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Post by clarinetistkai05 on Mar 9, 2024 22:16:51 GMT -6
I didn’t see any threads talking about stories that happened during marching season. This could be competution stories, bus stories, game stories, whatever, just keep it as pg as possible for my sake 😭 (I’ll maybe tell a story & also mods if this needs to go somewhere else, I’ll move this somewhere else 😭)
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Post by jmike16 on Mar 10, 2024 11:17:41 GMT -6
Love this thread. Today I want to tell 2 stories about the crazy heat that we have in Texas. Both happened in my freshman year which was back in 2015... (Wow that has been awhile now lol)
Alright, so it is first day of school for us here at Lumberton, and like every other school, everyone dresses up. There must've been some sort of miscommunication, because over half the band forgot to bring a pair of clothes and water jugs. I was one of those who forgot by the way lol. We all knew it was going to be very hot that day, and I fully believe someone thought they heard one of the directors say something about indoor practice, which then led to over half the band believing we were having indoor practice. Anyways, skip forward to that after school practice. Normal practices were 2 hours long. I don't think we made it to 45 minutes. Let's just say... what happened turned out to be a nightmare. My friend and I started a chain reaction that quickly spread throughout the band. My friend fully dropped to the ground passed out and I had to be guided off the marching grid by a color guard member. I vividly remember sitting down so dizzy but still able to see a bit and witnessed one after another, band kids dropping like flies. Our director team had to end practice early after some 50+ kids had effects that ranged from light dizziness to full on throwing up and legit passing out. It is a miracle no one had to go to the hospital. I don't remember the exact temperature, but I want to say it was either near 100 or over 100 degrees.
We thought that the whole incident with the heat was behind us, however just weeks after that, another heat-related event came, and this time was in front of our community. Every year leading up to my freshman year, our band wore our uniforms to every event. However, the 2015 Lumberton Homecoming Parade would be the last time we'd wear our uniforms for daytime parades. Unfortunately, throughout the parade route, about a dozen kids had to drop out because they were getting dizzy from all the heat that was attracted to our uniforms. I think most were dizzy, but there was at least 1 that almost passed out. and yes... it was also very hot that day. After that incident, Lumberton adopted a weather uniform in case of bad weather (we all knew it was because of the heat) which consisted of our Lumberton Band dri-fit shirts and khaki shorts with tennis shoes.
Hopefully this is PG for you lol
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Post by clarinetistkai05 on Mar 10, 2024 23:24:20 GMT -6
Love this thread. Today I want to tell 2 stories about the crazy heat that we have in Texas. Both happened in my freshman year which was back in 2015... (Wow that has been awhile now lol) Alright, so it is first day of school for us here at Lumberton, and like every other school, everyone dresses up. There must've been some sort of miscommunication, because over half the band forgot to bring a pair of clothes and water jugs. I was one of those who forgot by the way lol. We all knew it was going to be very hot that day, and I fully believe someone thought they heard one of the directors say something about indoor practice, which then led to over half the band believing we were having indoor practice. Anyways, skip forward to that after school practice. Normal practices were 2 hours long. I don't think we made it to 45 minutes. Let's just say... what happened turned out to be a nightmare. My friend and I started a chain reaction that quickly spread throughout the band. My friend fully dropped to the ground passed out and I had to be guided off the marching grid by a color guard member. I vividly remember sitting down so dizzy but still able to see a bit and witnessed one after another, band kids dropping like flies. Our director team had to end practice early after some 50+ kids had effects that ranged from light dizziness to full on throwing up and legit passing out. It is a miracle no one had to go to the hospital. I don't remember the exact temperature, but I want to say it was either near 100 or over 100 degrees. We thought that the whole incident with the heat was behind us, however just weeks after that, another heat-related event came, and this time was in front of our community. Every year leading up to my freshman year, our band wore our uniforms to every event. However, the 2015 Lumberton Homecoming Parade would be the last time we'd wear our uniforms for daytime parades. Unfortunately, throughout the parade route, about a dozen kids had to drop out because they were getting dizzy from all the heat that was attracted to our uniforms. I think most were dizzy, but there was at least 1 that almost passed out. and yes... it was also very hot that day. After that incident, Lumberton adopted a weather uniform in case of bad weather (we all knew it was because of the heat) which consisted of our Lumberton Band dri-fit shirts and khaki shorts with tennis shoes. Hopefully this is PG for you lol WOW! That’s rough! I had bad experiences with heat as well, but they weren’t as drastic as this! I’m glad your school adopted a bad weather uniform, we always had one in place lol. |
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Post by 78haworth on Mar 11, 2024 11:22:12 GMT -6
The first year my wife and I chaperoned a bus trip was for an away football game at the end of August. We were waiting for the 1st bus to start rolling out and the kids were yelling for the bus driver to turn on the air conditioner. The bus driver announced to be sure all the windows were down and that as soon as the wheels started rolling the air would kick on!
