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Marching band is a family...

Band directors, choreographer, instructors: the mom (parents)

Drum majors: responsible older sibling

Color guard: the weird cousin that you rarely see

Percussions: the dad that keeps leaving

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Now the question is what are the other sections?

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body by colorguard 👐👌😥👑🚩

not to flex but like colorguard got me toned af this year lmao,

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alto saxes are so fucking small, but its always some tall ass nerds playing them, i love it. peak. tall altos make their intsrument look like a kids toy and its the best.

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Color Guard tips from a graduated captain

- Drink. Water. Seriously, it’s not the end of the world if you need to get water. Your team would rather you take a 2 minute break than pass out during practice

- Please don’t try to learn rifle or sabre without an instructor. One girl sprained her wrist from a rifle and another nearly got a concussion from one. It’s just not a good idea. Plus, you’re probably learning the wrong form.

- If you’re ever confused about drill, choreography, or tosses, please don’t hesitate to ask another teammate, captain, or instructor! I promise they’ll help you in whatever way they can (coming from someone who was a captain)

- Don’t actually try to hit the band members, it’s fun to joke about the point system for different band members, but don’t purposely do it.

- Help each other out on the field. If you see someone struggling, help them out!

- Go to color guard camps when you can! They’re so much fun and you’ll learn a lot. Plus you’ll meet a lot of other guard members

- Audition for different teams! Audition for college guard! I auditioned and although I didn’t make it, it was such a good experience! I would highly recommend it!

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Types of URLS I noticed in the classical music side of tumblr

1. url contains an instrument

2. url contains a composer

3. url contains a music pun

4. url contains a music key

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Why can I be reading music just fine and then it just??? Doesn’t make sense?? Like I’m suddenly musically illiterate???? Anyone else? No? Okay.

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Am I funny yet

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concept: in the hall of the mountain king, but every time it gets faster, it gets faster

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you may not like it but this is what peak bassist performance looks like

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On the twelfth day of guard camp my teammates gave to me:

12 broken rifles

11 missing hair ties

10 cans of hair spray

9 twisted ankles

8 tubes of lipstick

7 jugs of water

6 bobby pins

5 crying freshman

4 years of pain

3 sabers

2 fractured toes

and equipment in the ceiling

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if someone broke into my house and held a gun to my head and told me to play pachelbels canon in d or they’ll shoot then tell my family i love them

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announcer: drum major, is your band ready?

drum major: probably not but let’s get on with it

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