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Post by samthered on Jul 16, 2008 19:50:27 GMT -5
I forgot to double knot my shoe for our home parade, and it came untied right before my solo. After I finished my solo, the bd made me stay on the side of the street at attention until he finished tying my shoe. I turned completely red, and people could tell even though I was still horribly sunburnt from band camp.
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Post by clarenetsl on Jul 22, 2008 16:06:13 GMT -5
wow...where do i start? well, let's start with the most recent: So, this year i am one of two of the clarinet section leaders, and we were practicing the music we got, since it was the first day for this season. so we're playing, and our BD asks just the saxes to play, and i didnt hear that, so i played with them, and didnt realize 0.o Soo...marching rehearsal: when we start the season, we have to be 'taught' how to march, evne if its your forth year, so we duht (eight notes for 4 counts) to start of the exercises. our marching instructor apparently told us NOT to duht, but me being me, i didnt hear, so i was the only one out of my 150+ band to duht Last year: well, i guess i was pretty good at paying attention as a sophomore, so nothing really comes to mind.... Freshmen year: wow, a ton of stuff well, the most embarassing time was when the clarients were in an arc that moved to the right, so we set it up perfectly, but when we move it to the right, somehow i just got a full yard line ahead. luckily it was practice!
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Post by flutegirl4life on Jul 24, 2008 2:46:42 GMT -5
Ok. So this year in Wind Ensemble we played this song called Jungle for our end of the year concert. At this one part in the music it says to imitate wild monkeys. Well, I make really loud monkey sounds cause I did it all the time when I was younger. So it's the day before the concert and I miss counted and did the monkey part a measure early when it was fairly quiet. I was MORTIFIED cause everyone already had heard about my monkey sound thanks to my bd calling it the wild *name* part.
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Post by bariclaribob on Jul 24, 2008 8:02:19 GMT -5
Let's see...
1st year -Having the snappiest hips at band camp (bd made the whole band watch me snap 'em!) -Getting escorted back to the band camp dance in my pjs by my bd (I left b/c I had had a headache) -Having to dance w/the dm at the camp dance -Saying, "Woah, I wish I could bang a giant stick!" when the dm was listening (I was simply admiring percussion ensemble's show, but it came out wrong) .... and having him reply, "Maybe later."
This year -Squeaking during my solo (thank goodness it was at the rehearsal before contest) -Having my bd tell the whole spring concert audience that I "promised" I'd try out for all-state next year -Having the older gentleman judge at band camp grab my hips -Having the older gentleman judge at band camp call me "An Animal!" -Having the older gentleman judge at band camp make the whole band clap for my wild animalness -Ending up at the band camp dance in pajamas again
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Post by clarinetrox2012 on Nov 27, 2008 23:04:15 GMT -5
Where to begin...? Mine were mostly me falling. -Second day of band camp. We were in squads, and I was fortunate enough to be in the squad that our DM was leading. (I have a crush on our DM, mind you). Anyway, it was really hot, and we were all complaining of how we wanted water. DM: Okay, you have 30 seconds to get water. So we all throw our instruments down on the ground, run to the sideline, and gulp down as much water as we can. I shove my bottle back into my cooler and start to run back to our DM. Of course, I had to fall flat on my face at his feet. DM: Are you okay? Me: Yes...-blush- I fell a lot during marching season. I'd have to say that the coolest moment was when I tripped over a trumpet player that is like a foot shorter than me. So I fall, roll across the 50, bounce back up, and keep marching, still in step. Then this other time, we were going backwards from the 30 to the 30, and we had to take GIGANTIC steps or risk getting run over by the drumline. So I'm taking the biggest steps ever, while trying to keep up with the tempo, 160 bpm or higher, and fall on my butt. I get back up, and fall again, on my face.
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Post by Keebler on Jan 22, 2009 18:16:55 GMT -5
One time in the 8th grade I got a brand new clarinet and like a week later when I was putting it together I had dropped my mouth piece right in front of my BD and it shattered.
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Post by tubagirl on Jan 27, 2009 0:37:25 GMT -5
Our drill coordinator has this thing where she goes 'Cool?' and we go 'Beans'.
One day she goes 'Sound good?' And I go: 'Beans!' and everyone stares. It was funny as hell.