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Post by 70sguardchick on Mar 11, 2024 12:09:22 GMT -6
Love this thread. Today I want to tell 2 stories about the crazy heat that we have in Texas. Both happened in my freshman year which was back in 2015... (Wow that has been awhile now lol) Alright, so it is first day of school for us here at Lumberton, and like every other school, everyone dresses up. There must've been some sort of miscommunication, because over half the band forgot to bring a pair of clothes and water jugs. I was one of those who forgot by the way lol. We all knew it was going to be very hot that day, and I fully believe someone thought they heard one of the directors say something about indoor practice, which then led to over half the band believing we were having indoor practice. Anyways, skip forward to that after school practice. Normal practices were 2 hours long. I don't think we made it to 45 minutes. Let's just say... what happened turned out to be a nightmare. My friend and I started a chain reaction that quickly spread throughout the band. My friend fully dropped to the ground passed out and I had to be guided off the marching grid by a color guard member. I vividly remember sitting down so dizzy but still able to see a bit and witnessed one after another, band kids dropping like flies. Our director team had to end practice early after some 50+ kids had effects that ranged from light dizziness to full on throwing up and legit passing out. It is a miracle no one had to go to the hospital. I don't remember the exact temperature, but I want to say it was either near 100 or over 100 degrees. We thought that the whole incident with the heat was behind us, however just weeks after that, another heat-related event came, and this time was in front of our community. Every year leading up to my freshman year, our band wore our uniforms to every event. However, the 2015 Lumberton Homecoming Parade would be the last time we'd wear our uniforms for daytime parades. Unfortunately, throughout the parade route, about a dozen kids had to drop out because they were getting dizzy from all the heat that was attracted to our uniforms. I think most were dizzy, but there was at least 1 that almost passed out. and yes... it was also very hot that day. After that incident, Lumberton adopted a weather uniform in case of bad weather (we all knew it was because of the heat) which consisted of our Lumberton Band dri-fit shirts and khaki shorts with tennis shoes. Hopefully this is PG for you lol Sooooo .... as a non-Texan, I have to ask what you mean about everyone dressing up? Most kids here on the first day of school (late July) are wearing shorts of some sort......just curious... |
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Post by jmike16 on Mar 12, 2024 1:39:11 GMT -6
Love this thread. Today I want to tell 2 stories about the crazy heat that we have in Texas. Both happened in my freshman year which was back in 2015... (Wow that has been awhile now lol) Alright, so it is first day of school for us here at Lumberton, and like every other school, everyone dresses up. There must've been some sort of miscommunication, because over half the band forgot to bring a pair of clothes and water jugs. I was one of those who forgot by the way lol. We all knew it was going to be very hot that day, and I fully believe someone thought they heard one of the directors say something about indoor practice, which then led to over half the band believing we were having indoor practice. Anyways, skip forward to that after school practice. Normal practices were 2 hours long. I don't think we made it to 45 minutes. Let's just say... what happened turned out to be a nightmare. My friend and I started a chain reaction that quickly spread throughout the band. My friend fully dropped to the ground passed out and I had to be guided off the marching grid by a color guard member. I vividly remember sitting down so dizzy but still able to see a bit and witnessed one after another, band kids dropping like flies. Our director team had to end practice early after some 50+ kids had effects that ranged from light dizziness to full on throwing up and legit passing out. It is a miracle no one had to go to the hospital. I don't remember the exact temperature, but I want to say it was either near 100 or over 100 degrees. We thought that the whole incident with the heat was behind us, however just weeks after that, another heat-related event came, and this time was in front of our community. Every year leading up to my freshman year, our band wore our uniforms to every event. However, the 2015 Lumberton Homecoming Parade would be the last time we'd wear our uniforms for daytime parades. Unfortunately, throughout the parade route, about a dozen kids had to drop out because they were getting dizzy from all