Halftime

ThomasDodd · Post by **ThomasDodd** » Tue Feb 08, 2005 7:59 pm

Tubaryan12 wrote: p.s. I've gained that 30 back and then some once I stopped marching

You could always march again.

Find a senior Drum and Bugle Corps near you:)

MA, go to a DCI or DCA show. You'll find lot of people that love marching. Imagine paying over $1000 to march during the summer!!

hurricane_harry · Post by **hurricane_harry** » Wed Feb 09, 2005 8:20 pm

AND NOW ENTERING THE STADIUM IS THE CONCORD BLUE DEVILS

tubatooter1940 · Post by **tubatooter1940** » Wed Feb 09, 2005 11:14 pm

I was one of two tuba players for the Mc Gill Institute Yellow Jackets.We ventured North to Milry,Alabama for a football game.It was obvious that as a "big city school" we were gonna beat the stuffing out of these guys.It was raining buckets by halftime and our band director announced that the only reason all these Milry people came out to this game was to see a first class marching band because thier ball team was losing big.He offered us a chance to not march and stay dry but the band members were hot to show Milry,Alabama what we could do.We marched in ankle-deep mud and the two tubas danced a soft shoe to "Tea for Two"in the muck,and had one of the best times we ever had together.Big fun!
tubatooter1940

ken k · Post by **ken k** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 6:34 pm

Back at the 1984 LA Olympics they had an all american collegiate marching band. It was about 400 strong and rocked the opening ceremonies. Then they did one in NJ for the 1985 rededication of the Statue of Liberty. That one I saw in person and it was awesome. This would be a great halftime show and for half the price of paying Paul McCartney they could put on one hell of a show.

Although I must admit that this year's halftime was pretty good. At least they didn't have slutty dancers and Sir Paul's costume stayed on; although he did take of his jacket....

Anohter great idea would be a march off like in the movie Drumline...
ken k

MaryAnn · Post by **MaryAnn** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 10:48 am

Well, "actually" I had an interesting opportunity last fall. I got a letter in the mail encouraging band alumni to come and play Homecoming at NMSU, where I got my EE degree. Two problems....the letter arrived the week after Homecoming, and I never played in the band. Pretty funny, but you know, if I had got the letter in time I just might have loaded up the tuba and gone and done it, assuming I would be able to sit in the stands with the alumni band and just blatt away. It could have been a lot of fun, especially seeing old friends I had never met.
MA

sinfonian · Post by **sinfonian** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 4:45 pm

I think each of the NFL teams need to follow the example set by the Baltimore Ravens http://www.baltimoreravens.com/template ... ing_ravens and have their own Adult marching band. Then the two teams in the super bowl could each bring their band for a half time competition. That way if your team loses you can always say "At least our band was better then thiers"