250-ish freshman class........


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"NOISE TALKA" said:
Note: All member please remember, the game starts at 6 p.m. so we will begin to line up at 4:00 a.m. We will be marching to the stadium in two's.
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Due to potential of a phasing problems from the opposing band cranking on us. We will walk into stadium sing a negro spiritual, instead marching to a cadence. This way we minimize exposure of marching to different beats.
 
royboy said:
Due to potential of a phasing problems from the opposing band cranking on us. We will walk into stadium sing a negro spiritual, instead marching to a cadence. This way we minimize exposure of marching to different beats.
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LOL.

Scratch that... instead:

We will sing "If anybody wants to knoooooooooowwwwww. We've got 500 peoplllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllleee" repeatedly.
 



It may sound "loud and proud" on the field, but the drills and dances look a hot mess. Bumping into each other, elbows and knees knocking. Cramped up like a sardines in a can. :shame:
 
Just talked to them AGAIN...... Apparently, it's just gonna be ALOT more upper brass, and A-WHOLE-LOT more woodwinds, possibly baritone saxophones included.

me: "Well, as long as her realizes 50 tubas is PLENTY.... But I COULD see 20 more trombones...."

him: "More tubas?! That WOULD be crazy, but he DOES want to add in barisaxes.... And we don't NEED more 'bones..... Remember, we did fine with 14 before."

He also said something about flutes also.....
 
Blankman2k5 said:
I reiterate "who cares about FAMU"... kick rocks
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I do and you should, too. As a native Floridian and tax payer, I have more of a vested interest than most here on TSPN. However, success breeds success and you should want The Hundred to be successful.

Why would you want 500 in a band?
  1. You love the exotic forms that FAMU has become famous for.
  2. When you do travel, you have a concentrated cheering section that can be your twelfth defender if they get to sit along the sidelines.
  3. If you have ever gotten to conduct a band that large (or 5 times that size, as I have), you know that the sound of them playing well can be absolutely UNCONSCIONABLE.
  4. It forces the FSU Marching Chiefs to consider whether it wants to get even bigger.

The downside: uniforms and the cleaning bill.
 
dacontinent said:
I do and you should, too. As a native Floridian and tax payer, I have more of a vested interest than most here on TSPN. However, success breeds success and you should want The Hundred to be successful.

Why would you want 500 in a band?
  1. You love the exotic forms that FAMU has become famous for.
  2. When you do travel, you have a concentrated cheering section that can be your twelfth defender if they get to sit along the sidelines.
  3. If you have ever gotten to conduct a band that large (or 5 times that size, as I have), you know that the sound of them playing well can be absolutely UNCONSCIONABLE.
  4. It forces the FSU Marching Chiefs to consider whether it wants to get even bigger.

The downside: uniforms and the cleaning bill.
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This is a management nightmare. I think they will have serious quality problems at this size. Playing marches at this number will sound sloppy, and it aint no way you can tune 120 dang piccolos. #1 getting them kids to report on time aint gon happen. And i think the extra stuff (glaze) will increase drastically at this number just cause it traditionally has been used as a quality control mechanism,and a way to install pride. If this is true it will be interesting. I remember this past year seeing them in the atl classic parade. I have never seen so many tubas in my life, it looked dam good though.
 
dacontinent said:
I do and you should, too. As a native Floridian and tax payer, I have more of a vested interest than most here on TSPN. However, success breeds success and you should want The Hundred to be successful.

Why would you want 500 in a band?
  1. You love the exotic forms that FAMU has become famous for.
  2. When you do travel, you have a concentrated cheering section that can be your twelfth defender if they get to sit along the sidelines.
  3. If you have ever gotten to conduct a band that large (or 5 times that size, as I have), you know that the sound of them playing well can be absolutely UNCONSCIONABLE.
  4. It forces the FSU Marching Chiefs to consider whether it wants to get even bigger.

The downside: uniforms and the cleaning bill.
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And it is expensive as h3ck to travel 500 bandmembers not counting all other auxilery...
 
Venom Skywalker said:
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according to FSU website they have the largest collegiate marching band in the world. Now Famu will have 500, which I'm sure will make them the largest.... Sounds like some insider trading going on.

I would have loved this opportunity back in my day. Blowing out a 500 piece band, with quarter of that. I think after you get to 300, does not matter how many you add it will sound like 300. Remember all them mass bands performances, I was never that impressed with that sound on the field.
 
royboy said:
according to FSU website they have the largest collegiate marching band in the world. Now Famu will have 500, which I'm sure will make them the largest.... Sounds like some insider trading going on.

I would have loved this opportunity back in my day. Blowing out a 500 piece band, with quarter of that. I think after you get to 300, does not matter how many you add it will sound like 300. Remember all them mass bands performances, I was never that impressed with that sound on the field.
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You might have loved the opportunity, but you would have been over-matched against FAMU, FSU, and the TxA&M alumni band (850+). 500 doesn't sound anything like 300 or 400. Until you have heard it, you have no real idea about how much of a difference it makes.
 
royboy said:
according to FSU website they have the largest collegiate marching band in the world. Now Famu will have 500, which I'm sure will make them the largest.... Sounds like some insider trading going on.

I would have loved this opportunity back in my day. Blowing out a 500 piece band, with quarter of that. I think after you get to 300, does not matter how many you add it will sound like 300. Remember all them mass bands performances, I was never that impressed with that sound on the field.
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I thought that too, until I saw and heard that 1000 piece New Orleans band playing "Missing You"...

The sound wasn't as condenced as a SU because they were all spreaded out... But dude... I saw what I thought to be sound waves....lol That shyt was crazy...
 
SUtrp96 said:
I thought that too, until I saw and heard that 1000 piece New Orleans band playing "Missing You"...

The sound wasn't as condenced as a SU because they were all spreaded out... But dude... I saw what I thought to be sound waves....lol That shyt was crazy...
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:nod::nod::nod:
 



dacontinent said:
256 is my optimal number
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That's good for you, because of the type of instrumentation I know you are looking for...

But to produce a solid sound and perform drills that cover a great bit of the football field you don't "NEED" 200 or more...
 
SUtrp96 said:
That's good for you, because of the type of instrumentation I know you are looking for...

But to produce a solid sound and perform drills that cover a great bit of the football field you don't "NEED" 200 or more...
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I agree 150-175 is my ideal number for a solid band.
 
SUtrp96 said:
That's about right with me too... Folk tend to produce less and hide behind those huge numbers.....
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Doc Greggs always told us that 192 was the perfect number for him. 6 company fronts like we had for the first game in 86. Matched perfectly for his drills. But the key was having enough reserves to keep the pressure on folks who had spots in the show. That was his only issue. We had too many drummer reserves instead of other instrument players to keep everybody on point. Main reason we went back down in the numbers that year. More people.......more problems.
 
JR said:
Doc Greggs always told us that 192 was the perfect number for him. 6 company fronts like we had for the first game in 86. Matched perfectly for his drills. But the key was having enough reserves to keep the pressure on folks who had spots in the show. That was his only issue. We had too many drummer reserves instead of other instrument players to keep everybody on point. Main reason we went back down in the numbers that year. More people.......more problems.
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I agree 100%

That's why in 96 and 97 when we had 170+ and only marched 128 on the field.. Practice stayed intense, because NO ONE spot on the field was safe..

We had extras in just about each section..
 
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