A fun activity (except for the month of August and Wednesday nights or whenever you have rehearsals after the school day) during high school where you will have a lot of fun memories. Except when the band director and/or the field commanders yell at you.
1. A large group of people that are all family.
2. Just because the football players aren't playing football during half-time doesn't mean they aren't playing anything during half-time some football players are also part of the marching band!
3. What happens on the band bus ALWAYS stays on the band bus.
4. Freshman year is the WORST year of marching band.
5. The band director will NEVER call you by your real name if you are an underclassmen
6. When the band director says one more time it means: we're staying here until it is perfect.
7. This one time, at band camp....
8. Your arms get tired of holding up that instrument.
9.Uniforms: sometimes comfortable, sometimes not. Hat: always will be annoying.
10. Field commanders will always have the best looking uniform!
11. Have a good memory you will be memorizing a lot of music.
12. The field commanders are horrified when they get on the podium for the first time. It's a little scary up there.
13. Last one. Have fun during band it's a really fun experience!
Find dot 55 of the contest show
Field commander: the whole line of alto saxes isn't straight
Band director: oh god... Everyone go back to the previous dot. Hit, hit and previous
We have trumpets out to lunch
Band director: trumpets.... Get your music out of your leadpipe AND USE IT!!!!!!!
BAND TEN HUT!!! ...ONE!!!
2. Just because the football players aren't playing football during half-time doesn't mean they aren't playing anything during half-time some football players are also part of the marching band!
3. What happens on the band bus ALWAYS stays on the band bus.
4. Freshman year is the WORST year of marching band.
5. The band director will NEVER call you by your real name if you are an underclassmen
6. When the band director says one more time it means: we're staying here until it is perfect.
7. This one time, at band camp....
8. Your arms get tired of holding up that instrument.
9.Uniforms: sometimes comfortable, sometimes not. Hat: always will be annoying.
10. Field commanders will always have the best looking uniform!
11. Have a good memory you will be memorizing a lot of music.
12. The field commanders are horrified when they get on the podium for the first time. It's a little scary up there.
13. Last one. Have fun during band it's a really fun experience!
Find dot 55 of the contest show
Field commander: the whole line of alto saxes isn't straight
Band director: oh god... Everyone go back to the previous dot. Hit, hit and previous
We have trumpets out to lunch
Band director: trumpets.... Get your music out of your leadpipe AND USE IT!!!!!!!
BAND TEN HUT!!! ...ONE!!!
by Anthony the Italian October 15, 2019

White county marching band was chose out of the whole state of Tennessee to go to DC so they could march in the National Independence Day Parade. July 4, 2017
by TheTruthOfDeath October 23, 2017

A Decent sum of Birdville Highschool students who choose to spend their time walking around in a parking lot getting yelled at.
by Chad_Broskii June 22, 2025

The day that all people (in marching band) look forward to at the beginning of a new season, where the music and movements you will be working on repeatedly for the next few months are revealed.
Guy 1: Man, tomorrow is the marching band show reveal day, aren't you excited?
Guy 2: Of course I am, I bet it will be awesome.
Guy 2: Of course I am, I bet it will be awesome.
by The Marching Griffin March 12, 2024

A family of mentally insane teenagers who love each other more than life itself but also hate each other at the same time. Every band has a special unsaid connection with each other that can’t be broken, unless someone drops out of band. Then the band kids will make sure they are miserable for the rest of their lives. The band kids have many inside jokes from bus rides and football games, and it annoys the hell out of non-band kids. Join band, you’ll love it, but be warned, there is no escape.
“I love marching band!”
“I know right! It was so funny on the bus when one of the rookies was talking about how he owns a thong.”
“I know right! It was so funny on the bus when one of the rookies was talking about how he owns a thong.”
by MoolyTheCow November 11, 2021

