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It was the sound of the drumline in the Mini-Park doing their early-Summer practice drills.

Football is in the air..

Here's to a short summer!

(applied only to college graduates, who don't know what summer's for anymore, exept a time to be really hot.)

Current college students, ignore that.

Band has about 150-160 for the coming year most likely... still not as large as one would like, but better than the 118 of last year.

Blazer85 Wrote:Band has about 150-160 for the coming year most likely... still not as large as one would like, but better than the 118 of last year.

Mrs. Samuels said she is "extremely surprised" at the level of talent we have coming in. She said this will be, without question, the best band UAB has seen.

My kid was down there sweating on the drumline. He'll be happy to know he is part of the sound of an oncoming football season. :D

Well, I'm happy he is anyhow... he'd probably rather have been inside and airconditioned rather than outside and sunburned and offeringup happy sounds. :rofl:

BlazerSax Wrote:

Blazer85 Wrote:Band has about 150-160 for the coming year most likely... still not as large as one would like, but better than the 118 of last year.

Mrs. Samuels said she is "extremely surprised" at the level of talent we have coming in. She said this will be, without question, the best band UAB has seen.

Primarily because many of the areas that the band grew in make a significant difference. For example, virtually every brass section grew a little bit and that helps alot as far as volume. No offense to woodwinds, but besides saxophones you wont get much volume from clarinets or flutes and thank goodness that's not where most of our growth has been. Also, there are supposed to be almost 30 colorguard in the coming year (as opposed to about 8 or 9 when Ms Samuels first came).

Blazer85 Wrote:Band has about 150-160 for the coming year most likely... still not as large as one would like, but better than the 118 of last year.

Go band!

From a former trombone/baritone/occasional tuba player.

Blazer85 Wrote:

BlazerSax Wrote:

Blazer85 Wrote:Band has about 150-160 for the coming year most likely... still not as large as one would like, but better than the 118 of last year.

Mrs. Samuels said she is "extremely surprised" at the level of talent we have coming in. She said this will be, without question, the best band UAB has seen.

Primarily because many of the areas that the band grew in make a significant difference. For example, virtually every brass section grew a little bit and that helps alot as far as volume. No offense to woodwinds, but besides saxophones you wont get much volume from clarinets or flutes and thank goodness that's not where most of our growth has been. Also, there are supposed to be almost 30 colorguard in the coming year (as opposed to about 8 or 9 when Ms Samuels first came).

I totally agree. It's better to have TOO MUCH brass than not enough.

How many gaygerettes will we have this year?

Memphis Blazer Wrote:How many gaygerettes will we have this year?

You slam me for being "racist," then turn right back around and make insensitive comments about gay people.

Less hate, more tolerance.

shut up

Well if this thread goes to crap, we know it wasnt started by Sax.

dfarr Wrote:shut up

One of the better laughs I've had in some time.

<span style='color:yellow'>The above statement is what I said at dfarr's original comment, which was very funny--but unfortunately has been removed by the sensitivity police. But, so that people don't think I'm such a goober that I would actually laugh at someone saying "shut up," I wanted to clarify that it was the original "joke" that has since been edited that I found funny.</span>

bftb Wrote:

dfarr Wrote:shut up

One of the better laughs I've had in some time.

i try

You know ATTALLA won't be happy about that comment.

Any early hints to what songs we may be hearing at half time?

R-6 Wrote:Any early hints to what songs we may be hearing at half time?

Not sure of the exact songs, but early plans that I've seen have us playing a Little Richie song, "The Age of Aquarius/Let the Sun Shine" by The Fifth Dimension. That's of course not the only songs, but those are the only ones mentioned that I can remember at the moment.

I look at it like this: If you are a man, and agree to be a majorette; then you are either flamingly gay, or the manliest man on campus.


That said, I think the correct term to use is Manjorette.

Blazer85 Wrote:

R-6 Wrote:Any early hints to what songs we may be hearing at half time?

Not sure of the exact songs, but early plans that I've seen have us playing a Little Richie song, "The Age of Aquarius/Let the Sun Shine" by The Fifth Dimension. That's of course not the only songs, but those are the only ones mentioned that I can remember at the moment.

Troy did that show a couple of years back:

<a href='http://www.tsumusic.org/ensembles/instrumental/soundsouth/SOTSMP3/Aquarius%20sample.mp3' target='_blank'>http://www.tsumusic.org/ensembles/instrume...us%20sample.mp3</a>

Didn't like it one bit.

Quote:Band has about 150-160 for the coming year most likely... still not as large as one would like, but better than the 118 of last year.

Good...... they HAVE to be better........... :D

Sarahbelle18 Wrote:

Blazer85 Wrote:

R-6 Wrote:Any early hints to what songs we may be hearing at half time?

Not sure of the exact songs, but early plans that I've seen have us playing a Little Richie song, "The Age of Aquarius/Let the Sun Shine" by The Fifth Dimension. That's of course not the only songs, but those are the only ones mentioned that I can remember at the moment.

Troy did that show a couple of years back:

<a href='http://www.tsumusic.org/ensembles/instrumental/soundsouth/SOTSMP3/Aquarius%20sample.mp3' target='_blank'>http://www.tsumusic.org/ensembles/instrume...us%20sample.mp3</a>

Yes, but the UAB band will put a new twist on things by performing the tunes with members that have full sets of teeth and who perform without the aid of a mouthful of chewing tobacco.

is this the most people we've had in the band before?

BlazerMatt Wrote:

Sarahbelle18 Wrote:

Blazer85 Wrote:

R-6 Wrote:Any early hints to what songs we may be hearing at half time?

Not sure of the exact songs, but early plans that I've seen have us playing a Little Richie song, "The Age of Aquarius/Let the Sun Shine" by The Fifth Dimension. That's of course not the only songs, but those are the only ones mentioned that I can remember at the moment.

Troy did that show a couple of years back:

<a href='http://www.tsumusic.org/ensembles/instrumental/soundsouth/SOTSMP3/Aquarius%20sample.mp3' target='_blank'>http://www.tsumusic.org/ensembles/instrume...us%20sample.mp3</a>

Yes, but the UAB band will put a new twist on things by performing the tunes with members that have full sets of teeth and who perform without the aid of a mouthful of chewing tobacco.

BlazerMatt Wrote:

Sarahbelle18 Wrote:

Blazer85 Wrote:

R-6 Wrote:Any early hints to what songs we may be hearing at half time?

Not sure of the exact songs, but early plans that I've seen have us playing a Little Richie song, "The Age of Aquarius/Let the Sun Shine" by The Fifth Dimension. That's of course not the only songs, but those are the only ones mentioned that I can remember at the moment.

Troy did that show a couple of years back:

<a href='http://www.tsumusic.org/ensembles/instrumental/soundsouth/SOTSMP3/Aquarius%20sample.mp3' target='_blank'>http://www.tsumusic.org/ensembles/instrume...us%20sample.mp3</a>

Yes, but the UAB band will put a new twist on things by performing the tunes with members that have full sets of teeth and who perform without the aid of a mouthful of chewing tobacco.

That was great! I think my neighbors heard me laughing outloud!

dfarr Wrote:is this the most people we've had in the band before?

No... I believe it's been a little larger than even the coming year, but it is the largest in quite a little while.

The biggest band UAB has ever had was back in 1998. We marched around 180. We had a huge sound but we weren't very clean. And what I mean by that is that things just were not together like the current band plays. We were loud, but the current UAB Band is a better playing band. Alot of that has to do with the director of the band. I wish the Marching Blazers nothing but the very best; this comes from a Charter Member.