bossman Posted November 30, 2006 Posted November 30, 2006 Let's talk about that one kid who gets the sucky jobs in marching band season. well we have this one guy who is now a sophomore, and he was on the metronome this year. the year before he was an alternate. and then this year we had this one gurl who they didnt wanna give a spot too so she became the alternate section leader(l8r faked the clarinet). Quote
jbrih13 Posted November 30, 2006 Posted November 30, 2006 Aww thats mean , there is always next year........ Quote
acsc1312 Posted November 30, 2006 Posted November 30, 2006 lol...i remember when i was a freshman, they made me march trumpet (which i knew like 2 notes on.) So i had to fake the whole show. Let's just say, I was a strong marcher and only played two notes the whole show...pretty crazy Quote
Serardian Posted November 30, 2006 Posted November 30, 2006 Yeah we have the poor metronome girl..and our metronome sucks so it doesn't work all the time and people blame it on her. Quote
clarinetrocks Posted November 30, 2006 Posted November 30, 2006 lol! i remember my freshman year i was a alternate spot but then this upperclassmen guy started failing so they gave me his spot and made him march trumpet later! lol! yeah so basically it didnt happen to me... yeah and i hope it doesnt! hehe! Quote
JPeg16 Posted November 30, 2006 Posted November 30, 2006 Our metranome people were usually transfers from Trinity who couldn't compete that year. Quote
ClarinetGlissandoInBlue Posted November 30, 2006 Posted November 30, 2006 hmm the met thing sounds like an idea - we have a DM work it, idk why freshmen have speaker duty, every day or two, we pick 4 new freshmen to carry stuff out - the speakers for the met (500 lbs...lol) and some to take out our podium for the DM. Quote
Dontforgettobreathe Posted December 1, 2006 Posted December 1, 2006 Theres a senior in my band who was an alternate all 4 years and never had a spot. Neither has he ever made it out of the concert 2 band. Quote
Danpod Posted December 1, 2006 Posted December 1, 2006 We never really had that back then. Instead, we usually had a person that got yelled at A LOT but still managed to not break down and check themselves into a Mental Hospital. We called it the Keeps A Lickin' And Keeps On Tickin' Award. Quote
barisaxy08 Posted December 1, 2006 Posted December 1, 2006 Danpod said: We never really had that back then. Instead, we usually had a person that got yelled at A LOT but still managed to not break down and check themselves into a Mental Hospital. We called it the Keeps A Lickin' And Keeps On Tickin' Award. hahaha...keeps a lickin... one time we had an alternate to was about to march as "pac-man" in the pre-show of Westfield's 04 program...luckily for him/her, it got cut... Quote
chickora Posted December 1, 2006 Posted December 1, 2006 Well, we have several people who are banned to met. Being banned to met is like the ultimate punishment.. Our alternates are usually the pack mules.. I feel sorry for them.. but we had more alternates take spots and learn shows. People just can't seem to pass their classes. Quote
bandee Posted December 1, 2006 Posted December 1, 2006 we have a metronome boy and its sad since not many people know his name but they know him as "the metronome boy." Quote
gavinrh Posted December 1, 2006 Posted December 1, 2006 hahaha they used to call me "lateboy" my freshman year Quote
dmcolby Posted December 8, 2006 Posted December 8, 2006 We've got a metronome guy...we call him Quick-Draw because he'd always start the met too early Quote
MmCheezItsYay Posted December 8, 2006 Posted December 8, 2006 if you think about it, the metronome job is probly harder than just marching... you have to pay attention to the directors and drum major the whole time and if you make a mistake the whole band gets mad at you ... glad i was never a met person lol Quote
shmily1130 Posted December 9, 2006 Posted December 9, 2006 There was this kid that basically shattered his ankle about three weeks before band camp started. So he was stuck on met. (His nickname is Dr. Beat, now.) And then, with maybe a week left in the season, we got all the sound equipment stuff, so he was "in charge" of that and worked the soundboard/synth for most of the show. Quote
Nancy08 Posted December 11, 2006 Posted December 11, 2006 We had a kid pass out during Band Camp (very scary , in my section) and his doctor forbid him from marching this season so he got stuck on met. Quote
barisaxy08 Posted December 11, 2006 Posted December 11, 2006 Nancy08 said: We had a kid pass out during Band Camp (very scary , in my section) and his doctor forbid him from marching this season so he got stuck on met. speaking of passing out...my freshmen year...this girl "hyper-ventilated" so that she could get out of rehearsal...bad thing was was that an ambulance came... funny story now...this girl thru up during fundamentals and she didn't know what to do so she tried to put the vomit back in her mouth... ...good times...gooooood times... Quote
Hollister[co]Chic Posted December 15, 2006 Posted December 15, 2006 we have a met boy, he cant march cuz of his religion but our directors still make him come to practice to work the met. Quote
crazyjakeup Posted December 15, 2006 Posted December 15, 2006 our met boy is some fish whose dad is a judge(thats besides the point), he cant march worth anything, anyways the little freashman boy who cant march and doesnt have a spot in the show so he works the met. a couple of weeks into this season our woodwinds werent loud enough during thier exposed section so our director got a bright idea to make the part into a flute solo. he had people try out and everthing, so all the flutes tryed out. the next day at practice during the second mvt. (the new flute solo) our met boy ran to a microphone and played his beautiful solo. yeah, so our met boy ,who didnt have a marching spot, got a flute solo in our show.... Quote
barisaxy08 Posted December 15, 2006 Posted December 15, 2006 Quote Chic' date='Dec 15 2006, 11:46 AM'] we have a met boy, he cant march cuz of his religion but our directors still make him come to practice to work the met. what religion would that be...cuz that's interesting... Quote
Shiloh Phoenix Posted December 15, 2006 Posted December 15, 2006 Danpod said: We never really had that back then. Instead, we usually had a person that got yelled at A LOT but still managed to not break down and check themselves into a Mental Hospital. We called it the Keeps A Lickin' And Keeps On Tickin' Award. we have superlatives like that for the person who got their name called out the most. it's called the s-31/lance eddleman award. lance is a sophomore that fell down last year at grand nationals. Quote
gavinrh Posted December 15, 2006 Posted December 15, 2006 haha right on the YAMAHA on side 1 too but at least he didnt fall, roll around for a while, then run to their spot during the hold and keep their horn down the rest of the movement...then have to use a wheel chair after the performance. what a way for a senior end their last season of marching band, wouldn't you say? Quote
Shiloh Phoenix Posted December 15, 2006 Posted December 15, 2006 that was someone else, not lance. anna pedigo. that's right. Quote
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.