Band Camp

**tha Guardians** · 07-28-2009, 06:22 PM

Anyone else enjoying this glorious, foot-cramping week?

Ephraim Desole · 07-28-2009, 06:26 PM

I remember someone I know telling me that they were going to, but I honestly can't remember who. As for myself, no.

**tha Guardians** · 07-28-2009, 06:32 PM

K?
I know there's plenty of band geeks on this site just waiting to tell me how awesome their show is gonna be this year.

Mine is Steely Dan, by the way.

Reeling in the Years
Rikki Don't Lose That Number
Josie
Peg

I'm disappointed that we don't get to play Do It Again, but I don't think it would really work out well for a marching band.

Prime8 · 07-28-2009, 07:06 PM

I was in band in high school, but I don't know the pains of marching because I was in Pit/Front Ensemble.

**TD_lonewolf01** · 07-28-2009, 07:15 PM

Mine starts this coming Monday (August 3rd).

Our show's gonna be pretty awesome, plus I get 3 trombone solos

**dore** · 07-28-2009, 08:36 PM

This is the first time in 5 years I won't be in marching band. I enjoy performing but it's gonna be really nice to go to a football game at 3pm instead of having to wake up at 7 on a Saturday for final rehearsals and **** like that. I can't wait to watch a football game without playing the fight song every three seconds.

~HentaiXXX~ · 07-28-2009, 10:08 PM

My school used to do marching band, I remember it being HOT AS HELL

Seefu Sefirosu · 07-28-2009, 10:22 PM

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Originally Posted by tha Guardians

Anyone else enjoying this glorious, foot-cramping week?

I might be on staff, but I graduated, so I don't have to be.

cedolad · 07-28-2009, 10:25 PM

Hehehe I started camp today actually. My band's doing a Rolling Stones show. It's pretty tight. We've only seen the music, and we don't start setting up the pictures for the show until Thursday or Monday of next week. But the music's pretty fun so far. And running basics is fun, shouting at the underclassmen is a lot of fun.

radxmad · 07-29-2009, 10:26 AM

Mine starts on the 4th.
I like the whole getting-my-biceps-back-from-that-mellophone thing.

**irishknight** · 07-29-2009, 10:43 AM

Kingdom Hearts (gay)
Habanera (not for football games)
Novus (yes)
Distorted (should've been the opener)

Individually these songs are fine, but I don't like how they're meshed this way for the show.

Good thing I transferred out before I left.

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Originally Posted by ~HentaiXXX~

My school used to do marching band, I remember it being HOT AS HELL

2 years ago at band camp two people passed out. One of them had a seizure. And yes, that's what you get for doing marching band in the summer.. on a black top... IN FLORIDA.

**danny53x** · 07-29-2009, 11:20 AM

Our Band Camp starts 2 weeks before school I think. Iirc it's 8am-4pm but we get free lunches

It's annoying having to wake up and realize that you have to go to school to be in the heat for that long, but when you do it's not so bad.

jugglinguy · 07-29-2009, 11:55 AM

Just replace space with band and

http://www.theonion.com/content/opin...mp_looks_a_lot

**dore** · 07-29-2009, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by radxmad

Mine starts on the 4th.
I like the whole getting-my-biceps-back-from-that-mellophone thing.

people always underestimate how bell-heavy these things are

Seefu Sefirosu · 07-29-2009, 04:46 PM

And not only are you stupid, you copied it.

**tha Guardians** · 07-29-2009, 10:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Prime8

I was in band in high school, but I don't know the pains of marching because I was in Pit/Front Ensemble.

Me too, but moving the equipment definitely makes up for the lack of marching. Personally though, standing hurts me a lot more than marching does.

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Originally Posted by irishknight

Distorted (should've been the opener)

Distorted was our opener last year. I'm not clicking the link, but I'm gonna take a wild guess and say it's the Cirque du Soleil one.

Xx{Midnight}xX · 07-29-2009, 11:08 PM

Camp
Camp
Camp
Camp

Prime8 · 07-29-2009, 11:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tha Guardians

Me too, but moving the equipment definitely makes up for the lack of marching. Personally though, standing hurts me a lot more than marching does.

That's what I tried to tell everyone else! A lot of people in my band gave me and my section crap for not having to march. Whenever there was a water break, they'd ask us why we needed it lol. But yeah, they don't realize that it does hurt standing still for that long. Also, moving the equipment on and off the field as fast and efficiently as possible is quite physically tasking, especially if you had way less people than you should in your section to help.

