Comments on: When Good Marching Bands Go Bad

By: missPCAT

missPCAT — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 08:17:00 +0000

I was a member of the Prairie View Marching Storm that fateful day, however the assault didn’t start as the media always reported. I was next to the person that started the fight, and long story short no man should ever put his hands on a woman. It sickens me that my school is on this list, because we were an awesome band, but because of the stupidity of others, we’ll always be remembered for this dumb fight. We didnt even get to perform that day, sdo all the work and practices mornings and evenings were wasted. It was a loss all around for my school and to top it off, we came out looking like the bad guys in the end because we didnt have the money at the time that SU did to put :the right spin: on it… you can call me bitter about it, because I was for a long time, but not anymore. I am just happy to see PV getting recognition for the athletics it deserves, cant wait to see who wins the OK vs PV NCAA womens game this week

By: Cori

Cori — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:44:00 +0000

Crocostimpy, running onto the field is a tradition for many bands and is not unusual at all to come across.

By: crocostimpy

crocostimpy — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 18:37:00 +0000

Reading about the scramble bands reminded me of something. I have a cousin who played football for Shippensburg College in PA. We were there watching a game once, and my uncle told us to be sure to watch the Shippy band at halftime. Instead of marching in an orderly fashion onto the field, they ran disorganized onto the field into their formation. For the rest of the show it was organized. Very funny. I guess it was their tradition.

By: Ern

Ern — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 18:28:00 +0000

Are you sure #1 is U of M and not Miami University in Oxford, OH? I was a freshman in ‘99 and distinctly remember the bus drama.

By: kate

kate — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:40:00 +0000

Seems the elite schools have the biggest problem acting in an appropriate way. Given the attitude of the student bodies at these schools that they are better/smarter than everyone else and that standards of behavior are worthless, I am not surprised by this. If they did similar things to the Notre Dame or BYU stunt to a different minority group, can you imagine the outrage?

By: Shane

Shane — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 04:31:00 +0000

1987 Western Kentucky University Marching Band. 18 yrs old, walking with my parents on Parents Day. Every band member I see asks me if Im coming to the Kegger that evening. I think they figured out why I had a .018 gpa after my Freshman yr. Ohhh the laws we broke.

Class of 93
(yep, took a couple of yrs extra to recover)

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:28:00 +0000

Ahhhh if I could turn back the hands of time ,, I would go to Stanford!!

By: Brachinus

Brachinus — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:36:00 +0000

A minor correction: You say the Wisconsin band’s behavior has been “going on for years” — that should read “decades.”

I was in the band in the ’80s — pretty much the most fun I ever had (what I can remember of it, anyway).

By: Anne M.

Anne M. — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 19:19:44 +0000

I was in my high school marching band but didn’t join the Humboldt State University Marching Lumberjacks (or, if you prefer, Lumbering Marching Jocks). They, too, had a rep; a friend who went to UC Davis remembered them coming onto the field with plastic bare-asses attached. Some of them marched down the sidewalk in front of the dorms one cold, gloomy morning and mooned the entire breakfast group in the Jolly Giant Commons. They were thrown off campus that year for that and a number of other incidents… I love marching bands. I think the classy ones are boring. Get all that stuff out of your system while you’re young enough to enjoy it!

By: Julie

Julie — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 01:33:48 +0000

Hey, first off, you’re awesome. This is such a great idea for articles.
I’m in the UND band (go irish go!). I hadn’t heard of the standford story till now! I personally think that if things arent’ on national TV, that they are just kept underwrapps.
I love and am proud being in a band that is a good portion ‘no nonsense’. Though it can be tough, it is wonderful to say that we have class and respect for the other bands we play. No matter what the school rivalry is, or how bad the team does, you always congradulate them on a show well done.

How bout an article on ‘a day in the life’? Show everyone what a real home game day is like. I’m sure it’s equally as crazy as ours!!
-Julie