!{dRuMlInE}! Posted October 13, 2008 Report Share Posted October 13, 2008 Why do all these stories involve percussion or props? because percussionist have so much junk, i mean we have a room for our stuff and still we have to you two 1 and a half walls of out band hall to store everything else, so with that much junk something is bound to go wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urkadrums Posted October 13, 2008 Report Share Posted October 13, 2008 Am I going to have to tell the story about our bass drummer last year slicing his finger off and completely breaking another one, again? I think I've told it three different times in different topics on these forums haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adelaide Posted October 13, 2008 Report Share Posted October 13, 2008 We haven't really had any problems this year...the worst that has happened is mic failures during the performance, but those weren't huge issues. No injuries so far! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danpod Posted October 13, 2008 Report Share Posted October 13, 2008 My Senior Year, someone dropped an anvil on my head at Grand National Prelims. Luckily, I was carrying an umbrella at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenon Posted October 13, 2008 Report Share Posted October 13, 2008 There was this one time where a Drum Major slipped while trying to go to his oboe solo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danpod Posted October 13, 2008 Report Share Posted October 13, 2008 There was this one time where a Drum Major slipped while trying to go to his oboe solo. Done broke my coccyx. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRtrumpet Posted October 16, 2008 Report Share Posted October 16, 2008 Nothing real major this year. The biggest thing was at our last home game. We have a cheerleader who's in band, and she happens to have a solo. Well after the played the solo she went back to the completely wrong spot in the drill and the whole time she was bumping into people all over the place. She hit about 9 people and even knocked one down. She caused another to drop his insturment, lol. It was pretty funny though when we watched the video. It's pretty noticitble when you only have like 30 on the field Plus she sticks out cause she has her cheerleading uniform on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steg5 Posted October 17, 2008 Report Share Posted October 17, 2008 Awww.. poor cheerleader. Leander doesnt have any football kids or cheerleaders or any one else but band kids in our program, so luckily we don't have people stick out because they're wearing a different uni. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRtrumpet Posted October 17, 2008 Report Share Posted October 17, 2008 Ohh really? Lol, we just have a few cheerleaders and football players. They just play with us at halftime, but they stick out alot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fata1 Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 Our school's always had a few cheerleaders. We've got one in pit, one in the woodwinds, and our drum major is a cheerleader. This is our first year since I've been at the school that we've had a football player in the band. They stick out but it's not a contest so it's not that bad. Anyway, we just had our UIL performance today. There was a set where a player tripped on a dip in the field and fell. Then two players fell over him in a dominoes fashion. All three recovered nicely, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guardgirl1 Posted November 4, 2008 Report Share Posted November 4, 2008 with our season now being over, we didnt have to many injuries. most things happend during band camp. a guard girl rolling her ankle all that. one of our trumpets did something and ended up being out for the rest of the season. our sax soloist hurt his knee and was out for a couple weeks. but he was back in for region and area. most problems were more along the lines of minor. i hit a trombone, dinted it, another girl hit a mellow, dented it good and made her lip bleed, just little things like that. nothing major. but no props so there arnt that many options for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkeye Posted November 13, 2008 Report Share Posted November 13, 2008 BOA Huntsville '04 - The morning was a swimming pool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pokerface Posted November 13, 2008 Report Share Posted November 13, 2008 If i've heard the story correctly... At LD Bell in 2000, a sousa was left behind a bus and ran over at or around state competition time. It was quickly rendered a pancake sousa, director very angry. Can anyone confirm the details? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXBandNerd07 Posted November 13, 2008 Report Share Posted November 13, 2008 Well to continue this off of topic-ness...Our band practice field is right next to our parking lot, and our students know not to park on it, but after school we always have kids walk across our field. Does anyone else go through the pains of saying "Can you please get off our field, we're trying to have a rehearsal". And I have almost been in a fight with a kid because he refused to walk around. I am not particularly a person to be in a fight. It's really annoying. On topic: We haven't had any injuries so far as I know. And we don't have rediculous props this year. The only thing thats been a "problem" is that we've had many kids sick and a few fail. lol next time they walk through the field smack them with a tuba!!! gah kids are so dumb... lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXBandNerd07 Posted November 13, 2008 Report Share Posted November 13, 2008 oh i remember this from sophomore year! A clarinet got her nose broken during a football game by getting hit in the head with a flag quite