What instrument(s) did you play? I was section leader Sophomore year and up, so I got stuck with Marimba and Xylophone (which I didn't mind because that's what I'm best at

)

OnixRose · 07-29-2009, 11:49 PM

Marching was the only thing that kept me away from playing in our concert/marching band. Partly because I used to play football but also because I prefer concert ._. I played jazz for a few years, but I don't think I can this year.

**tha Guardians** · 07-30-2009, 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Prime8

That's what I tried to tell everyone else! A lot of people in my band gave me and my section crap for not having to march. Whenever there was a water break, they'd ask us why we needed it lol. But yeah, they don't realize that it does hurt standing still for that long. Also, moving the equipment on and off the field as fast and efficiently as possible is quite physically tasking, especially if you had way less people than you should in your section to help.

What instrument(s) did you play? I was section leader Sophomore year and up, so I got stuck with Marimba and Xylophone (which I didn't mind because that's what I'm best at

)

Yeah. We had carts the last 2 years, but not this year. With the carts (which were built by ag shop by the way), you have to expend enough energy to make you exhausted in just 1 minute. Loading/unloading drills suck.

You're gonna be just as tired if not more tired than the people that march. We used to have to take the carts from the band room, up and down a gravel road to the practice field, and drag it through 2-foot high grass. It was terrible.

This year though we have no carts. We get to experience the joy of carrying ALL the auxiliary equipment and wheeling concert keyboards which have been literally falling apart for the last 5 years. Being in pit is a ton more stressful than marching, at least at my school. And it doesn't help that neither the director or band give a **** about us. They expect us to learn our parts quicker because we spend more time on it. What they don't know is pretty much every note excluding runs is an interval or chord. We have at least twice as much to memorize, and it's not like we can look at our music and play at the same time. It takes rigorous, mind-numbing repetition.

/bitchbitchbitch
Yeah. We're also missing parts because we don't have enough people in the front ensemble.

Hmm. Oh yeah, right.
I play 2- and 4-mallet marimba, basically the whole show. I always play keyboards, because I'm the best

I love it. Sooooo soso sos os much.

How good are you?

07-28-2009, 07:06 PM	#4
Prime8 Awwwwwww! Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Sacred Heart Age: 33 Posts: 1,581	Re: Band Camp I was in band in high school, but I don't know the pains of marching because I was in Pit/Front Ensemble. __________________

07-28-2009, 07:15 PM	#5
TD_lonewolf01 FFR Veteran Join Date: Feb 2006 Age: 31 Posts: 229	Re: Band Camp Mine starts this coming Monday (August 3rd). Our show's gonna be pretty awesome, plus I get 3 trombone solos

07-28-2009, 08:36 PM	#6
dore caveman pornstar Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: ridin on a unicorn Age: 33 Posts: 6,317	Re: Band Camp This is the first time in 5 years I won't be in marching band. I enjoy performing but it's gonna be really nice to go to a football game at 3pm instead of having to wake up at 7 on a Saturday for final rehearsals and **** like that. I can't wait to watch a football game without playing the fight song every three seconds. __________________ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IREnpHco9mw

07-28-2009, 10:08 PM	#7
~HentaiXXX~ Banned Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Spalding, Nebraska, USA Age: 31 Posts: 2,955	Re: Band Camp My school used to do marching band, I remember it being HOT AS HELL

07-28-2009, 10:25 PM	#9
cedolad moonchild~ Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: . Age: 30 Posts: 6,879	Re: Band Camp Hehehe I started camp today actually. My band's doing a Rolling Stones show. It's pretty tight. We've only seen the music, and we don't start setting up the pictures for the show until Thursday or Monday of next week. But the music's pretty fun so far. And running basics is fun, shouting at the underclassmen is a lot of fun. __________________

07-29-2009, 10:26 AM	#10
radxmad FFR Player Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Rohan Posts: 50	Re: Band Camp Mine starts on the 4th. I like the whole getting-my-biceps-back-from-that-mellophone thing.

07-29-2009, 11:20 AM	#12
danny53x AKA Yotipo Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Henrico, Virginia Age: 32 Posts: 1,008	Re: Band Camp Our Band Camp starts 2 weeks before school I think. Iirc it's 8am-4pm but we get free lunches It's annoying having to wake up and realize that you have to go to school to be in the heat for that long, but when you do it's not so bad. __________________

07-29-2009, 04:46 PM	#15
Seefu Sefirosu FFR Player Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Nashville, TN Age: 32 Posts: 314	Re: Band Camp And not only are you stupid, you copied it.

07-29-2009, 11:08 PM	#17
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