Why band is a contact sport

Well guys, especially the upperclassmen, Im trying to explain why in fact band is a contact sport. Theres so far... Sarah "Spleen" Foye, why tubas shouldnt march. (that sounds like a reality tv show) and the constant falls and breaking of our horns all the time. Got any others?

You can't forget when I flipped over my bass drum and chipped my tooth, or when Hayworth fell in the middle of a runthrough, started wobbling like a penguin, then decided to get up and walk to his spot in a hold.
Yes, band is deffinetly a contact sport.

You wouldn't fall over if you used the TECHNIQUE!

SteveM wrote:

You wouldn't fall over if you used the TECHNIQUE!

lolz....

it's a contact sport when you run over the judges.. accidentally of course...

good call. and steve, that was a little true but unfriendly.

Sarah Foye is an exception as I believe she was running back to her set when she fell on her sax...but 99% of the time when people fall in drill its because they are not marching the way they are supposed to. Simple fact Aaron...you know what they say: The Truth hurts.

Plus, when did I ever claim to be friendly?

lolz yet again.. anyway, where's the rest of the band, everyone? get those emails going!! i don't have addresses, therefore i don't have anyone to email.

SteveM wrote:

You wouldn't fall over if you used the TECHNIQUE!

I didn't fall durring a set, I fell going to the feild because of a curb I couldn't see.........hayworth on the other hand.........that was all his fault lol.

I'll always remember my sophomore year when, during the halloween parade, I was clocked in the neck by Bill Dennison's tuba when we went to horns up.
Oh, and contact sport...robert last year...he got the hang of this circle drill set eventually, but there were a few times when he went out of control going back and ran me over...ahh, the memories.

I got the emails going, but noone is getting on. Ill have to get rough and tough I guess. and yes, Dan you are falling because of clumsiness. A great thing to admit.

sorry, what was that about none of us signing up? and...oh my god is that really you tom?!?!

Yes that is really me, Ethan...surprised that I still contact those in the band or somethin? lol.

you'll always be a freshman at heart tom. always.

ben-ben wrote:

you'll always be a freshman at heart tom. always.

If you say so, Ethan....designated freshman, out.

Dan the Man wrote:

SteveM wrote:

You wouldn't fall over if you used the TECHNIQUE!

I didn't fall durring a set, I fell going to the feild because of a curb I couldn't see.........hayworth on the other hand.........that was all his fault lol.

i can vouch for the boy. he tripped over an oddly placed and in my opinion, placed with the intent for evil curb. i absolutely agree that band is a contact sport. like steve said, it's usually due to misplacement during a set. last year, a fellow sax (not mentioning names of course!) got to know my back very well due to his lack of ability to look up! i coulda been on the football team and taken less damage...

Do we really even need to mention guard?!

Not really contact but I guess on the lines of tech. Somehow or another I have inflamed tendons in both of my knees. My doctor guesses it is from marching all these years. Best goes to marching though!

No, unless you get the guard signed up, our guard convos are to a minimum. haha. Nothing personal, Danielle

Chris wrote:

Dan the Man wrote:

SteveM wrote:

You wouldn't fall over if you used the TECHNIQUE!

I didn't fall durring a set, I fell going to the feild because of a curb I couldn't see.........hayworth on the other hand.........that was all his fault lol.

i can vouch for the boy. he tripped over an oddly placed and in my opinion, placed with the intent for evil curb. i absolutely agree that band is a contact sport. like steve said, it's usually due to misplacement during a set. last year, a fellow sax (not mentioning names of course!) got to know my back very well due to his lack of ability to look up! i coulda been on the football team and taken less damage...

yes, that was a very evil curb upon which only had one purpose in existence and that was to cause the most pain possible upon my body. Oh and i think that fellow sax will get to learn some other peoples' backs before the end of his high school year.

Dan the Man wrote:

Chris wrote:

Dan the Man wrote:

SteveM wrote:

You wouldn't fall over if you used the TECHNIQUE!

I didn't fall durring a set, I fell going to the feild because of a curb I couldn't see.........hayworth on the other hand.........that was all his fault lol.

i can vouch for the boy. he tripped over an oddly placed and in my opinion, placed with the intent for evil curb. i absolutely agree that band is a contact sport. like steve said, it's usually due to misplacement during a set. last year, a fellow sax (not mentioning names of course!) got to know my back very well due to his lack of ability to look up! i coulda been on the football team and taken less damage...

yes, that was a very evil curb upon which only had one purpose in existence and that was to cause the most pain possible upon my body. Oh and i think that fellow sax will get to learn some other peoples' backs before the end of his high school year.

ahh yes that particular incident with the "evil curb" was quite memorable for those of us who witnessed it. and i must agree with chris about the fellow sax who we are not naming. he definatly caused the section some pain (mental + physical)

another reason band is a contact sport... ME! i fell at least 5 times while marching. from what ive heard, the average band memeber falls one time in 4 years. i fell 5. if i remember correctly, i got marched on, literally. and i hit amber, and got marched on AGAIN. and then john decides to run me over. but yeah i know what your gonna say steve "you wouldnt fall if you used technique" but my foot got caught BEHIND ambers because i couldnt see her, and john ran me over, so i couldnt help some of them, but yeah.

[b][i] Hey Color Guard is to bc have someone stand to make a box but so close together that ur going to hit someone well lets just say that we were to close to each other n Kari hit me in the mouth with the flag that hurt so bad. Now if thats not pain then i dont know what is.

Since were trying to keep the forum from dying (which I must say the forum is on life support and the doctor is trying to decide whether or not to pull the plug) I decided to add Chyeanne's (if thats how you spell it) recent injury one in which she broke her wrist!