From: R.Vincent.Lamb@um.cc.umich.edu
Newsgroups: rec.arts.marching.misc
Subject: Re: More U$C
Date: 22 Dec 92 21:44:02 GMT
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In article <14809@cis.rand.org>, Liza_Weissler@Rand.ORG wrote
(Re: more U$C):
 
|>>I have a vignette about the U$C band and their behavior:
>>Some of us from the UCLA Band slept out at the Rose Parade New Years
|>>Day, 1980.  We went to cheer for the Ohio State Band at the Parade.
|>>When U$C's band marched by, we waved dollar bills at them (U$C is the
|>>private school in town, where tuition is expensive).  The U$C band
|>> broke ranks to grab our money!  Art Bartner managed to shoo them back
|>>into line.  Even we, accustomed to U$C's boorishness, were shocked!
 
|>Hey, I was there...!  But most of the band members grabbing at money
|>were broke, having paid our tuition for the spring. 
|>Most of us gave back the money we grabbed.   ;-)
 
This is true, Art did make them give back the money.  He's not a
complete asshole :-).
 
|>More seriously, stories like this amuse me to no end.
|>I have the pleasure of working with a UCLA band alum (tuba player,
|>late 70's/early 80's) and it fascinates me to hear the UCLA slant on all my 
|>old 'SC band stories.  Frequently the two versions of the same
|>event don't even come close; more often than not, the truth is probably
|>somewhere in the middle.
 
Oh, Edson!  Tell him to show you my wedding picture, the one where
he's my best man.  That way you'll know who you're typing at.
As for the truth, you're most likely right.  We need an impartial
observer to tell the truth.
 
|>Except for the cases where bodily injury and theft occurred :-) I 
|>hope most people realize that basically we were just having fun (albeit juvenile
|>fun).  You populate a college band with 17-21 year olds and you're
|>aren't going to have a group with the best judgment.  If we had good
|>judgment, after all, would we have put up with Art Bartner?  I think
|>not.  ;-)
 
Point well taken.  In hindsight, that's exactly what was going on.
Good thing we're now mature enough to appreciate it.
About Art Bartner, well, at least he'll stand up for his band and
knows that he's running a school-spirit organization.  I can't say
the same thing about UCLA's current director :-P !
 
|>How about we all turn our energy to flaming the television networks
|>for not showing halftimes on television?
 
 Agreed!  Unfortunately, I don't think that the TV executives 
responsible are reading USENET.  If anything, they are on that fascist
landlocked system PRODIGY!  Any of you intelligent troublemakers in
the LSUJMB want to infiltrate PRODIGY and strike a blow for electronic
freedom?
And in article <1992Dec15.202113.29165@tessi.com>, allen@tessi.com
(Allen Warren) wrote:
 
|>I was in that parade marching for Ohio State.  If you guys waved dollar
|>bills at us, we were probably too damned tired to notice!  Were you
|>at or close to the end of the parade route?  Those 7 miles seemed like the
|>LONGEST damn parade I've EVER marched in!  What was even worse was how,
|>at the end of the parade, we were *treated* (sic) to greasy cheeseburgers
|>and slightly chilled cans of soda.  How did I EVER make it through
|>college?
 
The only reason you were tired was that your director was stupid
enough to make you high-step all the way down the route.  Michigan,
who highsteps on the field, only do that in the TV area.  The rest
of the parade, they just glidestep and don't even play!  Same with 
U$C.
 
We were at about the 1.5-2 mile mark on your left.  We didn't wave
dollar bills at you.  However, one of us handed a baritone who was
left guide a beer.  He took it!
 
Rich Lamb
UCLA Band Motto 1981-1986:
Gordon H: Remember who you are and what you represent. 
Band: And thank God you're not Rich Lamb!
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