Yeah were a pretty bad team, and yet 5 out of the 6 pep rallies we have each year is for the football team, even though our baseball, basketball, volleyball, and wrestling teams are really good.
Our trumpet section is the exact opposite, they just have really large egos and that can lead to them overbalancing in a show. But it is true what Aegis fang said about trumpets, if they are good.
When for the entire marching season the song you listen to the most is your show played by a Drum & Bugle Corps (Harmonic Journey - Phantom Regiment, one of the best shows EVER!)
I have only fallen once and hopefully it will never happen again. We were doing a runthrough and during a simple backwards set I trip and hit the ground on my back. According to one of the marching techs I sprang right back up. I didn't hurt myself except for my pride, although my horn on the otherhand, was not so lucky. Part of the bell bent back and the valves jammed. I had to march the rest of the runthrough with a messed up horn. For the rest of the season I marched with a silver horn (only person with a silver horn that marched the show, so I kinda stood out).
ahhhh good times.