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 Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 5:17 pm
Okay, I don't know the typical lineup for marching at most schools, but this is ours.
Drum Major
Majorettes
Flag corps
trumpets
mellophones
baritones
trombones
percussion
sousas
saxes
clarinets
flutes
In that order
So, we have 5 mellophones, so my BD put one of them (freshman) way in back with the saxes. I've never heard of that before, and I think it's stupid. There are only 3 people in the trumpet row RIGHT IN FRONT OF US! I mean, really, why is it better to have one mellophone in the back with saxes when she could be right in front of us.
What's your opinion? Is this really not that uncommon? Your similar experiences? etc.
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Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 7:09 pm
We don't have baton twirlers!
We are SO deprived.
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Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 6:40 pm
I think it's uncommon, because no school around my area that I know of has mellophones.
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Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 9:06 pm
. . Our lineup...kinda changes, depending on what we're performing.
We have mello's, but no majorettes. I think our BD's our prejudiced. D< Not without reason; all the guys they choose are scarily fit and lean. o.o
If the lineup is to get into a block, it might be because the eventual result puts the mello player in his or her right spot. Or maybe that mello's really just that bad. D=
I don't think it should earn too much concern, however. s n o w
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Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2007 9:04 am
ours goes
color guard
drum major
flutes
clairnets
trumpets
trombones
saxes
percussion
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Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 7:49 am
Might be for appearance. Is this the lineup for a parade block? It could be just how symmetrical everything is to the audience.
Mello and Alto parts are usually pretty similar. I kinda find it odd that they're not closer together.
Our lineup:
Colorguard
Center Podium Drum Major
Flutes
Clarinets
Alto saxes
Mellos
Battery percussion
Side Podium Drum Major
Trumpets
Tenor saxes
Trumbones/Baritones
Tubas/Bari sax
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Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 1:19 pm
My freshman year, me and one other clarinet were with the flutes for all but 6 sets of the entire show. We were lovingly called the "Flarinets".
Although, our parts were also really similar in the music (the show was King Kong) so it wasn't too much of a stretch.
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Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 3:49 pm
Here's mine:
Trumpets
Saxes (including bari)
Horns
Drumline
Color Guard
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Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 7:45 pm
our lineup is:
saxes
low woodwinds
trombones
clarinets
drums
trumpets
flutes
sousas
only problem is my bud on the bass clarinet and our baritone are in the middle right behind the drums instead of the front with me (alto clarinet)
our BD isn't very intelligent rolleyes
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Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2007 5:08 pm
Actually, a sax and mello combination is not as rare as you think. The sections are usually combined in the band I'm in. They have just about the same music. It's not that bad sounding because they round off each other's tones.
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Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 4:34 pm
I wouldn't put the trumpets very high in our lineup... They aren't the favorite section and sadly I am in there with them. But I would say that Flugelhorns would be way at the top if our jerk of a director didn't take them out of this years show!!! Everyone loves the flugelhorns, and I used to play it too, but Bree was the best person ever and she played flugelhorn. Just to say how much we love Bree and the flugelhorns, our band motto is "I love Bree".
SOOOOOOOOOOOO...
Bree
Robert
Flugels
Drum Majors
Marching Staff/Directors
Everybody else
Trumpets!!!
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Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 5:35 pm
Ours lineup is:
color guard
Drum Major
Piccolo
Flutes
Clarinets!!!!
Alto Saxes
Tenor Sax
Bari Sax
Mellos
Tubas
Trombones
Trumpets
Our trumpets suck, and play super loud, so we tend to put them as far back as possible.
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Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 4:39 pm
Color Guard
Drum major
Flutes/Piccolos
Clarinets
Saxaphones (altos only usually)
Trumpets
Low brass (we lump the baritones, barry saxes, and the trombone in here....the tenor sax too, when we had one)
Tubas
Percussion
Although the guard has occasionally marched behind the percussion, and the drum major & assistant were on the sides for our Disney performance. Outside of parades tho, we tended to swicth between section clumping and meshing the entire band.
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Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 4:51 pm
ours is:
field commander
trumpets
trombones
mellophones
tubas
percussion
saxes
clarinets
flute
color guard
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Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 6:30 pm
Chiru013 Okay, I don't know the typical lineup for marching at most schools, but this is ours. Drum Major Majorettes Flag corps trumpets mellophones baritones trombones percussion sousas saxes clarinets flutes In that order So, we have 5 mellophones, so my BD put one of them (freshman) way in back with the saxes. I've never heard of that before, and I think it's stupid. There are only 3 people in the trumpet row RIGHT IN FRONT OF US! I mean, really, why is it better to have one mellophone in the back with saxes when she could be right in front of us. What's your opinion? Is this really not that uncommon? Your similar experiences? etc. You think that's bad? We had one Tuba player who wasn't there for a certain performance and we had to have a flute player march his spot at half-time. Also, sometimes to make our Tuba section look bigger (this is only at football games) we have the band directors put on a Tuba and march.
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