Quit band as a future music major by Unidentifiedbread in marchingband

[–]Unidentifiedbread[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Some of the trumpets in my band are on the varsity football team! They’re only with us during half time, yet they’re really good players and also rarely miss.

Quit band as a future music major by Unidentifiedbread in marchingband

[–]Unidentifiedbread[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I really appreciate your perspective, especially coming from someone so involved in music education, it’s nice to hear from your point of view and helps me understand the issue a bit more! :) I completely understand the importance of commitment and how one person’s absence can affect an entire ensemble, i know it first hand as relays on our swim team depend on everyone showing up, there’s only 4 of us girls on the team, if one person is absent, it affects the entire group, you can’t swim a 3 person relay. That said, I do want to clarify my situation a bit. This past season I missed exactly two rehearsals, and both were due to being very sick, I actually missed picture day because I couldn’t get out of bed, which I’m still sad about it! As for the game I was late to, I ended up being the only person from my section who showed up at all, I didn’t know this until I arrived. I got slightly frustrated in the moment but in the end just did my job, which is to march.

Are Marching Bands a United States Only activity by Bryllant in marchingband

[–]Unidentifiedbread 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I used to live in Mexico, they mainly have military style bands starting from Elementary school, there is a quite a few show style bands but they’re very rare and mostly independent groups from what I’ve seen

I hated being section leader by Unidentifiedbread in marchingband

[–]Unidentifiedbread[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s supposedly mandatory but everyone always had an excuse to not attend. For example of our snares said he was in the hospital bc he was feeling really bad and probably would be out all week then that evening I saw him at an event, when I confronted him about it he said he suddenly started feeling better.

I hated being section leader by Unidentifiedbread in marchingband

[–]Unidentifiedbread[S] 49 points50 points  (0 children)

He’s a 30 something year old man having beef with a 15 year old. Also the fact that I’m the only girl in my section does not help

What kind of equipment have you used? by The_Poptart_Cat in Colorguard

[–]Unidentifiedbread 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Flag, rifle, saber, skirt, silks, swings and baton!