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Post by Lion2001 on Jan 31, 2019 23:09:36 GMT -6
I wouldn't expect them to sound as good as the POD - that wouldn't be fair to the high schoolers. I also don't blame any member of the POD if the university literally asked them to volunteer their time for pep band. After a precedence has been set for paying them, IMO that is a slap in the face. I'd be happy with the high schoolers just to get something playing besides Generic Hip Hop Song #7 over the house speakers. Uh we'll never know if the spoiled children won't play. The high schoolers would be better by default. If we can get people who would be proud to do it, who cares. If I were in the band, I would round up like-minded members and play anyway. That's a lot of potential fond memories they are willing to throw away for good over chicken feed. Catscratch... your “spoiled children” comment clearly shows that you have no clue what you are talking about, and are simply lashing out because you’re sore that things aren’t working the way you want them to. As someone who was in the POD and played some in pep band myself, I can tell you that band members (especially the music education or performance majors who were the ones that were asked to perform in all of the “extra” stuff) have a full schedule because of band AND often work jobs on the side. Jobs that you couldn’t work if you were playing in the pep band which had to practice some outside of games because (surprise!) it doesn’t just come together magically. So... they were paid a stipend, which usually didn’t amount to what they could make working at a fast food joint. Now... as was stated before, the university isn’t going to let a bunch of randoms just show up and play unless they can “control” it. The music department also would probably not either, since even if it wasn’t “official,” it would still represent them. As it stands right now, nobody from the university admin has mentioned anything about the band playing at BBall games. And you read what the athletic director said in an earlier post. I get that you’re mad at the situation, but take a step back and THINK before you speak and try to make the band members out to be the bad guys. They had nothing to do with the current situation. That apparently came from the top.
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Post by unalions on Feb 1, 2019 13:06:27 GMT -6
Uh we'll never know if the spoiled children won't play. The high schoolers would be better by default. If we can get people who would be proud to do it, who cares. If I were in the band, I would round up like-minded members and play anyway. That's a lot of potential fond memories they are willing to throw away for good over chicken feed. Catscratch... your “spoiled children” comment clearly shows that you have no clue what you are talking about, and are simply lashing out because you’re sore that things aren’t working the way you want them to. As someone who was in the POD and played some in pep band myself, I can tell you that band members (especially the music education or performance majors who were the ones that were asked to perform in all of the “extra” stuff) have a full schedule because of band AND often work jobs on the side. Jobs that you couldn’t work if you were playing in the pep band which had to practice some outside of games because (surprise!) it doesn’t just come together magically. So... they were paid a stipend, which usually didn’t amount to what they could make working at a fast food joint. Now... as was stated before, the university isn’t going to let a bunch of randoms just show up and play unless they can “control” it. The music department also would probably not either, since even if it wasn’t “official,” it would still represent them. As it stands right now, nobody from the university admin has mentioned anything about the band playing at BBall games. And you read what the athletic director said in an earlier post. I get that you’re mad at the situation, but take a step back and THINK before you speak and try to make the band members out to be the bad guys. They had nothing to do with the current situation. That apparently came from the top. Per Lloyd, that is incorrect. They (Ath. Dept.) did communicate to say they didn't need a pep band this season. But, I agree with you overall.
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Post by unalions on Feb 1, 2019 13:07:49 GMT -6
I'm thinking, at this point, the Athletics Band needs to be a separate entity that plays at an array of sports events, including away football games. When they have more than the $10-15K they were spending on Pep Band, maybe that will become a reality and upgrade the atmosphere at those events. Until then, fans and band alumni that enjoy hearing an actual band at those events will just have to watch other teams for that.
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Post by catscratchfever4 on Feb 1, 2019 18:35:55 GMT -6
Uh we'll never know if the spoiled children won't play. The high schoolers would be better by default. If we can get people who would be proud to do it, who cares. If I were in the band, I would round up like-minded members and play anyway. That's a lot of potential fond memories they are willing to throw away for good over chicken feed. Catscratch... your “spoiled children” comment clearly shows that you have no clue what you are talking about, and are simply lashing out because you’re sore that things aren’t working the way you want them to. As someone who was in the POD and played some in pep band myself, I can tell you that band members (especially the music education or performance majors who were the ones that were asked to perform in all of the “extra” stuff) have a full schedule because of band AND often work jobs on the side. Jobs that you couldn’t work if you were playing in the pep band which had to practice some outside of games because (surprise!) it doesn’t just come together magically. So... they were paid a stipend, which usually didn’t amount to what they could make working at a fast food joint. Now... as was stated before, the university isn’t going to let a bunch of randoms just show up and play unless they can “control” it. The music department also would probably not either, since even if it wasn’t “official,” it would still represent them. As it stands right now, nobody from the university admin has mentioned anything about the band playing at BBall games. And you read what the athletic director said in an earlier post. I get that you’re mad at the situation, but take a step back and THINK before you speak and try to make the band members out to be the bad guys. They had nothing to do with the current situation. That apparently came from the top. Sorry but quitting isn't the best route. I played on some of the worst teams imaginable but never quit no matter how beat up. If that offends you, I'm sorry but I'm not a fan of quitters and there's only one way to shake that tag and the way things are now, they probably won't get the chance. Young people have had the same "hardships" for decades but their school spirit was obviously greater than exists these days and that doesn't mean, just the band or just at UNA. And that goes for the losers in the administration as well. The further away from the beliefs of Uncle Bob, the more I respect his greatness.
