Bands playing during game action...

[Monkey Wrench]

Well, I got to experience what some of you were talking about at the Maryville - White Station game last night in Cookeville and it was very enlightening.

 

 

What was the net effect? The fans were taken out of the game. Maryville's fans outnumbered White Station's 10-1, but there is no need to yell and make noise when no one can hear you due to the 300+ piece band playing across the stadium from you at full volume.

 

Umm there's 180 of us

 

I notice a bunch of east TN'ers complaining. This is probably a direct correlation to some East TN counties having to dissolve their band programs due to ignorance and lack of support. Here in Mid TN and apparently in West TN, we still get it. As stated in my earlier post, I love football as much as anybody, but what do you think came first? Football or Marching Band? That's right the Marching band.[/quote

 

congratulations....that probably doubles your football team...and thats what people come to see...don't believe me? why do people wait to halftime to go to the bathroom, or get concessions? because they don't care to see the band perform, and they'd rather miss that than the football game. this happens at all levels...except of course the band parents, i'm sure they'd rather watch there kids play.

 

and according to some research. the purdue marching band was the first marching band in college....and that was in 1886.

 

football was first played in 1869.

 

therefore marching band came after the football...unless your considering "marching band" the dudes that played a horn or a drum in battles....

[Sparta]

Well, I got to experience what some of you were talking about at the Maryville - White Station game last night in Cookeville and it was very enlightening.

 

 

What was the net effect? The fans were taken out of the game. Maryville's fans outnumbered White Station's 10-1, but there is no need to yell and make noise when no one can hear you due to the 300+ piece band playing across the stadium from you at full volume.

 

Umm there's 180 of us

 

I notice a bunch of east TN'ers complaining. This is probably a direct correlation to some East TN counties having to dissolve their band programs due to ignorance and lack of support. Here in Mid TN and apparently in West TN, we still get it. As stated in my earlier post, I love football as much as anybody, but what do you think came first? Football or Marching Band? That's right the Marching band.[/quote

 

congratulations....that probably doubles your football team...and thats what people come to see...don't believe me? why do people wait to halftime to go to the bathroom, or get concessions? because they don't care to see the band perform, and they'd rather miss that than the football game. this happens at all levels...except of course the band parents, i'm sure they'd rather watch there kids play.

 

and according to some research. the purdue marching band was the first marching band in college....and that was in 1886.

 

football was first played in 1869.

 

therefore marching band came after the football...unless your considering "marching band" the dudes that played a horn or a drum in battles....

The band completes the atmosphere of a friday night football game, the fans love us so does the team and what does the year they were started in have to do with ANYthing

[Monkey Wrench]

The band completes the atmosphere of a friday night football game, the fans love us so does the team and what does the year they were started in have to do with ANYthing

 

someone, idk if it was you....made the statement that marching band started before football. so i was just fixing it...personally, i was a player...and i could care less about the band...I just think its unsportsmanlike, i have no problem with bands outside the play of the game. and ill keep going back to college, if they felt it was right for bands to play during the game action, they would allow it....and people say blah blah their bands are much bigger and louder, but their not in the comparrison of the stadium, and how many MORE fans are in there. crowd noise is supose to be the 12th man, not the band. the band should be their to celebrate big plays...take UTK, they score. rockeytop. the crowd goes crazy. it doesnt take the whole game to have the fans get into the band.

[bandawg]

The modern marching band is a direct decendant of the military band. Music has been played for marching long before there was football. During WWII many football teams were shut down for the war, but guess what continued? Marching Bands. Nobody on here is arguing the fact of band vs. football. The issue that I and others have is when people make ignorant comments about the band programs and they know absolutely NOTHING about what is involved. I can talk X's and O's so I am on this board. Do you know the notes of a B-flat concert scale? NO. So don't speak of what you do not know.

