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  1. You may not think people get hurt in band, but the fact is that they do. Two years ago an on field judge got his arm broken because we were moving at 200 and there was a move where the french horns and trumpets rushed into a form and did really fast turns. We have also had two people this year who have gotten sprains because they fell and couldn't get out of the way because of how fast we were moving. I don't really care if you think band is a sport or not, but we do work hard and we are in shape. It also requires a huge amount of concentration for really long periods of time. If you don't think we're a sport though, is gymnastics and dance. They have to lift people over their head or be able to pull themselves up. I guess I would say that the only difference I see is how we are judged. I would like to defend the cheerleaders aslo though. They compete too. Just because we support the football team doesn't mean that it's our primary purpose. Cheerleaders and bands compete too.
  2. Volball 5150-You didn't just ask a question; you insulted many hard working individuals who support the football team whenever possible. You called us names and told us not to show up for any other games either. I'm not sure if you realize this, I know the football team does, but we work very hard too. They appreciate what we do and understand that we can not be dedicated soley to the football team. Many of the players watch us when we perform, not at half-time obviously, and they enjoy our show. I just don't understand why none of the actual players are complaining, but adults and football players from other communities are judging us. The football players understand, so if you don't believe us; ask them. If anyone has a right to complain, it's the players.
  3. I am an officer in the Tullahoma High School Band and I'm very sorry you feel that way about our organization. We have many dedicated young adults that practice their insturments every day after our daily rehersals and still manage to be at the very top of our class. We attempt to support the football team as much as possible, and we realize that many on the football team support us. We were devestated when the football game was postponed last night. Our halftime show was not performed due to the curcumstances, but we still wanted to arrange a pep band to support our team; however, many people in our band have jobs and can not ask off last minute. There were approxamitely 17 hours between the actually postponement of the game and the continuation. 10pm is considered too late to call employers to ask off; therefore from 8am this morning, the earliest a student could have possibly asked off, was less than 5 hours from the continuation of the game. Also, students from the band had to tend to their insturments and uniforms from the rain last night. The mopping; plumes, the feathers on our helmets; and wind insturmens were attended to last night. The pit insturments and purcussion were dried as thouroughly as possible; however, students still had to come in with blow driers this morning to finish the drying process on the expensive insturments. There were also guard flags to be dried, seat covers to be dried, as well as insturment covers. The young adults in our program assist the band parents in doing many of the things our organization requires, but the care of insturments, uniforms, and our band room takes time and effort. We support the football team as much as possible and many of our musicians still came to the game to watch, but the organization of over 150 people takes more than 5 hours.
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