Michelle Posted September 30, 2006 Share Posted September 30, 2006 Personally, it messes up my system. You're SO used to being hydrated with all the water given, when you load up on that sugar and sutff, I ALWAYS felt like crud the next day. Which is whyt he first and last time I drank it on tour happened to be that bucket of soda the the Alamodome BBQ. You mean this? :P It's an annual tradition. I buy a bucket of soda [after performing] at the BBQ place near the Alamodome. I feel no guilt because the next day is usally a free day. Other than that, I refuse to drink soda during tour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vibraphonusrex Posted September 30, 2006 Share Posted September 30, 2006 (edited) Even back in 1982-1983 we couldn't drink soda during a day of rehearsal. It was OK, however, to drink some on your time off. I didn't fully understand, or appreciate, it at the time, but I now try to limit myself even when practicing at home for a couple of hours. The only real problem back then is that the corps replaced the soda with some kind of goopy sports drink, so I just stuck with water, (which, of course, is essential to drink anyway). Bob Blomberg Geneseo Knights, '79-'83 Kilties, '01-'02, '04-'05 Bridgemen, '06 Edited September 30, 2006 by vibraphonusrex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbc03 Posted September 30, 2006 Share Posted September 30, 2006 Cigarettes are legal too, but not advisable. Yep, and I know plenty of people who smoked on tour and did fine with it. They were old enough to make that decision and nobody had the right to tell them they couldn't do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerseyBoy_ Posted September 30, 2006 Share Posted September 30, 2006 And it's not exactly great for your chops either (which are already going through extreme enough conditions) ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CloudHype Posted September 30, 2006 Share Posted September 30, 2006 Yep, and I know plenty of people who smoked on tour and did fine with it. They were old enough to make that decision and nobody had the right to tell them they couldn't do it. I was told to stop one year and not the other year. Take a guess which season I did better with chops wise? The year I was alowed to smoke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Einstein On The Beach Posted September 30, 2006 Share Posted September 30, 2006 ?? I'm actually just reiterating what someone on our brass staff told us. Is this untrue? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piper Posted September 30, 2006 Share Posted September 30, 2006 I was told to stop one year and not the other year. Take a guess which season I did better with chops wise?The year I was alowed to smoke. OK. Now go for a resperatory radiology exam. Take a deep breath and hold it while they shoot, then look at the image. If it's black there's a problem, mostly caused by the tar in the paper, and usually takes between 7 and 10 years to clear in order to rid the threat of lung cancer. If nobody believes me, just ask your friendly neighborhood doctor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyboy Posted September 30, 2006 Share Posted September 30, 2006 Cramping is Cooooooooooool. :spit: Has anyone cramped up from drinking soda? When I was a member, I just don't remember soda being available alot. I drank lots of water, but I drank way more juice. Probably wasn't good for me either (sugar), but sometimes I would be so thristy I would drink 4-5 cups of lemonaide and not be able to finish my lunch. p.s. This was before the days of the personal water cooler at practice, imagine that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corpsismylife Posted October 1, 2006 Share Posted October 1, 2006 I'm actually just reiterating what someone on our brass staff told us. Is this untrue? i think its not true (that soda is bad for CHOPS). I say this because one of my prior private teachers (who plays with Canadian Brass) told me that if your chops are feeling reaaly really swollen and blown out, and you HAVE TO play (yes ,...i said HAVE TO) that soaking your chops in soda for a few minutes takes the swelling down/ and your chops will work well again, the carbonation does it, and it burns PRETTY BAD for a while. Ive tried it quite a few times....and it actually did work really well. hmmm, hopefully this wasnt a secret Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fourouttheforty Posted October 1, 2006 Share Posted October 1, 2006 There were some people on tour that drank like two sodas a day. We don't have rules against, but in general soda's bad for you. It's a good first step in keeping the drum corps weight off :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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