Yay band geeks: sousaphone humor

[tokuno]

May 28 strip:
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[David Richoux]

Did anyone else ever HAVE to wear a tall marching band hat when playing a Sousaphone? My high school band did not allow any optional headwear, and it was very uncomfortable!

[averagejoe]

At my school the sousaphones wore berets, while everybody else had to wear the silly hats.

[windshieldbug]

Did anyone else ever HAVE to wear a tall marching band hat when playing a Sousaphone? My high school band did not allow any optional headwear, and it was very uncomfortable!

"What do you THINK you should do?"

[Mister JP]

We had the stupidest uniforms in the history of parades. Our hats were these idiotic cowboyish "Aussie" hats with a plume. Something like this below, but very rigid and in black felt. And to answer the question, no. We had to wear the standard headgear despite the fact that it was impossible to fit both your head and the hat in the space a sousy allowed.

I'd share a picture of our uniforms, but I'm pretty sure all of those are shoved in a box in a storage unit. Trust me, they were bad.

[UTSAtuba]

Hats were NOT allowed in the sousaphone section...I've seen berets as well...

By the way, funny comic

[Tuba-G Bass]

9th Grade - Black Beret
10th grade - New Uniforms - Short band hat, no plume
11th & 12th grade different school, Tuba's bare headed,
rest of the band had tall black bearskins with Orange plume

[Kevin Hendrick]

Did anyone else ever HAVE to wear a tall marching band hat when playing a Sousaphone? My high school band did not allow any optional headwear, and it was very uncomfortable!

Yup -- plume and all! (this was 1969-73, by the way) Not a good thing. On balance, though, sharp turns and 3/4 spins gave us "opportunities" to knock everybody else's hats off ...

[KiltieTuba]

At my school the sousaphones wore berets, while everybody else had to wear the silly hats.

Yea we wore green berets.

Now I wear a glengarry.

[TubaCoopa]

My school's no-hats for souzies, also. Although, that's only an unsaid rule; I just don't like wearing a hat.

[rocksanddirt]

military cap's for all with a short plume.

no exceptions. only the very big headed had trouble with them under a sousaphone.

[Arkietuba]

In high school we didn't wear hats, which was unfortunate seeing as how we had "pimp hats"...hahaha They were actually kinda cool. After I left, the sousas got to wear black, leather Kangol hats like Samuel L. Jackson wears.

The first two years of college we wore purple berets....not cool at all, plus they were 100% wool along with the uniforms and that doesn't work here in AR in the summer...too dang hot! We got new uniforms after than and we wore visors for a year, then last year due to a miscommunication we didn't wear hats but I think we're gonna get black flat bill UCA hats...much better (and cooler) than berets...haha