Don't leave your seats at half time. I promise you the FTAB is unlike any college band you have ever seen. Don't miss it!!!!
I concur. A sight to behold.Don't leave your seats at half time. I promise you the FTAB is unlike any college band you have ever seen. Don't miss it!!!!
I'm a former MDB member too, and I think TAMU will be competitive with LSU for the "best band in the SEC" title. They only play traditional marches, but I swear they don't stop moving for 7 minutes. (I saw them at the Ole Miss - TAMU game) Some of the cleanest countermarches I've ever seen, and I was really trying not to like them. Lots of sound, even when they are all facing different directions.as a former member of the MDB, the SEC is full of great bands. Bama hs one of the best in the country as does Georgia and LSU is in fact the BEST in the country.
Are you saying both Georgia and LSU are the best or just LSU? Personally, I think the MDB is the best but I am a homer with crimson glasses :cool2: (no seriously, I never get tired of hearing our band).as a former member of the MDB, the SEC is full of great bands. Bama hs one of the best in the country as does Georgia and LSU is in fact the BEST in the country.
Most MDB members agree LSU has the best band... I think their ratio of music majors to non-music majors is higher, but I could be wrong (let me keep thinking that, please).Are you saying both Georgia and LSU are the best or just LSU? Personally, I think the MDB is the best but I am a homer with crimson glasses :cool2: (no seriously, I never get tired of hearing our band).
Makes sense. I'll be interested to watch them (although I doubt they'll show them at halftime this weekend. I miss the days when they used to cut to the bands for a little while.)Most MDB members agree LSU has the best band... I think their ratio of music majors to non-music majors is higher, but I could be wrong (let me keep thinking that, please).
TAMU's yell crew is all male... the band is most definitely NOT.a must-see all-dude marching band?
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Sara is correct, the band is mixed. They A&M Corps of Cadets wear the wwII standard issue army uniform. The seniors wear the calvary uniform, thus the riding boots. A&M is strong on tradition, was an all military school and all male up till the late 60's I think. The Corps of Cadets make up about 2500-3000 of the 50000 member student body now. The "Yell" leaders, not cheer leaders are elected by the student body every year just like class officers. Females have run, they just haven't been elected yet. We do yells, in unison led by the yell leaders with hand signals. You can call it gay if you want, but it is tradition and it works for us. One of our favorite traditions is if the team scores, we get to score (kiss your date) in the stands too!TAMU's yell crew is all male... the band is most definitely NOT.
Since you n Poke are former MDB emembers, Sara, would either of you care to hazard a guess as to whether LSU's band will be able to cross the 50 during halftime this w/e?Most MDB members agree LSU has the best band... I think their ratio of music majors to non-music majors is higher, but I could be wrong (let me keep thinking that, please).