================================================ Subject: Re: Fw: (list members related) Family issues From: "Tara" To: Date: Sun 15 Jul 2001 19:12:14 -0400 ================================================ What, no mention of the rifle squad? (Or rifles... or rifle corp... or "those idiots who twirl those big wooden sticks and throw them up in the air in an attempt to injure everyone else in the band"...) I'm insulted! Tara (Who was captain of said rifle squad her senior year of high school, and still has the bruises to prove it... lol) ----- Original Message ----- From: Gina Kovach To: Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2001 12:56 PM Subject: Re: Fw: (list members related) Family issues > There are also many differing terms in the world of marching band, > depending where in the country you are (I know this because I know people > from different bands). It can get REALLY interesting when you're with a > bunch of band nerds from all over the place and you start speaking > bandnerdese. The first term in each line is what we call it in our band. > These are just a few of the different things I've heard from talking to > different band people: > > "Starlettes" vs. "Majorettes" vs. "Flag Corps" > "President of Band" vs. "Drum Major" vs. "Student Director" vs. "Band > Leader" > "Plume" vs. "Feather" > "Shoes" vs. "Spats" vs. "Boots" > "Bib" vs. "Cummerbund" > "Cape" vs. "Tail" > "Hat vs. "Helmet" vs. "Beret" vs. "Shako" > "Marching French Horn" vs. "Mellophone" > "Tuba" vs. "Sousaphone" > "Percussion" vs. "Drums" > "Piccolo" vs. "Mini-flute" vs. "Flutette" > "Squad Leader" vs. "Group Leader" > "Section Leader" vs. "Section Head" > "Rain Coat" vs. "Slicker" vs. "Vinyl Uniform/Instrument Proctector" > "Marking Time" vs. "Marching In Place" > "Charts" vs. "Drill Books" > "Corps Style" vs. "Roll-Stepping" > > ...And the list goes on, but I don't want to bore you all with marching > band terminology, so I'll just end it here. :) > > ~*Gina*~ > e-mail me > "We may rise and fall, but in the end, we meet our fate > together..."--Creed > "Here's to the night we felt alive, here's to the tears you knew you > cried, here's to goodbye, tomorrow's gonna come too soon..."--Eve 6 > > On Sun, 15 Jul 2001 03:47:00 -0500 Keith Mears > writes: > > To expand on that just a little, how about the fact that a "regular" > > coffee > > in the Midwest means "no sugar, no cream" (AKA "black"), but in New > > York > > (not sure about the rest of the east coast) it means (depending on > > the > > borough you're in) 1)"sugar only", 2) "cream only", or 3)"sugar and > > cream". > ________________________________________________________________ > GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! > Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! > Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. > > To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: > http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp