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nice, quality, performance from a classy school.

thanks, we pride ourselves in the SOUTHERNERS

I liked their show and they sounded good in the stands when they played... but that wasnt often. Why doesnt JSU play more in the stands?

You guys looked a whole lot better visually and with sound.
Did you like our telly tubby flag girl outfits? Did you see Tinky winky?

I hope everyone here noticed that JSU had at LEAST 2 males in their colorguard as well (and with bodyglitter nonetheless).

JSU doesn't play after ever single down so that they save there chopps for halftime. I think UABs band palyed a little too much. Don't play they fight song ditty after you lose yardage...

I guess I can take the glitter better than the green 1975 Houston Astros outfits.
I was looking for Nolan Ryan out there somewhere.
Another disappointment .

Ok... well, that might be believable if JSU actually played alot in the stands AFTER halftime. They didnt play much in the stands before or after the half.

BTW, UAB only plays that "fight song ditty" after we get a first down. I dont think we'd be playing it if we lost yardage because you wouldnt typically lose yardage and gain a first down

I think in the future for home games we need to play before the visiting teams band , so we don't get shown up as much.

Yeah, ok dude :rofl:

well. i don't know what the uab fight song sounds like, but there was several time where uab lost yardage and they played some little ditty

Jax State reaction after performance, Lot's of UAB fans standing and clapping, cheering...
After our performance, clap....... clap....... ok,........next. :rofl:

Jax State, again, is known for their marching bands and have had good ones for decades.

For the common fan, big and loud=good. JSU is bigger and louder than UAB (because theyre more than double our size). Should it be any surprise that the common fan enjoyed their show better?

I even dug the retro pom poms on the dance teams squad...

I did have several UAB fans in Box seats complement me as to how good the SOUTHERNERS were. That was nice of y'all

You might have had trouble hearing because it seemed that every single time JSU started playing between downs, UAB's band cranked up.

The only thing I didn't like about JSU's band was that they play while plays are going on. I guess they don't get penalized for that in I-AA.

There you go 85 with your "band elitism" again. It doesn't take a maestro to know that UAB's band is not very good. I'm sorry to be blunt, because I know you work hard, but stop it with the "if you knew music, like I know music" crap.

Iwish there was a band board for you guys to hash this out.

Who is the band playing to if not the common fan?

JSU's band was very impressive. Big sound, very entertaining halftime music, band formations, and the flag show at the very end was really great.
Despite the much smaller size of the UAB band, I liked their performance also. It didnt get the crowd really cranked up like JSU's band did, but I was pleased by what I saw ( even the flag corps somehow seemed less disturbing this time to me for some reason).
All in all, Id give our band high marks for their performance. I just wish we had more of em!!!
I still like the idea of us putting our band on the visitors side of the stadium, and the students as well.. It would help fill up that side better, and the season ticket holders would get a better chance to enjoy the game time performance of the UAB band as well.

If you only saw two male flag twirlers, you need some glasses. I counted at least 7 and I could not make out the far sideline. Nonetheless, their band was big and loud.

I would like to say that our band has improved from last year. We are much smaller and do not have the tradition of JSU band, but the halftime show was not bad. It also seemed that are band played more during the game (after 1st downs etc) which leads to an overall better college football experience.

I'm sorry but this has got to be said.

Our band is awful. At times awful embarrassing. There is no excuse for what happened at the beginning of the game. The band often plays at the wrong times during the games. (They did play the fight song after we lost yardage) (see last season) Sue Samuels must be held accountable. I’m sure the band members work hard but I question their leadership. I believe our band could be so much much better. I for one am sick of watching our band get their asses kicked week in and week out. You think we like having fans and even band members of other teams laugh at our band and make fun of them? One more thing, whoever designed those damn flag line’s uniforms, should be fired immediately.


On a side note, did anyone see our two flamer flap boys talking to their two flamer flag yin the end zone before halftime? I wonder if they exchanged numbers?

Did you see Bolt on the field at halftime trying to hurry and get out of the way from our band?
Lucy Show comedy. :rofl:

Maybe we could dress Bolt in one of the flag lines uniforms. I think one of them might fit............

Wow... typical... just typical...

Last night... the "fans" of UAB proved themselves...

In high school I always marched for myself cause no one respected the band... but praised the football team (I went to Hewitt Trussville... a place that worships anyone that even warmed the sidelines...) now you will say the band probably sucked... nope... look at southerners... and thats what the band directors tried to be... with our own little aspect in there...

I came here to watch somethign grow... the band... the football team... the basketball... everything... and I always go look at these fourms... and all anyone does is kick the team when they are down... and sit on their hands in the stands when they are winning... and I got that exact feeling first hand last night...

