Fran Haring Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 Not really a dumb judge comment, but a funny one: Sunrisers, 1981, at Giants Stadium in NJ..... My buddy Dennis Plante and I were the lead marchers in one form, which was sort of an "unwinding" follow-the-leader semicircle during the corps' percussion feature.... it unwound for several counts, then we would pivot and reverse course. The field visual judge was following us at that point..... the judge also happened to be a friend of Dennis, who had judged/taught with him in New England. So here we were, unwinding the form, the judge, right next to us, saying stuff into his tape recorder like "good job here.... nice control, good spacing," etc. Then we pivoted..... Dennis got his foot caught in a seam in the AstroTurf, and he basically stumbled out of line briefly, right in front of me. The judge said "oh, COME ON, Dennis..... I GOTTA hit you on THAT one!!!!!!" Dennis and I both broke up laughing!!!! Fran Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimF-LowBari Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 Another funny one.... Westshoremen were the pre-show exhibition at the 1975 Baltimore DCA show at Memorial Stadium (Orioles old home). Friggin' stadium has what might be the biggest crowd I have ever seen at a Senior, including DCA and the place is rockin' before the show even starts. We're in exhibition but being judged to help us work on our show. Horn judge isn't in his usual spot in the press box but is "somewhere" in the stands. That "somewhere" is close to where the hot dogs and beer vendors are walking by, yelling out what's for sale during our show! Comments I remember: (Start of show) "OK, not too bad but" "HOT DOGS, GETCHER HOT DOGS" "What the #### was THAT!". (End of show) "Thank God, I'm going to the press box and get away from the hot dog and beer sellers". And my personal favorite: "What's going on must be nice because the crowd is responding. I say must be because I can't hear a ### #### thing because the BEER SELLER BEHIND ME!!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piojon Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 oh you gotta love it when you hear a judge get whacked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garfield_cadets Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 (edited) My high school band in 1987 did a domino fall after the perc. feature & before the exit (back in those days you did an entrance, a feature, a perc. feature & an exit, the exit being the ballad). Anywho, the GE gag was a "gangster" knocked the DM off the podium & "opened fire" with a tommy gun. As he sprayed the band with "bullets" the domino fall played itself out. At a competition in Russellville, Alabama the judges in the box (no field judges back then) actually thought some psycho was shooting the kids. The cries, screams & lamentations from all the judges tapes kept us in stitches the rest of the season. The guard judge commented, "Why is the crowd applauding this kind of murder??????" The press box was up in arms! The gag at the end of it was for a uniformed officer to escort the "gangster" off the field. One judge told everybody in the box things were ok then, the police had arrived! Sadly, in todays climate such a GE gag would not be tolerated, but I digress. Edited October 24, 2006 by garfield_cadets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piojon Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 roflmao Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockthebus09 Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 From my HS band, we marched backfield for about 10 counts with no conductor. "How did you DO that!?!??! That is AMAZING!!!!!!!" I dunno, it was funnier at the time ... considering we FELL OUT OF TIME during it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piojon Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 thne i guess that guy wold be amazed to see a corps with no drum major Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EuphKub79 Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 (edited) ... Edited November 7, 2006 by EuphKub79 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randomnoise Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 My favorite was, "you're going to have to exaggerate your subtleties." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxmanjames7 Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 no dumb comment here, but at this one show in arizona i did get about the most fun comment ever. written on the music effect sheet (next to our first box 5 score in that caption of the year) were the words: "Can I take the contras home with me?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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