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Title: Dress Center Dress!
Post by: deonchan on December 31, 2008, 05:30:49 PM
Or... Squad ready Set! Or Band Ten Hut! yadda yadda yadda

If you know what any of those commands mean you are probably a band (or d. corps) geek. Are there any band geeks out there? What did you play? How long were you in? Did you make any rank (captain section leader) were you on Band council? Got any stories to share? Or do you know any band geeks out there?

BTW That whole "band camp" thing....












yeah it's true ;D
Title: Re: Dress Center Dress!
Post by: Kanzake on December 31, 2008, 05:53:27 PM
Dear god...

No more memories pl0x.

James Logan High School Marching Band and Color Guard
1 year 2nd Alto saxophone
2 years 1st Alto saxophone
1 year Tenor Saxophone section leader.

Won 3 / 3 Championship medals. (Freshman year school didnt go to championships because funds were misplaced into chicago.)

Tah Dah. Band Geekdom.
Title: Re: Dress Center Dress!
Post by: potatofreek on December 31, 2008, 08:54:44 PM
Homg. Marching band is the best.

Title: Re: Dress Center Dress!
Post by: jazmatazz on December 31, 2008, 09:03:16 PM
WTFX... at first i thought these were military commands. slight discrepancies. ie. "squadron, tench hut" and "dress right dress" what's dress center dress?
Title: Re: Dress Center Dress!
Post by: potatofreek on January 01, 2009, 02:42:00 PM
Look at the center person.
Title: Re: Dress Center Dress!
Post by: jazmatazz on January 01, 2009, 03:53:46 PM
hmmm...center, like the person in the middle of the formation? dunno, having a strange time visualizing this. o_<
Title: Re: Dress Center Dress!
Post by: deonchan on January 01, 2009, 04:22:30 PM
Quote from: jazmatazz on January 01, 2009, 03:53:46 PM
hmmm...center, like the person in the middle of the formation? dunno, having a strange time visualizing this. o_<

Dress center dress (or hut it it's an American mace or military DM) = look to the center person and align up with them.
Ready Front (or hut for A.M/Mil) look forward.

I have been looking for a decent example on youtube but have yet to find one.

Note: I teach drum line so we use squad ready set (or dress center)

Example http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpJ-0vrQ4-M

note: that's also one of the two lines i teach  ^_^
Title: Re: Dress Center Dress!
Post by: jazmatazz on January 01, 2009, 05:13:48 PM
Quote from: deonchan on January 01, 2009, 04:22:30 PM
Quote from: jazmatazz on January 01, 2009, 03:53:46 PM
hmmm...center, like the person in the middle of the formation? dunno, having a strange time visualizing this. o_<

Dress center dress (or hut it it's an American mace or military DM) = look to the center person and align up with them.
Ready Front (or hut for A.M/Mil) look forward.

I have been looking for a decent example on youtube but have yet to find one.

Note: I teach drum line so we use squad ready set (or dress center)

Example http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpJ-0vrQ4-M

note: that's also one of the two lines i teach  ^_^

OOOH, i see i see. yeah, my friend's in band and i'm in the air force; she says we use a lot of the same commands. i find it kinda cool. SO done with marching though, five months of that is good enough for me xD
Title: Re: Dress Center Dress!
Post by: Kanzake on January 05, 2009, 02:27:01 AM
Heres a simple way to look at it. We will use X as center file.

    O O O X O O O
    O O O X O O O
    O O O X O O O
    O O O X O O O
    O O O X O O O
    O O O X O O O

Dress Center Dress, everyone snaps their head toward, not staring directly, towards center file. then they can use their periphils (spelling is horrid at 2 in the morning) vision to adjust so they arent like

O O O X O O O
O O OX O O O
OOXO OO O

thats bad cover and dress.... XD
Title: Re: Dress Center Dress!
Post by: potatofreek on January 05, 2009, 06:21:04 AM
Yeah it's basically to help people get back in line and stuff.
I have practice this morning, and it's really cold. >.>
Title: Re: Dress Center Dress!
Post by: Nanashi on January 05, 2009, 04:17:57 PM
Quote from: Kanzake on December 31, 2008, 05:53:27 PM
Dear god...

No more memories pl0x.

James Logan High School Marching Band and Color Guard
1 year 2nd Alto saxophone
2 years 1st Alto saxophone
1 year Tenor Saxophone section leader.

Won 3 / 3 Championship medals. (Freshman year school didnt go to championships because funds were misplaced into chicago.)

Tah Dah. Band Geekdom.

James Logan is my first and middle name, respectively.