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Post by northalaspectator on Feb 1, 2019 19:25:24 GMT -6
Catscratch... your “spoiled children” comment clearly shows that you have no clue what you are talking about, and are simply lashing out because you’re sore that things aren’t working the way you want them to. As someone who was in the POD and played some in pep band myself, I can tell you that band members (especially the music education or performance majors who were the ones that were asked to perform in all of the “extra” stuff) have a full schedule because of band AND often work jobs on the side. Jobs that you couldn’t work if you were playing in the pep band which had to practice some outside of games because (surprise!) it doesn’t just come together magically. So... they were paid a stipend, which usually didn’t amount to what they could make working at a fast food joint. Now... as was stated before, the university isn’t going to let a bunch of randoms just show up and play unless they can “control” it. The music department also would probably not either, since even if it wasn’t “official,” it would still represent them. As it stands right now, nobody from the university admin has mentioned anything about the band playing at BBall games. And you read what the athletic director said in an earlier post. I get that you’re mad at the situation, but take a step back and THINK before you speak and try to make the band members out to be the bad guys. They had nothing to do with the current situation. That apparently came from the top. Sorry but quitting isn't the best route. I played on some of the worst teams imaginable but never quit no matter how beat up. If that offends you, I'm sorry but I'm not a fan of quitters and there's only one way to shake that tag and the way things are now, they probably won't get the chance. Young people have had the same "hardships" for decades but their school spirit was obviously greater than exists these days and that doesn't mean, just the band or just at UNA. And that goes for the losers in the administration as well. The further away from the beliefs of Uncle Bob, the more I respect his greatness. Kenny, I agree with you about school spirit today. But this board shouldn’t be the placed to complain. Back in those days with Uncle Bob one year the fans were absolutely leading the cheers and the cheerleaders were mostly being quite. I went to Uncle Bob and talk with him about it and he told me that the next season would change or their wouldn’t be no cheerleaders. That next season was one of the best I have seen for school spirit. Then over 15 years ago I saw from time to time that various cheerleaders were leaving the gym whenever they wanted to and I complained within the Athletic Department. That has improved. I see cheerleaders as leading cheers first the doing the stunts second. I know Flowers Hall isn’t build the way that I would like to see for the cheerleaders and students. A few years ago I approached the Athletic Department asking why couldn’t the Cheerleaders work with the Students to increase school spirit. I was simply told that the Cheerleaders wasn’t suppose to be high school Cheerleaders anymore.
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Post by Lion2001 on Feb 2, 2019 0:35:45 GMT -6
Catscratch... your “spoiled children” comment clearly shows that you have no clue what you are talking about, and are simply lashing out because you’re sore that things aren’t working the way you want them to. As someone who was in the POD and played some in pep band myself, I can tell you that band members (especially the music education or performance majors who were the ones that were asked to perform in all of the “extra” stuff) have a full schedule because of band AND often work jobs on the side. Jobs that you couldn’t work if you were playing in the pep band which had to practice some outside of games because (surprise!) it doesn’t just come together magically. So... they were paid a stipend, which usually didn’t amount to what they could make working at a fast food joint. Now... as was stated before, the university isn’t going to let a bunch of randoms just show up and play unless they can “control” it. The music department also would probably not either, since even if it wasn’t “official,” it would still represent them. As it stands right now, nobody from the university admin has mentioned anything about the band playing at BBall games. And you read what the athletic director said in an earlier post. I get that you’re mad at the situation, but take a step back and THINK before you speak and try to make the band members out to be the bad guys. They had nothing to do with the current situation. That apparently came from the top. Sorry but quitting isn't the best route. I played on some of the worst teams imaginable but never quit no matter how beat up. If that offends you, I'm sorry but I'm not a fan of quitters and there's only one way to shake that tag and the way things are now, they probably won't get the chance. Young people have had the same "hardships" for decades but their school spirit was obviously greater than exists these days and that doesn't mean, just the band or just at UNA. And that goes for the losers in the administration as well. The further away from the beliefs of Uncle Bob, the more I respect his greatness. Lol. So by your reasoning, they shouldn’t be quitters... and by not being quitters, you mean that they should just show up and play anyway. Screw the fact that they were NOT asked to play, and that random people showing up to an event with instruments and acting as a university entity would probably get into some sort of trouble. Bring on the UNA vigilante pep band! lol
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Post by Lion2001 on Feb 2, 2019 0:36:43 GMT -6
Catscratch... your “spoiled children” comment clearly shows that you have no clue what you are talking about, and are simply lashing out because you’re sore that things aren’t working the way you want them to. As someone who was in the POD and played some in pep band myself, I can tell you that band members (especially the music education or performance majors who were the ones that were asked to perform in all of the “extra” stuff) have a full schedule because of band AND often work jobs on the side. Jobs that you couldn’t work if you were playing in the pep band which had to practice some outside of games because (surprise!) it doesn’t just come together magically. So... they were paid a stipend, which usually didn’t amount to what they could make working at a fast food joint. Now... as was stated before, the university isn’t going to let a bunch of randoms just show up and play unless they can “control” it. The music department also would probably not either, since even if it wasn’t “official,” it would still represent them. As it stands right now, nobody from the university admin has mentioned anything about the band playing at BBall games. And you read what the athletic director said in an earlier post. I get that you’re mad at the situation, but take a step back and THINK before you speak and try to make the band members out to be the bad guys. They had nothing to do with the current situation. That apparently came from the top. Per Lloyd, that is incorrect. They (Ath. Dept.) did communicate to say they didn't need a pep band this season. But, I agree with you overall. Right. So the admin hasn’t asked them to play at any games. That’s what I meant.
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