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mellofan1 [2009-11-22 05:48:56 +0000 UTC]
I'm happy with our band ^_^ It is very small but powerful! I feel bad though, our school stopped doing band camp and competitions! Band camp is two days, I wish we could do competitions, they're supposed to be fun >,<
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Megabandnerds In reply to mellofan1 [2009-11-24 21:43:44 +0000 UTC]
Ah that is very nice to hear about other people's bands ^_^ You're band sounds similar to my old school's band, small but powerful. I'm surprised that a school wouldn't be having a long band camp considering that's necessary to practice drills and so on. And yes competitions are very fun and exciting, but I, like you, didn't really get to go to many. XP
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mellofan1 In reply to Megabandnerds [2009-11-24 21:56:44 +0000 UTC]
We had practice alot, but not for very long...Our team lost the finals/play offs so marching band stopped. I have nothing to do on Wednesdays and Thursdays now!!! We might do competitions next year, every one wants to but the director doesn't.
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Megabandnerds In reply to mellofan1 [2009-11-29 03:42:35 +0000 UTC]
Aahh I see, I see. at least you had the chance to do some marching band for several months. If you need something to do on Wednesdays and Thursdays...join library club lol(that's what I used to do). I would hope your director would let you do competitions, but some directors are well...insert work here. Just try your best to pursued them and see what happens ^.^
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mellofan1 In reply to Megabandnerds [2009-11-29 03:46:04 +0000 UTC]
Thanks for the tip^^ We will definitely try our best to persuade him^^
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mellofan1 In reply to Megabandnerds [2009-12-10 14:37:40 +0000 UTC]
^^ ^^ ^^I'm UR Watcher now^^ ^^ ^^
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Deceived-Soul13 In reply to MistiRAWR [2009-04-04 06:54:01 +0000 UTC]
Lucky. Most of our drummers are just plain stupid.
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starclanfollower [2008-02-14 23:50:26 +0000 UTC]
LOL I remeber when all of that happened. This almost made me cry from all of the memories. KYlie the last one refered to you didnt it? haha
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Megabandnerds In reply to starclanfollower [2008-02-15 18:44:54 +0000 UTC]
Yes, yes Jess, I mean starclanperson that was referring to me!!(kylie)
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purpleraj [2008-01-24 23:16:06 +0000 UTC]
wow, some of the stuff is so true, but my directors would have been super angry if half the stuff happened, especially the trying to get out of band practice part
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purpleraj In reply to Megabandnerds [2008-01-24 23:58:32 +0000 UTC]
my band directors are just strictish. the first day the lapricon one was getting mad cause i wouldn't make eye contact with him or something, and said i wasn't paying attention to what the upper class man where teaching us that day (my group that day snuck into a classroom and relaxed instead of the "uper classmen" teaching teaching us anything. and whenever someone makes the slightest mistake like showing up late the entire band pays for it.
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Megabandnerds In reply to purpleraj [2008-01-25 00:05:57 +0000 UTC]
That is EXACTLY how my band director and the other instructors are. Though, my "amazing upper classmen" don't really 'help'; they just make sure that you don't accidently kill someone when no water is brougt to the field. The worst for my band was when our director spent...at least 10 or 15 mintues yelling at us and then made us due a drill down. Sssooo as you can see no matter what we all suffer; though the younger ones suffer more becasue they don't know what's really going to happen to them!
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purpleraj In reply to Megabandnerds [2008-01-25 00:15:16 +0000 UTC]
this was my first (probably last) year in marching band and i was so lost. especially since i had/ was an alternate, when they'd do the sets i'd be on the side line and she'll march and they'll fix and somethin and then tell us to switch and i'll get run over. and after almost every competition we went to after it was over, we had to stand at set for an hour and listen to how it's not about winning (we got first) but it's about... i don't remember now
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Megabandnerds In reply to purpleraj [2008-01-25 00:25:58 +0000 UTC]
Oh...well marching band can be difficult sometimes. My band doesn't compet, but Lewis(director) can be so evil when she wants to be. I'm a flute so personally I didn't have to worry about running all around and such. Though I sometimes have scadder drills, which usually in kills me and my friends. I think band directors just like to annoy people even if they are having a really good time.
