Mustang Band 2008 outlook

[George S. Patton]

If the band doesn't throw the kind of crap that it threw out there for the Tech and UNT games last year, it'll be fine.

Hopefully, it won't be something stupid with another Broadway Musical like CATS or Phantom of the Opera!

I still can't believe they rolled out Fiddler on the Roof. Ridiculous!

[MustangStealth]

This is part two of an exhibition performance at a high school marching contest

Haha... fitting.

[MustangStealth]

First show is a tribute to June.

Let me guess - Hawaii 5-0 . . .

Before you guys get too far into the show... if Hawaii 5-0 is really on the list, please someone explain to the director that it is Hawaii's fight song and we should not be playing it to welcome June Jones here.

[Peruna2001]

First show is a tribute to June.

Let me guess - Hawaii 5-0 . . .

Before you guys get too far into the show... if Hawaii 5-0 is really on the list, please someone explain to the director that it is Hawaii's fight song and we should not be playing it to welcome June Jones here.

Agreed! What kind of songs can you really play that tribute June?

[MrMustang1965]

First show is a tribute to June.

Let me guess - Hawaii 5-0 . . .

Before you guys get too far into the show... if Hawaii 5-0 is really on the list, please someone explain to the director that it is Hawaii's fight song and we should not be playing it to welcome June Jones here.

Agreed! What kind of songs can you really play that tribute June?

BAREFOOTIN'
(Robert Parker)
Robert Parker - 1966


Everybody get on your feet,
You make me nervous when you in your seat
Take off your shoes and pat your feet,
We're doin a dance that can't be beat
We're barefootin', We're barefootin',
We're barefootin', We're barefootin',

Went to a party the other night,
Long Tall Sally was out of sight
Threw way her wig, and her high sneakers too,
She was doin a dance without any shoes
She was barefootin', She was barefootin',
She was barefootin', She was barefootin',

Hey little gal with the red dress on,
I bet you can barefoot all night long
Take off your shoes and throw them away,
Come back and get them another day
We're barefootin', We're barefootin',
We're barefootin', We're barefootin',
Musical interlude
Lil John Henry he said to Sue,
If I was barefootin' would you barefoot too
Sue told John, "I'm thirty two,
I was barefootin ever since I was two
They was barefootin', they was barefootin'
They was barefootin'', we barefootin'
We barefootin' we barefootin'
We barefootin' we barefootin'
We barefootin' we barefootin'
We don't have no shoes on

[SmooBoy]

Is the band going to Rice?

God, please.

I don't think God has anything to do with it. You need to speak with a man named Don. He's much easier to get in touch with.

I hear that some folks equate God and Don as one-in-the-same.

Don Ho is equal to God?

No, you ninny. Don Hopkins, director of the Mustang Band.

Whether it's Don Ho or Hopkins, here's hoping the Band really brings it this year. Peruna playing record anyone?

[MrMustang1965]

Whether it's Don Ho or Hopkins, here's hoping the Band really brings it this year. Peruna playing record anyone?

Rice game - 125 times.

[beamout2000]

This is part two of an exhibition performance at a high school marching contest

Haha... fitting.

Lots of college bands do exhibitions at high school marching contests. They recruit players just like football recruits players and it's a good recruiting tool for the program to show kids what they could be a part of.

[White Helmet]

Whether it's Don Ho or Hopkins, here's hoping the Band really brings it this year. Peruna playing record anyone?

Rice game - 125 times.

701 Tulane 1979

[SMUPhil]

This may seem ridiculous to some of you, but you have to judge/appreciate bands based on how they present their show. You can't write it off just because of song titles or themes. They will never be the original artists, for better or worse. It's all about the arrangments and the drill, the energy and the flow of the show.

I've seen bands bring fans to their feet with the (relatively obscure) symphony of a dead Russian composer, and I've seen bands absolutely flop while playing the most popular songs of all time. Don't be prejudice just because you don't listen to 'showtunes' on your daily drive to work. Let the band show you how it's going to present it.

[MrMustang1965]

Whether it's Don Ho or Hopkins, here's hoping the Band really brings it this year. Peruna playing record anyone?

Rice game - 125 times.

701 Tulane 1979

I misunderstood the question. I thought SmooBoy was asking how many times we wanted the band to play 'Peruna' to set a record.

[MustangStealth]

it's a good recruiting tool for the program to show kids what they could be a part of.

And what's that? A band that continues to march in high school marching competitions?

[SmooBoy]

Whether it's Don Ho or Hopkins, here's hoping the Band really brings it this year. Peruna playing record anyone?

Rice game - 125 times.

701 Tulane 1979

I misunderstood the question. I thought SmooBoy was asking how many times we wanted the band to play 'Peruna' to set a record.

From what I've been told, the record was set by the band playing the entire game double time Peruna, getting louder during big plays and scores. With JJ's penchant for long games, this is doable.

[couch 'em]

Whether it's Don Ho or Hopkins, here's hoping the Band really brings it this year. Peruna playing record anyone?

Rice game - 125 times.

701 Tulane 1979

I misunderstood the question. I thought SmooBoy was asking how many times we wanted the band to play 'Peruna' to set a record.

From what I've been told, the record was set by the band playing the entire game double time Peruna, getting louder during big plays and scores. With JJ's penchant for long games, this is doable.

Not doable. You aren't allowed to disrupt the snap of the ball, which people interperate to mean you can't play during the snap of the ball.

[DiamondM75]

Whether it's Don Ho or Hopkins, here's hoping the Band really brings it this year. Peruna playing record anyone?

Rice game - 125 times.

701 Tulane 1979

But wasn't that a volunteer band and not the official sanctioned Mustang Band? Prior to Tulane, the "official" record for "The" Mustang Band was 690 at the Texas/SMU basketball playoff game circa 1972 in Waco.

The band started playing Peruna after half time and did not stop until the Mustangs lost in triple overtime.