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Spanks004
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Miami will be the band to introduce Santa in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade this year, congrats!
http://www.miami.muohio.edu/news/article/view/16150.html
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| Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2011 10:31 am Post subject: |
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i bet their music is gonna be boring.
maybe they should dance like OU's band!
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I am 4Hawks
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| Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2011 12:02 pm Post subject: |
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Ballad of the unhatched chicken! It's a sure crowd pleaser and screams college, santa claus and football. 
— I don't believe a marching band has ever made me want to stay at any football game, but they sure have given me reason to leave a few. —
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I thought we had to wait at least six months between arguments about the band.  
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| Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2011 3:00 pm Post subject: |
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| i'm even perplexed as to why they'd accept the offer to go to an entertaining parade |
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| Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2011 3:20 pm Post subject: |
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| miami06 wrote: | | i'm even perplexed as to why they'd accept the offer to go to an entertaining parade |
Probably because they deserve it. |
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| miami06 wrote: | | i'm even perplexed as to why they'd accept the offer to go to an entertaining parade |
it's not the first time, they went in 2003 too - may be some indication that the band is actually better than anyone around here gives it credit for.
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| Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2011 3:28 pm Post subject: |
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| Hope it isn't too cold. I hated doing parades in the cold. My reed always froze to the mouthpiece. |
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| Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2011 3:42 pm Post subject: |
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| Thank God Santa is introduced at the end of the parade and not in the third quarter. |
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redhawk11
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| Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2011 3:43 pm Post subject: |
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| miamisteve wrote: | | miami06 wrote: | | i'm even perplexed as to why they'd accept the offer to go to an entertaining parade |
it's not the first time, they went in 2003 too - may be some indication that the band is actually better than anyone around here gives it credit for. |
I don't care how good our band is. I just want them to play well-timed and exciting music during football and basketball games. |
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I am 4Hawks
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| miamisteve wrote: | | miami06 wrote: | | i'm even perplexed as to why they'd accept the offer to go to an entertaining parade |
it's not the first time, they went in 2003 too - may be some indication that the band is actually better than anyone around here gives it credit for. |
Actually whenever I've seen the band away from Yager it's always been better and far more energetic.
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| Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2011 4:03 pm Post subject: |
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| redhawk11 wrote: | | miamisteve wrote: | | miami06 wrote: | | i'm even perplexed as to why they'd accept the offer to go to an entertaining parade |
it's not the first time, they went in 2003 too - may be some indication that the band is actually better than anyone around here gives it credit for. |
I don't care how good our band is. I just want them to play well-timed and exciting music during football and basketball games. |
Agreed. They are very good musically, much like a concert band which is the comparison I made during the last argument. They are not correctly utilized for football. That is mostly not the fault of the students. They are perfect for something like this and will kill whatever holiday music they decide to bring out. Congrats bandos! |
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| And if you have a few extra bucks lying around, send them along to help out with expenses. You can donate online at the band's website and I think you can send something in to Miami's general address and designate it for the band. |
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| Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2011 10:02 pm Post subject: |
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I would be far more inclined to donate money to send them to an actual away football game.
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| Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2011 10:12 pm Post subject: |
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| DICK wrote: | | I would be far more inclined to donate money to send them to an actual away football game. |
YES!!!!!!!
Give them money to show up in Athens on their way to NYC |
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| Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 7:21 am Post subject: |
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| miamisteve wrote: | | miami06 wrote: | | i'm even perplexed as to why they'd accept the offer to go to an entertaining parade |
it's not the first time, they went in 2003 too - may be some indication that the band is actually better than anyone around here gives it credit for. |
99% of the complaints on this board about the band have had nothing to do with their musical talent. I know nothing about that sort of thing, but I can accept that they are a musically respected group.
What I do know is that I have been to football games at dozens of college campuses and seen how central most bands are to the football experience. The Miami band seems to be a classical marching band that just happens to attend football games. |
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| Awesome. I knew this thread would deteriorate quickly. |
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| HoosierHawk wrote: | | miamisteve wrote: | | miami06 wrote: | | i'm even perplexed as to why they'd accept the offer to go to an entertaining parade |
it's not the first time, they went in 2003 too - may be some indication that the band is actually better than anyone around here gives it credit for. |
99% of the complaints on this board about the band have had nothing to do with their musical talent. I know nothing about that sort of thing, but I can accept that they are a musically respected group.
What I do know is that I have been to football games at dozens of college campuses and seen how central most bands are to the football experience. The Miami band seems to be a classical marching band that just happens to attend football games. |
This is completely a fair statement. The band gets their due in the area they want their due. But when it comes to what the majority of the band doesn't care about (football), they are torn apart. |
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| TruckCrew wrote: | | Awesome. I knew this thread would deteriorate quickly. |
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| thechuck_2112 wrote: | | TruckCrew wrote: | | Awesome. I knew this thread would deteriorate quickly. |
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| Bash Riprock wrote: | | thechuck_2112 wrote: | | TruckCrew wrote: | | Awesome. I knew this thread would deteriorate quickly. |
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| RedhawkBandMan wrote: | | Bash Riprock wrote: | | thechuck_2112 wrote: | | TruckCrew wrote: | | Awesome. I knew this thread would deteriorate quickly. |
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| RedhawkBandMan wrote: | | Bash Riprock wrote: | | thechuck_2112 wrote: | | TruckCrew wrote: | | Awesome. I knew this thread would deteriorate quickly. |
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I like cake. But not chocolate cake. I also don't like chocolate ice cream, but I like candy bars. Not sure why that is.
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