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 Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2004 2:22 pm
*in band*
Director: Hey, throw me the male end of that wire
Me: *throws random wire*
Director:You idiot, that's the female end
Me: Congratulations, you can recognize a p***s and a v****a
xd Everyone else was lauginhg too much for him to send me to the office lol.
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Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2004 3:06 pm
i just remembered a funny thing that happened to a fellow horn player in middle school. he had braces and rubber bands and other such painful things in his mouth at the time xp . so we're sitting there in band class while the director is working with another section, and this kid puts his mouthpiece and horn into his mouth (i dunno why), and it gets stuck in his rubber band. he spends the next few minutes trying to pull his french horn out of his mouth. i still laugh at him about that. blaugh
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Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2004 3:50 pm
I remember once I was talking to my friend, and she was talking about the colorguard which is referred to as "auxiliary" during competitions. Anyway, she had a total blonde moment and started asking if they had announced the artillery scores yet. She hasn't lived that one down yet!!
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Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2004 6:24 pm
well. its not exactly MY moment.. but my DM's..
My band's DM's uniform is almost all white, unlike ours which is maroon, and for one band review, for some reason, he felt that wearing a blue and green plaid tighty whiteys wouldnt show as much as his usual white boxers that he wears under his uniform. Anywayz, the entire band was ready and warming up for the parade when it started raining really hard. And you knoe how thin white clothing is already semi-transparent, rite? and how its almost see through when wet, rite? haha.. well, let's just say it was a very revealing parade... xd
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Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2004 6:45 pm
Krazy Lew well. its not exactly MY moment.. but my DM's.. My band's DM's uniform is almost all white, unlike ours which is maroon, and for one band review, for some reason, he felt that wearing a blue and green plaid tighty whiteys wouldnt show as much as his usual white boxers that he wears under his uniform. Anywayz, the entire band was ready and warming up for the parade when it started raining really hard. And you knoe how thin white clothing is already semi-transparent, rite? and how its almost see through when wet, rite? haha.. well, let's just say it was a very revealing parade... xd Tee hee...that doesn't paint a very pretty picture... xp
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Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2004 10:29 am
Krazy Lew well. its not exactly MY moment.. but my DM's.. My band's DM's uniform is almost all white, unlike ours which is maroon, and for one band review, for some reason, he felt that wearing a blue and green plaid tighty whiteys wouldnt show as much as his usual white boxers that he wears under his uniform. Anywayz, the entire band was ready and warming up for the parade when it started raining really hard. And you knoe how thin white clothing is already semi-transparent, rite? and how its almost see through when wet, rite? haha.. well, let's just say it was a very revealing parade... xd He was stuck like through the entire parade? blaugh I feel sorry for him...sort of.
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Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 5:18 pm
This one happened to me just today. I was practicing for winterguard (yes, I'm in winterguard. It's fun.) and I tossed my flag to high in the bandroom and broke one of the lights. sweatdrop Everyone said it was OK, but I was still asking how much it was gonna cost. This really isn't my best year as far as breaking things. I'm on a roll so far.
3nodding I know more people have stories out there. These are really good. Embarrasing, yes, but funny. You gotta learn to laugh at yourself (and others) a little. wink
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Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 6:42 pm
This is sorta my boyfriend's embarrassing moment, and it happened today. It was band picture day, so we had to bring our uniforms or arrange for someone to bring them after school. My boyfriend'd uniform was at the dry cleaners and his mom wouldn't go pick it up. So he wasn't able to be in the picture. The somewhat funny part was when we were in the bandroom later, waiting for rehearsal to start. I was sitting next to him and he was holding my hands and stuff...you know, acting like a couple. Dan(my band director) walked in and was like "John(my bf) did yo ever get your uniform?" John said no. And then Dan was like "Who's that your girlfriend?" john was like yeah, and everyone started laughing and saying like "Geez you're slow Dan" and stuff like that. Then Dan was like "Okay, next year have your girlfriend remind you to bring your uniform."Everyone was laughing
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Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2004 7:39 pm
Well, here's mine...
It was the district competion two years ago (my 8th grade year) and the clarinets went back field (marching backwards) about 40 8/5 steps (40x22in.) and we had to take 22 counts, single time, to get there. It was really hard. Well, when we were going back, it was a bit faster than we had practiced it, I have no idea why!, and well, I was out of step and the girl in front of me stepped on my right foot and I stepped on the girl's foot that was behind me and I got stuck so I feel sideways. My shako (sp?) fell of my head sideways. I got up and fixed my hat as I ran to my next spot, which incidently was a hold of 12 counts. So, I got to my spot exact spot, in the form and all. I started crying as I was marching again to my next spot. Thank goodness the camera, which was taping the competion, was on the other side of the field. Also, the form was outside the right (judges left) 25 yard line. I dont think the judges caught it cause we got a 1st division at that competion and I think we had 2nd or 3rd place. We went on to regionals and I did a MUCH better job at that competition.
