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Published: 2008-03-21 18:11:12 +0000 UTC; Views: 9141; Favourites: 224; Downloads: 49
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Yet another band demotivator. From the time it rained on us that one halftime. Yet again. *goes off to raid the pantry*Related content
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This happened during our warm up at a competition. Our plumes still smell god awful!
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Those poor fragile woodwinds... Β They cry for their instruments, whilst I only have to empty my spit-valve more often; I play trombone.
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Hehe, this one time during practice it started raining, and every single time we put our instruments away, it would immediately stop raining. This happened four times until they just made us march until us clarinets stuffed the corked parts up our shirts.
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We marched once when it was sleeting and windy. It was at a football game and when we were back in the stands it got so bad my hands turned blue, and then purple. All our jackets were soaked from trying to keep our instruments dry. After awhile, my saxophone felt warmer than my hands did.
We finally left and got bullied from out football team for "giving up on them" as they happened to be losing when we finally left.
I told them that I would feel bad, except they never come to any of our competitions, even when one was held at our school.
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I remember our last field show where we got first place for the first time in months. And it RAINED. God, it was glorious.
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Reminds me of every one of my bands practices. They are usually rainy, sunny, or for some insane reason, both. It seems Hawaii is the only place where you can get sun burned while simultaneously getting soaked to the bone. Although when your school is on a mountain side, that could be a contributing factor to the weather conditions.
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yep we had good luck his year and didn't get rained on during marching season
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seriously man
march in the rain
march in the sun
march if you're about to puke
march if you've torn muscle in your foot :I
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march if you have a really bad bloody nose 5 minutes into a 30 minute march... your freshman year
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march if you have to march a 3 mile christmas parade
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March if you have a 6 mile parade two weeks into summer vacation, and the weather called for sunny...You're wearing a thick vest, two shirts, and pants. Oh, you also live in Hawaii were summer is blazing hot. Your band director just told you that there will be one less water stop than last year (which was 3). He also told you that you were being judged for your marching and such. You're also in percussion, specifically Cymbal line, and percussion must play nearly nonstop throughout the parade. Your Cymbal's are 20 inches wide and are the heaviest of the bands Cymbals, and your sweat dripped into your eyes.
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at least you and me don't play melophone
those things
those things are heavy
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At least we don't play marching euphoniums o.O
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oh goodness
i play trumpet so i can't complain about heavy lifting
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I play clarinet and trumpet Β
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trumpets unite B)
we are so cool though
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Woot! B flat buddies!
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This happened at one of our competitions this year. The rain made it look so cool, but it ruined all of the woodwind instruments, including mine... TAT
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this happened during one of my schools football games, me and the other woodwinds were not expecting this. it was also homecoming game so they didn't announce the king and queen that day. ahh marching band memories are the best
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At the competition at Avery on Saturday, it rained. But when we started to play the sun shined on us. We did so well, the sun moved the clouds to see us.
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Or right as your taking the field it begins raining then after your performance you wait two hours and the competition gets canceled. At least we got two trophies from it.
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try hail, i had to dig pieces out of my flute keys...WHOOP!
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cept for flutes, cause we hate the rain.
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i've practiced in the SNOW before. rain is no biggie
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lt never rains on a marching band, it's only a heavy mist.
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this is the truest thing ever. we did a compation in lightning! it was bad ass
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lol we had to delay a half time performance cuz of lightning for a good half hour and then we got to go out in our huge raincoats a.k.a. our condoms
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Once it rained on our band repeatedly, whenever the drum major raised his hands to count off the beat for the next song.
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Hell yah we stick through it through and through.........fuck..learning drill in pouring down rain....and then at the game.....we are marching and you feel like if you even try to pop your foot out for the crab step...your gonna die........we do this shit through everything.....thats what makes ur tough as nails.....
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haha, happened to us at a football game once. The director told woodwinds to put their instruments on the bus, then when we got back in the stands, he was like "JK. GO GET YOUR INSTRUMENTS LOLOL."
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Hahaha. I remember when we had our competition. It didn't rain until we got on the field and stopped after we got out.
....Almost slipped while back marching. T__T
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hahaha that happened to our band too.. it was raining the whole time we played at the band competition and then for the other bands the sun was shining!! hahahaha
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But you've never lived unless you've marched in the rain without anything covering your head, so it's okay.
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