So how do your kids school Celebrates the Russian revolution

Those are color guard uniforms. They are made by the parents themselves.

Is the colour guard the ones that dance around the musicians waving flags or crosses or swords or hammers depending on the show?

But you know, a fake threat is always better, and the cold war has never ended for some, just as the the Civil War never ended for others.

I suppose fox news had to get some muppet to replace Beck after his cwazy conspiwacies got to much for the advertisers to put their name to, this is just another fake threat from Todd instead.

In any case, the hammer and sickle have been removed from the show.

pandering to one dumb parent, that the sad state your nation is in. Still at least the St Petersburg performance beat the other bands in the competion, I guess the judges lookedat the show and not some fake outrage by one ignorant git

[Takeda Shingen]

Originally Posted by Tribesman

Is the colour guard the ones that dance around the musicians waving flags or crosses or swords or hammers depending on the show?

That's them. Unlike the band proper, 'guards don't have standard uniforms. Their outfits will vary from year to year based on the theme of the show. To save cost, their flags and outfits are stictched by the parent organization (the boosters) themselves.

@AVG, what have I been saying for the last several posts? The guard uniforms change every year.

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

@AVG, what have I been saying for the last several posts? The guard uniforms change every year.

And I have said these look to be Russian uniforms as part of the show. Changing the uniform from year to year is not in question. What these kids are wearing are resembling Russian military uniforms. It is not as simple as a sickle and hammer. Time period clothing was part of the show. I said the kids should wear the school colors. These are not the school colors. These are olive green military uniforms.

[Takeda Shingen]

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

And I have said these look to be Russian uniforms as part of the show. Changing the uniform from year to year is not in question. What these kids are wearing are resembling Russian military uniforms. It is not as simple as a sickle and hammer. Time period clothing was part of the show. I said the kids should wear the school colors. These are not the school colors. These are olive green military uniforms.

Then I am glad that you were not in the community where I directed. My color guard never wore the school colors (green and white). One year they wore matador-style outfits that were (gasp) red. Another, they wore Cosette-style peasant outfits that were light blue. For our American Civil War show (which included a 'Stars and Bars' flag) half wore blue and half wore grey.

EDIT: A compliation of show of the drum and bugle corp style, for those unfamiliar. Most bands up this way march and look in this style. Note the difference between the ensemble and guard. Also note that they are all theme shows; more akin to performance art than military band.

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

Then I am glad that you were not in the community where I directed. My color guard never wore the school colors (green and white). One year they wore matador-style outfits that were (gasp) red. Another, they wore Cosette-style peasant outfits that were light blue. For our American Civil War show (which included a 'Stars and Bars' flag) half wore blue and half wore grey.

Does not happen here in MD. The band wears the standard issued uniform. As stated to Tribesman, performances in celebration of war, revolutions and political in nature do not occur at the local HS's of which there are 12 with in 5 miles of each other.

[Takeda Shingen]

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Does not happen here in MD. The band wears the standard issued uniform. As stated to Tribesman, performances in celebration of war, revolutions and political in nature do not occur at the local HS's of which there are 12 with in 5 miles of each other.

The band wears the standard uniform here too. The guard does not.

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

The band wears the standard uniform here too. The guard does not.

I understand your distinction now. The guard here will wear their standard uniform that matches in color of the band. Unless it is something special. The special performances are of not of the same nature as seen at the Oxford HS. Again, not political of nature.

As stated to Tribesman, performances in celebration of war, revolutions and political in nature do not occur at the local HS's of which there are 12 with in 5 miles of each other.

So does that rule out the star spangled banner?

The subject at hand is not about a competition.

The subect is about a competition, the piece in question was their routine they had prepared for this competition, it was the performance that won the competition.

The uniforms do not change. They can not afford to change uniforms.

As Takeda has repeatedly stated, the parents do it.

Who would conduct a marching band show about aviation?

The same band who did the 1940s American houswives, the same band who did St Petersburg, the band that wins the competitions for bands doing these shows.
Simple isn't it.

[Penguin]

Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

For our American Civil War show (which included a 'Stars and Bars' flag) half wore blue and half wore grey.

I presume this happened before the era of Fox News, otherwise you'd seen the headline: "School endorses a return to slavery."

[August]

Originally Posted by Penguin

I presume this happened before the era of Fox News, otherwise you'd seen the headline: "School endorses a return to slavery."

Fox wouldn't have said that. MSNBC maybe but not Fox.

[mookiemookie]

Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

One year they wore matador-style outfits that were (gasp) red.

How dare you. Not only were these kids glorifying animal cruelty and the murdering of bulls, but they were dressed as communist animal murderers.

The color red should be banned from all of American society forever, as this thread clearly shows that we run the risk of melting like the Wicked Witch of the West when faced with anything having to with Russia circa 1917-1991

[Takeda Shingen]

Originally Posted by mookiemookie

How dare you. Not only were these kids glorifying animal cruelty and the murdering of bulls, but they were dressed as communist animal murderers.

What can I say? I was the James Dean of marching band directors.

[mookiemookie]

This is from a picture took of me with my friends in a bar.

This is the tshirt I'm wearing in that photo:



I guess I'm glorifying communism. Someone call Fox News!

[AVGWarhawk]

How dare you. Not only were these kids glorifying animal cruelty and the murdering of bulls, but they were dressed as communist animal murderers.

Is it animal cruelty or just sport? I would bet my daughter would call animal cruelty. The same daughter who left her biology class during the dissection of a pig fetus. She sees it as cruelty. The teacher respected that decision and allowed her minimal exposure without recourse.

Welcome to the world of different perspectives.