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purpleraj In reply to Megabandnerds [2008-01-25 00:35:50 +0000 UTC]
i'm a flute too ^-^, i think the flute section was the biggest section at band besides color gaurd. competing's pretty cool especially when you travel and get to sleep in some random school's gym. it's like a 3 day sleep over with most of your friends, and it get's your mind off of having to perform your show at midnight and then having to wait even longer till you find out who wins. and after it's over and seeing some of the seniors that, well, made me want to quit cry, made me both smile and feel sad.
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Megabandnerds In reply to purpleraj [2008-01-25 00:56:38 +0000 UTC]
AWSOME ANOTHER FLUTE!!! Both Nicole (Other writer person) and I are flutes!! The thing that sucks about my band is that NO ONE likes woodwinds at all. Flutes are the 2nd biggest section in my school, but we are usually the most crazest people!!! My director claims that we're going to start competing next year, but who knows. Personally, I wouldn't mind it sounds ssssooooo exciting fun!!!
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purpleraj In reply to Megabandnerds [2008-01-25 01:32:16 +0000 UTC]
almost every freshman was awood wind, so they had to ask everyone to switch to brass and clarinets. my section is the opposite of crazy, they were more about drama and gossip and being better than (insert section here) another reason why i'm probably quitting. i love being in band i just can't stand the evil aura of some of the people there, and since i'm kind of crazy too they got annoyed by me easily, though some of them after a while are even crazier
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purpleraj In reply to Megabandnerds [2008-01-25 18:57:02 +0000 UTC]
my band's from a suburb of chicago, suposedly we're one of the best bands in the country, that's probably why everyone get's angry so easily when people make little mistakes
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purpleraj In reply to Megabandnerds [2008-01-25 22:42:29 +0000 UTC]
i guess it's cool, especially at the end of competitions and some one from some other band says they admire what you do (like not the band but you in person) but sometimes just want to say, i just joined a few months ago, and i haven't actually marched the show yet. being an alternate is cool though because you get to stand on the sideline and watch your band perform, you don't have to wear the uniform, and you still get a medal when you win, but i have to admit i was sad when my squad leader told me i wasn't marching finals at BOA.
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Megabandnerds In reply to purpleraj [2008-01-25 22:53:27 +0000 UTC]
Man that must sick, I don't think I'd be able to take it if my director told me I couldn't march. I'll admit though that does sound really cool; getting a medal and all. I didn't know that marching band compations went this late into the season. That must suck going into the cold!! I personally hate the cold ALOT!!!
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purpleraj In reply to Megabandnerds [2008-01-25 22:57:30 +0000 UTC]
no my marching band season thing was over a few days before thanksgiving, now we're in concert season, i'm not in concert band though because i didn't try out i'm in cadet (all freshman) band though
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Megabandnerds In reply to purpleraj [2008-01-25 23:11:20 +0000 UTC]
Ooohhh, well that makes more sense. You had me confused for a moment there o.0! I have concert bad with 10-12 grade(rs). I didn't know that there were so many different types of concert band; I'm personally just used to junior and senior high band.
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purpleraj In reply to Megabandnerds [2008-01-25 23:40:40 +0000 UTC]
there's like three main bands at my school:cadet, concert and symphany. then there's jazz, and i think a mariachy band, and a some quartets.
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Megabandnerds In reply to purpleraj [2008-01-25 23:51:56 +0000 UTC]
Hhhmm, this' pretty interesting. I knew that there could be different types of band, but I' m surpraised there is so many. My school has Jazz, concert, and marching. I personally like just having those three at my school.
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purpleraj In reply to Megabandnerds [2008-01-26 00:23:47 +0000 UTC]
the bogus thing is though that every one in any of the bands at the school has to do marching band that's another reason why i'm quiting band all together, i'm just gonna enjoy it and be the best i can be now, so everyone's not all mad when i quit.
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Megabandnerds In reply to purpleraj [2008-01-26 01:22:49 +0000 UTC]
yah, as long you had fun it doesn't matter if you need to stop. Unless you're one of those annoying people who quits because they say it's to hard. Not that I even think your are; you sound like a really cool person sssoooo you know.
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