#shebandigans

Id love to see a series of what follows Metal Lords (2022)

See the band be bandmates and all

anyway, i, a flute, was in the front line and so got a front row seat to this. what happened was he ended up backwards marching the ENTIRE time, bc he didnt know that the drum majors turn around and forwards march when theyre not signaling us

our route was we marched from the parking lot outside the band room to the stadium on the other side of campus, did a circuit of the track, and marched back up. he got 75% of the way around the track before he had to turn around and forwards march.

he then, just after turning around, turns back to our front line and goes, and i quote,

they made us all t-pose. like, staff actually made everyone t-pose in warm up block. it was so fuckin weird.

at one point one of the flute lines all (except for hanna) laced fingers

this one clarinet eric wHIPS OUT HIS FUCKIN PHONE AND, AS FAST AS HE CAN, TAKES A PICTURE OF EVERYONE T-POSING

“mattias, your hand is so moist” —mary, a freshman clarinetist, directly after eric did The Thing

people, including me, kept t-posing instead of going to attention. what the fuck.

there was a froggo

our sax drum major zack came up to me and asked, “ari, you good?” bc i was taking a picture of said frog

there was also a cricket

it started raining while we were still across campus from the band room. the percussion were out there and all our instruments were out

we had to fuckin do a mad dash to put our instruments away and nyoom the bells and the drumset and shit back up to the band room

i had to grab devon’s baritone

i also had to help push the drumset

that one time at the last competition before championships where these kids from another band were giving us food and i got to talk to them. they said our show was good (theirs was better, though we didn’t get to see it. i think she said her name was.. bella)

at championships we were going into the practice area and me and this kid who had a piccolo in the band that was going to the stadium like grinned at each other and pointed to our instruments like “same hat!!”

after scores were given when we got to Mingle with the other bands i kept opening my jacket in front of kids from other bands and going “hey u wanna hanger”

reactions to seeing the hanger in my jacket ranged from laughter to “...what the fuck why do u have a hanger”

on the Road Of High Fives back to the bus this kid yelled out of the window at me and my friend to “TELL MIGUEL TO GO TO HELL FOR THE HOT SAUCE”

tbh idek if anyone ever told miguel

clarissa: (about a dynamic) it’s short and angry. (has a visible yet small realization) like me! (everyone laughs) glenna: clarissa in a dynamic.

then later when we were out on the field: so for background the drill writer decided that it was a good idea to put trombones and flutes next to each other all in one big line that goes like flute flute trombone flute flute trombone (bc we have like, 14 flutes to six (6) trombones). yes. put all the instruments that could easily hit someone in one big Line. this obviously leads to some complications. i tune in partway through this conversation.

justin, the trombone section leader, about his trombone: well i gotta like parallel park this baby max, very softly: i don’t care

im like 90% sure that was just an excuse bc like. have u MET trombones. they dont care at ALL about what happens to their instrument. if someone stands too close to my instrument while it’s on the ground i have a heart attack. trombones wear theirs as hats. ive seen one do that while telling someone to just kick his case out of the way.

oh also bc this happened:

one trombone (i think justin actually) fucking hurls a water bottle at an eighty degree angle into the fuckin sky, and another trombone, shando, who’s carrying two trombones in their cases sWINGS AROUND AND FUCKIN TRIES TO HIT THE WATER BOTTLE WITH ONE OF THE TROMBONES

and last, but certainly not least

of course french horns and mellos are the exception. and euphonium. they're literally the only instruments i haven't seen doing that, except sousa/tuba, but like theyre not much better than the baritones

they don't get up to the same amount of Instrument Tomfoolery as the rest of brass (except for french horn/mello & euph) bc their instruments are so big, but like i've watched abby let ava stick her flute into the bell and apparently on the  bus ride back from the competition last week mendelson fucking. looked up max's address and found it

according to ravi the trumpets regularly put their mouthpieces on other people’s trumpets and play em like that. and i’ve seen the section leader kick over his own trumpet, and try to hold a trombone but immediately drop the slide

and ive seen all four guy trombones wear their instruments as hats. one while telling a trumpet to just kick his case out of the way

and the baritones regularly play way above ten degrees on purpose