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[CarrionMan]

Because I didn't see any other.

So, last week I went to the UCLA Band Day. It was crazy awesome. I was right on the 0. Front and center. Annoying view, but nonetheless, cool. Stanford band was right next to me. They were crazy. Possibly drunk. Wouldn't doubt it. Tiring, and I damaged my ear drum playing the drums. Fun. This week we have our little podunk field show. It ain't competition, but, it'll be fun. And awesome. How about you guys? Any band geeks here? Or funny stories involving band geeks?

[squawk]

okay last year i was forced to stupid ucla band day and to this day it has been the biggest and suckiest waste of like eighteen hours of my life ever

marching band is okay. it's a bit too nerdy. i think i only stick with it now because bus-ride mario kart DS tournaments are way too fucking awesome

[tigrar]

LSU Tiger Band. Probably one of the best things I've ever done.

Speaking of marching bands, this is hilarious.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/06/MNM7135E1B.DTL&hw=UC%20Davis%20band&sn=001&sc=1000

[Hat]

I like the American idea that playing in a school band just wasn't dorky enough to isolate the misfits who played in them already, so they had to dress them up in ridiculous outfits and make them parade around in front of the entire school.

This is pretty much a uniquely American thing as far as I can tell.

[Patrick]

God I miss being in drumline. We had such a good time, and it was a great feeling when I became lead snare and co-led the whole line with the lead quad player. I especially miss band reviews, because when I went to a school with a drumline, it was in northern California. And it was awesome to be able to go travel around norCal, see the most beautiful scenery anywhere in the world (if you disagree with the idea that vineyards on rolling hills = beautiful, we can never be friends), and go out and do what I love (ROCK OUT) with a giant 90-person group of friends.

I haven't played drums since I had to move away from that school, and I don't think I ever will again. Not seriously, anyway. Too much money invested in my guitars and my rig

[Failcake]

Last Saturday, my high school band and drum corps competed at the Del Oro Band Spectacular in Loomis, CA.
I'm both in the line and band, playing tenors and trombone respectively. The percussion competition was unfair because we played a different style
than everyone else, so we got 6th out of 6 in that (same asshat did the same thing in Vallejo last year... ).
Our line marched seven snares, six multi tenors, two single tenors, and six basses, so we were huge, and that wasn't including the new basses and tenors that didn't play.
The band just sounded like crap, so it was no big surprise (we only had 37 players total... pitiful, I know).

(P.S. to Patrick, norCAL reviews suck)

[KickThatBathProf]

I was in this band back when I was up in Eau Claire, mainly because it was required for my major.  That performance was in the Metrodome for some bigtime high school thing (I forget what it's called)

[CarrionMan]

On the 15th of Nov., I get to go to the Fresno Band Day. Thank god my band isn't hardcore, so, instead of band reviews and field show stuff, we do more relaxed parades, band days, and trips. I've seen bands that absolutely look like no fun. All yelling, all strict. Doesn't seem nice.

[De_El]

I have seen these guys a couple of times. Do they count?

[ViolentDove]

If marching bands played stuff like this I'd go to see them.

[Patrick]

(P.S. to Patrick, norCAL reviews suck)

Maybe I just liked them because my drumline never got anything below 3rd place in our division back in '04. Shit I miss Granada High.