College Marching Bands

[LoyalTubist]

Did I say I was a member of the CSULB Band? I graduated from a university that HAD NO MARCHING BAND... EVER!!!!!

[djwesp]

Did I say I was a member of the CSULB Band? I graduated from a university that HAD NO MARCHING BAND... EVER!!!!!

I don't think you grasped the sarcasm of my post fully...


i wasn't being specific.... i just think when we have threads like this we usually put ourselves in the situation where whatever band you are in is the one you tout...

I think for one, we should look elsewhere for excellence occaisionally. The thread would have been very interesting if the title had been, "besides your college marching band, what is the best you have seen"

[sloan]

The clear winner here is the Brown University Skating Band.

[Bandmaster]

Shouldn't this thread be titled....

COME BRAG ABOUT YOUR MARCHING BAND

Because it is basically beocming a "toot your own horn" type thing.

Well... at least I listed up some kind of proof to back up my posting. Plus it offered a little entertainment for your busy day!

[WilliamVance]

Shouldn't this thread be titled....

COME BRAG ABOUT YOUR MARCHING BAND

Because it is basically beocming a "toot your own horn" type thing.

Well... at least I listed up some kind of proof to back up my posting. Plus it offered a little entertainment for your busy day!

Thanks for the MP3 files! They are cool. I am going to be doing the tuba Picollo Solo with the Long Beach Community Band. Looking forward to it! It was good to hear an actual recording of it!

[Bandmaster]

Thanks for the MP3 files! They are cool. I am going to be doing the tuba Picollo Solo with the Long Beach Community Band. Looking forward to it! It was good to hear an actual recording of it!

Cool... Say Hi to Chuck Jay and his wife Denise, they were both members of the Big Brown Music Machine with me and are playing on many of the recordings I posted. Good luck with the solo!

(For all you outsiders... Chuck is the Director of the Long Beach Community Band, or at least he was the last time I checked their website.)

[pulseczar]

Shouldn't this thread be titled....


COME BRAG ABOUT YOUR MARCHING BAND

Because it is basically beocming a "toot your own horn" type thing.

Well I have to say SJSU has a mighty fine marching band. Go spartans.

And the director Scott Pierson is sorta known around the drum corps community.

[Brassdad]

It's great for recruting, and the kids love seeing something have never seen before, a show with style, grace, musicallity, and a overall theme that doesn't make you want to go out and form a giant M on the field.

From my perspective it's usually a giant W

[Brassdad]

Had on VH1 and saw Gwen Stefanis' Hollaback Girl video.
Not sure the marching band was a college band but they did play marching tubas.

[iiipopes]

When I was in grad school at Mizzou I played a year in Marching Mizzou, not only because they were good and I wanted to be a part of it, but also because the mystique at a lot of the high schools in SW Missouri was if you were a good player after you graduated, you got to play in a college band, but if you were REALLY good, you got to play with Marching Mizzou.

I was there just before the NCAA said we couldn't sit in temp bleachers erected just for us between the end line and the track. I don't even remember who was playing Mizzou, but the opposing team was setting up for @ 25 yard field goal. I set my horn down, ran behind the bleachers, made an educated guess as to the angle from the hash mark, and here it came...I caught the field goal! Being near the end of the season, I considered that a fitting conclusion to my college marching career of all of one season.

Fight, Tigers fight for ole' Mizzou...