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Post by moe on Oct 6, 2007 21:52:52 GMT -5
I KNOW! Its so annoying!
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Post by mhsbassdrummer on Oct 29, 2007 21:25:42 GMT -5
we had our winter guard tryouts auditions today...and the guard instructor wanted some guys to join...well i'm a guy, i'm on the drumline, girlfriend is on guard...so why not try? I'll get past all of the sterotypes, cause auditions was super fun, even though i was the only guy there, but i'll prolly be doing rifle and flag.
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Post by moe on Oct 30, 2007 16:29:18 GMT -5
awesome!! we might be getting our drum major into it =] he's unsure as of now...but who knows? =] our first clinics for winter are tonight, and i think there are three more, and then tryouts are next saturday. i can't wait to see if we get new people =) i'll be realllllly excited if guys show up, other than the one returning guy...football player. lol
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Post by trumellotonium on Oct 30, 2007 22:31:02 GMT -5
Good for you for having the courage to be the only guy, mhsbass. I'm the only guy in my guard, but I've been the only guy in a few things for a while (dance, choir, etc). I'm sure you'll have a great time, as long as you work hard- I've been amazed (and so have some other people) how fast I've picked up some of the flag work. Unfortunately my rifle instructor hasn't managed to get to any of or practices yet... boo... so we haven't done any real rifle work yet, so I remain only able to do drop spins (both hands), throw up to a 5 toss, and do one little 24-count solo I figured out over the summer. Not bad, having never had any real instruction! ;-p
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flagcaptain
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Post by flagcaptain on Jun 14, 2008 15:19:18 GMT -5
We have a guy for the first time this year and I have to say he's one of the better rookies.
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Post by trumellotonium on Jun 14, 2008 15:58:50 GMT -5
Boy, it's been a while. So for the summer season, I and a guy in our rival band do a little "battle of the dancing dudes" thing in our shows, showing off our favorite moves, etc. This season it'll be fun to bust out the rifle (I'm the Horn sergeant during the summer, remember, and the other guy is also on the hornline). I don't think anyone will see that coming... can't wait.
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Post by fluttietuttie on Jun 15, 2008 19:32:07 GMT -5
We have one guy in our guard who is AMAZING at rifle, and he picked it up extremely quickly. Another one is extremely good at flag, and the other is pretty average at them all. I love them =D, except one. He's mean. =(
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Post by moe on Jun 19, 2008 13:46:05 GMT -5
i wish we had a guy on guard. especially for this season. we're doing a latin jazz show, so it'd be nice to be able to have a guy to dance with lol. but i don't think many guys are man enough to join guard because of the stereotypes. =\ we've only had 2 guys on guard...one gay and one...odd. we've had some express interest, but they always can't do it for one reason or another. =(
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Post by bariclaribob on Jun 19, 2008 14:19:16 GMT -5
We don't have any this season. My first year in marching band we had two, my second year, two, and this year, none. I'm not positive as to the reason why, but I think it has a lot to do with the fact that the guard coach didn't want rifles this year and none of the guard guys wanted to do flags.
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Post by xxcrissxcrossxx on Jun 19, 2008 20:16:44 GMT -5
OMGSH!! no rifles?? sounds like hell!! actually... our coach only wrote like 20 counts of extremely easy rifle work last year. it made all of us weapons girls so angry.
::sigh:: the last tim we had a guy was my freshman year. i loved aaron. hehe. he did my makeup for me sometimes. =]]
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Post by moe on Jun 19, 2008 22:30:15 GMT -5
i miss having guys =( but you seriously don't have guys because your director took out the riffle part?? thats crazy.
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Post by bariclaribob on Jun 20, 2008 10:57:29 GMT -5
The guard instructor said there weren't enough people for rifles this season. Our guard is just ten or eleven people. I'm not sure if the cut rifles = no guys or if they got jobs or something... but both years there were guys, they were always on rifles, which leads me to believe that the lack of weapons led to a lack of guys.
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Post by CaptainMo on Nov 19, 2008 16:02:40 GMT -5
We have one he's pretty good but lately his ego is too much too tolerate.
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Post by iFrostyflute on Nov 19, 2008 16:24:26 GMT -5
We don't have a guy in guard, but I have seen other bands in our area with male guards.
They were wearing pants that were really tight in the hips. It looked quite uncomfortable.
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Post by KUguardgrl13 on Nov 23, 2008 22:42:08 GMT -5
we haven't had guys for the last two years, but one of our coaches is a guy. he actually writes most of the dance work which is pretty cool. we tried to get a guy to join this year, but no such luck. i think some of the drama/theater guys would be really good at it, but they do plays and stuff all year.
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