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Post by mhsbandgeek2008 on Apr 30, 2006 20:32:01 GMT -5
at my school they consider academic quiz team a sport. but only cuz its funded by the same people who fund our football teams, baseball, etc. they dont call mb a sport at my school cuz its funded by different people. technically, i think it is tho.
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Post by windskickbrass on May 1, 2006 15:50:56 GMT -5
I have mixed opions of marching band being a sport, but at my school you can get a credit in preforming arts, physical education, or just an elective, so maybe the school doesn't even know what it is?
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Post by theboy on May 2, 2006 23:53:04 GMT -5
I dont know about you guys but at my school we have to earn our 5 P.E credits to be in Band so yes it is a sport. a lap for evry five minutes your layte is that not sport like? How about running after practice just so we stay ni shape for the games/ competions coing up is it not sprot like? Guys and Gals Band is a sport in my opinion
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Post by keeperofthemallets on May 3, 2006 21:07:53 GMT -5
NO! Band is NOT a sport. It is a preforming art. If it were a sport then the school district would be allowed to put us under the athletic department at the school and take away our funding......(they already tried it once)(and almost made our bd quit) Band is not a sport.
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Post by trombonegirl08 on May 5, 2006 18:10:10 GMT -5
I don't think that marching band is a sport just because i consider a sport to be a game with certain assigned point values for when you accomplish something, such as a goal. I don't think that marching band is a sport because it is adjudicated (judged ), and i feel sort of the same way about cheerleading, diving, gymnastics, etc. Just because it isn't a sport doesn't mean it isn't just as physically and mentally straining or hard to accomplish.
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Post by tinkerbell on May 5, 2006 22:07:52 GMT -5
ummm....but there ARE points in marching band, at least for competition. Is that what you mean?
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Post by NinjaBaker on May 5, 2006 22:29:06 GMT -5
i think it is a sport. yet it's also a fine art. (we get credits for both at my school) we compete and certainly earn that p.e. credit.
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Post by trombonegirl08 on May 6, 2006 18:22:38 GMT -5
ummm....but there ARE points in marching band, at least for competition. Is that what you mean? sorry its not that clear... i mean that its not like scoring a goal, and you know how many points you will get for doing something. Points for band are based on opinions.
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Post by bigblueblondie on May 6, 2006 21:39:52 GMT -5
YEAH marching band is a sport!! we work just as hard or harder as the football team! we get there b4 the football team and stay later!!during half time they get a rest but we have to play the whole game!! marching band is a combination of a sport and an art!!
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Post by sombresagacity on May 6, 2006 21:41:54 GMT -5
marching band is not a sport. it's an artform that requires physical work. it's very similar to ballet, which is not a sport either. both take quite a bit of physical activity as well as artisic ability. sports are also very unpredictable. no 2 football games will have the same plays. with marching band, you strive to perfect 1 show. you work your tail off for 1 show, and the other bands have no effect on your performance.
and a few people dropped the f-bomb (fat) earlier. i agree that people of every shape and size can do band, while only certain body types fit certain sports. i was one of the biggest (tallest and, well largest) in my band (heh, one of the biggest members playign the smallest instrument). we have every body type in our activity. there are scrawny people, there are average people, there are muscular people, there are overweight people, there are even obese people in the acivity. marching band is one of the few that is accessible to anyone who wants to do it.
also something sports don't have: members who 100% actively participate in the activity, but don't have much physical movement at all. i'm talking about the pit here. they don't march around, but they are still very active in the music. the people who don't move around in sports are just benchwarmers, extras just in case they may be needed.
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Post by bigblueblondie on May 6, 2006 22:01:20 GMT -5
i don't agree i think marching band is a sport but it SHOULD NOT be considered a "real sport" we call it a sport cuz it's so hard!!
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Post by saxsectionleader on May 15, 2006 21:01:27 GMT -5
Our drum majors and squad leaders take advantage of that had have been known to make people run for being late, etc. At my school there is something called a "K" (or Klarfeld) lap named after the director who invented them. He hasn't assigned on in 10 years but they still live on to this day. They are a lap around the football field with the punished stopping in each corner and doing 25 pushups. ONTOPIC: No it is not a sport
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Post by tutifluti on May 18, 2006 15:44:55 GMT -5
i believe that marching band is a sport and should be recognized as one at fall sports assemblies. at my old school we got letters for it and we practiced more thatn the football players did and they used to watch us and make fun of us because they thought it was "wussy" (exact quote by the way). but yes it is a sport because you can get hurt and you have to put alot if physical activity into it along with mental work.
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Post by alrec on May 18, 2006 22:27:17 GMT -5
I wrote a LONG response to this on the last board...I'll rewrite it if I have to, but for now, I'll summarize. No. Now let the hating begin... im not hating, im loving. I wouldnt soil the name of music by calling it a sport. a sport implies physical exertion. it is reliant on natural abillity, as well as conditioning. Music is mental. yes there is physical involved, however the majority is mental. also in sports you can achive advantage through adrenaline. in music adrenaline dosent do much for you.
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Post by hyperclarinetist on May 19, 2006 9:30:19 GMT -5
marching band is not a sport. it's an artform that requires physical work. it's very similar to ballet, which is not a sport either. both take quite a bit of physical activity as well as artisic ability. sports are also very unpredictable. no 2 football games will have the same plays. with marching band, you strive to perfect 1 show. you work your tail off for 1 show, and the other bands have no effect on your performance. Good call. Meh, I really don't know if it's a sport or not. In some ways it feels like one, in others it's completely different. There are good arguments for either side. I declare we create a new branch of "athletics"... :drummer: ARTletics!That's where we can put marching band, ballet, dressage, and all those other activities that can't be really classified as either or! Anyone? Anyone? (Ok, back on topic, I really don't know, but I'm enjoying everyone's answers!) (Oh, and Scott, I missed your super long answer about this topic... For me, and some others who may have missed it, can we see it again, please? )
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