|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 8:50 pm
We've all done something and felt stupid. Maybe you hit your fellow guard member, broke something, hurt a band member, or just did something plain stupid?
Me?
- I was moving things around in my room and grabbed my 6' flag and randomly did a palm roll while walking across the room. C~R~A~S~H. I broke the cover to my light... it made a huge noise and my mom freaked. Took a long time to clean the glass shards, too.
- This one isn't me, but it's funny. During winterguard season last year our school hosted a regional. One of the captains at the time threw a triple in the hallway, because that's where the varsity guard was warming up, and it was too lofty and whacked the edge of an overhang. Now, we point out the dent and laugh.
- I have nearly mauled so many trumpet players when the wind carries my pop toss... whee
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 9:07 pm
I believe my black eye counts as stupid ... ^-^0
Also randomly while I was doing a show last fall, we had to do this really pretty kicky thing with our flag and yeah. It was during the Puget Sound Festival of Bands (in Seattle, Washington) and it was really misty and the ground was REALLY muddy. So I go flying onto my back, and my flag drops, and my shoe flies like three yardlines away. It was during one of the ends of a section too, so it was a big impact. The most embarassing part? Yes. I'd done it during practice that morning too.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 4:12 am
umm....oh. last summer i was trying the parallel toss, and on my first try i got it up correctly and i was like "woo! yeah! haha!" and looked up and didnt think to catch it OR run....
it hit my left eye and hurt like a b***h xP
and then there was yesterday, when i was pretending to have amnesia, so i was going to tap my forehead with my flag pole....and well...
i tapped to hard and ended up getting a small dent on my forehead sweatdrop
oh and then there was a toss at the begining of barber of seville.
i dropped it, and my flag kept rolling foward while a line of euphonium's were backmarching.
**THUDTHUDTHUDWOBBLE** <---what happened to the line of euphoniums.
after that, i got a couple death threats.......and threats of broken wrists.....which is like worse than death during any guard season.
and then i was passing through a line of trombones and hit the freshman's slide and the mouth piece went into her face.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 3:18 pm
I'm a klutz, so I have many stories... I will share a few....
redface Well, I pretty much hit a different person everyday with my flag bag...
redface Last year I had a passthrough between two sousaphones and after one run of the set I heard one of them say to the other "that dent definately wasn't there before..." Yeah... that was probably me....
redface Freshman winter year I was learning to throw a 45 toss and nearly knocked myself out....
redface 8th grade winter I dropped my rifle on my toe doing a toss and my toenail was purple until the next July... Ow...
redface This wasn't me, this was my friend: One part of the winterguard dance included a high brush-kick. One practice my friend kicked a little too high and her foot slipped out from underher, causing her to land on her hip. Ouch.
redface Same friend: She was wearing shorts under her pants during one winter practice and decided to take the pants off, accidentally removing the shorts along with them. The best (or maybe worst) part: one of our writer-guys was standing right in front of her at the time.
Those are a fair few.... I'm sure we all have many more hilarious ones. xd
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 5:46 pm
One of our competitions last year, our host led us to our "changing rooms". They turned out to be a guys bathroom on the other side of the school. Well, the "Oops "^^;" part of this is that there were guys... in the bathroom... going potty... O.O Not... cool... sweatdrop
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 7:46 pm
During one show last year it was really muddy cuz it had rained nearly all week... Well, I'm not exactly the strongest backwards marcher, so while going backwards, I slip in the mud and ended up doing a split on the field... Gosh, that hurt.. The rest of the band was wondering how I managed to get mud up past my knees.. stressed
A couple years before my time, the guard was using green flags in a show. They had also taped the poles green.. So when they tossed them into the air, they all lost their flags. It was actually a really funny story..
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2005 7:55 am
The tab ripped off my silk at practice a bit ago. That made me so mad. But then, our instructor, Laurie, thought I was just being a whimp and not tossing 'cause it was windy, so I also got pushups for it. And then I missed a set because I was speed taping the stupid silk on the pole.
And Laurie laughed.