Oh shi- my secret identity is revealed.
Title: Re: Dress Center Dress!
Post by: deonchan on January 09, 2009, 12:48:15 PM
Oh and if any band geeks are getting the itch (or want to be on national TV) check this out...

http://forums.fanime.com/index.php/topic,11411.0.html
Title: Re: Dress Center Dress!
Post by: potatofreek on January 09, 2009, 04:07:14 PM
Redwood Middle School marching band from Bay Area going to Inauguration.

http://www.mercurynews.com/pattyfisher/ci_11227582
Title: Re: Dress Center Dress!
Post by: Gatsby on January 11, 2009, 08:22:38 PM
O_o I'm not in band but I know these since I dated 3 girls who are in band and hang in the band room.
Title: Re: Dress Center Dress!
Post by: XpHoBiaX on January 11, 2009, 08:34:54 PM
I went to band camp several times. XD
Title: Re: Dress Center Dress!
Post by: Gatsby on January 11, 2009, 09:58:36 PM
Quote from: XpHoBiaX on January 11, 2009, 08:34:54 PM
I went to band camp several times. XD


So this one time at band camp...
Title: Re: Dress Center Dress!
Post by: deonchan on January 13, 2009, 12:46:11 PM
If you're up for a laugh check these out

www.youtube.com/user/BanishedBeyond
Title: Re: Dress Center Dress!
Post by: XpHoBiaX on January 13, 2009, 03:32:41 PM
Quote from: Darth_Diclonius on January 11, 2009, 09:58:36 PM
Quote from: XpHoBiaX on January 11, 2009, 08:34:54 PM
I went to band camp several times. XD


So this one time at band camp...

WASN'T ME!
Title: Re: Dress Center Dress!
Post by: Hakaru_chan on January 20, 2009, 05:19:06 PM
haha can't believe im posting in here. but here goes

Jesse Bethel Band Alumni Class of 2007

Drumline 2004 Pit - Italian Job
Drumline 2005 Pit - The Bourne Supremacy
Drumline 2006 Pit - Ipod

Band 2004-2007 Clarinet FTW
Jazz Band 2006-2007 Alto Sax

Vice Pres of Band Council
Won Outstanding Band Service Award of 2007

hmm memories... but yea ill always be a band geek forever.

also.. isn't it usually raining during the chinese new year?  :'( hmm ill ask if my brother wants to go. also i think my brother wants to help in security but can't cause hes a minor. hope to see you at fanime!

Title: Re: Dress Center Dress!
Post by: deonchan on January 28, 2009, 05:38:40 PM
Ahhh the infamous Italian Job show... always seems to be the topic of the day in Bethel land.

weather looks good for this CNY he should check it out.

You two there's pit spots open  ;D
Title: Re: Dress Center Dress!
Post by: Hakaru_chan on February 15, 2009, 03:31:54 PM
lol i always thought it was the ipod one that gets talked about...

anyways... i know this post is late but yea.. i was in sf the weekend of the parade and yea it sounded great! i could hear the drums from blocks away. sorrie me and my bro couldn't be a part of it. we are definitely interested in doing it if theres a another possibility or chance! anyways great performance!  :)
Title: Re: Dress Center Dress!
Post by: deonchan on March 18, 2009, 03:29:09 PM
Speaking of Jesse Bethel.. this was one helluva review about their winter perc show

http://tinyurl.com/co65gr


QuoteI got to see Bethel for the first time this season today at Vallejo HS.............and they BLEW ME AWAY. What a great show. The showmanship/GE is off the charts and they were pretty dang clean for this point in the season. And they are building quite a big fan base...that (albeit tiny) gym was packed to the rafters and you could FEEL the anticipation during set-up. Once they were done...mobs of people left. I'm not going to go as far as saying this is their championship to lose, but I will say that its going to take an AMAZING show by someone else to beat them.

By the way, when I saw the hats and the "kid theme" I thought it was just going to be an RCC rip-off but no...they are doing their own thing and it flows from start to finish.

wow.

Title: Re: Dress Center Dress!
Post by: WaffoCellist on March 18, 2009, 09:42:07 PM
....I must have some free time if I am able to reply to this post during winter percussion season.....

Here goes...

Arroyo High School (came in during 8th grade...didn't have middle schools back then...I had to learn how to mature really quick in front of the intimidating Seniors...)

-Orchestra from 93'-97'
-Marching Band 2 years (joined my Junior year when the percussionist from marching band accidentally broke my cello the year before. I vowed to look after the cellos by joining the band...but I fell in love with percussion since then)
-Concert Band & Jazz Band 96'-97'

Santa Clara Vanguard Cadets 98' & 99' (PIT)

San Jose State Marching Band 97'-....I don't remember...about 6 years or so...I didn't major in percussion...cello was my thing...but now I want to go back and get my BA/BM in percussion.