hard. That was not a pretty sight! speaking of broken noses... does anyone remember the Avon guard girl that got a broken nose in nats like... 05??? i think it was finals. but she like went through the rest of the show crying and bleeding but still kept going. i think at one point they had a close up of her. but i cant remember exactly. anybody know what im talking about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuitarJoe Posted November 13, 2008 Report Share Posted November 13, 2008 If i've heard the story correctly... At LD Bell in 2000, a sousa was left behind a bus and ran over at or around state competition time. It was quickly rendered a pancake sousa, director very angry. Can anyone confirm the details? I remember hearing about this. I'm not sure if it was 2000 tho, maybe 2001? I'll ask the gf, she knows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebellbrass07 Posted November 13, 2008 Report Share Posted November 13, 2008 speaking of broken noses... does anyone remember the Avon guard girl that got a broken nose in nats like... 05??? i think it was finals. but she like went through the rest of the show crying and bleeding but still kept going. i think at one point they had a close up of her. but i cant remember exactly. anybody know what im talking about? Semi-finals actually, theres a picture of her somewhere on the internet, its pretty brutal looking. But props to her for finishing the show AND performing in finals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXBandNerd07 Posted November 13, 2008 Report Share Posted November 13, 2008 Semi-finals actually, theres a picture of her somewhere on the internet, its pretty brutal looking. But props to her for finishing the show AND performing in finals lol ok well at least someone remembered what i was talking about! i also think it was semis when i tripped over someones rifle right in front of the camera right before lux aurumque. probably one of the most embarrassing moments of my life. either semis or prelims. either way it was in front of the camera. at least i wasnt bleeding all over the place like that girl. props to her! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenon Posted November 13, 2008 Report Share Posted November 13, 2008 If i've heard the story correctly... At LD Bell in 2000, a sousa was left behind a bus and ran over at or around state competition time. It was quickly rendered a pancake sousa, director very angry. Can anyone confirm the details? I could have sworn that was 2006 at a football game within a week or two of GN, but I also need confirmation. speaking of broken noses... does anyone remember the Avon guard girl that got a broken nose in nats like... 05??? i think it was finals. but she like went through the rest of the show crying and bleeding but still kept going. i think at one point they had a close up of her. but i cant remember exactly. anybody know what im talking about? Avon 2005 - Now and Zen. GN Semifinals. The guard girls were tossing rifles while on a raised stage in front of the pit. A neighbor's rifle smacked the girl square in the nose, breaking it. She was down for a while, but she got back out there and finished the show in her serene Zen position with blood streaming down her face. She performed in Finals and was later interviewed live on the big-screen by Dan Potter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
takigan Posted November 13, 2008 Report Share Posted November 13, 2008 The guard girls were tossing rifles while on a raised stage in front of the pit. A neighbor's rifle smacked the girl square in the nose, breaking it. She was down for a while, but she got back out there and finished the show in her serene Zen position with blood streaming down her face. .... Just reading how you describe that makes me think that you, sir, have very *ahem* morbid artistic tastes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXBandNerd07 Posted November 13, 2008 Report Share Posted November 13, 2008 .... Just reading how you describe that makes me think that you, sir, have very *ahem* morbid artistic tastes. lol i saw it happen! i didnt need to relive the details... but yea.. i agree about the morbid artistic tastes.. are you happy with your life?? lol kidding Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pokerface Posted November 14, 2008 Report Share Posted November 14, 2008 I could have sworn that was 2006 at a football game within a week or two of GN, but I also need confirmation. Quite possible that happened in 2006 also. I heard this story back in 2003 though.. If what you heard is true too, I can't believe it happened twice!! haha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPeg16 Posted November 16, 2008 Report Share Posted November 16, 2008 I could have sworn that was 2006 at a football game within a week or two of GN, but I also need confirmation. It was 2002. I was one of the ones that unloaded the sousaphones that night... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schnacado Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 Last year during rehearsal in the schools parking lot, some guy, I guess to show off, floored it backing out. Some guy peeled out in our parking lot during a rehearsal but just ended up on top of a corvette. Oh, and don't accelerate if someone jumps on the hood of your car... Last year, our wireless mics picked up orders from a near by drive through during a competition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danpod Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 During my Senior year, our Dance director drove through the side of our practice field and ran over an alternate's flute. The Freshman girl was devastated. To this day, the smushed flute hangs in the Director's office. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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