"This one time at band camp"....., what do you really think of band geeks? Options

[Bubblegum]

I'm curious. What do "normal" people think of band geeks? What do you think we really do at band camp? Do you think it takes hard work to do what we do? Do you consider marching band a sport or an athletic?

Discuss.

[dani41790]

umm well i think band geeks r like normal people. and at band camp im guessin that they practice playing music and fun and stuff like that. frm wat my bf has told me, i know it does take alot of hard work to do what u do. and umm i consider marching band an athletic i guess. idk im a orch dork not a band geek and im jus goin by wat my bf tells me about marching band since hes in it.

[Bubblegum]

umm well i think band geeks r like normal people. and at band camp im guessin that they practice playing music and fun and stuff like that. frm wat my bf has told me, i know it does take alot of hard work to do what u do. and umm i consider marching band an athletic. idk im jus guessing and goin by the stuff that my bf tells me since hes in marchin band

I salute you. Honestly, I do.

Marching band is one of the most commonly misunderstood activities and it pleases me to know at least you somewhat understant what we do.

[DrEaMgUy2K1]

i think they're normal, practice on their instruments..and i somewut consider it a sport cuz yea... i saw drum line! lol

[Bubblegum]

Well. Drum line really isn't thing like band, or in my band, for that matter.
I wasn't going to comment, because I wanted to see all of your comments first, but I am going to bestow the ultimate band geek secret: what we really do at band camp......
*intense anime music begins*
We don't play around. It isn't a sex education course. We work hard. Harder than most teenagers can claim they work. We stand all day long (the only breaks we get are meal breaks) in the hot sun, sweating like pigs. We start early in the morning and end late at night...why, at one camp, we got up at six a.m. and they dismissed us at midnight! Imagine one to two weeks of that.
Well, what do we do that's so hard and takes up all that time?...*laughs* You don't want to know, really. Can you play an instrument? Really, you can? That's what i thought. You have to be pretty advanced on your instrument-- know how to play it, including fingerings or positions, embouchure, tuning, rhythms, dynamics, and way more. Got that? Now you must perfect the art of marching. That is not as easy as it sounds. After that, it gets worse! You memorize your music. And then you have to plot coordinates on the field (like a graph) by reading mini papers that have tiny, hardly legible letters. After that, you piece all the coordinates together nonstop (think of making an animation). You'll be making pictures on the field with these coordinates. You have to keep facing the sideline yet manage to look around and watch the others around you to make the perfect formations (harder than it sounds). And you do all that while playing the music you memorized correctly, playing your instrument correctly, marching correctly. Futhermore, being in band means discipline. You must always be early and prepared. Any little mistake almost always results in physical punishment. And it's worse.
So, laugh. Next time you hear hear somebody quote, "This one time at band camp.." finish their quote off with a, "I stood in the hot sun all day, sweating like a pig and working my ass off, thank you."

*intense anime music dies out*

[chanleythemanley]

Well. Drum line really isn't thing like band, or in my band, for that matter.
I wasn't going to comment, because I wanted to see all of your comments first, but I am going to bestow the ultimate band geek secret: what we really do at band camp......
*intense anime music begins*
We don't play around. It isn't a sex education course. We work hard. Harder than most teenagers can claim they work. We stand all day long (the only breaks we get are meal breaks) in the hot sun, sweating like pigs. We start early in the morning and end late at night...why, at one camp, we got up at six a.m. and they dismissed us at midnight! Imagine one to two weeks of that.
Well, what do we do that's so hard and takes up all that time?...*laughs* You don't want to know, really. Can you play an instrument? Really, you can? That's what i thought. You have to be pretty advanced on your instrument-- know how to play it, including fingerings or positions, embouchure, tuning, rhythms, dynamics, and way more. Got that? Now you must perfect the art of marching. That is not as easy as it sounds. After that, it gets worse! You memorize your music. And then you have to plot coordinates on the field (like a graph) by reading mini papers that have tiny, hardly legible letters. After that, you piece all the coordinates together nonstop (think of making an animation). You'll be making pictures on the field with these coordinates. You have to keep facing the sideline yet manage to look around and watch the others around you to make the perfect formations (harder than it sounds). And you do all that while playing the music you memorized correctly, playing your instrument correctly, marching correctly. Futhermore, being in band means discipline. You must always be early and prepared. Any little mistake almost always results in physical punishment. And it's worse.
So, laugh. Next time you hear hear somebody quote, "This one time at band camp.." finish their quote off with a, "I stood in the hot sun all day, sweating like a pig and working my ass off, thank you."

