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I got mine the day of the exhibition only because a development Saint delivered them to me. That told me that someone realized that they had missed the deadline for mailing and decided it was nota good idea to PO donors.
And I did not get my electronic email tickets until the night of the exhibition game by going to the box office and asking them to send them to me then.
Lots of dysfunction and sloppiness
As bad as I’ve ever seen it
And I did not get my electronic email tickets until the night of the exhibition game by going to the box office and asking them to send them to me then.
Lots of dysfunction and sloppiness
As bad as I’ve ever seen it
this is the kind of BS that I've been talking about for months. way too much about TU that is embarrassing at the moment. like the entire OSU crowd laughing at our band during the football game.
But hey, I'm glad they sent emails out every single time Trump did something they didn't like.
But hey, I'm glad they sent emails out every single time Trump did something they didn't like.
I hate that for those kids. I know they work so hard. But the band is WAY too small. They also seem to lack some discipline (based on what I’ve seen at games).
one of the most important parts of the pageantry of college football is the band and ours just isn’t cutting it. Would be nice to see the band double in size, but really around a 200 piece band would be perfect for us.
The band isn’t offering scholarships to new, non-music majors this year. That’s going to continue to send the numbers in the wrong direction.
I figured it was something like that. That’s a damn shame. Is that temporary or is that permanent?
I talked to employees from several departments over the summer trying to get information. It sounded like a change in philosophy on how academic and performance awards would be distributed going forward.
I hope it’s not permanent, but nothing I heard made it sound temporary.
There are very few freshmen and sophomores in this year’s band so they had better do something different and quick.
That’s incredibly unfortunate. At one point over half of the band was made up on non-music major kids on various levels of scholarship. There were even TCC kids that came and participated in the band (something we should really look at bringing back).
Even at our best levels for band, I don't think our band could have attracted a 200 piece band even with scholarships. I was offered a scholarship for 1/4 tuition, and was a very average non music major musician. (1987) And I believe we only had a 75-85 piece marching band and a 30 or 35 piece pep band for basketball 🏀.
During the graham era, the band was around 140 at its largest. 200 is just my opinion based on the size of most college marching bands. Our pep band for basketball is fine (for the most part).
Wow, I never even paid much attention to the size during the Graham era. That's a really large # for the Graham era. I would say 💭 we prolly were at our zenith then, for attracting participants in the band.
I’ve heard lotsa ladies say they don’t pay attention to size.
You set me up, I knock em down.
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You set me up, I knock em down.
Barrister
The size of the band would have been dwarfed by the size of Graham's ego... so, it might have gone unnoticed.
Come on, this is genuinely hilarious for any of us who lived through early '00s.
It looked like less than 40 non-seniors tonight. Next year will be pretty slim unless something changes.
At some point, with numbers that low, there isn’t enough balance to put forth a legitimate ensemble. This may be the last year we see an actual marching band.
They could go back to speakers and do a minimal ensemble(w/rock tinge: bass, guitar 🎸, drums, & a few horns) , a slight variation on what Ron Predl did in the late 80's.
Ron is a good guy. I took private lessons from him for a while.
It would be nice to see TU step up and fix some of these issues that make us look so small-time.
After several years, tonight was my final show as a band parent. I do hope they come up with something acceptable for next season.
They'll probably go the way of Rice and Stanford "marching bands" where it is more of a club and somewhat disorganized disaster waiting to happen
Pros and cons there - but that just seems so rinky dink. I wish athletics kicked in some funds to subsidize the athletic portions of the band (marching band and basketball band).
I know TU cut some programs in the music dept. Is there also less $$ for that program? I guess marching band isn't part of the "we'll guarantee you a job" approach that TU has now.
The school of music was gutted. I don’t know specifics, but based on the visible portion I can see, I would say yes.
