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neonvincentNow for the one performance during my time with the UCLA Band that I know for sure that I missed, the infamous Disco Sucks show. While I was in the California desert mapping tuff beds, the UCLA Band got the best response of the year from the student section. Watch.
The most effective flagwork was both the simplest and the one I didn't write, the beating of the shrinking DISCO during "You're No Good." The assistant band director who wrote the drill had an idea that I couldn't figure out how to execute. Saturday morning, he taught the flags what he wanted. It worked very well. Sometimes if you want something done, do it yourself.
A couple of comments from other band members that i remember nearly 40 years later. First, one of my fellow tuba players observed the irony of playing "Play that Funky Music" after yelling "Disco sucks!" "We yell 'Disco sucks' and what do we play afterwards? More disco!" I thought it was funny at the time, but now I don't know if I'd consider that song disco. Next, one of the more smart-alec band members yelled "This show sucks!" during rehearsal. The band director heard him and said "enunciate!" Well, that's one way to both be told off and get away with things.
I'm going to skip this series for the next two days as I post my saved comments and the top posts of January 2018. I'll resume with one last performance from 1979, the UCLA vs. USC halftime. Stay tuned.
The most effective flagwork was both the simplest and the one I didn't write, the beating of the shrinking DISCO during "You're No Good." The assistant band director who wrote the drill had an idea that I couldn't figure out how to execute. Saturday morning, he taught the flags what he wanted. It worked very well. Sometimes if you want something done, do it yourself.
A couple of comments from other band members that i remember nearly 40 years later. First, one of my fellow tuba players observed the irony of playing "Play that Funky Music" after yelling "Disco sucks!" "We yell 'Disco sucks' and what do we play afterwards? More disco!" I thought it was funny at the time, but now I don't know if I'd consider that song disco. Next, one of the more smart-alec band members yelled "This show sucks!" during rehearsal. The band director heard him and said "enunciate!" Well, that's one way to both be told off and get away with things.
I'm going to skip this series for the next two days as I post my saved comments and the top posts of January 2018. I'll resume with one last performance from 1979, the UCLA vs. USC halftime. Stay tuned.