What I do now...
-Subbing as I am an unemployed music teacher due to state budget cuts, but looking around for a full time teaching gig now....
...To pass the time I have been helping out my husband teaching marching band and winter percussion this year....I told myself that last year would be the last time, but here I am again 11 years later.

...winter percussion is taking over my life till the day after NCBA Championships in Stockton.  Catch the show if you can at Granada HS, Foothill HS and/or Championships...Arroyo is doing a Winter Frolic...Classical music portraying fun in the snow...the uniforms were a nice idea in December...I hope it stays cold till Championships ;D
Title: Re: Dress Center Dress!
Post by: Hakaru_chan on March 19, 2009, 01:57:52 PM
Quote from: deonchan on March 18, 2009, 03:29:09 PM
Speaking of Jesse Bethel.. this was one helluva review about their winter perc show

http://tinyurl.com/co65gr


QuoteI got to see Bethel for the first time this season today at Vallejo HS.............and they BLEW ME AWAY. What a great show. The showmanship/GE is off the charts and they were pretty dang clean for this point in the season. And they are building quite a big fan base...that (albeit tiny) gym was packed to the rafters and you could FEEL the anticipation during set-up. Once they were done...mobs of people left. I'm not going to go as far as saying this is their championship to lose, but I will say that its going to take an AMAZING show by someone else to beat them.

By the way, when I saw the hats and the "kid theme" I thought it was just going to be an RCC rip-off but no...they are doing their own thing and it flows from start to finish.

wow.



wow... im happy that bethels getting fanboys and fangirls on them (not in that sense but yea) i should post up those videos sometime tomorrow. hmm ... (creative cap on)  ;D
Title: Re: Dress Center Dress!
Post by: deonchan on March 19, 2009, 02:06:41 PM
Quote from: Hakaru_chan on March 19, 2009, 01:57:52 PM
Quote from: deonchan on March 18, 2009, 03:29:09 PM
Speaking of Jesse Bethel.. this was one helluva review about their winter perc show

http://tinyurl.com/co65gr


QuoteI got to see Bethel for the first time this season today at Vallejo HS.............and they BLEW ME AWAY. What a great show. The showmanship/GE is off the charts and they were pretty dang clean for this point in the season. And they are building quite a big fan base...that (albeit tiny) gym was packed to the rafters and you could FEEL the anticipation during set-up. Once they were done...mobs of people left. I'm not going to go as far as saying this is their championship to lose, but I will say that its going to take an AMAZING show by someone else to beat them.

By the way, when I saw the hats and the "kid theme" I thought it was just going to be an RCC rip-off but no...they are doing their own thing and it flows from start to finish.

wow.



wow... im happy that bethels getting fanboys and fangirls on them (not in that sense but yea) i should post up those videos sometime tomorrow. hmm ... (creative cap on)  ;D

If they are of this year's show keep em private till after champs. We don't want any unpotential momentum killers
Title: Re: Dress Center Dress!
Post by: Hakaru_chan on March 19, 2009, 02:09:27 PM
Quote from: deonchan on March 19, 2009, 02:06:41 PM
Quote from: Hakaru_chan on March 19, 2009, 01:57:52 PM
Quote from: deonchan on March 18, 2009, 03:29:09 PM
Speaking of Jesse Bethel.. this was one helluva review about their winter perc show

http://tinyurl.com/co65gr


QuoteI got to see Bethel for the first time this season today at Vallejo HS.............and they BLEW ME AWAY. What a great show. The showmanship/GE is off the charts and they were pretty dang clean for this point in the season. And they are building quite a big fan base...that (albeit tiny) gym was packed to the rafters and you could FEEL the anticipation during set-up. Once they were done...mobs of people left. I'm not going to go as far as saying this is their championship to lose, but I will say that its going to take an AMAZING show by someone else to beat them.

By the way, when I saw the hats and the "kid theme" I thought it was just going to be an RCC rip-off but no...they are doing their own thing and it flows from start to finish.

wow.



wow... im happy that bethels getting fanboys and fangirls on them (not in that sense but yea) i should post up those videos sometime tomorrow. hmm ... (creative cap on)  ;D

If they are of this year's show keep em private till after champs. We don't want any unpotential momentum killers

yea i know. im not posting anything on the show. i dont gots the full show on me. just posting the awards and the denny's bash  ;D
Title: Re: Dress Center Dress!
Post by: deonchan on March 19, 2009, 02:14:23 PM
Heh. Those were good times  ;D
Title: Re: Dress Center Dress!
Post by: deonchan on March 26, 2009, 03:07:29 PM
CCGC Champs @ Independence HS (San Jose) this Saturday! Woot!