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I made this up on my own, and have found that just about every band geek I talk to understands it, so, I'm posting it here for all us Marching addicts.



#1: What ever happens in Band camp, stays in band camp
#2: Water is your friend
#3: The sun is not your friend
#4: Drill charts are not sweat rags
#5: Tubas (and guard) have the right of way
#6: Watch out for falling objects
#7: GET IN THE PICTURE!
#8: Toes up!
#9: Never piss off a piccolo player who is holding a piccilo
#10: Don't piss off the people with the longest reach (poles are a whole lot cheaper than instruments)
#11: The band director is always right
#12: The drum majors are never wrong (Unless in conlift with rule #11)
#13: The trumpet is sacred. Fear the Trumpet
#14: If you can't understand the drumline, dont worry, not many people can.
#15: Ridiculous uniforms are always in fashion
#16: BIGGER IS BETTER!
#17: Don't feed the sousaphones
#18: Flipflops are the enemy. Never associate with the enemy
#19: Don't be horny! Be saxy!
#20: It's our field! We just let the football team use it.

This is the Sacred Code of Marching Band as laid out by Mioko07. Please add rules as you see fit.

love it!
#1 and #20 are the most important lol
#21: never look at ur feet, domino effect is a real thing!

i have to dissagree with number 16. bigger is NOT better. this year our marching band was at 94(the lowest its been in history i might add, but we are building back up. someday we will return to our once 290 member band crying ) and we played as loud as any big band. judges said so on our tapes. well, thats my only dissagreement. the rest of it is so true.

you think 94 is small? try 30.

#8: Toes up!
Haha. I hear this on a daily basis.
#16: BIGGER IS BETTER!
Actually, in some cases this is true. With a big band, if someone makes a mistake, it isn't as noticable as a smaller band. Then again, a smaller band could be even more impressive if they play just as loud, march just as well, etc.
Then again, I wouldn't really know what it's like to be in a small band because our band has been over 200 people... >_<

NO BAND BABIES!!!!!
cuz you cant march when your pregnant. lol. no. its cuz there are alot of band/guard/dance team couples so when ever we see them kiss or holding hands we yell the rule at them. its fun.

AT ATTENTION NONO'S *from the RHS Thunder Drumline*
1) Sitting
2) Running from Bees
3) Starting Holy Wars
4) Assulting/ harassing the Cymbals
5) Raping TJ (Hes the drumcapitan)
6) pissing of the Mexican (we have a 6'5" giant mexican on snare)

RULE #1 The Drummajor is always right
RULE #2 If the drum major is wrong, refer to rule #1

Our 6'5" Mexican likes to yell "JI'HAD!!!" and start running at one of the cymbal players who has been dubed his "Human Shield" they play around alot like that, and sometimes during attention cuz the last set of our last song puts the drumline in the back, so the DM cant see us. so that went onto our NONO's list. xd

At least one time pre practice.