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Ford Prefect had this to say about (_|_):
You don't have enough French horns... or French maidens... in that band.
You don't have French horns in a marching band, you goof 
You have mellophones, because they have bells that can point toward the judge's/announcer's box. Just think a more compact trumpet with a larger bell and you have a mellophone.
What do you play by the way, Furb? [ 09-14-2002: Message edited by: Lyinar Ka`Bael ]
Lyinar Ka`Bael, Piney Fresh Druidess - Luclin
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Soldar had this to say about John Romero:
DrumMajor2Win!
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Naimah impressed everyone with:
I was going to try out, but the deal is that if you play brass he pretty much won't let you be DM due to the fact that he values the brass sound a hundred times more then the woodwind sound. Needless to say we almost never do well in competition, but we are one of the favorite bands in the area.
I know what you mean... One of my tuba player friends tried out also. The band needs them, so she didn't have much of a chance. 
That's kind of silly. He could more than spare a couple of brass given the setup you guys have there.
But how the HELL do you move on the field? We have a band here in Indy that is roughly about 350 and when they get on the field, they can barely move. How big is the drumline, pit and colorguard, and how many actual marching players do you have? [ 09-14-2002: Message edited by: Lyinar Ka`Bael ]
Lyinar Ka`Bael, Piney Fresh Druidess - Luclin
We march 390 with auxilaries. Our show this year is mostly brass block trixies in the front with the wood winds doing arcs in the back. We will probably have a movie for dl on our web page in like two weeks that will have our show.
The drumline is 7 snares, 3 tenors, 5 bases, and some ungodly number of cymbals, we like cymbal flashes. I don't know how large the color guard and drill team are. Yes we march the drill team in addition to our color guard in the contest drill just to be that much more obscene.
You can have it on a wheeled cart and the rest of the band can pull it via rope & harness.
As a bonus, give the piano guy a whip to give the band encouragement when they begin to slouch off a bit.
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JooJooFlop had this to say about Pirotess:
I always felt the piano belonged in a marching band.You can have it on a wheeled cart and the rest of the band can pull it via rope & harness.
I always wanted to march a turntable.
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Naimah probably says this to all the girls:
Losing one brass has a much bigger impact on sound then losing one woodwind.
Yes, but that just means the other brass can be that much louder. We all loved blaring our brains out getting as loud as we possibly could without drowning out everyone else at contests.
I think your teacher is just being silly, and that's really unfair. Maybe if you only had a handful of brass and lots of woodwinds, that would be one thing. But you have *plenty* of brass. Saying someone can't be drum major in a band that size cause they're brass is moronic in my opinion. We had a lot smaller of a brass section and we did just as well when I was chosen.
Lyinar Ka`Bael, Piney Fresh Druidess - Luclin
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Soldar had this to say about (_|_):
I always wanted to march a turntable.
Got rice bitch? Got rice??? i've actually had someone say that seriously to me too. it was funny.
anyways, the Mira Mesa High School band went to Sydney to play at the Olympics.
this means my band > your band.
El Paso, Texas
Eastwood High School Trooper Marching Band
Flag Commander my senior year and in the flag guard all four years. Best time of my high school life!
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Vanaric thought this was the Ricky Martin Fan Club Forum and wrote:
*shiver* Is Mr.Pennington still one of the directors?
Yes, but Walker is gone. And who are you guys?
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Everyone wondered WTF when Naimah wrote:
The goal is 500 is another 2 years and we should make that.
THAT'S MORE THAN 2/3 OF MY ENTIRE SCHOOL. THAT'S MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL.
Jeez man.
I'm sure you guys take a step and change the entire formation.
That's just too many people to have marching on the field, plus color guard needing room to swing their flags around.
I wouldn't mind seeing your drill charts sometimes,though, to see what sort of formations you can pull off when you're that crowded.
Lyinar Ka`Bael, Piney Fresh Druidess - Luclin
*cry*
Okay all better now.
49 PEOPLE!
Let me tell you, beating out bands twice your size is a really good feeling... still... I always wanted the chance to play in a large band.
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I'd like to see your drill charts too
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Genericgirl probably says this to all the girls:
Flute, till it got stolen from church.*cry*
Okay all better now.
Resists the American Pie comment.. Must.. Resist....
I play the drums.. Quit the school band cause I needed a space but Rejoining next year.
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Kermitov wrote, obviously thinking too hard:
Let me tell you, beating out bands twice your size is a really good feeling...
Nothing like hauling ass from one side of the football field to another trying to keep that damned bell pointed RIGHT at the judge's box *and* keep playing properly, is there? 
We had about 180 marching, so not quite that small, but we still had our work cut out for us. [ 09-14-2002: Message edited by: Lyinar Ka`Bael ]
Lyinar Ka`Bael, Piney Fresh Druidess - Luclin
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Naimah had this to say about John Romero:
Yes, but Walker is gone. And who are you guys?
And you guys would be amazed at how much room there is on the field when the brass is put into a block the whole time.
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And I was all like 'Oh yeah?' and Kegwen 2.0 was all like:
Clarinet4ever.
High fives Keggy
Yes! Clarinets Unite!
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Lyinar Ka`Bael probably says this to all the girls:
Nothing like hauling ass from one side of the football field to another trying to keep that damned bell pointed RIGHT at the judge's box *and* keep playing properly, is there?We had about 180 marching, so not quite that small, but we still had our work cut out for us.
When you're marching 49 you'd better be the cleanest thing the judges ever see because they see it all.
