Crazy Trombones!

Watch this...


http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=2432283

hooly smokes
yeah, i would end up killing a few people and hundred if i tried that, thats amazing

josh_bosley62 wrote:

Watch this...


http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=2432283

first off.. that's lame, and second, the video has been sped up! so it's not all that hard really.

I dont care if it was sped up that still looks pretty cool. Its kind of like the whole trumpet section spinning their trumpets at once!

All my trumpets can spin except Marcy. Its not really that hard with gloves on. If you dont have gloves on it eats away your finger and that hurts after awhile. But spinning our trumpet has been our the "trumpet thing" ever since I have been there so its kind of cool that I am passing it down the line. Shane can do it very well. Last year we spun during the show that was awesome, it would be cool to do it again.

I don't think the video was sped up at all. Check out the one player who stays bent over while he/she is picking something up. His/her movements don't look to be faster than normal. But it's a cool routine....for a college marching band....and we ALL know what I think about college marching bands.

Why thank you Dan for your great honesty.

Dan wrote:

I don't think the video was sped up at all. Check out the one player who stays bent over while he/she is picking something up. His/her movements don't look to be faster than normal. But it's a cool routine....for a college marching band....and we ALL know what I think about college marching bands.

it looked sped up because of their head bobbing in the beginning, but now that i look again, i guess it isn't. it's still lame haha

I think its very well done, I like people who arent afraid to try something different.

well we can safely say, thats different. i would end up killing the guy next to me if i tried that...

kill a guy.....or a few

Not that I care to join in the fray of this "lively" discussion..but

1. The routine I did in my 10th grade year of H.S. (on trumpet of course) and we did while wearing busbees (the big hats)!!! I think somebody got knocked out cold once in rehearsal... it was cool but the idea is very OLD(I would prefer to not mention the year i was in 10th grade, but most of you were not alive)

2. College bands do blow for the most part

3. the video is not sped up

4. They are probably doing it cleaner than Capital Regiment would do it

I hope that ends this lively discussion

cheers

Mr. J

Director wrote:

Not that I care to join in the fray of this "lively" discussion..but

1. The routine I did in my 10th grade year of H.S. (on trumpet of course) and we did while wearing busbees (the big hats)!!! I think somebody got knocked out cold once in rehearsal... it was cool but the idea is very OLD(I would prefer to not mention the year i was in 10th grade, but most of you were not alive)

2. College bands do blow for the most part

3. the video is not sped up

4. They are probably doing it cleaner than Capital Regiment would do it



I hope that ends this lively discussion

cheers

Mr. J

cute.. what corps did you march again? the bandettes, right? (that was an all female corps by the way, and a crappy one at that)

True, You got me there... but

the bandettes introduced many firsts to the marching activity including hashs, drums, and horns....not to be taken for granted in their importance..

and of course I only lasted a day in the corp after the infamous "showergate' episode...

This is gonna get weird, isn't it?

this is getting sooo pointless! Chris!
who cares!
sorry for that outburst

Well, for the purposes of futility, are not most of the discussions on the majority of forums pointless in nature??

Forums=Pointless discussions over insignificant subjects (For the most part...with the exception of this fine forum )

Dan wrote:

Well, for the purposes of futility, are not most of the discussions on the majority of forums pointless in nature??

Forums=Pointless discussions over insignificant subjects (For the most part...with the exception of this fine forum )

very true, i didnt think about that

It's ok....I guess you have time sit around and think about that sort of stuff.

Dan wrote:

It's ok....I guess you have time sit around and think about that sort of stuff.

haha chloe. im sorry but Dan got you there

the tubas can spin too, Josh.

indeed we can.

Here is the final word on "instrument spinning"...

1.) It is an effect only. And it is used only when that effect is desired.

2.) Keeping the "spinning" to a minimum during rehearsal would be beneficial. It is a distraction and it says that you aren't paying attention to what's happening during the rehearsal.

3.) The trumpet section are using their own personal instruments. Therefore, any damage sustained by the horn during the spinning is solely their responsibility. Tubas, on the other hand, are owned by the school. That being said, I guarantee the tuba players do not want to be responsible for any damage done to the tubas. There are banged up enough as it is...not to mention that repairs on a tuba are extremely expensive.

There it is. Any further on-the-field discussion about the instrument spinning should be referred back to this lovely reply. Have a good day!

haha I showed them how.. anyway, I agree with dan.. everyone should be standing at rest in between sets, listening to the "box" or waiting for on field comments.