the heat that was attracted to our uniforms. I think most were dizzy, but there was at least 1 that almost passed out. and yes... it was also very hot that day. After that incident, Lumberton adopted a weather uniform in case of bad weather (we all knew it was because of the heat) which consisted of our Lumberton Band dri-fit shirts and khaki shorts with tennis shoes. Hopefully this is PG for you lol Sooooo .... as a non-Texan, I have to ask what you mean about everyone dressing up? Most kids here on the first day of school (late July) are wearing shorts of some sort......just curious... I thought this was a nation wide thing. Normally on first days of school, most everyone will wear nicer clothes. Not everyone but most everyone will. |
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Post by hewhowaits on Mar 12, 2024 3:54:34 GMT -6
Sooooo .... as a non-Texan, I have to ask what you mean about everyone dressing up? Most kids here on the first day of school (late July) are wearing shorts of some sort......just curious... I thought this was a nation wide thing. Normally on first days of school, most everyone will wear nicer clothes. Not everyone but most everyone will. Your post mentioning this was my first-ever introduction to the practice (and I've been aware of high school traditions in a variety of places since the mid-70s). |
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Post by fr0ntline on Mar 12, 2024 21:59:09 GMT -6
We had 2 full charter buses enter a highway (in a major city) going the wrong direction, by some miracle they turned around before any oncoming traffic came
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Post by LeanderMomma on Mar 13, 2024 19:42:41 GMT -6
We had 2 full charter buses enter a highway (in a major city) going the wrong direction, by some miracle they turned around before any oncoming traffic came 😱😱😱 |
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Post by LeanderMomma on Mar 13, 2024 19:45:41 GMT -6
Love this thread. Today I want to tell 2 stories about the crazy heat that we have in Texas. Both happened in my freshman year which was back in 2015... (Wow that has been awhile now lol) Alright, so it is first day of school for us here at Lumberton, and like every other school, everyone dresses up. There must've been some sort of miscommunication, because over half the band forgot to bring a pair of clothes and water jugs. I was one of those who forgot by the way lol. We all knew it was going to be very hot that day, and I fully believe someone thought they heard one of the directors say something about indoor practice, which then led to over half the band believing we were having indoor practice. Anyways, skip forward to that after school practice. Normal practices were 2 hours long. I don't think we made it to 45 minutes. Let's just say... what happened turned out to be a nightmare. My friend and I started a chain reaction that quickly spread throughout the band. My friend fully dropped to the ground passed out and I had to be guided off the marching grid by a color guard member. I vividly remember sitting down so dizzy but still able to see a bit and witnessed one after another, band kids dropping like flies. Our director team had to end practice early after some 50+ kids had effects that ranged from light dizziness to full on throwing up and legit passing out. It is a miracle no one had to go to the hospital. I don't remember the exact temperature, but I want to say it was either near 100 or over 100 degrees. We thought that the whole incident with the heat was behind us, however just weeks after that, another heat-related event came, and this time was in front of our community. Every year leading up to my freshman year, our band wore our uniforms to every event. However, the 2015 Lumberton Homecoming Parade would be the last time we'd wear our uniforms for daytime parades. Unfortunately, throughout the parade route, about a dozen kids had to drop out because they were getting dizzy from all the heat that was attracted to our uniforms. I think most were dizzy, but there was at least 1 that almost passed out. and yes... it was also very hot that day. After that incident, Lumberton adopted a weather uniform in case of bad weather (we all knew it was because of the heat) which consisted of our Lumberton Band dri-fit shirts and khaki shorts with tennis shoes. Hopefully this is PG for you lol WOW! That’s rough! I had bad experiences with heat as well, but they weren’t as drastic as this! I’m glad your school adopted a bad weather uniform, we always had one in place lol. I know it drives some folks crazy, but the Leander Band performs halftime in shorts and band shirts the first month or so of the school year because of the awful heat. Lots of bands wear uniforms right off the bat but I kind of appreciate the Leander directors for letting the kids stay a bit cooler those first few brutal weeks of football season. |
