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Postby Peruna88 » Thu Jan 25, 2007 6:30 pm

DiamondM wrote:I think in the last 2 home games, the Mustang Band has improved, and from personal experience, Don Hopkins is receptive to constructive criticism directed to him personally ("the band director sucks" is NOT constructive criticism).

As for your comment about the Lone Ranger song, once upon a time, we played the William Tell Overture regularly with a "Go Stangs" after the initial fanfare in the middle of the song and people actually stood up and yelled and clapped along.

Playing William Tell was particularly interesting when Arkansas came to town and packed Moody (or Barnhill South as they called it) because it is a MAJOR spirit song for them and everyone does stand up and cheer "Go Hogs" and make lots of noise throughout the song. We stopped playing it as often for the very reason that it was a conference mate's song (of course this doesn't stop many SEC schools from playing the same little ditty as every other SEC school, or every other Texas school from playing March Grandioso even though most people associate it with the Longhorns).

In any case, not all of the fault for "the crowd sat on its arse through an important time out" can be attributed to the band. Much as another thread pointed out, the people actually have to participate some of the time. The band regularly the plays Pony Battle, Peruna, Go Chant, 5-4-3-2, and the majority of the crowd stares at the band and cheerleaders like it just had a labotomy rather than join in and sing, chant, clap along. The band, like the team, often feeds off the energy of the crowd too, and if some people would just respond by doing something -- anything -- to indicate that they are not, in fact, deaf and mute, then the band often responds with more energy too.


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Postby couch 'em » Thu Jan 25, 2007 6:36 pm

abezontar wrote:Granted many people find themselves embarrassed to be next to me


That has nothing to do with your cheering! :lol:
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Postby mr. pony » Thu Jan 25, 2007 8:51 pm

Hey, but what a stompin' good halftime show at the Tulane game.

Now we need a new floor for sure.
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Postby smu diamond m » Thu Jan 25, 2007 9:32 pm

mr. pony wrote:Hey, but what a stompin' good halftime show at the Tulane game.

Now we need a new floor for sure.

You shoulda seen the last time they did that. They were wearing heels.
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Postby friarwolf » Fri Jan 26, 2007 8:16 am

mr. pony wrote:Hey, but what a stompin' good halftime show at the Tulane game.

Now we need a new floor for sure.


And to top it off, how about the 8 year old with her boots on dragging a towel around to wipe the floor????????? We are sooooo bush league.
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Postby MustangStealth » Fri Jan 26, 2007 12:03 pm

abezontar wrote: I find that my inability to hear actually makes it easier to get up and do my own thing. Granted many people find themselves embarrassed to be next to me but that's their problem not mine.


Can I request that at the next game "your own thing" doesn't involve that little jump-around-hiney-shake dance?
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Postby DiamondM » Fri Jan 26, 2007 12:44 pm

MustangStealth wrote:
abezontar wrote: I find that my inability to hear actually makes it easier to get up and do my own thing. Granted many people find themselves embarrassed to be next to me but that's their problem not mine.


Can I request that at the next game "your own thing" doesn't involve that little jump-around-hiney-shake dance?


How have I missed this? Where does abezontar sit?
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Postby Peruna2001 » Fri Jan 26, 2007 2:35 pm

MustangStealth wrote:
abezontar wrote: I find that my inability to hear actually makes it easier to get up and do my own thing. Granted many people find themselves embarrassed to be next to me but that's their problem not mine.


Can I request that at the next game "your own thing" doesn't involve that little jump-around-hiney-shake dance?


I enjoy the jump-around-hiney-shake dance. It makes me laugh. AND we were 100% from the free-throw line when he did his little dance.
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Postby abezontar » Fri Jan 26, 2007 3:29 pm

Peruna2001 wrote:
MustangStealth wrote:
abezontar wrote: I find that my inability to hear actually makes it easier to get up and do my own thing. Granted many people find themselves embarrassed to be next to me but that's their problem not mine.


Can I request that at the next game "your own thing" doesn't involve that little jump-around-hiney-shake dance?


I enjoy the jump-around-hiney-shake dance. It makes me laugh. AND we were 100% from the free-throw line when he did his little dance.


Exactly, its here to stay until we miss a free throw. Anyway, how can you be upset over a sexually suggestive display when you had a whole in your pants right at crotch level?!
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Postby jtstang » Fri Jan 26, 2007 3:33 pm

DiamondM wrote:...if some people would just respond by doing something -- anything -- to indicate that they are not, in fact, deaf and mute, then the band often responds with more energy too.

Or at least to show that they sure play a mean pinball.
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Postby couch 'em » Sat Jan 27, 2007 1:37 pm

DiamondM wrote:
MustangStealth wrote:
abezontar wrote: I find that my inability to hear actually makes it easier to get up and do my own thing. Granted many people find themselves embarrassed to be next to me but that's their problem not mine.


Can I request that at the next game "your own thing" doesn't involve that little jump-around-hiney-shake dance?


How have I missed this? Where does abezontar sit?


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Postby smu diamond m » Sat Jan 27, 2007 1:46 pm

ZING
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Postby Spaz » Sun Feb 04, 2007 6:59 pm

What they really need is to bring back that handsome bass player...
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Postby abezontar » Sun Feb 04, 2007 10:24 pm

and the horn player that used to wear a fro
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Postby Peruna2001 » Mon Feb 05, 2007 10:24 am

abezontar wrote:and the horn player that used to wear a fro


I thought it was natural.
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