b_sax_agent Posted August 7, 2008 Report Share Posted August 7, 2008 due to reconstrution in our school, we have two lampposts in our field. We may have props in the space left there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treblemaker Posted August 7, 2008 Report Share Posted August 7, 2008 WATCH OUT FOR THE...!! BANG! *watches kid fall to the ground* lamp post... Is the instrument okay? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_sax_agent Posted August 7, 2008 Report Share Posted August 7, 2008 WATCH OUT FOR THE...!! BANG! *watches kid fall to the ground* lamp post... Is the instrument okay? exactly who cares about the kid? Lucky, our band director ( I hope he did anyway) told our drill writer to not have anything near those points. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenon Posted August 7, 2008 Report Share Posted August 7, 2008 Mesquite HS has a tradition of entering the field to George of the Jungle and yelling "Watch out for that tree!" From what I've heard, there is a tree somewhere in the middle of their practice field. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
titancoaster Posted August 7, 2008 Report Share Posted August 7, 2008 lol, we have two lightposts on our practice lot, but luckily one is on the ten backfield, and the other one is on like a twenty maybe eight steps behind the back hash. Not much drill goes back there and when it does you break the cardinal rule and have to march a curved path during a rehearsal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treyj Posted August 8, 2008 Report Share Posted August 8, 2008 lol, we have two lightposts on our practice lot, but luckily one is on the ten backfield, and the other one is on like a twenty maybe eight steps behind the back hash. Not much drill goes back there and when it does you break the cardinal rule and have to march a curved path during a rehearsal. hahahaha we had about 8 light poles right in the middle of our field the past 6 years since our school has opened. FINALLY this year after 6 yrs of asking we got them to remove them! it is SO GREAT not having these huge things to curve around hahahah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpd Posted August 8, 2008 Report Share Posted August 8, 2008 due to reconstrution in our school, we have two lampposts in our field. We may have props in the space left there. That sounds good compared to what we dealt with last year. Our director refused to practice on the field that we practiced on for the past 50 or so years. It had bumps, was bad grass, and turned into mud the second week of camp. So instead we used the front parking lot of the school. We had three lamp post, and about 10-15 cars to deal with at one time. They thinned out at the end of rehearsal though. This year we got an asphalt field. Works much better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
takigan Posted August 9, 2008 Report Share Posted August 9, 2008 Heh.....seems like this could have been an entirely different thread topic itself; "Obstacles on the marching practice field". Makes sense since band marching lots often double as parking lots during the offseason....or in more likely cases; parking lots are given to the band by the school for use during football season. I suppose that would be the circumstances in which the band often has to deal with the various islands/lamposts/obstacles etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbui Posted August 9, 2008 Report Share Posted August 9, 2008 I'm being dead serious on this one..... At The Woodlands HS (I'm pretty sure it's at The Woodlands, someone correct me if I'm wrong), they have a sign on their school parking lot, which they also use as their practice field, that says something to the effect of: "Band Practice Field. Car will be towed after 4pm due to band rehearsal." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treyj Posted August 9, 2008 Report Share Posted August 9, 2008 I'm being dead serious on this one.....At The Woodlands HS (I'm pretty sure it's at The Woodlands, someone correct me if I'm wrong), they have a sign on their school parking lot, which they also use as their practice field, that says something to the effect of: "Band Practice Field. Car will be towed after 4pm due to band rehearsal." haha yeah cars will get towed if they park on our lot at all. anytime during the day lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitewing09 Posted August 9, 2008 Report Share Posted August 9, 2008 We have tree and a flower bed around the 10 yard line... the athletic department felt like putting the flower bed on OUR practice field just because their new weight room is right next to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_sax_agent Posted August 9, 2008 Report Share Posted August 9, 2008 we don't tow cars. I think we should cover their car in shoepolish/paintpen if they don't leave by 350. I hate it when people leave TRASH on the field. Someone even had vomited on the parking lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AzNtRoMbOnEcHiCk Posted August 9, 2008 Report Share Posted August 9, 2008 I'm being dead serious on this one.....At The Woodlands HS (I'm pretty sure it's at The Woodlands, someone correct me if I'm wrong), they have a sign