Burdizzo said:

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HollywoodBQ said:

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Picard said:

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Dr. Rhea did a good job of making this a thing of the past when he took over. And the band is sounds much better today (playing weird ass stuff) thanks to him.

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FIFY

In fairness, we didn't have to compete with the House DJ or TV timeouts during my era.

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I will forever lobby for the FTAB to march to the theme from Hogan's Heros

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MouthBQ98 said:

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There's a few songs that are always played. They're part of what is played for parades, frequently in drills, etc. every year two a couple of songs get semi-retired and a few new/different ones are brought out or returned to the play list.

Some are pretty basic and easy. Others require some talent/skill to play some parts. I always played, every time, first game onward. I had the ability. The band does music practice in addition to drill field work. In theory we play from sheet music in the stands but mostly I just memorized it all except the new stuff for that year unless we had to memorize it for a drill.

The one song I had trouble with was the 12th man, as we practiced it a few times then basically almost never lost a home game while I was in school. When we finally had to play it, the entire band was pretty rusty at it.

We got a collective ripping from the director for that if I recall correctly.

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Aggie Dad 26 said:

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Burdizzo said:

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https://www.lonestarlive.com/life/2024/12/texas-am-alumnus-accidentally-joins-band-says-they-pretended-to-play-for-4-years.html

My t-shirt teasippers friends are all laughing about this. I thought everyone knew a lot of BQs didn't play and only marched. I knew this as far back as the 1980s.


Is this going to jeopardize the Aggie Band's chances of winning a trophy for playing an obscure Broadway tune while marching in the shape of an ampersand?

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How hard did they laugh at their dildo rally?

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Burdizzo said:

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https://www.lonestarlive.com/life/2024/12/texas-am-alumnus-accidentally-joins-band-says-they-pretended-to-play-for-4-years.html

My t-shirt teasippers friends are all laughing about this. I thought everyone knew a lot of BQs didn't play and only marched. I knew this as far back as the 1980s.


Is this going to jeopardize the Aggie Band's chances of winning a trophy for playing an obscure Broadway tune while marching in the shape of an ampersand?

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Quad Dog said:

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MouthBQ98 said:

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There's a few songs that are always played. They're part of what is played for parades, frequently in drills, etc. every year two a couple of songs get semi-retired and a few new/different ones are brought out or returned to the play list.

Some are pretty basic and easy. Others require some talent/skill to play some parts. I always played, every time, first game onward. I had the ability. The band does music practice in addition to drill field work. In theory we play from sheet music in the stands but mostly I just memorized it all except the new stuff for that year unless we had to memorize it for a drill.

The one song I had trouble with was the 12th man, as we practiced it a few times then basically almost never lost a home game while I was in school. When we finally had to play it, the entire band was pretty rusty at it.

We got a collective ripping from the director for that if I recall correctly.

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My fish year, 2000, we lost to Colorado and broke a 22 game home winning streak. The seniors had never seen a home loss and no one knew what to do or play. We had to dig out and play a terrible rendition of The 12th Man.

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