boo freakin hoo.....there is another thread about some BQ juniors complaining about traveling to Florida because they will lose a weekend...TXAggieMom11 said:
There will not be a Corps trip at all this year. The weekend of the Arkansas game is an open weekend for the Corps. The band will travel but will not march in. Reason given was if they did a Corps trip to Arlington there would not be an open weekend until late October.
Open weekends aren't just about "seeing mommy and daddy." When I was a fish our open weekend was spent on a fish trip for us to bond off the quad, and work on a project for our outfit. Although I do suppose one member of our class got to see their parents because we went to their house.pingpro4 said:
Freaking Snowflakes can't go 2 months without seeing mommy and daddy! Good grief....
Looks like the College of Agriculture students have it harder than those engineering students:Quote:
Also, academics are far more rigorous now than they were 20 years ago, or even when I was in 10 years ago. And if these cadets want to get their first choice when they branch, or go on to grad school, or get a good entry level job at an engineering firm, they're going to need a solid 3.5 or higher.
No, outscored 28-0 and team was very lethargic and unmotivatedaggiejim70 said:
Refresh my memory. Didn't the game turn in our favor just after the FTAB showed up?
Marching with raingear would have been an option if you all had it? It wasn't ever an option in my four years. We'd march in the Winter As coat, and we might have even marched in the AG44 jacket, but we never once were allowed to march in raingear.ABATTBQ87 said:
The one trip that I'll never forget was to Fayetteville in November 1984.
It was a cold, wet miserable event but what made it even more exciting was that half the band didn't show up on time due to busses being lost.
So those of us who were there formed up and marched to our seating area and were told that if the rest of the band didn't make it, we would not march half time.
Right after the first quarter ended here comes the rest of the band, including Col Haney.
What a relief we thought. With 7 minutes left in the quarter we started moving towards the north endzone but were told to remove our raingear because a senior left his raingear in College Station, and if one marches without raingear, we all march without raingear.
Marching in raingear has been an option in the past. Occurred at least fall 1992. Can't recall if in Summer As (long sleeve, black tie, while gloves) or Winter As. Definitely raingear, cover and and rubber. Raining while passing the reviewing stand.Ark03 said:
Marching with raingear would have been an option if you all had it?
Oh I remember. I was the weather corporal, so I got motivated to make the weather better all weekend. I may have spent a bit more time than usual in 4th floor of Evans that next week.JABQ04 said:
That game was miserable. Fall review the day prior was even worse. Same weather and temp but no rain gear at all. Just summer Bs.
Yes it was an option for the Arkansas game when it was raining/sleeting; but rain gear was not an option for the baylor 1984 game when it was pouring rain at halftime.(it rained on the Aggie Band in 1984 for the Tech, Baylor, Rice and Arkansas games)Ark03 said:Marching with raingear would have been an option if you all had it? It wasn't ever an option in my four years. We'd march in the Winter As coat, and we might have even marched in the AG44 jacket, but we never once were allowed to march in raingear.ABATTBQ87 said:
The one trip that I'll never forget was to Fayetteville in November 1984.
It was a cold, wet miserable event but what made it even more exciting was that half the band didn't show up on time due to busses being lost.
So those of us who were there formed up and marched to our seating area and were told that if the rest of the band didn't make it, we would not march half time.
Right after the first quarter ended here comes the rest of the band, including Col Haney.
What a relief we thought. With 7 minutes left in the quarter we started moving towards the north endzone but were told to remove our raingear because a senior left his raingear in College Station, and if one marches without raingear, we all march without raingear.
In October of 2000, we were playing Colorado at home. We were in Summer B's, and rain was blowing in. By halftime, the temperature had dropped to 50 degrees and rain was coming down in sheets so hard we couldn't see the other side of the field. We were was told the Aggie Band didn't march with raingear for some asinine reason, then stripped to our B's and took the field, sloshing and shivering through the rain and mud to perform. IIRC, reedsuckers put up their woodwinds and marched empty handed. I recall several other instances where we stripped off raingear to march without it, but that was the most memorable.
A-BatteryJABQ04 said:
What outfit?
And I thought my dad used colorful language.aggiejim70 said:
and here comes one of the classic East Texas frog stranglers
When we marched in the Mardi Gras parade on Galveston Island in Feb. 89, we wore Class A winters with white belts and our rain gear was buttoned all the way up to the top because one of my fish buddies forgot to bring a shirt. It was so cold standing on the Seawall waiting for the parade to start. Not as cold as it was at the GHW Bush Inauguration but close.93Spur said:Marching in raingear has been an option in the past. Occurred at least fall 1992. Can't recall if in Summer As (long sleeve, black tie, while gloves) or Winter As. Definitely raingear, cover and and rubber. Raining while passing the reviewing stand.Ark03 said:
Marching with raingear would have been an option if you all had it?
I was on that trip too, cold sum*****. We put wet towels down to block wind coming thru the hotel door and the next morning the towels where frozen to the door and we barely got it opened. Hated that trip.HollywoodBQ said:When we marched in the Mardi Gras parade on Galveston Island in Feb. 89, we wore Class A winters with white belts and our rain gear was buttoned all the way up to the top because one of my fish buddies forgot to bring a shirt. It was so cold standing on the Seawall waiting for the parade to start. Not as cold as it was at the GHW Bush Inauguration but close.93Spur said:Marching in raingear has been an option in the past. Occurred at least fall 1992. Can't recall if in Summer As (long sleeve, black tie, while gloves) or Winter As. Definitely raingear, cover and and rubber. Raining while passing the reviewing stand.Ark03 said:
CMarching with raingear would have been an option if you all had it?
After the parade, the Galveston Causeway froze and we were literally stuck on Galveston Island for 4 days. I'm pretty sure it was a classic 4 fish to a room deal. I had subbed in for somebody in A-Battery so, I got to hang with my fish buddies that I didn't know that well including the Bass Horn player who was the Grode Master. Stranded for 4 days, there was a lot of demand for his supplies. Since he was running low, we had to walk to a nearby convenience store so he could buy some new magazines. Fun times.
