ibexpercussion Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 (edited) This would be any story that doesn't directly relate to marching and playing. For me it was when we tried on our uniforms for the first time, and one member came out in nothing but his hat and gauntlets and just stood in a proud "captain morgan"-like pose, buck-naked, for about 5 minutes. Everyone laughed hysterically at first, and then the awkwardness set in. Absolutely the most funny thing that happened that season. A much needed break in the tension of hard-work and frustration of long hours and HOT weather. Edited October 25, 2011 by ibexpercussion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Boo Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 Two words: Bus songs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotorCityMusician Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 Two words: Bus songs. Disney World Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nngs9 Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 Bus Football! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madalumni Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 Free day in Montreal - 1989. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skajerk Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 (edited) 1983- Free days at Mt. Rushmore and Disney World 1984- Free day at Stone Mountain Park, GA 1985- The swimming pool at our housing site in Waterloo, WI for finals in '85. Edited October 26, 2011 by skajerk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cainan Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 (edited) Back in 87, the Freelancers were a young corps... and I do mean young. Average age of somewhere around 16-17 and only a half dozen vets in the entire corps. We left out on first tour with only half a hornline and probably less than a dozen guard and filled out the corps on the road. Heck, we didn't even start learning drill until Memorial Day! After a few weeks on tour, it was obvious that a lot of the members didn't really know their parts and / or were seriously lacking in performance confidence. So one day, while it was hammering down rain, the staff came up with a brilliant idea. The hornline would be divided equally into 3 separate hornlines as would the battery (minus the bass drums) and the guard. What we would be left with was 3 Freelancers "mini-corps" that would equally share the bass drums and the pit. We were told to go away and come up with a name for our groups consisting of one of the corps official colors, Red, Black and White / Chrome... ours was the 67th Legion of Chrome as we were mired in a spate of scoring 67's. We were then to put together a show consisting of our show music and / or anything we had performed during the winter. We were to design drill and a uniform that could use parts of our uniform but not the whole thing. We were given all day to do this with the "show" being that evening. The judging panel consisted of all of our caption heads, the tour director Tom Hope and I think a bus driver and cook or two. That evening we hosted the first ever Freelancers Mini Corps Championship and what a blast it was! Soprano solos being played on Contras with soprano mouthpieces! Towels being used as kilts! Loud and in your face!! Good fun was had by all! Also, we became a lot closer as a corps that night. People that didn't know their parts learned them really quick for fear of being exposed. Wall flowers had to come out of their shells as there was nowhere to hide in a minicorps in a gym. The 67th won the show by the way and we had our annual ice cream social afterwards. Without a doubt one of my favorite non performance moments ever!! Edited October 26, 2011 by Cainan 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skajerk Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 Very cool story!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cop Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 Free day in Amsterdam and the ferry ride to the UK~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noname Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 Two words: Bus songs. Bus wars. Or six words (that phrase is two words). I like that one too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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