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Post by clarinetistkai05 on Mar 13, 2024 20:39:13 GMT -6
WOW! That’s rough! I had bad experiences with heat as well, but they weren’t as drastic as this! I’m glad your school adopted a bad weather uniform, we always had one in place lol. I know it drives some folks crazy, but the Leander Band performs halftime in shorts and band shirts the first month or so of the school year because of the awful heat. Lots of bands wear uniforms right off the bat but I kind of appreciate the Leander directors for letting the kids stay a bit cooler those first few brutal weeks of football season. I don’t remember what Forney did lol, but I know by second game we were in traditional unis. We revealed the show unis week of first comp. |
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Post by boahistorybuff on Mar 30, 2024 3:39:06 GMT -6
Well reading these heat stories, I just could not help myself.
During all four of my years in high school, our marching band camp was in late August (the week before school started). We spent the week at an actual camp (Camp Cavell) along the shore of Lake Huron. There was a large open field that our instructors painted yard lines on. The practice field was right next to the lake so during the afternoon sessions we would get a nice cool breeze off the water. There was also a beach with a designated swimming area where we could take a dip in the refreshing waters of the lake after the afternoon practice sessions.
Don't worry all you southerners, our northern climate would come back to bite us during those late October/early November practice sessions.
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Post by cybrunette on Mar 30, 2024 8:19:33 GMT -6
Well reading these heat stories, I just could not help myself. During all four of my years in high school, our marching band camp was in late August (the week before school started). We spent the week at an actual camp (Camp Cavell) along the shore of Lake Huron. There was a large open field that our instructors painted yard lines on. The practice field was right next to the lake so during the afternoon sessions we would get a nice cool breeze off the water. There was also a beach with a designated swimming area where we could take a dip in the refreshing waters of the lake after the afternoon practice sessions. Don't worry all you southerners, our northern climate would come back to bite us during those late October/early November practice sessions. Until not too long ago I always thought that type of band camp was something you just see in movies & tv shows lol. MFA had been my only gauge for them & even that was just a special occasion/event in my mind. |
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Post by clarinetistkai05 on Mar 30, 2024 10:00:51 GMT -6
I am so happy this thread is well received! I’d figured it is now time to tell my story. This story is really really strange as a lot of people would be surprised most of us joke about this now.
The Bus Crash of 2021. (kinda ironic I’m doing this story but our band’s pass down stories)
So this story takes place on the way to Boa Bedford 2021, where our performance time was 9:45 (maybe 9:30, my memory isn’t the best with this season). We had a call time at 6 amish, and we had just finished practiced and were on the way to the competition.
This next part is foggy because I didn’t actually see the crash happen as I was doing anything besides looking at the window, but I did make some sort of reference to it on a social media platform, so that’s my source. There were two buses in front of us, and they saw a fire truck (I don’t know what the truck were doing) but the buses tried to get out of the way of the truck. My bus didn’t get the memo and we ended up hitting the bus in front of us.
When everyone was silent. I looked up and said, “what happened?” Only to find that we had hit another bus, and it didn’t really hit me until a few seconds later when some kids were freaking out. I just called my mom and told her (she drove by the sight a few minutes later on the way to the competition), and she started crying and telling me to stay calm and answer the EMTs questions.
I was completely fine, just really anxious and traumatised by the events. Most of the kids either had busted lips or neck pain, but they really wanted to march this competition. We had to wait for 2 more buses to come which is the reason our performance time changed. That same day I ended up losing my gloves and had to get new ones 2 minutes before we went into prelims warmup. But we killed it at the competition! The ones who went thru the crash have jokes about it now, and we even jokingly pitched a show called Crash and Burn (to the director’s dismay).
