Competitions!

So... we took 1st all season but got sliced back to third place at state championships, Second for our state though, so not too too bad... It was only because we didn't have props, so that kinda bites... Still... On the other hand, BAND SEASON IS OVER!!!!!!!!! I'm sad . The only friends I have besides KyuuketsukiTsuki are in marching band... and someone else important... So it really bites... =/

Something funny

Being the dork I am, I was looking for Marching Band icons
I found something very funny, but true. It says:

We're in Marching Band because...
1. We can't sing
2. We can't draw
3. We only know the letters A-G
4. We're crazy
5. We give our instruments their own names
6. we can dress and undress other people without being a creeper
7. We can walk together
8. We go to camp together

This is pretty much true, with a few exagerations like with the letters and the can't draw part...

As to we can't sing... Some of us really can't.
Our band director insists that if we can't play a note right that we sing it... Let's just say that it's interesting, exspecially when we sing Happy birthday to other people in marching band.

About the creeper part, well, our jacket zips up in the back so we can't reach it and we'd be doomed for all eternity to be stuck in our jackets and die of over-heating.

That's my funny bit of the day!

Marching Band Attire

In marching band we wear what's called Bibbers, black pants with material that goes up to you chest that zips up in front and black adjusatble straps so your pants don't fall down. So, it's basically like a black jumpsuit. Over that you have your jacket, long-sleeved and it has a kind of collar on it. You also have your Drill Masters, black shoes that you march in. You have your white gloves that you wear, they MUST be white so you should prbably bleach them if they get dirty or have more than one pair. Also if you're a clairanet player you have to cut off the tips of your gloves to have easy acess to your keys. You have your Gauntlets.

Also wear black socks, you don't want to forget those, I forgot mine when we had to play at the football game, they wrapped peices of a black garbage bag around my leg where my sock would be instead... It was awful. We also wear Shakos with plumes on top. We call them out "Marching Band Helmets" and our dead crows. It's the funny hats that we wear that I shall show at a later date.

Types of instruments

okay, here's some pretty basic stuff of what types of instruments are in a marching band, i'll just put the instruments we have in my marching band for now...

Woodwinds
~Flutes
~Piccolos
~Clairanets
~Saxaphones
~Tenor Sax

Brass
~Trumpet
~Mellophone

Low Brass
~Tuba
~Baritones

Drumline
~Tenor drums
~Snare drums
~Bass drums

Pit! (a.k.a. front ensemble)
Now they get all the fun stuff!
~timpani
~tambourines
~maracas
~cowbells
~marimbas
~xylophones
~ They have even more stuff that I'm not even sure about, but i'm pretty sure you get the point
~In some other marching bands, they even have electric guitars

Some tips:
~If you have Brass instruments, buy polish. They do have to be polished for performences.
~You're instruments have to be in tune so don't grumble about it, trust me, NOTHING sounds worse than two piccolos out of tune, not even nails on a chalkboard.
~DOn't stand next to piccolos, they play wicked high and they hurt your ears, even if you're used to it

Marching Band

This is my world devoted entirely to Marching Band because it's so amazing and i love it, yes, i am a marching band geek...
This world is to basically tell all about marching band, what we wear, convince you to join because people don't join marching band as much as they used to, maybe show a couple of competitons or links to the music so you can hear some of the awsome stuff we play, and give general all around tips and some basic information...

I hope you enjoy this world and find it helpful if you're interested in joining or maybe i'll post off-the-wall stuff on here that you'll get a kick out of, you never know! Enjoy!