memories of our performances. Who remembers standing as straight as possible until your back ached, and exaggerating each roll-step as much as possible until you got toe cramps? Byron told us we had to do this so our upper body would be still when we played. Or even high-stepping and making sure our toe was even with our knee? It was amazing how we mainitained our formations and remembered every note to our music. Now that's multi-tasking! I remember feeling so proud after our drum majors performed their "welcome routine" or when one of our soloists brought the house down.
The one show I remember the most because of its details was show where we had a lollipop-type paddle with a different color on each side, we used our capes like wings for a flash of color for the judges, and the band members put down their instruments and caught flags tossed to them by the color guard. I don't remember what song we played, but I believe all of this took place during the drum solo. What a show.
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I remember that show the most also. The flag toss between the guard and the horns was awesome. I think it was the first year we had a danceline !!!! I don't remember the names of the songs but I can still remember playing it. weird huh?
i remember my mom waking me up in the middle of the night because i was marching "in bed" and my feet hitting the footboards woke everyone up - but me. lol
Wasn't stephanie on the timpanis? I thought she was so cool. She had this way about her when she played. Denise, that is too funny!
Do you guys remember having to ask for permission to move for any reason while at standing at a ten hut eg... standing on an ant pile ? "sir may I move sir"! or am I making it up?
Juan, I so remember that!
in my sophmore year going thru inspection - i think it was the drum major allen walterman, who liked to put a vibrator or other "toy" in someone's band bag and drag it out for everyone to see and explain that it didn't belong in the band bag. Thank Goodness he didn't do that to me, i would have been more than mortified.
I remember during band camp all those initiation pranks on new people. Thank God they missed me! I guess it pays to be the quiet one
Juan...It's never too late to be initated :)
Kara
Hey Juan, I was quiet too-but they still got me!! Whipped cream, anyone?? :)
Hello everyone.
Debby and Cookie, Stephanie played
the vibraphone and Dedra played the
timpanis.
thanks, Jorge. Nice to see you finally join us! :)
Remember the show (i think it was FBA or something big like that)where there were many other bands and all the bands were on the field waiting to be "placed", we had to stay at "attension" for a very long time and John Vargo fell straight back like a stiff log?
It was John, right?
lol
that's exactly what it looked like, too.
I knew it was something like that. Funny how you remember the specific details.
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