on their school parking lot, which they also use as their practice field, that says something to the effect of: "Band Practice Field. Car will be towed after 4pm due to band rehearsal." we have one too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treblemaker Posted August 9, 2008 Report Share Posted August 9, 2008 That's insane! Haha! People aren't allowed to park on ours at all unless it's an athletic even *coughfootballgamescough* Our field is right next to a main street so the most problems we have are people in cars driving by honking and yelling stuff out their window. I just think they look stupid. Haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AzNtRoMbOnEcHiCk Posted August 9, 2008 Report Share Posted August 9, 2008 haha. people do that to us too but its usually the students that attend my school. haha. its soo funny, my director looks at the license plate and yells out the letters/numbers and tells us to memorize it for later use. teehee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treyj Posted August 9, 2008 Report Share Posted August 9, 2008 (edited) That's insane! Haha! People aren't allowed to park on ours at all unless it's an athletic even *coughfootballgamescough* Our field is right next to a main street so the most problems we have are people in cars driving by honking and yelling stuff out their window. I just think they look stupid. Haha. that is why i am glad they built us a stadium! haha Edited August 9, 2008 by treyj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treblemaker Posted August 9, 2008 Report Share Posted August 9, 2008 that is why i am glad they built us a stadium! haha They built your band a stadium? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitewing09 Posted August 9, 2008 Report Share Posted August 9, 2008 LMAO sounds fun! Our's doesn't really get used too much, just when we have the district/regional marching contest, basketball games, umm band concerts, that's pretty much it I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treyj Posted August 9, 2008 Report Share Posted August 9, 2008 They built your band a stadium? us=school it's away from the school so football games and such don't clutter up practices. i love how our district can shell out 30 million or so for a brand new stadium for the football team but takes them four years to get our bandhall new doors. lmao Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treblemaker Posted August 9, 2008 Report Share Posted August 9, 2008 Same here! Our district is building 2 new stadiums and improving ours and you know how much they are shelling out for that? 50+ million.. but can the band A. get new uniforms? or B. get lockers to put our stuff in? No. That would be too easy... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ftwdrummer Posted August 9, 2008 Report Share Posted August 9, 2008 (edited) Wonderful, hearing all these suburban kids complain about their athletics vs. band issues... Fort Worth hasn't put heavy money into the existing physical plant in twenty-some-odd years. For pretty much anything. The only major physical plant upgrade Paschal's had since the seventies was building on the new band hall, ROTC hall, and science wing eight years ago. And at least y'all have stadiums that were built after 1960 or so. Our biggest stadium was built during the Depression. And the other two aren't much younger. Thankfully, the ISD got the first bond package in twenty years passed last year. Hopefully it'll actually go somewhere. Edited August 9, 2008 by ftwdrummer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_sax_agent Posted August 9, 2008 Report Share Posted August 9, 2008 We get a new school after 40+ years off add ons. I have to say, it was rather sad seeing what used to be our marching parking lot be torn up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radchad Posted August 9, 2008 Report Share Posted August 9, 2008 Lol. We never towed cars either. One day this car was right in the middle of the field. A bunch of us picked up the car and moved it. xD We made sure to hide it well just for an extra thrill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radchad Posted August 9, 2008 Report Share Posted August 9, 2008 us=school it's away from the school so football games and such don't clutter up practices. i love how our district can shell out 30 million or so for a brand new stadium for the football team but takes them four years to get our bandhall new doors. lmao The Huge Screen Score board thing was 1 Million in itself. D: It's a very nice stadium.. it's just the gated areas and stuff don't make Prop movement easy. Haha. And that stadium SUCKS on really cold days. There is nothing blocking the wind at all. Essk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treyj Posted August 10, 2008 Report Share Posted August 10, 2008 The Huge Screen Score board thing was 1 Million in itself. D: It's a very nice stadium.. it's just the gated areas and stuff don't make Prop movement easy. Haha. And that stadium SUCKS on really cold days. There is nothing blocking the wind at all. Essk. yeah!! you have to admit its BA though. better than RL anderson.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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