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Perfect Show? I never knew there was such thing, but Cudos to you mrshowfan! sometimes I try to make myself believe that it was a perfect show...then I think of that stepoff that I slightly leaned into, or the note that I couldn't attack quite crisp enough... having the perfect show...I woudln't even know how that would feel... because what exactly are the standards to being perfect? IMHO nobody would ever really know... it's too bad that the night you had your perfect show everone else didn't catch your strong vibe and tag along...oh well.. you win some (personally) :devin: you lose some (teamwise) right? <**> I hope you have many more of those to come (must've felt amazing)

Blue Devils took my breath away... I knew right from the start (I heard an early season recording) that they were going to be amazing this year... they sure lived up to my expectations. GO BD

Something new I just learned while cleaning my contra before Dekalb Prelims... If you boil your mouthpiece..you still have to CLEAN it out... because sure, the gunk and bacteria is clean...but it's still there.... I never knew that boiling the mouthpiece didn't take all that crap out... well..its' clean anyways...

that would be GREATLY appreciated thank you! :)

Hey, <request for copyrighted material removed...mn> if not do you know where I could find one?

Our mellophones are named "Melly and Nelly" two years ago, the lead sops named theirs "Frick and Frack" ... so when we did our horn ensemble, it was presented by Frick, Frack, Nelly, Melly and Bertha .. great times.. BAB...

Big Bertha is my contra's name... she's a hellova horn! I got the name from the '99 Blue Devil's contra stance... they do it "Big Bertha" style One time I was performing at an Old Age home..and one older woman decided to name it a "Giant Flute"..well..the saying was "Don't hit me with that giant flute" .. so. Bertha's nickname is Giant Flute..

Umm... depends on if I'm tired..If it's death camp..then I like to take as long as I can.. usually an hour.. and during the winter, I like to spend from 20-30 minutes warming up... I just got a new mouthpiece and it's so great for embechure so my mouth is already set to it (its' sO much better then the old one I had.) but I think the most important excercise, for me, would have to be "Power Exhales" ..I used to hardly be able to hold a note or phrase for over 8 counts..now I can roughly go to 20 while playing really really soft..or loud.. Warming up is very important for my concentration as well..

HAHAHA ...good story

Just for fun sake! We all know that girls CAN... it's just awsome to hear about them.. you never really get the chance..

ya... my shoulders are turning into mush..i can already feel them falling off my body! haha..and my wrists... I think they have something wrong too..but hey! who said Drum Corps was EASY>?! :)

HAHA! that's awsome!

oh ya! and my old mouthpiece..just sitting on my dresser in my room hasn't moved for a good 2 years... I look in it (through the top! as if i'd actually TOUCH it) once in a while..I see some little green fungus friends inside..they look like green bubbles.. they get bigger every month.. soon they'll take over my whole ROOM! ahhhhhh

Green Goo... and sometimes it's brown.. discusting just thinking about it..I actually think that when I clean my mouthpiece/horn my sound is THIS MUCH WIDER, DARKER, and NICER... it's a pain to clean though.. at home I have to let it soak in my tub!!! grr.. so annoying..but hey! it's worth the final look..so pretty.

Blue Devils definatly with crossmen close second (well for the most part)

This is me confused ... blink blink..

Don KICKS!!! ("That was good..but it could be Louder" ... "I hear a large sucking sound coming from the [fill in the blank] section") HAHAHA Oh... and as for this thread.. I'd have to say PR '99.. that was my second year of corps (first FULL year) and I couldn't get enough of that show! I have a million bazillion pictures of the contra line during a bunch of their shows thruought that season..and now, I dont' understand the pics..haha...

Thanks bud! B)

You're marching colts this year? If so, I'm sure we'll see eachother at least once or twice, so ya, I'll try to find you, if I remember...

Cudos to you CONTRACUTIE! I have a heck of a time with my size...now..come to bandettes! hehe!

Because, you know, way back when..they had no sense of style ..heh..j/k I duno. But I'm sure in a couple decades that generation will be looking at our generation, wondering why our horns only had 3 or 4 valves instead of 8 or something! haha... that's a good question..hmm

Hey guys! Glad you could join me! haha... Just wondeing what brought ya'll (that's my pretending to be american accent B) ) to play contra. And what do you love most about it? here's my answers.. In good ole 98, I was like... 12 or 13, and I went to a Bandettes homeshow with my mom, cuz my cousins where in it..and i won a bike from the door prize hah! So anywayZ, my aunt got to talkin to me (and around that time I was a bit bigger than i am now..) so she was like "hmm Jocelyne, I think you should go on contra"... so she brought one out for me..and I lifted it like it was a feather! it was so CRAZY! so from then on i've been playing! And that whole summer I Ad Libbed my whole entire show..meanwhile I couldn't even play a Bottom C! (who'd ever thought of a contra player who couldn't play a bottom c!) I love everything about it! The sweat, the tears, the DROOL! My bugle is definatly my other half..haha..may sound crazy to you! But I swear my parents have been training me since i was 2! They used to make me carry pretty heavy grocery bags into my house (Well.. IGLOO , cuz you know..I live in canada...and, by groceries I meen Seal Blubber of course! :P ) at the age of 4!

If you ever have the chance, listen to Bandettes this summer... if you hear the Contra player.. let me know, and I'll letcha see my music :) haha..

IMO, their MUCH more attractive looking!

I age out in .. I think it's 6 years.. because I'm 16 now, and I get to age out when I'm 22...cuz my birthday is July 16th.. that soudns about right