There's a girl on our weapons line that is treated a little more harsh because she doesn't fix her mistakes or try to. We have to run through this fencing barrier thing in the drill (kind of like red velvet ropes that rope off a section, only metal and chain). We runt through it 'cause we're not allowed on the field during band camp. But anyway, as we're running I hear, 'PING' but think nothing of it, 'cause there were some morons playing ball in the batting cages literally RIGHT in front of our set.
Later, I find out the 'PING' was this girl's new sabre... *shiver*
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2005 8:27 pm
About me:
I've done this many times; I've just completed a hard phrase, then we stop. After a few seconds my flag just falls out of my hand, and I just stare at it, confused as to why it isn't in my hand.
During the winterguard show 2003 we had a triple followed immediately by a single. I nailed the triple then dropped the single sweatdrop
Other people:
One girl threw a horizontal, missed her catch and gave herself a black eye. It gets better. A few days later we were practising left hand horizontals and she did it again, but on the other eye.
We had these costumes my freshman year where the straps crisscrossed in the back and hooked in back. Well, one of the juniors was right on the 50, in front, adn we did a rowboat or something, and BAM her strap comes undone, revealing her about-to-fall-off strapless bra. Man, she bolted behind the pit, red as the costumes xd
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2005 9:25 pm
Erin Sovenya Man, she bolted behind the pit, red as the costumes xd Niiice.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 2:26 pm
Erin Sovenya Well, one of the juniors was right on the 50, in front, adn we did a rowboat or something, and BAM her strap comes undone, revealing her about-to-fall-off strapless bra. Man, she bolted behind the pit, red as the costumes xd That... is freaking... hilarious rofl Though I will admit that strappless bras SUCK... I ended up with one at my waist before we were allowed to use clear straps. Which I constantly forget anyway >
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 7:28 pm
DeadlyPoison695 Erin Sovenya Well, one of the juniors was right on the 50, in front, adn we did a rowboat or something, and BAM her strap comes undone, revealing her about-to-fall-off strapless bra. Man, she bolted behind the pit, red as the costumes xd That... is freaking... hilarious rofl Though I will admit that strappless bras SUCK... I ended up with one at my waist before we were allowed to use clear straps. Which I constantly forget anyway > its the story we tell new kids when they complain about the unitards. "The ONE year we didn;t use unitards..." They usually complain a little less.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 7:42 pm
Squawk Erin Sovenya Man, she bolted behind the pit, red as the costumes xd **snicker** Wow, that had to suck.. Must've been hilarious, though..
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2005 9:33 am
Erin Sovenya DeadlyPoison695 Erin Sovenya Well, one of the juniors was right on the 50, in front, adn we did a rowboat or something, and BAM her strap comes undone, revealing her about-to-fall-off strapless bra. Man, she bolted behind the pit, red as the costumes xd That... is freaking... hilarious rofl Though I will admit that strappless bras SUCK... I ended up with one at my waist before we were allowed to use clear straps. Which I constantly forget anyway > its the story we tell new kids when they complain about the unitards. "The ONE year we didn;t use unitards..." They usually complain a little less. We don't really have a rookie story... but I would imagine a story like that would make them a little happier about unitards lol
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2005 2:59 pm
DeadlyPoison695 Erin Sovenya DeadlyPoison695 Erin Sovenya Well, one of the juniors was right on the 50, in front, adn we did a rowboat or something, and BAM her strap comes undone, revealing her about-to-fall-off strapless bra. Man, she bolted behind the pit, red as the costumes xd That... is freaking... hilarious rofl Though I will admit that strappless bras SUCK... I ended up with one at my waist before we were allowed to use clear straps. Which I constantly forget anyway > its the story we tell new kids when they complain about the unitards. "The ONE year we didn;t use unitards..." They usually complain a little less. We don't really have a rookie story... but I would imagine a story like that would make them a little happier about unitards lol I'm sure it will never be used again...I was the last member who was in guard the year it happened, and I graduated.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2005 5:57 pm
Erin Sovenya I'm sure it will never be used again...I was the last member who was in guard the year it happened, and I graduated. Gotta force the vets to tell the story!
Sidenote: Can we not tower quote? Thankie. heart
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
