Answers To Some Of Your Questions

[malonish]

Increase the size to 150 and put 10 twirlers out front and update their selections and it will be awesome! Our band is great, just too small.

Now there is a fantastic facility to do so.
(Practiced in there w/ Alumni band and it sounds AWESOME)

[floridianstang]

Any thoughts on reducing the piped in music? I really like to hear the band(s) at college games, and it's a total beating to hear rock/rap songs I would not listen to on the radio. There are live kids there ready to play their instruments.

We appreciate you taking the feedback, SID.

Please Mic the Band from now on and never play rap music in Ford ever again. Maybe a pump up techno song like Darude - Sandstorm or Avicii - Levels/wake me up for kickoffs but that is it. More band please.

What's wrong with rap? Just because you like some other style of music doesn't mean that recruits don't like it. That goes for rock or rap.

Rap is thug, and makes us look like Baylor/Texas Tech or SMU back in the bennett area. Moody Coliseum has a way better music selection, learn from them.

[SMU SID]

Any thoughts on reducing the piped in music? I really like to hear the band(s) at college games, and it's a total beating to hear rock/rap songs I would not listen to on the radio. There are live kids there ready to play their instruments.

Last week, we encountered a few different things that kept them from playing as much as we'd like.

1. As it happened, right before many of the breaks we had the MB scheduled to play, A&M would score and then their band would play in the break. This also had an impact on some other breaks when we were scheduled to play, but with A&M playing, it's tough for an 80-person band to go head-to-head with a 300-person band.

2. We have to have a balance of music, though. Our summer survey showed that people did like both. It was split. For all the band fans out there (and I'm one of them), I get emails like this:

"Does the band only learn one new song a year? We've been hearing this same Earth, Dirt & Fire stuff since I was born."

And yes, the emailer did say "Earth, Dirt & Fire."

All that said, I have specifically asked for more Mustang Band music this week.

[ponyboy]

Earth, Dirt & Fire. Haha.

Thanks for the thoughtful responses.

[floridianstang]

^any idea if there are plans to grow the band to at least halfway of what A&M and Texas have? UT band is monstrous, I know but at least let's get 150-180 kids in there. Seen HS bands that are bigger than ours which is embarrassing

[malonish]

^any idea if there are plans to grow the band to at least halfway of what A&M and Texas have? UT band is monstrous, I know but at least let's get 150-180 kids in there. Seen HS bands that are bigger than ours which is embarrassing

Donate to the Diamond M Club to build scholarship funding.

[MustangStealth]

^any idea if there are plans to grow the band to at least halfway of what A&M and Texas have? UT band is monstrous, I know but at least let's get 150-180 kids in there. Seen HS bands that are bigger than ours which is embarrassing

Feel free to donate to the scholarship fund.

http://www.diamondmclub.org/

[floridianstang]

^any idea if there are plans to grow the band to at least halfway of what A&M and Texas have? UT band is monstrous, I know but at least let's get 150-180 kids in there. Seen HS bands that are bigger than ours which is embarrassing

Donate to the Diamond M Club to build scholarship funding.

If band expansion is in the plans, I will gladly donate. Nice job on Mustang Band hall btw, saw it friday.

[MustangStealth]

^any idea if there are plans to grow the band to at least halfway of what A&M and Texas have? UT band is monstrous, I know but at least let's get 150-180 kids in there. Seen HS bands that are bigger than ours which is embarrassing

Donate to the Diamond M Club to build scholarship funding.

If band expansion is in the plans, I will gladly donate. Nice job on Mustang Band hall btw, saw it friday.

The Diamond M Club is the booster club for the band. They contribute to scholarship funds in order to attract more players. Most band folks are essentially volunteers, making a very large time commitment to participate. The band directors and boosters can't really improve the football product, but they can offer scholarships as a way to increase membership.

[smustatesman]

Hey SID........How about Lady Casa and her PLURs as guest cheerleaders, with EDM backup music playing ? Talk about hip....they could throw out Kandi Bracelets to the fans in the stands.

[LA_Mustang]

Rap is thug, and makes us look like Baylor/Texas Tech or SMU back in the bennett area. Moody Coliseum has a way better music selection, learn from them.

PLEASE go away and don't come back.

[MustangStealth]

2. M&Ms - I asked about this specifically. In short, their costs had gone up on the M&M bags and they were faced with either raising the price on the bigger bags to $5-6 range or going to the smaller bag. They felt the smaller bag was more palatable to fans than charging $6 for candy.

Maybe we can all chip in and get them a Sam's membership.

[floridianstang]

Rap is thug, and makes us look like Baylor/Texas Tech or SMU back in the bennett area. Moody Coliseum has a way better music selection, learn from them.

PLEASE go away and don't come back.

Why should I go away? Just because you do not like what I have to say does not mean I have to leave. I am as part of this program as you are. If you want me to leave, I can give you my bank account # and you can refund me for my SMU education and then I will be free to pick another football program to back up. Until then, STHU and mind your own business. You are free to ignore me, there is a function on this forum for that. Same goes to the others who think like you.

[coloradoStang]

Thanks SID I'm sure everyone here appreciates you responding. I think game presentation has gotten tremendously better every year since I've been in school (and just about every other aspect of SMU athletics besides winning games as well). Also its nice to know the details of the cell phone stuff, now I can give an informed response when everyone in the student section is [deleted] about it. Who knows we have a lot of wealthy students maybe someone will get so fed up they pony up for it.

[Junior]

2. M&Ms - I asked about this specifically. In short, their costs had gone up on the M&M bags and they were faced with either raising the price on the bigger bags to $5-6 range or going to the smaller bag. They felt the smaller bag was more palatable to fans than charging $6 for candy.

Maybe we can all chip in and get them a Sam's membership.

yeah. either that or i missed the news reports on the meteoric rise in chocolate costs over the last 6 months.