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Post by boahistorybuff on Mar 30, 2024 11:46:08 GMT -6
Well reading these heat stories, I just could not help myself. During all four of my years in high school, our marching band camp was in late August (the week before school started). We spent the week at an actual camp (Camp Cavell) along the shore of Lake Huron. There was a large open field that our instructors painted yard lines on. The practice field was right next to the lake so during the afternoon sessions we would get a nice cool breeze off the water. There was also a beach with a designated swimming area where we could take a dip in the refreshing waters of the lake after the afternoon practice sessions. Don't worry all you southerners, our northern climate would come back to bite us during those late October/early November practice sessions. Until not too long ago I always thought that type of band camp was something you just see in movies & tv shows lol. MFA had been my only gauge for them & even that was just a special occasion/event in my mind. It was a full on camp. We stayed in cabins and ate in a log cabin style dining hall. The cabins were nestled in a wooded area. Every evening we had some sort of activity. The evening when groups put on a skit was really fun. I think that week was the most memorable part of the marching season. The last day of camp, parents came to pick us up and we performed the portion of our show that had been completed. What you see in the movies is not too far from what band camp was all about. Maybe that was just a Michigan or Midwest thing? Michigan also has a well known performing arts camp in Interlochen outside of Traverse City in northern Michigan. It is the same concept with cabins in a wooded setting and sits along a lake (inland lake). Yes the phrase "This one time at band camp" was actually a phrase used long before it appeared in the movies. |
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Post by kyle on Apr 15, 2024 3:31:20 GMT -6
I'm a relatively new member here on the forums, and I'm still marching proudly as a caveman at AF. During this last season (2023), we went to the Flagstaff, AZ regional for the first time (as far as I know). The day of competition we had a great time watching a few bands and headed on over to our semis and trailer with our props, instruments, uniforms, etc... And we moved it all over to the warm-up area, this ended up being one of the harder parts of the trip as there were both small yet steep and long and less steep paths for our props. Once we got to the warm-up area, we separated into woodwinds, brass, colorgaurd, drumline, and front ensemble. We warmed up as usual. We moved on to the stadium entrance (yet another steep hill) and did our thing, it was a good performance, maybe a bit too aggressive as one of the pins holding our props in shape was forcibly launched at the end of the show, but over all a good run for us! After heading off field we had an opportunity to watch some more bands and then eat. As we did so, we had a small opportunity to talk to some of the other bands members, and I can't forget how some of them would get nervous and exclaim, "No way! that's so cool!!!" or "You're the reason I started marching!" when they learned what band we were in. It makes me glad that I made the move to AF and was able to march! After we ate, it was on to finals. We moved all the equipment again and started to tune for warm-up. Almost immediately, we were called into a huddle for a discussion. There were lightning strikes nearby and we couldn't stay outside, so we were given a choice, either we pack up and go home, or we preform again with effectively no warm up. We took a vote, and I eagerly joined the entire band as we all asked for one more performance. Lining up to head on field was different, everyone had to move inside and line up around the edges waiting to perform, but even more than all the bands in one place, the coolest part about it was the feeling that we were all there for each other. We lined up and took the field. There was something different in that dome. something different from the performance that morning. The show started with woodwinds doing coreo and moving props, we did so. And we were shocked by what the brass were able to do while they waited for us to join in on the music. The smile on my face at the first large impact couldn't be contained, as soon as we heard it, we knew, we knew we were taking home the first-place trophy and that we were shattering our directors' expectations as well. We had all been told for weeks prior that we would never get above an 85.00 (we didn't know at the time but that ended up being our exact prelims score), we all had kind of given up on scoring higher, but the weather had hit and pulled us out of our slump (for some reason we always perform better in bad weather). At that impact, In that stadium dome, we heard what the people in the stands have heard this whole time, a destructive wave of volume. And we loved it. it made me fall in love with this activity for a second time. We performed our absolute best and destroyed the expectations we were given by our director. Our final score was an astonishing 87.70 in the mid-season, sweeping the competition.
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