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malonish wrote:The change of pants goes along with being the Best Dressed. I don't think anyone would like them changing pants in the stands. I didn't want anyone seeing my polka dotted boxers(says the guy with no shirt in his avatar). It also takes a big man to admit when he's wrong . We were never given the go to play on the sideline so I assumed we weren't able to.

couch 'em wrote:You'll find no greater defender of traditions than myself but if they are counter to the purpose of the band they should be changed.

As much as I enjoy the alumni band, if the school cannot provide a facility to change pants close enough to allow changing in shifts, then shirts and pants should not be changed, only coat/vest/tie etc.

Even hanging in 2 groups would suffice - the alumni band looks less than half the size of the student band and is full of olds, but do the job about as good from a average joe fan point of view.

PK wrote:

malonish wrote:The change of pants goes along with being the Best Dressed. I don't think anyone would like them changing pants in the stands. I didn't want anyone seeing my polka dotted boxers(says the guy with no shirt in his avatar). It also takes a big man to admit when he's wrong . We were never given the go to play on the sideline so I assumed we weren't able to.

I can't remember ever seeing visiting team bands play while down on the field waiting to start half time and all of them leave the stands about half way through the 2nd quarter to prepare for half time activities...just like the Mustang band. Since the visiting band plays first, the M band has a little extra time to get changed and down onto the field.

DFW HOYA wrote:The band is probably half the size it should be. Baylor, TCU, etc. are all marching well over 100.

Then again, in this YouTube clip, it wasn't much bigger in 1960 but had a much crisper march than seen in recent years.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cte8Nefl ... ure=relmfu

malonish wrote: I am assuming you meant crisp to mean fast because in that vid the lines aren't too good. The more recent years have had better front to back alignment with some exceptions *shakes fist at trumpets* The 60s band does seem quicker but their knees didn't seem as high which makes me think there is an inverse proportion to knee height and speed.

DFW HOYA wrote:The band is probably half the size it should be. Baylor, TCU, etc. are all marching well over 100.

Then again, in this YouTube clip, it wasn't much bigger in 1960 but had a much crisper march than seen in recent years.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cte8Nefl ... ure=relmfu

Peruna_Ate_My_Rolex wrote:

DFW HOYA wrote:The band is probably half the size it should be. Baylor, TCU, etc. are all marching well over 100.

Then again, in this YouTube clip, it wasn't much bigger in 1960 but had a much crisper march than seen in recent years.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cte8Nefl ... ure=relmfu

A reason for that is that both schools require their music ed majors to be in the Marching Band. That gets them a good chunk of their band before the non music ed majors and the average students get into the mix. Music Ed isn't a very big program at SMU, mostly because Meadows is a conservatory. So even if we did require music ed majors to participate, it wouldn't make that much of a difference.



As for the crispness of the marching, I'm with you. The big difference is that the high knee lift hasn't been taught correctly for the past few years. I put that on the Director but that's just my opinion.

malonish wrote:

Peruna_Ate_My_Rolex wrote:

DFW HOYA wrote:The band is probably half the size it should be. Baylor, TCU, etc. are all marching well over 100.

Then again, in this YouTube clip, it wasn't much bigger in 1960 but had a much crisper march than seen in recent years.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cte8Nefl ... ure=relmfu

A reason for that is that both schools require their music ed majors to be in the Marching Band. That gets them a good chunk of their band before the non music ed majors and the average students get into the mix. Music Ed isn't a very big program at SMU, mostly because Meadows is a conservatory. So even if we did require music ed majors to participate, it wouldn't make that much of a difference.



As for the crispness of the marching, I'm with you. The big difference is that the high knee lift hasn't been taught correctly for the past few years. I put that on the Director but that's just my opinion.

My opinion on this video is that the knees don't look high to me, you can't point to that video and go "The knees!" If there's a better knee example in a video then I would accept that.
You can read above that I tried my best to knee lift all the way even to the point of exhaustion on my first day. It gets harder the faster you go and that band was very fast.

Bergermeister wrote:
The band quit wearing white spats this season to avoid drawing attention to their lack of disciplined marching. We do not have the traditional Mustang Band classic, classy look. Borderline ghetto, I'd say.

Bergermeister wrote:Put a "swoosh" on the spats - heck, you can put a swoosh on anything. Free/donated doesn't mean "better". They paid a price in a downgraded look. Thanks for the compliment, though.

Bush Library - out.

couch 'em wrote:I don't mind the no spats but tennis shoes look funny with coat and tie. Not to mention black shoes with blue pants that light. Need someone to sponsor some browns