I came here and tried marching for a reaction... but you proved to me that there is no aspect of UAB you care about...

It's cool though... I'll march my show for me and my people on the field... I'll do enough screaming and yelling for the team in the stands to make up for all of you either kicking the team... or sitting on your hands...

and about the tunnel... blame the cheerleaders... there is nothing the band can do but do what we are told... and thats what we did... I dont know what happened... I saw cheerleaders running out the corner of my eye... but then no team... and hell... damn the band played fight song twice... you to lazy to clap for both don't clap at all... and go home... let people who stand be the football team no matter what (aka... alot of the band) do your cheering...

I'll see ya when I see ya...

I KNOW you are not talking to me.......... If you are that proves you DON'T read these forums at all.......

Sorry but bad is bad and good is good. Your director sucks. I commend the hard work you put in but think your leadership sux. Or should I say lack of leadership!

I have always defended the UAB band becuase I was a member of that band in the very beginning. With that said, I think that the UAB band needs some help. All I have heard this summer is that the UAB band will be bigger- and it is. However, bigger in this case refers to the addition of some tuba players (which desperately needed to happen) and the addition to the number of colorguard and the addition of a majorette line. UAB's "band" has not grown that much. There are still less than 20 trumpets, less than 15 trombones, less than 15 mellophones (french horns for the ones that don't know what a mellophone is) and the woodwind section is still VERY small. So where did all of these new band members come from? The additions of the guard and majorettes is what has added numbers to the band. If you don't add instrument players the band, you will not add sound to the field. I do agree that the kids that are out there get a great sound and they play very well. But until someone recruits some instrument players for this band, UAB will ALWAYS have a smallelr band and we will ALWAYS be "shown up" every Saturday night.

The reason that JSU's band is so big (350) is that they go out and perform at 5 or 6 high school marching band contest to recruit. I know for a fact that UAB's band has been asked to perform a high school band contest before and the UAB band has turned down those request. There is absolutely NO reason that this should happen when there is not a football game to perform at.

I am very disssapointed with the size of the UAB band, with so many great high school band programs around Birmingham to recruit from, there is no reason why UAB's band cannot be bigger. I also hear so many people complain about the current director in the way that she does things. Someone really needs to get a grip on this band and turn it into what it was on its way to being in the early years- and that is a great college band. Too bad things are not going in that direction.

Hats off to JSU's band. I really didn't think that their show would go over very well to a casual football fan. I guess big and loud this time won out.

Excuse me????? :huh: I stood and clapped when the band played the fight song. I understand what happened before the game. I haven't seen the first thread (maybe I'm blind) that ridiculed the UAB band for playing before the team came out. I think that the criticism about the UAB band on this forum is directed toward the director and not the students that actually perform. As a band alum, I am dissapointed with the lack of growth of the UAB band. :chair:

EXCELLENT POST PCB

Excellent point, but we are performing at two contests this year: the Hoover Invitational Marching Festival (the largest marching festival in the state with over 30 bands representing more than 10,000 high school band students are there every year) and at the Grissom High School Marching Festival (this is its premiere year, but 25 bands will be there).

While band members may agree or disagree about our quality of current director, you can't expect band members to openly insult our own director.

We protect our own, naturally...

Actually you guys did play that song on downs other than 1st down.

Hear is my question, why do you stop playing when the visiting team has the ball? That is when you should be playing. Is it out of respect for the visiting team?

BTW, the UAB Band is a whole helluva lot better than last year.

Go UAB!

Oh you are one of them... I KNOW I am talking about you... right now... and I've been reading these forums since I got to UAB (last year) so yeah... I have read them...

anyways... on to more owning...

You say our director sucks... wow... you must not know what she has done... lets see...

BOA High School Marching Grand National Championship (basically National Champs of High School Bands)...
Countless ownings of other high school bands in her days as a high school band director...
Director (assistant I think) of 2 DCI bands (Carolina Crown, then Crossmen... may be the other way around... and DCI is basically Professional Marching... Both those corps are countless levels above JSU in quality... no offense to Southerners in anyway)...
Assistant Director of Bands at UofG...
and now here...

wow... she horrible... I mean... she sucks... wait let me start thinking with some logic now... ok... shes amazing...

next... you didnt look at our numbers... from around 115 last year to 168 this year... well... lets see... yes majoretts got added... thats 10... colorgaurd doubled... think we have 20 now so 10 more... 20... well... if we can do basic math wel will see that 115 is not 20 away from 168... doubled tubas... had 6 so 6 more... 26... errr... ok here we go... trombones doubled... had 3 now 6... mellowphones 3 more to 6 i think... trumpets passed saxophones this year as the largest wind section in the band...

and speaking of woodwind... as one (I play bari sax... the big saxophone)... we make some noise... I sure know I do... I outplayed my tuba section in high school... and 2 or them went to jsu... so yeah... anyways... for our size we are putting out amazing sound...

about recruting... we are doing 2 exhibitions this year... and I know for a fact that during the spring we get groups of people to go to the local area high schools to talk to the kids about UAB band... when has the UAB band turned down a comp... I know of one last year... cause we were asked to come the week of... and some of the band complained (note most of those people are gone now)...