CONTINUED FROM #6:
If you have some grace and musical talent(not all guards have this, but ours do and 80% of us play all sorts of musical instruments{most are 1st-3rd out of 5 or more chairs in Concert/Symphonic Band/Choir/Orchestra/Guitar class in their section or have ability to be in more than two instrument sections} and WE GOT RHYTHM AND EXPRESSION like no one's business... kinda required from everyone...lol) then good for your guard.
WE ARE NOT CHEERLEADERS/TWIRLERS. In order for our school's cheerleading team to "look" good while performing, they need to have certain and various amounts of body control, balance, muscle, body awareness, timing, and smiles. These are not hard once you get them down but these are NOT EASY either. NOT ALL GUARDS HAVE THIS but ours do- according to this at some level, we get along with the cheerleaders and we appreciate each other.
Twirlers... I have no exact idea who they are so i can't judge them...
All i know is that twirlers twirl.
7. guard or CG (colorguard)
If you have some grace and musical talent(not all guards have this, but ours do and 80% of us play all sorts of musical instruments{most are 1st-3rd out of 5 or more chairs in Concert/Symphonic Band/Choir/Orchestra/Guitar class in their section or have ability to be in more than two instrument sections} and WE GOT RHYTHM AND EXPRESSION like no one's business... kinda required from everyone...lol) then good for your guard.
WE ARE NOT CHEERLEADERS/TWIRLERS. In order for our school's cheerleading team to "look" good while performing, they need to have certain and various amounts of body control, balance, muscle, body awareness, timing, and smiles. These are not hard once you get them down but these are NOT EASY either. NOT ALL GUARDS HAVE THIS but ours do- according to this at some level, we get along with the cheerleaders and we appreciate each other.
Twirlers... I have no exact idea who they are so i can't judge them...
All i know is that twirlers twirl.
7. guard or CG (colorguard)
High School Colorguard (Marching Band) Def. Part 4
Examples are finished in Definition parts one through 3.
Examples are finished in Definition parts one through 3.
by All I want is PEACE. December 27, 2011

A fun activity (except for the month of August and Wednesday nights) during high school where you will have a lot of fun memories. Except when the band director and/or the field commanders yell at you.
1. A large group of people that are all family.
2. Just because the football players aren't playing football during half-time doesn't mean they aren't playing anything during half-time some football players are also part of the marching band!
3. What happens on the band bus ALWAYS stays on the band bus.
4. Freshman year is the WORST year of marching band.
5. The band director will NEVER call you by your real name if you are an underclassmen
6. When the band director says one more time it means: we're staying here until it is perfect.
7. This one time, at band camp....
8. Your arms get tired of holding up that instrument.
9.Uniforms: sometimes comfortable, sometimes not. Hat: always will be annoying.
10. Field commanders will always have the best looking uniform!
11. Have a good memory you will be memorizing a lot of music.
12. Last one. Have fun during band it's a really fun experience!
Find dot 55 of the contest show
Field commander: the whole line of alto saxes isn't straight
Band director: oh god... Everyone go back to the previous dot. Hit, hit and previous
We have trumpets out to lunch
Band director: trumpets.... Get your music out of your leadpipe AND USE IT!!!!!!!
BAND TEN HUT!!! ONE!!!!!!
2. Just because the football players aren't playing football during half-time doesn't mean they aren't playing anything during half-time some football players are also part of the marching band!
3. What happens on the band bus ALWAYS stays on the band bus.
4. Freshman year is the WORST year of marching band.
5. The band director will NEVER call you by your real name if you are an underclassmen
6. When the band director says one more time it means: we're staying here until it is perfect.
7. This one time, at band camp....
8. Your arms get tired of holding up that instrument.
9.Uniforms: sometimes comfortable, sometimes not. Hat: always will be annoying.
10. Field commanders will always have the best looking uniform!
11. Have a good memory you will be memorizing a lot of music.
12. Last one. Have fun during band it's a really fun experience!
Find dot 55 of the contest show
Field commander: the whole line of alto saxes isn't straight
Band director: oh god... Everyone go back to the previous dot. Hit, hit and previous
We have trumpets out to lunch
Band director: trumpets.... Get your music out of your leadpipe AND USE IT!!!!!!!
BAND TEN HUT!!! ONE!!!!!!
by Anthony the Italian October 15, 2019
