DDR-Marching Band connections

DanD · Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2005 12:51 pm Post subject: DDR-Marching Band connections

So how many of you guys out there are Band-Fags as well as DDRFreaks?

I've read a couple of posts pertaining to marching band and it got me thinking, since I just got back from Band Camp and we'd had DDR night on Wednesday.

I really can't think of anything else substantial to the post, so if you're in a marching / concert band in addition to being one of the Legion(evil sounding nickname for us, yes?), feel free to talk about it.

P.S. Holy poop, I'm sunburnt >.o
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mavrik_055 · Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2005 2:12 pm Post subject:

Finished Band Camp yesterday. I play Tenor Sax in Wind Ensamble (fancy name for advanced concert band), Jazz band and Marching band. I have now learned that it can be painful to freestyle with sunburns under your knees, arms and neck.
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stickfigureman3 · Trick Member Joined: 24 Jan 2005 Location: Redmond, WA

Wow, you guys are hardcore...I would never be caught dead in band camp. Anyway, I've been playing clarinet for 4 years and switched to tenor sax last year and (here I go bragging) I've made elementary and JH honor band and I played in jazz band last year. The HS I'm going to next year doesn't have a marching band, but we've got a pep band (same thing except we get to bust our butt on bleachers all game long and we have a $1 buys you all the Mountain Dew you can drink thingy)

And since there really isn't much else to say here, I play really, REALLY loudly.
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SexyGusty · Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2005 5:27 pm Post subject:

Yeah, I play Sousaphone in the Marching band, we were 2nd at Grand Nationals last year, watch us on tv this year cause we are goin to Macy's! And I have tons of band friends who like DDR for no reason. They think I am a DDR god... I can only do a couple catas...
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SilentScreams · Trick Member Joined: 19 May 2005 Location: roanoke

haha yeah. i'm in band. in the pit. yes. pfft but only a handful of us actually enjoy playing ddr.

EDIT: our band camp was two weeks ago. for once in my life, i didn't burn and actually got a sock tan. i was proud.
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Bolt-Edge · Trick Member Joined: 01 Sep 2004 Location: Mayfield, OH

Well i just joined marching band recently. and I have band camp coming up in a week or two (oh geeze...). I play trumpet on second part. I really like to play, but i just cant seem to get that good to go to first part. Theres only a handful of other people in the band who actually play ddr.
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partyboy · Trick Member Joined: 08 Jul 2005 Location: Florida

Well you guys that are winning about carring Saxs, or trumpet, Pit *dosent do anything but play*. Try marching with freakin Tennors/Quads.
their about 35 to 45 pounds. So Quite winning!
and yes I im a DDR Freak but not a BAND Geek.

mavrik_055 · Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2005 7:07 pm Post subject:

Jupichan · Trick Member Joined: 05 Apr 2005

I was in my high school's showband before I graduated this year. I can think of maybe five people in the group other than myself that play DDR.

flcl573 · Trick Member Joined: 03 Jun 2005 Location: Alachua, FL

Percussion all the way. Camp ended a day ago, so today was our DDR day at the arcade.
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|-|ysteria · Trick Member Joined: 04 Feb 2004

P1 (snares) squad leader. 2nd chair overall drumline

I could agree with mavrik but I played 1st bass my freshmen year so mine wasn't as heavy as his. ( I should have ben P3 squad leader casue my sight reading score was highest but teh seniors culdn't stand the fact that a frsoh was better than them). My camp starts Monday

Anyhoo, Me and my one friend were going to try to write a stand cheer arrangment of either Sandstorm or Burning Heat. But you know how those things go, we all get too lazy over the summer to get together and work on anything.
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shimikiah · Trick Member Joined: 27 May 2005 Location: Zanarkand

Ha. Marching band. Almost all of my friends are in it, but I'm not. I laugh at them all the time about how they sold their soul to the marching band, because that's just how seriously they take it at my school. I've had several threats at having a flute shoved somewhere before

But there isn't any link between band and DDR at my school, besides my group of friends that plays there is only a few other players in the whole 2000 of em. Darn south.
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Edible Bondage Tape · Trick Member Joined: 26 Jan 2002 Location: Kerri

im a retired band geek i did 4 years of it in HS and a year in college before i hurt my back at corp too much to be able to carry anything any more it was fun while it lasted and ive been thinking about finding my way back in with something lighter likea trombone or something (i used to be a sousaphone/contrabass)
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Brazoliange · Trick Member Joined: 08 Jun 2005 Location: Omaha, NE

percussion and bass clarinet

ArmAndLeg · Basic Member Joined: 06 Aug 2005

I'm a band nerd!

Unfortunately, my band director (well...the current one) is a dick-head, so I'm not staying in Symphonic Band.

Nothing could keep me out of Marching Band, though. I'm in the drumline (technically the Pit), and I love playing at competitions, even though we suck. =D

...but Bandcamp starts tomorrow and I'm going to get a BAAAAAD case of cabin fever this year...

Hailey Striker · Basic Member Joined: 28 Jul 2005

well I've never done band but my bf has
I have studied military marching and I find that closest thing I can find too it is the grandale remix of captain jack(for obivous reasons)

my bf finds it naturally easy too play and I envy him

Quad_killeR ^.^ · Trick Member Joined: 05 Jul 2005 Location: Da Nati

Well my friend and I are both ddrfreaks and in the band. I play Snare and he plays Tenors/quads. There are a ton of other band geeks that play ddr but i think that's because of us. We are easily the best two in the band. He is slightly better than me though because he can do max 300 where as I am a fatty. Ha oh well. Maybe I cant do it now since i sweat off a few pounds at camp.

P.S. - Percussionists are NOT band geeks!!!

El Band Geek · Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2005 8:37 pm Post subject:

We're playing Let's Groove.

With me on alto sax, another one of of us on bari sax (maybe one day he'll stop playing the bassline OVER AND OVER) and ANOTHER one of us as DRUM MAJOR, we have good representation within the band. Next year, we're playing July (we hope)
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Quad · Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2005 8:48 pm Post subject:

Yeah me and Hashit0k0 ^.^ are both band/DDR kids. He plays snare and I play Quads... notice my name has been about this all along! Drumline isnt near as nooby/faggy/ghey as the regular marching band....

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Redfox · Trick Member Joined: 27 Mar 2004 Location: The MW