[Monkey Wrench]

The modern marching band is a direct decendant of the military band. Music has been played for marching long before there was football. During WWII many football teams were shut down for the war, but guess what continued? Marching Bands. Nobody on here is arguing the fact of band vs. football. The issue that I and others have is when people make ignorant comments about the band programs and they know absolutely NOTHING about what is involved. I can talk X's and O's so I am on this board. Do you know the notes of a B-flat concert scale? NO. So don't speak of what you do not know.

 

been playing guitar my whole life, and taken a lot of theory classes my friend...i know music pretty well

 

never heard of it as a "concert scale" but im guess you mean a bflat major scale. which would consist of...

b-C-D-Eb-F-G-A

its reletive minor would be the G minor scale.

 

 

if i wanted to get in a music debate i would go on over to the band forum...

[wilsontd]

For the record Maryville fans who want to complain about bands playing. Check your own public address announcer and see how often he starts to make announcements when the opposing teams quarterback is about to go under center. 2 out of three years that I visited your stadium I noticed this. So quit your complaining about a band playing until your own announcer waits until their is a stoppage of play to make announcements about parking, concession stand items or other information that really can wait.

You have a class program and a very classy coach. It's just too bad that the majority of your fans could not find the CLASS to represent the whole program like your coaching staff and players do.

[Sparta]

The band completes the atmosphere of a friday night football game, the fans love us so does the team and what does the year they were started in have to do with ANYthing

 

someone, idk if it was you....made the statement that marching band started before football. so i was just fixing it...personally, i was a player...and i could care less about the band...I just think its unsportsmanlike, i have no problem with bands outside the play of the game. and ill keep going back to college, if they felt it was right for bands to play during the game action, they would allow it....and people say blah blah their bands are much bigger and louder, but their not in the comparrison of the stadium, and how many MORE fans are in there. crowd noise is supose to be the 12th man, not the band. the band should be their to celebrate big plays...take UTK, they score. rockeytop. the crowd goes crazy. it doesnt take the whole game to have the fans get into the band.

 

I guess things are just different over here

team>band>crowd

[MLREB]

For the record Maryville fans who want to complain about bands playing. Check your own public address announcer and see how often he starts to make announcements when the opposing teams quarterback is about to go under center. 2 out of three years that I visited your stadium I noticed this. So quit your complaining about a band playing until your own announcer waits until their is a stoppage of play to make announcements about parking, concession stand items or other information that really can wait.

You have a class program and a very classy coach. It's just too bad that the majority of your fans could not find the CLASS to represent the whole program like your coaching staff and players do.

 

 

 

Actually he does it to Maryville as well. We have complained about the 2 for 1 hot dog announcement for years. wilsontd....you are correct though....it does occur...and to both the visitors and the home team at MHS

[MLREB]

The band is there because there is a football game in progress. Know your role and shut up the playing while action is on the field. Timeouts...between plays...halftime... that's when you should be saw and heard.

 

 

JMO folks. As for the band parents/supporters that run the concessions and receive the funds made from sales............upgrade the food!!!!!! Enough of that you low quality over priced slop that you feed us...... Give me something that I look forward to. I promise to spend more dollars to reflect your efforts.

[STARSNBARS]

MLREB so true...that HotDawg man beehind Donna's will put tha cunsesshuns ov Mairvul outta bizzness next yeer....wilsontd...Hits called home feeled addvantige....... Ol' Skeeter used two yell reevurse on tha PA fer us.....

[GREYRIDER]

SUPPORT FUNCTION!

[MrDonkey]

I notice a bunch of east TN'ers complaining. This is probably a direct correlation to some East TN counties having to dissolve their band programs due to ignorance and lack of support. Here in Mid TN and apparently in West TN, we still get it. As stated in my earlier post, I love football as much as anybody, but what do you think came first? Football or Marching Band? That's right the Marching band.

 

Not to call anybody out

BUT

I have never been to a Marching Band Contest and a football game beaks out at half Time!