Band Director’s Marching Band

[DonO.]

What a great performance at the Macy’s Parade! And the line of 36 King silver plated Sousaphones looked magnificent!

[arpthark]

Replace the following with "Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade":

[Three Valves]

Alabama A&M playing TSOP makes this whole lame effort worth it!

[bloke]

I have two friends/customers marching in there. I took a picture of my TV set when they were on. Is that the same as being there?

[Three Valves]

I have two friends/customers marching in there. I took a picture of my TV set when they were on. Is that the same as being there?

It’s what our parents did during the Carter Inauguration when we marched in it.

Old School, Baby!

Did you use a Polaroid?

[bort2.0]

What a great performance at the Macy’s Parade! And the line of 36 King silver plated Sousaphones looked magnificent!

I thought this was very cool, and good for them!

I was in the parade in 2000 with my college marching band. First time I ever went to New York -- it changed my life. The whole thing was just incredible, I loved it all. Casting all cynicism aside, every time I see these kids or other groups in the parade, I hope they have as much fun as I did.

[bloke]

My first interaction with Carter was in NOLA...He was campaigning (against loser-schmoozer sorry-@$$ Ford) via parading through the French Quarter. We were down there playing Tulane, that weekend. Our band director (Tom Ferguson, virtuoso jazz pianist, and Rich Matteson's TubaJazz's first pianist on their first l.p.) always took care of us...via passing out decent spending money and giving us a whole extra day in NOLA.

Not only did that all-smiles Playboy-interviewed waste ten minutes of our precious vacation day of our kolij-vacation by blocking our egress (Secret Service, etc.), he hit me in the head with one of those p.o.s plastic (not even chocolate) doubloon things.

[Three Valves]

Pink Panther marathon on HDNET Movies!

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[bloke]

Regardless of anyone's special cause - whether right, wrong, nutty, or sane, this is why - sadly - I will never go to that city again, and why I mostly avoid cities. Most have become dangerously chaotic, and particularly during celebrations and gatherings. Seemingly, those who run so many cities gleefully promote such chaos, as if encouraged or even paid to promote it.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... -2023.html

Understand that I just changed the subject, I'm avoiding any specific politics, and (TO the main topic) a SUPER BRAVO to the band directors - including their courage to show up and present their cause for GOOD - and doing so as large, compact, such highly visible, and vulnerable group... A pair of my very longtime friends who happen to be band director customers - both female - went up there as a pair of long time friends and marched. I was very worried about them, and was glad to see - on social media - that they are back out of there and are safely on their way home.

[djwpe]

Regardless of anyone's special cause - whether right, wrong, nutty, or sane, this is why - sadly - I will never go to that city again, and why I mostly avoid cities. Most have become dangerously chaotic, and particularly during celebrations and gatherings. Seemingly, those who run so many cities gleefully promote such chaos, as if encouraged or even paid to promote it.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... -2023.html

Understand that I just changed the subject, I'm avoiding any specific politics, and (TO the main topic) a SUPER BRAVO to the band directors - including their courage to show up and present their cause for GOOD - and doing so as large, compact, such highly visible, and vulnerable group... A pair of my very longtime friends who happen to be band director customers - both female - went up there as a pair of long time friends and marched. I was very worried about them, and was glad to see - on social media - that they are back out of there and are safely on their way home.

I mostly agree with your views on society, and I also agree that NYC is declining quickly, but it’s not anywhere near the bottom we saw in 1993, when it was finally bad enough to elect a republican mayor (1,960 homicides in 1993 vs 433 in 2022).

I’m in NYC on business 2-3 times a week, and it’s still relatively easy to avoid the crazies. It is getting harder, but we’re not anywhere near the bottom yet.

Don

[bloke]

I mostly agree with your views on society, and I also agree that NYC is declining quickly, but it’s not anywhere near the bottom we saw in 1993, when it was finally bad enough to elect a republican mayor (1,960 homicides in 1993 vs 433 in 2022).

I’m in NYC on business 2-3 times a week, and it’s still relatively easy to avoid the crazies. It is getting harder, but we’re not anywhere near the bottom yet.

Don

2001: 3645

I'm pointing out that all cities are murder centers (and not just numerically, but per capita, and CERTAINLY per square mile), but (ref: the statistic listed just above) NYC - in particular - being a target of terror-related murders - in addition to being a center (as all American cities - some worse than others) of "regular" anger/robbery/kooky-disturbed-people-related murders. The stat (just above) includes both "routine" murders and terror-related ones - in that particular year. I'm also attempting to point out that -in ANY city - ANY sort of gathering (concentration of humanity) is a temptation for terror-related murderers and attempted terror-related murders. I'm sure that - when only two or three people are maimed and perhaps only one dies - due to some large-gathering terror plot (ex's: Boston Marathon, and so many others) the terrorists are sorely disappointed, and were hoping for so very much more mayhem...which is why I view "outer loop freeways" (or - better yet - so-called flyover country) as most people's best friends - as far as the USA (and a good bit of western civilization) is concerned.

bloke "Before some triggered 'this-isn't-tuba-related' person pulls the '!' 'I'm telliiiiin' lever, consider that the above is NOT political, but is matter-of-fact, and IS tuba-related, because the OVERWHELMING majority of tuba gigs (as well as tuba teaching/learning) occurs in cities."

[bloke]

... and if it already hasn't, it's going to become even more interesting up there really soon.

https://nypost.com/2023/11/25/metro/251 ... sion-data/