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um, sleet, wind...not tuba-friendly weather, we didn't march in it, but we came pretty darn close, since no one told us that the show was moved inside (I HATE indoor shows...'cept the dome) yeah, a snare drummer's fingers went numb and turned a pretty purple colour, and our DM/mello's face went numb...it was NOT fun

uhh.. worst conditions.. rain.. mud.. thats bout it.. i remember in one band everyone kept slipping and 3 people lost their shaykos

I'm a freshman so this is my first year of marching. Before the school year started we had two weeks of band camp where we had to march on the practice field (a parking lot painted like the football field) in 90+ weather in the middle of the afternoon.
The worst field we've marched on is the field at Judson Stadium. They coat the grass in this rubber stuff that makes you bounce uncontrollably if you don't roll your feet just right and the field is CURVED. It's higher in the middle than on the sidelines which REALLY made it hard to march. The stands are old and the wood is rotten so we couldn't get up and dance like we usually did at games because we were afraid the stands would collapse.
At a game against Seguin High School, we had to march in 30 degree weather on that same field. This was after weeks of typical San Antonio weather (mid 80s to upper 90s). Our band directors wouldn't let us bring jackets or blankets and most of the woodwind players were having trouble playing by the time we took the field at halftime because our gloves are fingerless (they made us cut the fingers off our gloves at the beginning of the year.) Even though our uniforms are made of really thick wool-like material, the wind was coming up from under the rickety stands and freezing our legs. The poor flags had to march in black sleeveless unitards and silver sequined togas with NO JACKETS (They have new costumes for every show. They had jackets and blankets in the stands so it wasn't too bad for them while we were waiting).

oh great, I remember this one... it was about 95 degrees outside and we were wearing pants and long sleeves and we were sweating like crazy! lol.. but it ws fun besides that.... smile

My gosh, I had one this year exactly like that!! Where was it?! You MUST tell me!! gonk

Yeah. The mud was several inches deep. I heard a flute fell and had to shove her instrument into the ground. eek Luckily, they strawed our field right before our guard started setting up. 3nodding It still was nerve-racking. eek I be just freshman...so I was shaking, walking onto the field. I fall a lot, in circumstances such as those. xp And it rained...and rained...and I tripped and fell into a puddle...luckily it was between prelims and finals, so I didn't have my jacket on. So much for my pancho. stare gonk

I'm sure most of you have this problem too. Our uniforms are the hottest things to be in when it is hot outside, but they are the coldest things to be in when it is cold. It is a lose lose situation. Anyway, My fresahman year we played a competition at someplace called sullivan. It sucked. To start out, we had to perform on a practice field. It had rained all day and was freezing cold. Instead of canceling due to field conditions, they just put kitty litter and sawdust down on the field. To make matters worse, we had to do three-to-fives sideways during our snare solo.

then again, I can't have imagined marching the show out there in that COLD uniform withOUT my thermals, so... I guess that it could have been WAAAAAY worse!

We had a competition where it rained, which of course, brought out the ants. Along with the obvious mud, the wind was blowing so half our props almost blew away. redface