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Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2004 9:28 am
lol OMG i got one.. one is mine then i will post my friend's anywhoo, we were warming up for competition and my pants had a little tiny hole on the inside of the left leg, so I paid it no mind... someone had obviously been abusing my pantens lats year when they had them... I was hooking my bass clarinet up to my neck strap and then it happened.. my low Eb key (the small part on top that's on the bridge key to the bell) got caught in the hole, I tried to pull it out, and it ripped like a lot so now it (still is) like an 8" hole up the leg of my pants redface crying gonk xp xd sad lol then this one guy was complaining bcz he had a hole on the back of his like where the coat would cover (it was like 1" anyway) and i showed him mine and he laughs SOOO FRIGGIN LOUD and goes to tell EVERYONE!! needless to say, i went around chasing him and saying SHUTTUP JOHN BEFORE I KILL YOU!!
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Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2004 9:40 am
Okay, and now for my friend's. This story was one my alto sax guy friend, with whom I am madly in love (the guy I like okay) told me on the way back from my audition he took me to... well we went to see the speedway first bcz neither of us had seen it.. anyway... i cracked up and was almost in tears from this.. dont see as much embarassment as just funiness though... it was kinda stupid to do in the first place.. anywho!
It was his 8th grade year, and he was at a band clinic honor band thingy (Jan Fest, I think (?) or Jam Fest (?)) anyway, it was on a college campus and there were vans that took designated groups where they needed to be.. poor Steven got lost after his concert and was looking for his group (he still had his sax), and he didnt want to carry his instrument around, so he found two potted plants, pushed them together, and buried his sax in their leaves (this was his old sax, not his Yanagisawa (i woulda killed him if it was... i love his sax almost as much as him)), then he found his group... they were all "where's your instrument, Steven" and he's like "hold on a minute" so he went back, and of course people were pouring out the doors, so he had to wait forever, then find the plants and free his sax from its leafy prison... then everyone was asking him what he did with it and he was all shy about it... TEEHEE
then after he told that and we both finished cracking up, we lived happily ever after... the end! (sorry wishful thinking) actually what happened was he randomly said "so how'bout that Domino's" (joke: we (my family) ordered pizza from a Dominos that we can see from our house.. we told them the name of our neighborhood, and like 20 mins. later, they called and were all like uhh your neighborhood is not on our map then i go "dude., we're looking at you guys right now... go a quarter mil either of the four ways and you've gone too far mmkay?" i told him that story (Steven, that is) and we occasionally make fun of them when we pass it (the Domino's) anywhoo.. close for now heart
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Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2004 11:38 am
Hmm... let's see...
In last year's show there was a part where the baritones had to run through the bass line, and the intersection is perfectly perpendicular. This particular movement we are marching at about 160, so not too bad, but that is still fast enough that we mangled a bass drum and it's player and a baritone. At least it was just a rehearsal.
Same year, some trumpet fell during while back marching during a performance. His horn went flying about 15 feet in the air and he landed flat on his back. The best part is, whenever you watch the video of it you don't even notice... except for this streak of silver that randomly goes shooting off into the sky.
Then there are all noobs that believe their upperclassmen when we tell them their plumes are on backwards wink
And I can't even count the number of people I've locked inside of tuba bins....
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Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2004 8:31 pm
Well... I have two...both from my 8th grade year...
I went 2 a private school with only like 20 ppl in band, so a lot of the ppl played more than one instrument so that we could have someone playing every part we needed... neways, I played clarinet, alto clarinet, and french horn in our Christmas concert...plus I had to carry my music binder (bc I thought I was too cool to use a folder like everyone else did ) ANyways, as I was trying to get to my seat (which was a step above the row in front of me) the bell of my french horn bumped into a music stand and kinda knocked it over and it hit the first flute/ piccolo (that's prolly spelled wrong...srry) ...I stood there and apologized for like 3 min. before everyone else had sat down ... of course now, she and I just look back at it and laugh histerically...
...the second was @ gaduation... which for my school is a big fancy ceremony, and the girls wear prom gowns and the guys wear tuxes and stuff like that... the same girl I had almost knocked out in the Christmas concert and I were playing part of the accompaniment for a girl who was singing a song she wrote. I started the first measures of the song (my solo) when I realized that one of the keys on my clarinet was stuck, so I couldn't play the one note... that solo was only like 2 measures b4 the flute came in, so I guess everyone just thought I'd played the wrong note or somethin...so the flute started her solo, and then I was supposed 2 come in again...but I had 2 make her stop playing, (which took a few seconds) so that I could figure out what was wrong with my clarinet... when she stopped, I stood there in front of everyone feeling like an idiot and trying to figure out what was wrong with it...after a while I figured it out, and we continued with the song without too many other mistakes...of course after that, I was supposed 2 read a poem I'd written, but was still freaking out bc of the first incident, so I went back and sat down, and I didn't remember until the person beside me reminded me...so, i continued to feel like an idiot and went 2 read my poem, then went back to my seat trying to remember if there was anything else I'd forgotten...
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Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2004 6:12 am
Let's see.....I would have many embarrissing moments. I should keep my mouth shut because the band has twisted heads so.....Anyways one day it was raining and my friend and I were running in the rain, splashing in puddles. Well, my other friend decided to join us. SHe decided to cross pathes and we bith felll to the ground. We were all muddy and wet when we went back iinto practice.
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Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2004 6:43 am
Let me see...there is the time when i stepped off ahead of everyone. The one time I can remember real well was last year. It was real cold and half of us were freezing to death. Me and one of the clarinets had stepped off about a measure early. Then after I did that I almost fell. Afterwards, he was real mad and I was about to start crying. We had did so good the week before and then screwed it up this time.
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