*intense anime music dies out*

Wow.. Couldn't have said it any better my self.. Mind you I don't march because I am in the pit but it is still just as ahrd. I march our pregame and that kills me.. We had to be up by 6 a.m to walk to this place that was like 15 min away.

You do get to have fun, like watch movies but sometimes you are too burnt out. They keep boys and girls seperate for almost all of the time, you can only meet friends of the opposite sex in the lounge or during dinner.

I think I am normal just in marching band. There's nothing wrong with that. It's really hard trying to memorize and make sure you stop at the right and keeping a straight line.. YIKES!

SO salute those in marching band

[waccoon]

.. Teach me how to play the drums and I'll let you know how it goes.

[highly_evolved]

the reason iv never gone to band camp was cause it seemed damn hard!

[xx angelbabu xx]

well, my school has marching band camp for 3 days in the beginning of the school year and the practices are really intense... they last for about 6 hours a day and we only get like an hour break in total.. first, we march without playing to get our steps right then we play and march when we have everything down.. but if one person makes a mistake, we do it all over again.. grr.. it's so evil..

[*tweeak*]

dude, i am a band geek!!!!

and we do band stuff at band camp, duh. but that doesnt mean its not fun...

well, my school has marching band camp for 3 days in the beginning of the school year and the practices are really intense... they last for about 6 hours a day and we only get like an hour break in total.. first, we march without playing to get our steps right then we play and march when we have everything down.. but if one person makes a mistake, we do it all over again.. grr.. it's so evil..

thats it?? we go to band camp for a week in very hot july(though it was actually pretty nice this year) and we march and play for 8hours+ a day, and then they force us to play games, once we have no energy left to move. 3 days...be happy

[*tyedyefroggy*]

BAND GEEKS RULE!

I am in Marching band, Jazz band and Orch. I have never been to band camp becuase Im usually at basketball or softball camp at the time or I might be out of state. I does take LOADS of work, for example: trying to get the turns perfect in marching band, roll and high stepping, and memorizing more than two songs for when we march.

I salute those who understand us and consider us "normal" becuase without music while you're watching a parade, you'll be very bored. Heh.

I love my saxophone. LoL

[StarryEyedSurpri...]

2 of my best friends are in the auxiliary of the band and a lot are in the marching band... i dont think of band people as geeks.

[LiNHy POO]

they're juss like normal people... but their life is kinda decaited to band! and yehh usually band geeks hang out with the other band geeks... but they're cool!

[aznriceboi]

yea i heard they had to wake up early and all, like at 6 am or something around there just to practice at the band camp.
they're all normal people that are just in band, they do what we all do etc... and yea it is hard. i played the saxophoone and quitted because it got boring. congrulations to those who are still playing

[iheartsimba]

band geeks?

its mostly just a joke now...just cuz ur in band your not a geek...tons of hot guys at my school are in band..of course with percusion and stuff....but yah

marching band..that looks kinda weird though i dont think ill ever do that....

[oOjenniOo]

go mraching band!!! whoo...my signiture....haha

yeah, i hate how everyone's like marching band is nothing compared to [whatever sport] it is a lot of frustration and my band person is so freaking scary....im so afraid of him. the upperclassman like kill you if you don't know how to do something...

yeah...but i heard it all worth it? i dunno its my first year, so far...its killing me

[LatinaLady]

I'm curious. What do "normal" people think of band geeks? What do you think we really do at band camp? Do you think it takes hard work to do what we do? Do you consider marching band a sport or an athletic?

Discuss.

theres no band geeks or anything liek that theres just ignorant poeple.

[IIO__oII]

at my school, theyre all geeks and the creative people. at CV, the band people are all cool WTF IS WRONG WITH OUR SCHOOL? our school sucks. too many cliques. and its a christian school.... =/

[*tweeak*]

band geeks?

its mostly just a joke now...just cuz ur in band your not a geek...tons of hot guys at my school are in band..of course with percusion and stuff....but yah

marching band..that looks kinda weird though i dont think ill ever do that....

you cant do marching band because you dont play an instrument, kristen. unless of course you try out and make color guard...

[Mireh]

It's a hobbie/extra curriculum.

I respect that.

[Luster Soldier]

90% of my friends are band geeks. I see them as normal people, with band their schedule. That's all.

[xoxspanky569]

band 'geeks' are awesome. just like everyone else in the world except for michael jackson and killers.

[Flaunted]

some of my friends are band geeks.
heh they are wonderful people.

[sweetdreamsx3]

I think they're cool. My friends are band geeks, but their just like normal people and they are super nice. They aren't your average big thick glasses kinda people.

[captured_serenit...]

i think it's ok. i think it should be considered a sport or something...all the hard work they put in and no one appreciates it...