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In 6th grade, I think, we (the clarinet section) was in the choir room waiting to do our auditions for next year. This one kid was messing with his clarinet, and he kinda flicked it forward, and it snapped in half. Not at the part where you put it together, but just above it... snapped in half. It was so funny.

A girl who graduated a few years ago told me that when she switched from Flute to Sousaphone, they would put suckers in the mouthpiece and not even bother to play.

My bassclarinet friend and I would pretend we were vaccuming the floor.. until one of the BDs gave us an evil look and asked what we were doing.

This isn't really stupid, but during a Tuesday night practice, a quad player had a balloon attached to his quads. It was amusing.

My bass clarinet partner in WE and I were walking through the halls after a concert, and we were talking about ways to carry our BC, so we marched through the halls in our dresses, holding out BCs like rifles.

Using my saxophone as a hat/elephant trunk.

At one point, my band director was the messenger boy for the local mafia. When he went on a trip to Europe in school, he had to use his tuba to smuggle back Cuban cigars for his boss. XD

The funniest thing that ever happened in band...

One of my friends had a weird method of cleaning out his trombone... he would take one of those little spray bottles that you put mouthpiece cleaner in and fill it up with water. Then he would put the mouthpiece on the t-bone and pour the entire bottle of water into his trombone via the mouthpiece. Then he would put his mouth around the mouthpiece like he was emptying his spit valve, but not open the valve. THEN he would blow as hard as possible into the trombone and a giant spray of water, along with anything that had been in the trombone, would explode out of the bell soak the carpeting. It was always amusing to watch this...

Another stupid/funny thing that happened was on the bus on the way to UIL last March. One of my fellow trombonists was screwing around with his trombone in the back of the bus. For reasons unknown, he had no shoes on; he was barefoot. He was looking down the bell and deliberately denting the inside of the bell with the top of his mouthpiece (I HATE people who abuse their instrument!! scream ). Suddenly, his fingers slipped on the spit on his mouthpiece. It fell in and got wedged in the back of the bell, long part facing outward. He yelled and flippped it over, banging the slide on the floor, trying to get it out. One of his friends, an eighth grader, attempted blowing it out. His face turned beet red as he blew into the hole where the mouthpiece goes. (does this have a name??? stressed )Then, the mouthpiece shot out and hit the trombonist in his bare foot. He shouted SO LOUD that the bus driver slammed on the brakes blaugh . But as it turned out, his foot was broken and he couldn't perform at UIL. He was only third chair, but he had a solo and we needed him. We got somebody to cover his solo, and even he was laughing about when he got his crutches and was back at school. I know I shouldn't laugh at him but A) It was REALLY FUNNY and B) I am twisted and sick like that. domokun

...Yeah, I'm gonna say you don't put your ligature on tight enough at all... confused

well my band was watching phantom of the opra, and some one took a rubber band and at the very end of the movie they shot it at a tubaa and made a loud ring, and my band director got so mad, he took him into the band office, and we never saw the kid again, i think mr.wilson ate him or something......

Some sixth graders at our schoo ride the rolling tuba cases. We all back away and just watch. When they see the BD coming they get off and act all inocent.

This isn't with an instrument, but it was funny to watch. Some sixth graders took the boxes our BD was packing the room with since we have to move into the new band room. They put them on their heads and ran around. Most of the time they would run into each other or the walls. Finally the boxes were taken away so they hid in all the furniture. I have pictures of them doing all this.

one time this year are substitute director (from the orchestra, rawr) almost fell off the podium while directing one of our songs with her violin.
She is so weird stare