================================================ Subject: Re: NCR--Marching Band From: "Tara" To: Date: Wed 18 Jul 2001 12:44:02 -0400 ================================================ "Gimme Some Lovin'" Spencer Harris Group "Hang on Sloopy" The McCoys (lots of people have done versions of this song, not sure if they're the original artist or not) "Any Way You Want It" Journey Hope that helps ya... Tara ----- Original Message ----- From: Gina Kovach To: Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 7:16 AM Subject: NCR--Marching Band > *YAWN* > > I think I forgot how it tough band was my freshman year. > > No, seriously, today I went to help out at the first new member practice, > and it was HORRIBLE. The kids were getting so incredibly frustrated and > bored, because we kept doing the same things over and over again until > they got them perfect. It was really bad when they had to stand at > attention because then someone would always move (you're not even really > supposed to blink) and they would have to stay like that for another two > minutes, which doesn't sound like long time, but it is when you can't > even swallow and the hot sun is beating down on you and you've already > been in that position for 15 minutes. Then there were a bunch of people > who missed the most important part--"Mr. Stein's Marching Fundamentals > 101"--because they were getting fit for uniforms, so I had to teach them > how to march from basically square one. I mean they got the hang of it > after awhile, but I felt so strange being their teacher and there were a > couple times I messed up and then I felt REALLY dumb. I mean they were > looking at me like, "OK, you're teaching US what to do but YOU can't even > get it right." And then there was this girl who left for soccer practice > and then came back, so I had to teach her just like one-on-one, and she > seemed like one of those "I'm here because Mom's making me" people, and I > hate it when parents make their kids do stuff because then the kids have > this bad attitude that brings down the whole group (I can see hate mail > coming for that one, LoL). And then a few of them were grumbling about > doing toe-up-toe-down (a marching exercise) about a million times, and me > and my friend were basically yelling at them to get used to it because we > honestly do it for like, an hour straight, at band camp. Then they were > all asking us about band camp and whether it's anything like how it's > described in American Pie, but it's not, not even for the flute players > (LoL). > > And while I'm on the subject, can anyone tell me who sings any of these > songs: > > "Gimme Some Lovin'" (one of our "band tradition songs" that we play in > the stands) > "Hang On Sloopy" (we play this in at least one halftime show every year) > "Any Way You Want It" (we played this my freshman year) > > I have a mix tape of the original versions of marching band songs, and if > I could get these three then my tape will be finished. We usually play > really good stuff, like last year we played "Poison" by Alice Cooper and > "Carry On Wayward Son" by Kansas, and then freshman year we played "We > Didn't Start The Fire" by Billy Joel. And "Any Way You Want It" was good > too. I mean, it's gonna be SO hard to write a senior show because we have > so many good songs to use...arggghhhhhhh why I am I talking about all > this anyways? It's not like any of you people even CARE about my band > stuff anyway...well I better go cuz I have to pack for band camp (3 days > until I leave!). Bye 4 now... > > --->|Gina|<--- > e-mail me > "Carry on my wayward son, there'll be peace when you are done, lay your > weary head to rest, don't you cry no more..."--Kansas > ________________________________________________________________ > 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