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well it was cold as crap once, but we got through it!!! ninja ninja

Well, it was a football game, and it was raining. We marched into the stands wearing ponchos, our uniforms, and with plastic bags over our hats. Most of us were wearing sandles, instead of our band shoes, because they couldn't get wet. Anyway, we were all told we wouldn't do the halftime show, and we were okay with that. The problem was, the other band was directed by OUR director's half-brother, and they were very competative. When the other band heard we weren't marching, they said, okay, we WILL march! So they marched, in street clothes, mind you, because they were under the same impression we were. It was wet, raining, and there was mud everywhere. We didn't have time to change our shoes, so we went out there, ponchos, plastic bags and all, and marched our halftime show, in the rain, with half the band barefoot and stepping in mud every time they moved. Three people nearly fell over. It was terrible, and two Clarinets had to get their clarinet's repaired drastically, because they didn't get their clarinets into the cases fast enough. It was, without a doubt, the worst conditions we ever marched in, but it was also, without a doubt, the best looking show we ever marched.

Worst would have to be at Davenport, IA two years ago. It was really cold. I have bad circulation in my hands. I was in colorguard.

Usually when you're cold, things tend to hurt more. A lot more.

I dropped my flag because I couldn't feel it, then afterwards we rushed to the bus and I layered on clothes usually worn in the dead of winter.

Except it was only late October instead. :XP:

But then I switched to baritone, wherein the gloves are indeed a lot thinner, but you can layer them up and you don't exactly have to toss said baritone around. ^_^

the last game of last season, we had to march in below freezing temperature. we just thought it was effing cold. they way we found out is that after we had marched the show, someone's drink had frozen into ice.

Hm, this year, at one of our football games, it had been raining like all week and it was Friday, so there were HUGE puddles all over the field, and there was an especially big one in the spot where the trumpet section had to stand fast at the end of a song. It was really cold out to begin with (probably 30s or low 40s), and it had started drizzling. So we go out and march the show, and because of the mud and puddles, the flutes and clarinets had to shift their forms and I guess there were almost some collisions and one of our tuba players slipped and fell. That's about all I can remember from this year as far as crappy weather goes.

For the people complaining about puddles.. I'm used to that. xd Our practice field always has several that never ever go away. And they get worse as the year goes on. O.o;;

My worst marching experience would have had to be at the Barstow competition last year. Really hard, fast winds that day. It was really hard to stand up at all, and my director insisted that we wear our plumes (no other bands were that day) and the wind used them to make the hats fall over our eyes... and the wind kept blowing out my notes. (I play flute)

... We still won Sweepstakes and People's Choice that day though. xD

Yeah. I've been on both sides. One quite memorable band camp it was 127 freakin' degrees on our practice field (however, it was a bus parking lot... sad ) Then, i've been practicing when it was snowing and windy and all sorts of crap. we (the tubas) had to stop practice because our horns were full of snow. but at least we got to finish practice without sousaphones while everyone else had to keep their horns... xd