You want to know the reason why we arent "so much bigger" is because of schools like alabama and auburn... and alot of directors drill them and JSU in the students heads... we are growing... its the 11th year of the marching band... and we are only going to go up... when the current director at JSU got the job he had 180 people... its now around 250 or 300 (I dont know about 350... I didnt see the show from the top... and they didnt look that big in the stands... but I may be wrong)... and the same thing is happening here... its also hard to compete with bands with so much tradition... we are the group starting them... but thats somewhat the begining peoples fault for not doing that... but we will overcome those things...

and how is it not a great college band now... wow JSU had two big hits... I'm a band freak and dreamed of going to JSU for years... but came here... I have tons of JSU shows on mp3... and this year's (and last years) shows just dont do it for me... the last song was great... but I thought the opener was... bland... and playing quilting party was well... lame... scatter drill to the max... no thanks... I'll stick to learning drill and playing my heart out... but yeah the closer felt like a true Southerners song... to bad the rest of the show didnt...

But I guess no one likes us cause we have UAB on our uniforms... I mean... you people diss team all the time... even in a win... you down them... oh well...

I'll see ya when I see ya...

Do you even know Sue Samuels, Attalla? She has been working her ass off trying to recruit people for the band. We went to a high school marching contest last year and we recruited from that. We went to 4 high school with our symphonic band and played, which we also recruited from. This year we are going to 2 more marching festivals. We have been growing. We gained 50 people this year in the percussion, majorette, COLORGUARD (they are NOT the flag line...they have a name) as well as 3 mellophones, 6 trumpets, 2 trombones, 4 tubas, 5 saxes, 2 flutes, 3 clarinets, 2 baritones, and 1 tenor sax. Now I'm talking numbers here. If we continue to grow like this we could easily be 210 or 220 next year. Then we can play louder and I hope we blow your damn heads off!!!

Secondly, JSU has been around for more than 60 years so if you were talking steady growth, then they should dissappoint you too, b/c they should be around 600 people by now. Our band program has been around for 10 years. We are still gaining interest and making a name for ourselves.

And to what happened at the beginning of the game...The cheerleaders thought the football team was ready and they began to run through the band...Which means they got the wrong signal from the team...and we got the wrong signal from them. Why do you insist upon blaming the band for every damn thing. We can only do things upon the information that we are given. Like last week when the band played during the "troy condom hotties" dance. Maybe if someone would have told us they would be dancing at the end of the third quarter we wouldn't have played, but thanks to a lack of information we were unaware. People treat the band like we're they're own personal radio and we can play anything they want anytime they want. I love how everyone can blame the band for their own shortcomings but then think the bands is just around for everyone's beck and call.

On a side note, if any of you were comfortable with your own sexuality, you wouldn't have to worry if we have males on our colorguard. But obviously they caught your eye, so maybe you need to have a little alone time to figure a few things out.

:roflmao:

:own3d:

Easy AB! Easy now!

:D

Go UAB!

I thought the JSU band was very entertaining. I really enjoyed the UAB band as well. I didn't know the halftime entertainment was a competition. Did our UAB band drop in the Sagarin ratings as well?

This complaining about the team, CWB, Bolt, the band, cheerleaders, parking, Legion Field, etc., has got to stop. It's BS! Several of the UAB fans are acting like UAT fans. I thought UAB had a lot more class than UAT.

It must be hard marching with all those chips on your shoulders. I thought it was just BlazerSax and Blazer85. Now I see it is most of the band.

Learn to take some criticism. I'm sure it is tough hearing it from us "common fans" but we are the customer. And if the customer ain't happy, somethings wrong.

As for criticizing Samuels, I know nothing about her except what I read here from her own band members. Sax, don't tell me you don't insult her. That is all you do here.

(And now for BigJessT, I will translate in terms that you can understand. )
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It must be....hard marching.... with all those chips.... on your shoulders... I thought it was.... just BlazerSax...and Blazer85....Now I see it is most.... of the band...

