borchnork Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 yeah it's a nice stadium... but the turf is like.... 1000 degrees! isn't turf alway ungodly hot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuitarJoe Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 When i was in uta's marching band, our rehearsals were from 12-2 (something like that), and i remember that if you stood in one spot for too long your shoes would start to stick to the turf. some guy said the field temp was around 115-120, but i'm not sure if he was being serious or not. i got a nice tan tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danpod Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 isn't turf alway ungodly hot? That it is. Even when the weather held a slight breeze, astroturf was my least favorite to march on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenon Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 I only ever practiced on turf, so I don't have anything to compare against, but yes it could get pretty hot at times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbui Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 During my sophomore year of high school, it was so hot that the cymbal section made eggs on a pair of cymbals. We let it sit out on the field for about a half an hour. We were gonna go for a cinnamon roll (from those Pillsbury tubes) but we didn't think it'd go over that well. By the way, the eggs turned out great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borchnork Posted September 8, 2007 Report Share Posted September 8, 2007 During my sophomore year of high school, it was so hot that the cymbal section made eggs on a pair of cymbals. We let it sit out on the field for about a half an hour. We were gonna go for a cinnamon roll (from those Pillsbury tubes) but we didn't think it'd go over that well. By the way, the eggs turned out great. I think i'll hafta try that some time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaron067 Posted September 8, 2007 Report Share Posted September 8, 2007 is akins the band with the cavaliers drum major uni's and jed maus as a marching tech or assistant or whatever? Count 1 - I'm not sure about that Count 2 - Definitely not. Akins is in south Austin and Berkner (where Jed teched) is in Richardson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bossman Posted September 8, 2007 Report Share Posted September 8, 2007 i've always been on concrete fields in high school, and if we weren't on concrete it was astro turf. they both have pros and cons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavinrh Posted September 9, 2007 Report Share Posted September 9, 2007 concrete screws up knees. Richland marches almost exclusively on concrete. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bossman Posted September 10, 2007 Report Share Posted September 10, 2007 same here... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borchnork Posted September 11, 2007 Report Share Posted September 11, 2007 Centennial as well. there's now some explanation for why our whole band has or is developing knee problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the terminator Posted September 11, 2007 Report Share Posted September 11, 2007 thank god we don't, our director makes sure we don't Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassoonPadwan Posted September 11, 2007 Report Share Posted September 11, 2007 We don't march on anything BUT concrete. Except for performances. It's my last year in marching band, and I'm fine right now........ I guess I'm one of the lucky ones that made it out okay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbcheez Posted September 15, 2007 Report Share Posted September 15, 2007 our practice field is actually grass. but the ground is really uneven so every once in a while you find yourself going down an inch or two while marching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borchnork Posted September 15, 2007 Report Share Posted September 15, 2007 our practice field is actually grass. but the ground is really uneven so every once in a while you find yourself going down an inch or two while marching. yah, that would be one of the reasons we don't use our grass field. There's a bunch of GIANT ditches that could be potentially worse for you than marching on cement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bossman Posted September 17, 2007 Report Share Posted September 17, 2007 I remember when i was @ one school in Missouri they had this huge hole. And i was back marching at 208. Long story short the hole gave me a hug, and my contra and i were drenched in mud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbui Posted September 17, 2007 Report Share Posted September 17, 2007 QUOTE (bossman @ Sep 16 2007, 08:55 PM) I remember when i was @ one school in Missouri they had this huge hole. And i was back marching at 208. Long story short the hole gave me a hug, and my contra and i were drenched in mud. Off-topic but.... I saw Westfield on Channel 2 on Friday night. Albeit you guys were performing a stand tune at the game...the band sounded great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bossman Posted September 17, 2007 Report Share Posted September 17, 2007 oops my bad. i thought we were still talking about the surfaces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manuel_pablo Posted September 17, 2007 Report Share Posted September 17, 2007 oops my bad. i thought we were still talking about the surfaces. I think he meant his post about Westfield was going to be off-topic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcomac29 Posted September 19, 2007 Report Share Posted September 19, 2007 Somehow my band director got the schedule to Arlington regional... All that i remember is that we (mansfield) go at like.... 9 AM!!!!! it sucks but i remember that, and that Frisco is in the last block, but L. D. Bell is the last to perform. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bossman Posted September 20, 2007 Report Share Posted September 20, 2007 BTW: Here's some trivia for you. UT Arlington hasn't had a football team in like an ice age. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capncrunk Posted September 22, 2007 Report Share Posted September 22, 2007 Somehow my band director got the schedule to Arlington regional... All that i remember is that we (mansfield) go at like.... 9 AM!!!!! it sucks but i remember that, and that Frisco is in the last block, but L. D. Bell is the last to perform. our band director got the schedule too.. we go right after richland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonepit06-07 Posted September 22, 2007 Report Share Posted September 22, 2007 Connally was orginally signed up but we pulled out since it was the same day as SAT'S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radchad Posted September 26, 2007 Report Share Posted September 26, 2007 Hebron wasn't that good. The whole DDR dance part made it evident that they spent a LOT of time on that opposed to other important parts of the show. It was cool, but not phenominal. >_> I can't wait to see the bands this year. I believe LD Bell is going. I heard they earned the privelage of performing last due to the win last year. Does anyone know if Reagan is going this year? I know they dropped out of it last year. Others that I would think would be there(who knows if they are): Haltom. Richland. Keller. Bowie. Marcus. Boswell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radchad Posted September 26, 2007 Report Share Posted September 26, 2007 *Berkner H.S. TX Clear Brook H.S. TX *Colleyville Heritage H.S. TX *Coppell H.S. TX Elkins H.S. TX Fossil Ridge H.S. TX Frisco H.S. TX George Bush H.S. TX *Haltom H.S. TX *Hebron H.S. TX Judson H.S. TX *L.D. Bell H.S. TX *Mabank H.S. TX *Mansfield H.S. TX *Marcus H.S. TX Martin H.S. TX McNeil H.S. TX *Newman Smith H.S. TX Northwest H.S. TX *Owasso H.S. OK Plano West Senior H.S. TX *Pleasant Grove H.S. TX Princeton H.S. TX *Putnam City H.S. OK *Richland H.S. TX W. Charles Akins H.S. TX *Westfield H.S. TX Winnsboro H.S. That's the list. Just found it. Basing it off last year and experience.. the ones with stars are the EXPECTED for a spot in finals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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