Fran Haring Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 1 hour ago, Jeff Ream said: Mickey told me had had a hard time not laughing watching Walter fire the gun and the birds not flinching Trust me... we had a mix of people who were either really ticked off, or laughing at the whole thing!!! LOL 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fran Haring Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 (edited) I was at a mall here in the Baltimore area today, and saw about a dozen or so members of the Baltimore Ravens Marching Band setting up to play. I thought "Wow... they're here for a pro-woodwinds rally... amazing how much support the idea has"... but then remembered the Ravens have a playoff game this weekend and there are events all around town. Edited January 9, 2020 by Fran Haring 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimF-LowBari Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 4 hours ago, Jeff Ream said: Mickey told me had had a hard time not laughing watching Walter fire the gun and the birds not flinching They walked away a few times... then they went right back where they were in the first place. My mom asked “what happens if he runs out of blanks before the show is over?” 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeD Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 7 hours ago, 2muchcoffeeman said: Same, but the object of my inquiry in this particular post is not the proposal as written. My post concerned an extrapolation that some people have made about the proposal. As written, the proposal is justified only as a way to expand the number of youth in the activity. These are empty, even cynical, words so long as there is no concurrent proposal to increase the size of the competing units. As others have said, they believe this proposal is only the first of two shoes to drop -- the second one being an increase in the size of corps. And if these other people are correct, then the AI proposal is even more cynical for failing to show its hand. Just commenting on this statement.... In the Audience Impact section of the proposal, it says this: "....expanded use in future years, including the possibility of increasing corps size." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KVG_DC Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 1 hour ago, Fran Haring said: I was at a mall here in the Baltimore area today, and saw about a dozen or so members of the Baltimore Ravens Marching Band setting up to play. I thought "Wow... they're here for a pro-woodwinds rally... amazing how much support the idea has"... but then remembered the Ravens have a playoff game this weekend and there are events all around town. Local CBS News down here in DC had more coverage of "can't wait for the Ravens game" hype than "the DC team is firing errrybody" news. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Ream Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 25 minutes ago, MikeD said: Just commenting on this statement.... In the Audience Impact section of the proposal, it says this: "....expanded use in future years, including the possibility of increasing corps size." Can’t have one without the other 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Lancer Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 (edited) Does anyone else find it ironic that A&E has become a justification to allow more acoustic Instruments? (“Since we can make the woodwind sound with a synth, why not have the real thing on the field? ... so we can amplify it!”) Edited January 10, 2020 by Jurassic Lancer 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terri Schehr Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 5 minutes ago, Jurassic Lancer said: Does anyone else find it ironic that A&E has become a justification to allow more acoustic Instruments? (“Since we can make the woodwind sound with a synth, why not have the real thing on the field?”) Yes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fran Haring Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 1 hour ago, KVG_DC said: Local CBS News down here in DC had more coverage of "can't wait for the Ravens game" hype than "the DC team is firing errrybody" news. Maybe because the DC team firing everyone is kind of a routine thing with them? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KVG_DC Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 1 minute ago, Fran Haring said: Maybe because the DC team firing everyone is kind of a routine thing with them? Fair enough. It seems kinda serious this time though. Ticket prices for NFL games not against teams near by were going for like $4 by the end of the season. Games against nearby teams were going for more because the demand was actually coming from away fans. Dannyboy's pocket might be feeling the reality. I don't really follow the sport anymore anyway. it's just something that comes up on the news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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