melloflava Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 Oh yeah and every corps could use a fashion police on off-days =) Its funny being on tour and getting dressed for an off day and thinking you are getting all prim and proper, but when you get off tour and get those pictures developed you realized everyone looks like a H.A.M =) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 Liam, if I were a decision maker for any corps and I noticed "my" sound guy looking unpresentable, I would most certainly get him a shirt from the souvie booth and ask him to wear nice shorts/pants. They probably have so much going on they haven't even noticed it. This seams like a situation where setting a standard of dress for the sound board guys is a littly petty, maybe if a corps set a precedent it would be better dealt with this way. Which is exactly what I'm suggesting. Sorry if I'm sounding increasingly preturbed, but I'm getting sick and tired of saying the same precise things over and over and over again only to have people continue to respond to things I never said. Again, I have never called for a standard of dress or any mandate of any kind -- I have simply made a suggestion to the corps that the guy running the sound board could dress a little better (in most cases) and have a little better posture (in a few cases) to not (potentially) distract from the great things going on on the field (even if just a little bit). Who could argue with that?? Why does this keep getting blown into a bigger thing?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 Oh yeah and every corps could use a fashion police on off-days =) Its funny being on tour and getting dressed for an off day and thinking you are getting all prim and proper, but when you get off tour and get those pictures developed you realized everyone looks like a H.A.M =) Pardon my anagram ignorance -- H.A.M. ???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melloflava Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 H.ot ### M.ess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAV Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 As part of marching music's major league...it would do all participants service to the activity if we took note of what other major leagues do: NBA - http://www.nba.com/news/player_dress_code_051017.html MLB - http://espn.go.com/mlb/news/2002/0920/1434316.html Then of course, there's the sarcastic response to all this by The Onion! http://www.theonion.com/content/node/42320 I was impressed the first time I noticed that most college teams require a professional look especially when traveling, too. Bottom line, if you're on the field of competition, you represent your corps. Act based on that what ever you feel is appropriate for your corps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuh Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 No, really. What is with the sound tech's all these corps have on the 50 yard line dressed like bums or homeless people? Not to be a prude or a complete arse, but wouldn't it be a good idea to at least be clean cut with a decent set of slacks/shoes on for the performance? Has anyone else noticed this? Agreed, I think you should throw in the rest of the staff that watch the show from the sidelines. They are representing the corps, they are part of the team, dress like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perc2100 Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 (edited) As part of marching music's major league...it would do all participants service to the activity if we took note of what other major leagues do:NBA - http://www.nba.com/news/player_dress_code_051017.html MLB - http://espn.go.com/mlb/news/2002/0920/1434316.html Then of course, there's the sarcastic response to all this by The Onion! http://www.theonion.com/content/node/42320 I was impressed the first time I noticed that most college teams require a professional look especially when traveling, too. Bottom line, if you're on the field of competition, you represent your corps. Act based on that what ever you feel is appropriate for your corps. When DCI corps start paying it's staff members in the millions of dollars, I bet you could mandate a similar dress code that the NBA and MLB impose. But when staff members barely make enough as it is to pay their rent/mortgage for the summer they are away from their apartments/homes, I have no issues with what they wear provided they are a) wearing clothes and b) not wearing offensive t-shirts or something. edit: let's make it like MLB: if you're on the field, you wear the corps uniform period. If you're in the box or stands, you can dress however. :) Edited July 8, 2008 by perc2100 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 edit: let's make it like MLB: if you're on the field, you wear the corps uniform period. If you're in the box or stands, you can dress however. :) Honestly, I always thought that was a little weird that baseball managers wear the team uniform. No other sport does that -- mostly they wear suits or some other "business casual" attire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 Isn't it usually true that the shabbier a drum corps staff looks, the better they teach? It seems to be the rule especially for visual staff people. My dad used to teach high school band in the late 70's and early 80's. He used to go to clinics during the summer at West Chester University. He can remember seeing a percussion guy there who had wild long hair with tons of facial hair to match who was just the cockiest sonofagun he'd ever seen. This guy was dressed in faded shorts and a t-shirt and could possibly have been mistaken for homeless, I suspect. Turns out it was Thom Hannum. It just goes to show you: you can't judge a book by it's cover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 Isn't it usually true that the shabbier a drum corps staff looks, the better they teach? It seems to be the rule especially for visual staff people.My dad used to teach high school band in the late 70's and early 80's. He used to go to clinics during the summer at West Chester University. He can remember seeing a percussion guy there who had wild long hair with tons of facial hair to match who was just the cockiest sonofagun he'd ever seen. This guy was dressed in faded shorts and a t-shirt and could possibly have been mistaken for homeless, I suspect. Turns out it was Thom Hannum. It just goes to show you: you can't judge a book by it's cover. 'Course you are talking about percussion guys, so it's a sliding scale as to what constitutes "looking good" to begin with .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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