RicardoLuigi... Posted August 15, 2004 Share Posted August 15, 2004 okay...tried to post this a few days ago, but it didn't show up so i'll just post it again. well, as most of you know, i am in band, play french horn, blah dee blah blah blah bleh... anyway, this is my first year in marching band, b/c last year i wasn't in concert band 1 or symphonic band...but this year i will be! so tuesday-thrusday, i've had to go to new member training sessions. actually, i missed tuesday's, but i was able to make it wednesday and thursday. so on wednesday, me and another guy were pulled away from everyone else and taught the stuff from tuesday, and half the stuff from wednesday. then, thursday, we finished learning the rest of the stuff from wednesday, and we joined the rest of the group. so we had a marchoff, where we had to know and do all the following commands: left hace (turn left while standing still) right hace (same as above, but turn right) about hace (turn around 180 degrees while standing still) left flank harch (turn left in one move while marching) right flank harch (turn right in one move while marching) left turn harch (turn left in four steps while standing in one spot while marching) right turn harch (turn right in four baby steps while standing in one spot while marching) attention (get into attention position) horns up (snap horns up) horns down (snap horns down) to the ready (get into certain relaxed position) backward march (march backward) mark time harch (pick up your heels one after the other, but stay in one spot: can happen after attention, after horns up, or while marching) halt (stop marking time/marching) left slide harch (turn your legs to the left and march left, but keep facing the way you were) right slide harch (same as above, but march to the right) hm...there might be some other stuff that i don't remember, but wadeva. anyway...there were about 30-35 other people doing marching as well. the whole point is that you want to keep following commands correctly. if you goof up, a drum major will come over and tap you on the shoulder, and that means you're out and you go sit off to the side. the last person standing ends up winning the marchoff. so we start off, we're in this big block formation, and we're told all the commands. so my horn is up the whole time, and since it's a mellophone, the bell is huge on the end, so i can't see in front of me. so the whole time i'm just doing what i'm told, but i can't see. anyway...we get to "mark time harch", so i'm marking time, and then they "band halt", so i stop. "horns down". i put my horn down. there are only about 20 people left now. it starts all over. lots of "left turn harch" and "right turn harch". so we get to mark time, then horns down. there are only about 12 people. we start again. now we're doing a lot of flanks. so then we get to horns down. there are only 6 people left, and we get put into a smaller block of 2x3. so then we go again. i kind of goofed up on one of the things, but i don't think anyone saw. it was just a tiny little fumbling of my feet. anyway, we get to mark time, then horns down again. there are only four people left now, myself included. we go. we stop. still four people. we go, we stop. three people. they say "give it up for the final three!". i'm so tired. my legs are killing me, my arms as well from holding up my horn. so then we start again. we go through about another three minutes of marching. lots of flanks, slides, turns, all this stuff. it was hard. and then there were two. ...sadly, i wasn't one of them we had marked time halfway through, and we were doing haces, so we did about three left haces, and then we were told to do a right hace, and my feet just goofed up and i began to do a left, but then tried to do a right hace. unfortunately, someone saw (not hard w/only three people), and i got my shoulder tapped. but i still got a bag of m&m's! i think i did pretty well for only knowing two days worth of stuff. anyway. just wanted to share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinkie Posted August 16, 2004 Share Posted August 16, 2004 I was in my high school marching band all four years. Does your school go away for band camp or do you stay for it? I was never much of a marcher myself, I loved band but not for any of the 'band parts.' All my friends were in it and we just had a blast all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshi Posted August 16, 2004 Share Posted August 16, 2004 At some point, I think someone found this remotely interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RicardoLuigi... Posted August 17, 2004 Author Share Posted August 17, 2004 i just go up to the school for marching band. it's not really band "camp"...it's just band "time-consuming marching practice". i think the drum majors have to go away to drum major camp to learn all their stuff, though. i don't really like marching, but i'm really good at it. i remembered the whole marching sequence for a four-minute song the first day we learned it...everybody else was still confused about where to go and all that jazz. it's not that hard, people...just look at the chart, go through the steps, and then remember it. i remembered it and i have a terrible memory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinkie Posted August 18, 2004 Share Posted August 18, 2004 Our band always went away for camp. It was a week away from anything but work. Kinda a pain, but lots of fun anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Edison 007 Posted August 18, 2004 Share Posted August 18, 2004 Yeah, I was in band at one point, played the xylophone. A very easy instrument to play, and I don't remember going to band camp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RicardoLuigi... Posted August 18, 2004 Author Share Posted August 18, 2004 you just weren't good enough to go to band camp. just kidding. or maybe you really weren't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinkie Posted August 19, 2004 Share Posted August 19, 2004 The problem is you didn't play the Sax, and that is by far the best instrument. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RicardoLuigi... Posted August 19, 2004 Author Share Posted August 19, 2004 saxophones stink well, not really. but most of the sax players i know are obnoxious and/or jerks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Edison 007 Posted August 19, 2004 Share Posted August 19, 2004 Originally posted by Das Mole you just weren't good enough to go to band camp. just kidding. or maybe you really weren't. Actually, the band I was in was considered to be one of the best in the east coast, which means the others must really suck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinkie Posted August 20, 2004 Share Posted August 20, 2004 Originally posted by Das Mole saxophones stink well, not really. but most of the sax players i know are obnoxious and/or jerks. There's nothing wrong with being obnoxious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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