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JPSaxMan · Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 4:13 pm Post subject: What is your marching band like?

Honestly....I'm the only base player in the band playing bari

We have one or two altos

Hopefully around 10 or 12 clarinets

5 or 6 trumpets

2 or 3 drummers

Small band, not bad sound, but we're doing four parades plus a fair perfomance this year.

Keep in mind too that we don't have a football team Rolling Eyes

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Mansfield University of Pennsylvania

CMelodyMan · Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 4:19 pm Post subject:

Wait-a-minute, why do you have a marching band if you don't have a football team? Confused

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JPSaxMan · Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 4:56 pm Post subject:

Local parades Sad

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Mansfield University of Pennsylvania

CMelodyMan · Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 5:07 pm Post subject:

Ohhhhhhh.

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Alto: Yanagisawa (880), Morgan 6M w/ Rico
C Melody: c.1919 Martin Inspiration
York soprano

JPSaxMan · Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 5:47 pm Post subject:

Yea, fun fun fun Rolling Eyes

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Music Education (BME) Major-2011
Mansfield University of Pennsylvania

altosaxgeek5 · Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2005 11:42 am Post subject:

Umm, not sure about our exact section counts.. .but we have 2 tenors, and 6 altos... no baris(sadly) 2 sousas, and the total band count is about 120 total. (including guard) Our wind count limit is.. 48, I believe.
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JPSaxMan · Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2005 11:44 am Post subject:

Must be nice...wind count was like 15 or 20 or less.

Guard count is around 15 or 20 and majorettes around 10. So overall on a good day we have 50 in the whole marching band!
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Mansfield University of Pennsylvania

joboe · Joined: 18 Jul 2005 Posts: 25 Location: Illinois

I belong to the Victor J. Andrew Marching band in Tinley Park, IL.In our marching band (these numbers might not be exactly right but close b/c I am in the color guard) we have : 10-15 flutes,15 or so clarinets, 3 or 4 sousas, 2 or 3 baris, 3-4 tenors, 10ish trombones, 2 euphoniums, 10-15 trumpets, 5-6 mellos, 15-20 saxes (altos), 23 in color guard, 3 drum majors, (am I missing any one?) so our band count is about 150-175 or so. We perfom 1 parade, 5-7 performences and this year we are going to the super regional (BOA) in St. Louis. Next year we are going to go to disney and march there. We are a pretty good band if I say so my self. Last year at state we got 2nd in prelims and 5th in finals and the color guard got 2nd in the state. Any way enough braging...
EYES WITH PRIDE!!!
joboe :D

joboe · Joined: 18 Jul 2005 Posts: 25 Location: Illinois

Sorry I forgot the drum line and the pit. We have 5-6 people in the pit and 3quad players, 4-5 snares, and 5 bass drum players.
Joboe

JPSaxMan · Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2005 1:35 pm Post subject:

Let's hope you guys sound as good as you are in size! Wink

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Music Education (BME) Major-2011
Mansfield University of Pennsylvania

JazZz · Joined: 05 Jul 2005 Posts: 170

4 alto's
1 tenor sax (mabye 2)
1 bari sax
1 sousaphone
1 baritone
4 trombone's
5 trumpets
1 mel-o-fone
4 clarinets
2 flutes (1 piccolo)
2 pit
4 drumline
11 dance line

very small class A

JPSaxMan · Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 8:03 pm Post subject:

Well now the numbers have dwindled

One sax (me)
Two clarinets
Two flutes
One trumpet
One drummer

Sad, very sad Crying or Very sad

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Student of Saxophone
Music Education (BME) Major-2011
Mansfield University of Pennsylvania

altosaxgeek5 · Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 9:01 pm Post subject:

Our numbers, too, have dwindled, since the director change.
1 alto
1 tenor
1 bari
3 clarinets
4 flutes
3 mellos
2 baritones
1 trombone
1 valve trombone
1 sousa
9 trumpets
2 snares
1 quad
3 bass drums
4 pit
1 drum major
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