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Post by bluescalesdragon on Oct 30, 2009 18:59:48 GMT -5
So....today marching band performed for the entire school.
We all snap up our horns two counts before the opener starts. The opener is at 180. There are 10 direction changes 14 seconds.
Well, my mouthpiece came off when I snapped it up. Our uniforms have metal balls on the front. I was holding my baritone a smidge to close to my body in carry position. It hit the balls. It flew off. FOr some reason, I thought it was still on my uniform, resting on top of the metal balls, and thus still worth reaching for with minimal consequences....boy was I wrong. I started moving backwards. I reached onto my chest for my mouthpiece; it wasn't there. I kept reaching down, thinking it had fallen not yet to the ground.....And suddenly I was running into people. Not just one person. At least 5. I didn't know where to go and it took several pages of drill before I finally got somewhat oriented. It all happened very fast. From the time I dropped the mouthpiece to when I got reoriented must have been about 7 or 8 seconds.....Well, the really bad part took about 4 seconds. I screwed up about half the band. People in the stands were laughing....I mean, I was very nearly bulldozed. It was that bad.
Moral of story is: At 180, even if you think you can get your mouthpiece back, don't even try. You can't. Not at 180.
Always make sure to turn your mouthpiece a quarter turn when you put it in your instrument. Always.
I think I win.
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Post by Trombonium on Oct 31, 2009 21:05:01 GMT -5
I dropped my helmet AND my slide during a visual at a competition we hosted.
It was so embarrassing to do that in front of all those people. =/
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Post by bluescalesdragon on Oct 31, 2009 21:35:44 GMT -5
^How did that happen? That sounds pretty bad, but I still think I win with what happened yesterday.
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Phoenix Wright
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Post by Phoenix Wright on Oct 31, 2009 21:47:09 GMT -5
Hmm..... i don't really have a lot to say. The worst thing i've ever done is when trying to get by second valve slide to come out of my trumpet, i swung it like a baseball bat, and it flew out, flying a good 20-30 yards. I was yelled at by the battery instructor in front of everyone. And then trying to get all the grass and dirt out of it took a good hour. I felt really bad. :X
Thats pretty much.. this year i was collecting popcorn balls in a paper bag and yelled "Look at how many balls i can fit in my bag" in front of my BD..... i was yelled at then too. XD
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Post by Trombonium on Oct 31, 2009 21:51:43 GMT -5
^How did that happen? That sounds pretty bad, but I still think I win with what happened yesterday. Well, for this particular visual I mentioned, we bring our horns down and slowly rise it up towards the pressbox. It's for a long note that we crescendo with the visual. I guess my helmet was too loose, and when I snapped down, my helmet fell off, and in reaction to my helmet falling off, let go of my slide. Both fell on the floor. I bent down to reach for both of them, furiously trying to put on my helmet and my slide. Eventually, after unsuccessfully trying to get on the helmet, I just let it drop on the field and just started working on getting my slide back on.
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hansel2011
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Post by hansel2011 on Nov 2, 2009 10:33:54 GMT -5
I have one. It just happened on the friday night football game. we were doing our half time show and during the beginning of our second song, during a sax solo, i sit down on the podium and act all lady like and all this stuff. its a jazz show. i am wearing a black dress. well i never did it til the game and when i went to sit down, my dress flew up instead of going under me....lol.....my best friend said she didnt see anything but it was really embarressing. i learned my lesson by wearing leggins underneath so something worse doesnt happen. lol. at the time it was not funny but now it is.... all you can do is laugh:)
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Post by hansel2011 on Nov 2, 2009 10:35:26 GMT -5
..and one time ...this is not embarressing to me....but i was working with 6th graders during school one day...technique. well my bd decided to get out my new wooden leblanc clarinet and he dropped it and my muth piece shattered. it was horrible. he bought me a new one.
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Post by 1frodos1 on Nov 7, 2009 1:11:27 GMT -5
last year. at end of the year awards as section leader and a junior i announced the next years section leader.I got up there and opened the envelope and announced the next section leader to be was the freshmen in the section. She hadnt applied so everyone thought it was a mistake and i had to re-announce it on stage, I hugged her and smiled but the next day at school the band addressed me as 'demoted one' all day.I'm lucky its hard to tell when i blush
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