Learn to take..... some criticism.... I'm sure it is.... tough hearing it from us.... "common fans".... but we are the customer.... And if the customer ain't happy.... somethings wrong....

P.S. Learn the difference between an ellipsis and a period.
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MY GOD. WHAT HAVE WE DONE? WE HAVE MORE BAND MEMBERS ON HERE THAN EVER BEFORE. SOMEONE CALL AN EXTERMINATOR OR A JUG BAND TO CLEAR THEM OUT.

The problem I have is when I am walking around town or at work and they realize that I went to UAB, the first thing they say is man, your band suxs, so I get called out for something that is totally a joke.
Just get a quality education while your at UAB, that is a guarantee and let's save the band expense and time for a on campus stadium.
I say let's just play some CD's during halftime or something.
Take the time you guys practice and hit the books. That is what is going to pay off in the long run.
If UAB is going to be Division I , let's look and act like it.

ok you said:

How have I proven that? If you have followed these forums you would not even question my loyalty towards UAB. Maybe you said that because I dared criticize the band and you are striking back the best way you know how?

You bring up all her accomplishments but there are coaches with more impressive resumes that have not done good jobs at their position.

As a matter of fact Watson Brown has done recruiting as well and has a nice resume but it has not stopped some of the current band members from criticizing him both last year and this year. Some of you do not mind criticizing others but when it happens to you get your panties all in a wad. If you don not like criticism, please do not ever complain about the football team again.

As for JSU's performance, they kicked your arse weather you like to hear that or not. Troy's band kicked your arse as well.

As far as the FLAG LINE is concerned, it is embarrassing. Those ugly uniforms, girls as big as Wayne Bolt, and they can’t even stay together. The guys are pretty embarrassing as well.

Mrs bleedgreen&gold Are you having some sexual anxieties you need to talk about or is it your time of the month?

Look, I commend the band members for being better and slightly bigger than last year and they work very hard. The Blazer band used to be bigger and better under another director but somewhere took a nosedive. I also know for a fact that a large number of the band would like to see Sue gone but publicly they are afraid to say it. Same as a number of the defensive players that want Bolt gone, you won’t see them out saying it in public. I just believe along with MANY others that maybe it’s time for a change.

It’s funny that not many complain when we criticize the football, baseball or basketball team but say something about the band and al of a sudden it’s just so terrible. Makes me think twice before I raise money for the band again.


See Hidden, I bit my tongue. Thank you for reminding me……….

Dude, you cannot get a bigger fan than Attalla Blaze.
You need to realize maybe all thes comments are from people who really care and are very frustrated.
If I didn't give a damn, I would'nt be here on this forum.

Oh and one more damn thing


It seems the FLAG LINE won the voting.

Where's the Beef

Offensive Line 7.76% (9)
Defensive Line 6.03% (7)
Flag Line 86.21% (100)


Total Votes: 116


No I am not the biggest fan, just one of them.........

The rest all post here.....

Dragonbreath, I guess you don't give a damn. Read you own post.

Hey, everybody is upset about everything yesterday. UAB still won the game and UAB's record is 2-1.

GO BLAZERS!

You know what I meant... get the hence, pence.

DB, yes, I know what you meant. I was just having some fun after not having a whole lot of fun yesterday.

Hey band folks, all these folks knocking the band are just losers so forget them. UAB's band is much better than this year than last year (or previous years beyond that for that matter)... doesnt matter what these folks here say because those of us in the band know. You should take a lesson and read some comments from some of our opponents bands and see that many of them actually think UAB (for our size) is better than most other bands they've seen. UAB can only do so much with the numbers we have. I ask you to find another band with as few members as UAB that is actually "better." There wont be many, if any... in part because there arent even many bands with as low of numbers as us at the university level.

UAB DOES perform at high school marching contests... we're doing several this year and did one last year. We also did a concert tour with our wind symphony to 3 different high schools last season. You guys that question Sue Samuels ability as a director are really just showing your ignorance. She's EXTREMELY well-respected and well-known. Some of you need to read up a little on her bio before you start rattling off some crap.

Everyone I've spoken with that has had musical training at some point or another says that UAB's band from a skill standpoint and sound standpoint is one of the better they've heard. Not everyone likes the song selections and such and personally, I wish there was more variety too... but that's the ONLY criticism that I have of Sue Samuels-directed bands.

In any case, forget these people knocking the band. Theyre mostly just trying to piss off BlazerSax and me. Some may genuinely not like the band, but from what I've read, some dont like ANY bands so big shocker there. UAB's band can and will be better with time... no thanks to the loving support of the wonderful Blazer fans here. :rolleyes:

I think this thread has now stooped to crappie award nomination status.