mnkyman Posted June 16, 2006 Report Share Posted June 16, 2006 so i wanted to start up a new thread to liven up the forums and heres it post random facts about any band/corp that you think others might not know or you just think are cool/funny ill start off... 1. LD Bell use to be a military marching band 2. westfield use to be called south spring high 3. Philip Gieger (former westfield head director (retired)) made a bet against the band that if we were to win gran nats in 03 he would get braids (unluckly for him a couple students heard him and he stood up to the challenge) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebellbrass07 Posted June 16, 2006 Report Share Posted June 16, 2006 QUOTE (mnkyman @ Jun 16 2006, 04:00 PM) 1. LD Bell use to be a military marching band 3. Philip Gieger (former westfield head director (retired)) made a bet against the band that if we were to win gran nats in 03 he would get braids (unluckly for him a couple students heard him and he stood up to the challenge) 1. you can see videos of that on dfife.com 3. In either 02 or 03 our band director said that if all our concert bands got sweepstakes at uil (they did) he would shave his head (he did) Sadly, i have no photographic evidence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrideOfPearland Posted June 17, 2006 Report Share Posted June 17, 2006 1. Pearland was the first 5a state honor band 2. used to be a military marching band 3. has made straight ones in marching UIL for over 40 years okay not that interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TX Suh-nare Posted June 18, 2006 Report Share Posted June 18, 2006 1. One time, according to legend, Carmel High School won Grand Nats in the 80s with NO percussion section. Hard to believe, yes indeed. 2. Most marching bands work better when adverse ether conditions strike. Triple digit temps, rain, heck for y'all panhandle folk, northers. 3. The Great State of Texas has had the most marching bands appear in a Grand Nationals Finals from out-of-state. Can I sing, "God Bless Our Texas, and keep her brave and strong, That you may grow in power and wealth throughout the ages long." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbui Posted June 18, 2006 Report Share Posted June 18, 2006 QUOTE (TX Suh-nare @ Jun 17 2006, 08:12 PM) 1. One time, according to legend, Carmel High School won Grand Nats in the 80s with NO percussion section. Hard to believe, yes indeed. You must be thinking of another band..... Carmel didn't start attending BOA Grand Nationals until 1994 and they won their first Grand National title this past year in 2005. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnkyman Posted June 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2006 1. first time westfield won UIL state (yes we use to do uil lol ) they were playing german christmas music 2. heres an inside joke for all u whs kids ( B2 ) ROFL 3. the cieling of our band hall is very high and 1 of the little tile things were knocked out and so 1 year someone threw 1 of those small metrenomes up there and it was ON - clicking away for the next ..how many months ..and u could hear it down on the band hall floor 4. in the locker rooms ..at the corners where the lockers meet, there are big holes behind the locker and ppl use to throw trash back there...enough tot the point where it reached the tops of the lockers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manuel_pablo Posted June 18, 2006 Report Share Posted June 18, 2006 1. first time westfield won UIL state (yes we use to do uil lol ) they were playing german christmas music 2. heres an inside joke for all u whs kids ( B2 ) ROFL 3. the cieling of our band hall is very high and 1 of the little tile things were knocked out and so 1 year someone threw 1 of those small metrenomes up there and it was ON - clicking away for the next ..how many months ..and u could hear it down on the band hall floor 4. in the locker rooms ..at the corners where the lockers meet, there are big holes behind the locker and ppl use to throw trash back there...enough tot the point where it reached the tops of the lockers hahaha...german christmas music....its russian christmas music lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnkyman Posted June 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2006 ^get a life u know to much stuff about high school band..learn some about dci Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitewing09 Posted June 20, 2006 Report Share Posted June 20, 2006 We've played russian christmas music. but whats german christmas music Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TX Suh-nare Posted June 21, 2006 Report Share Posted June 21, 2006 Avon High School has a reputation for having one of the best drumlines in Indiana, but in the 2004 BOA GN, the drumline was 10 snares, 5 tenors, and (6?) basses, about 5 snares, two tenors, and a bass too dirty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyboard_Countessa Posted June 26, 2006 Report Share Posted June 26, 2006 -Cypress Creek HS used to have marching pit equipment. -The Cy-Creek marching band got straight 1's at this year's Region UIL, the first time it's gotten straight 1's since the 90's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnkyman Posted July 22, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2006 whs stopped doing encore shows back in the 80's after they 1 state one year - they were doing the encore show and a whole bunch of students decided to switch instruments/spots and anyway - u know how that goes - and anyway there were some ppl watching the encore who just happen to be boa judges , and whs got 2nd that year at boa - since then whs has never done an encore LOL - when we won gran nats in 03 - we made arcs and stuff and ppl thought we were gonna do a encore and play our music - we ended up playing the fight song LOL - lol the person to tell me this story: mark higginbottom - he was one of those students that switched instruments - he even said he remember getting yelled at and possibly getting spit on by mr. gieger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrideOfPearland Posted July 25, 2006 Report Share Posted July 25, 2006 some how..i almost dont believe that story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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