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re: Show us your marching band halls!
Posted on 4/14/14 at 8:13 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
Posted on 4/14/14 at 8:13 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
Butler Field. I can't even........
This thread makes me sad/ angry. Why can't we have nice things. LSU's band hall was really nice, and Auburn's is going to be amazing once it's finished. We're the only band in the SEC to not have a band room, and it's sad, especially since we're almost 102 years old.
One of the reasons why the MDB practiced at LSU's field was to show off their facilities to Alabama's powers that be. We had several alumni ride with the band to Texas. That never happens. So to the rest of the SEC, keep up the good work. It hurts my pride to do this, but if I have to compare us to LSU and AU, and actually show how their better than us, than so be it. Maybe someone will listen.
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Posted on 4/14/14 at 8:14 pm to TripleBrass
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It's some kind of polyester/nylon something.
Interesting...thanks for that.
Posted on 4/14/14 at 8:14 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
I always thought they used the indoor football building when the weather is bad. It has the field lines.
Posted on 4/14/14 at 8:18 pm to Old Hellen Yeller
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I always thought they used the indoor football building when the weather is bad. It has the field lines.
Yeah, I should have thought of that. Completely slipped my mind.
Posted on 4/14/14 at 8:18 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
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Is there a space big enough for the band to practice in? Or do they use Coleman for that?
No and no. We have sectionals in Moody, but not full rehearsals there. We use the football practice facility sometimes if it's raining, or if our bowl game is inside.
Also very few bands actually practice inside, even if they have a band hall. It wouldn't sound right, especially for the bigger bands like LSU and Auburn. Also it would be a VERY tight fit.
Posted on 4/14/14 at 8:19 pm to Carolina Tide
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One of the reasons why the MDB practiced at LSU's field was to show off their facilities to Alabama's powers that be. We had several alumni ride with the band to Texas. That never happens. So to the rest of the SEC, keep up the good work. It hurts my pride to do this, but if I have to compare us to LSU and AU, and actually show how their better than us, than so be it. Maybe someone will listen.
I remember that! Hope that works out for ya'll!
Posted on 4/14/14 at 8:21 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
TigersOfGeaulxled are you in LSU's band as well? I've meet a few members of TGBFTL in Duluth last month. Overall a nice group of people.
Posted on 4/14/14 at 8:24 pm to Carolina Tide
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Also very few bands actually practice inside, even if they have a band hall. It wouldn't sound right, especially for the bigger bands like LSU and Auburn. Also it would be a VERY tight fit.
Yeah, if we need to go inside, the athletics department will usually let us use the indoor practice facility
Posted on 4/14/14 at 8:24 pm to Carolina Tide
Dude, I'm retired. Been retired for years, too.
Posted on 4/14/14 at 8:26 pm to Carolina Tide
pretty ironic that the "million dollar band" doesnt have a facility 
Posted on 4/14/14 at 8:27 pm to Carolina Tide
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Also very few bands actually practice inside, even if they have a band hall. It wouldn't sound right, especially for the bigger bands like LSU and Auburn. Also it would be a VERY tight fit.
I hear ya about the tight fit, but our practice hall was designed with those kind of acoustics involved...
...and to my knowledge, they regularly practice in there.
Posted on 4/14/14 at 8:27 pm to Carolina Tide
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Also very few bands actually practice inside, even if they have a band hall. It wouldn't sound right, especially for the bigger bands like LSU and Auburn. Also it would be a VERY tight fit.
UGA manages to fit the entire band (minus...pit / auxillaries, I believe) - so around ~350 ish in our largest band room. It is definitely a tight fit and requires a very systematic way of entering an exiting. It's also...unbearably loud in such a room.
Here's what it looks like: LINK
Posted on 4/14/14 at 8:27 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
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so The Golden Band From Tigerland needs a place that the whole band can fit into at once.
Thread hijack... your band hall is bigger than UGA's indoor practice facility for football? That's crazy.
Posted on 4/14/14 at 8:29 pm to auisssa
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Thread hijack... your band hall is bigger than UGA's indoor practice facility for football? That's crazy.
That's one shiny hook...
Posted on 4/14/14 at 8:29 pm to tennessee391
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think as far as practicing their whole performances and whatnot they use a field outdoors somewhere.
dude, really?
Posted on 4/14/14 at 8:30 pm to TheSandman
I didn't know you were in Auburn's band.
Posted on 4/14/14 at 8:30 pm to TripleBrass
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It's also...unbearably loud in such a room.
Yeah, the first thing I did when watching that video was look at the ceiling for the acoustic absorbing tiles...
I bet their ears were ringing after that.
Posted on 4/14/14 at 8:31 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
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Is there a space big enough for the band to practice in? Or do they use Coleman for that?
I really don't know. Moody is a big building (over 100,000 sq ft), but I don't know how it's used in relation to the marching band. Here's a few more pics. It's a concert hall but it has a few large rooms in it that could be used for practice.
This post was edited on 4/14/14 at 8:32 pm
Posted on 4/14/14 at 8:31 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
There's a lot acoustic tiling everywhere in that room, but it can only do so much when you're dealing with that number of musicians.
Posted on 4/14/14 at 8:34 pm to TripleBrass
Yeah I bet...
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