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 Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 4:43 pm
So, the competitions lately have really gotten me thinking about all the wacky traditions we have within our band.
arrow My freshman year, (before boom-boxes were banned on the bus) it was a tradition for those of us who sat in the back of the bus to dance around the back of the bus singing "Because I got High" followed by "I like Big Butts". We were all very upset when they banned our sound from the bus because the songs were like calmers before the competition, but the tradition lives on through syncornized MP3 players ^^.
arrow Since before I even entered the guard, it's been a tradition to have a guard circle before we march on the field. We all put our hands in and shout something to the nature of "GO GUARD", "DEL-SEA", or my personal favorite "GUARD OWNS!" Afterwards, we'll line up in our formation and while our drum major is calling us to attention, our instructor will run through the band and touch all of our flags for good luck.
arrow After being called to attention, our band has a traditional "chant" that's a call and response between us and the drum major.
DM: How are your feet?
Band: TOGETHER!
DM: Stomach?
Band: IN!
DM: Chest?
Band: OUT!
DM: Shoulders?
Band: BACK!
DM: Elbows?
Band: FROZEN!
DM: Chin?
Band: UP!
DM: How are your eyes?
Band: WITH PRIDE!
(Repeat the "eyes" lines x3 with a lot of emphasis on the third verse)
DM: How is your attitude?
Band: IN YOUR FACE!!
That last one is my favorite. Anybody else have weird traditions like us?
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Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 5:02 pm
Hehe...
arrow Boob stickers. Yes, this applies to guys, too. It's not really on the boobs, either, but the chest under the uniform. Preeetty stickers. So yeah. Sticker. On skin. Woo.
arrow "Suck on this mint so you don't suck on the field." We have this ritual with a tic tac (or similar) and we all eat it together. Another lame, awesome thing.
arrow CHI! We all make our "chi shape" with our hands and... yeah. Say chi.
arrow Kisses & Butt Pinching! The coach, this year at least, has gone down the line kissing our cheeks and come back up pinching our butts. Teh awesome.
arrow Poking. We have cut outs in the back of our uniforms so we poke the person in front of us in the hole.
All I can think of right now.
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Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 6:29 pm
We have boob stickers, kisses, butt-pinching, and poking in our guard as well. We also have our stuffed animeals "Reginal Bear" and "WGI Bunny".
Another tradition is secret buddy gifts. Each guardie has a secret buddy and has to buy them a present everytime we go to a big compeition. At BOA Grand Nat's we give each other an extra-special gift and reveal ourselves to our secret buddies. heart
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Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2005 4:30 pm
Neko Kafweenu Another tradition is secret buddy gifts. Each guardie has a secret buddy and has to buy them a present everytime we go to a big compeition. At BOA Grand Nat's we give each other an extra-special gift and reveal ourselves to our secret buddies. heart That's cool!
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Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2005 8:16 pm
AT my old HS we used to feel our instructor's hair (its really soft =3 ) before. Oh, and we used to say "happy bunnies" just before a competition
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Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2005 3:11 pm
oh we do before games and comps "circle time" our hands are right over left, we hold hands, captains and coach talk, we bend our heads down, close our eyes, and send a squeeze around with our hands. then we all spin our screaming WOOOOOOOO!
before comps, we pshyche out the other guards by doing the cult move. ninja a girl that used to be in guard invented it.....she plays picc now. next year tenor sax. then shes going to be drum major. XD
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Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 3:22 pm
t3h_haNakosamA before comps, we pshyche out the other guards by doing the cult move. Hmm, can you describe this? xd
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Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 5:58 pm
Neko Kafweenu Another tradition is secret buddy gifts. Each guardie has a secret buddy and has to buy them a present everytime we go to a big compeition. At BOA Grand Nat's we give each other an extra-special gift and reveal ourselves to our secret buddies. heart I think I may just try to introduce that into our guard. There's a shiznat load of enemocity (sp) in my guard and presents make everyone happy ^^. Also... this cult move... sounds interesting, let's hear! lol
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Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2005 12:59 pm
Well we have several.
- To get us ready to compete we all put the end tips of our flags in a circle. We then chant " F L A G S, flags are the very best HUH! while weslam our flags in the opposite direction. It is so dumb, but everyone enjoys it.
- For luck we give everyone 2 kisses on opposite cheeks
- For more luck we snap the top part of our uniform along with the Drum majors.
- Along with the general butt slapping xD
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Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 12:41 pm
[ Shattered Innocence ] Well we have several.
- To get us ready to compete we all put the end tips of our flags in a circle. We then chant " F L A G S, flags are the very best HUH! while weslam our flags in the opposite direction. It is so dumb, but everyone enjoys it.
- For luck we give everyone 2 kisses on opposite cheeks
- For more luck we snap the top part of our uniform along with the Drum majors.
- Along with the general butt slapping xD
We have guard circles too if I forgot to mention it O.o and as for the "General butt slapping"... can I just say that the "GO TEAM!"ing in our band extends waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay beyond just the guard XD
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Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2005 10:09 pm
Well we have our things for guard we have the secret pal. where you buy them a gift. and then before we go on the field we do the "I Believe Chant." For the band they do thier little talks and then they do their sectional chants. Like, " High Brass Kicks Shhhh..." or EGGOOOOO WAFFFLLEESSS" for saxes. and then the whole band does this thing where you and another person take your pinkies wrap them and then kiss your thumb and press your thumbs together. And then out BD usally toches our equipment for luck.
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Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2005 4:35 am
we also have the secret buddy thing but we also have coffing guard, the ones that are start out in the coffins, have a special chat before we go in thee box, it helps. 3nodding
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Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2005 2:44 pm
On the way to our last competition of the year, the guard captains make up a story with every guard girl's name in it and in accordance to a random theme. This year the theme was a grocery store, and i was the "special nuts" that some guy needed for an ice cream sunday. We usually read it just after the awards ceremony.
we also do secret pals and have a few *ahem* interesting stretches....i don't think it's possible to even describe them....
ya, there're a few other things but i'm lazy x3
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Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 2:15 pm
t3h_haNakosamA
before comps, we pshyche out the other guards by doing the cult move. ninja description? (sounds spiffy) Before Winterguard competition our instructor would come up to where we started and say "chocolate cake". (He always promised to bake us a chocolate cake if we did good. If we got 1st it would be alyered 3nodding We only got cake once, though, cause he was lazy.)
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Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2005 7:12 am
Neko Kafweenu
Another tradition is secret buddy gifts. Each guardie has a secret buddy and has to buy them a present everytime we go to a big compeition. At BOA Grand Nat's we give each other an extra-special gift and reveal ourselves to our secret buddies. heart yea we have that too, but everyone finds out who they have eventually, i figured out everyones secret buddy twisted but im not gonna tell anyone else theirs...they all probably know, except the 2 people i give to, one person knows but the other one is like "its these 2!! (not us) I KNO IT!!!"
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