Ay-Ziggy-Zoomba.com

You guys represented yourselves well in Columbus today. The Falcon band was very impressive. In fact, they actually woke me up this morning, practicing on the turf field below my residence hall: Morrill tower, I live on the 18th floor)

Nice job overall.

Thank you! You guys sounded and looked excellent!

OSU student wrote:You guys represented yourselves well in Columbus today. The Falcon band was very impressive. In fact, they actually woke me up this morning, practicing on the turf field below my residence hall: Morrill tower, I live on the 18th floor)

Nice job overall.

thank you very much. It was a fun day.

Your band was great tooo!

As a member of the FMB, I feel I must apologize for waking you up. But then again, it was gameday so why weren't you up sooner? At least it wasn't the U of M band. In any case, thanks for the kind words, the OSUMB did pretty well themselves.

Thought:

During the game and the pregame, the Ohio State band seemed louder. Volume is something I appreciated sitting near the top row of the C deck.

One possible factor: I was essentially behind the band, in the corner.

Still, I kinda wish we were as loud as the other band in big settings like Ohio Stadium and Cleveland Browns Stadium.

Still, it was fun to have our band there. I did like the way they spelled out bgsu before the game.

(Do we not have enough members for a capital "B" and "G"?)

Schadenfreude wrote: (Do we not have enough members for a capital "B" and "G"?)

We have the same number in pregmae as we have had in the past few years. I believe Dr. Hayward just wantedto chage it alittle for the fans.

The FMB mixes it up every now and then...

Schadenfreude wrote:Thought:

During the game and the pregame, the Ohio State band seemed louder. Volume is something I appreciated sitting near the top row of the C deck.

One possible factor: I was essentially behind the band, in the corner.

Still, I kinda wish we were as loud as the other band in big settings like Ohio Stadium and Cleveland Browns Stadium.

Still, it was fun to have our band there. I did like the way they spelled out bgsu before the game.

(Do we not have enough members for a capital "B" and "G"?)

Not to bash woodwinds, but the OSU band sounds louder because they are all brass. Give the FMB a brass section of 200, and I have no doubt we can be louder than the OSUMB.

jlozer8 wrote: Not to bash woodwinds, but the OSU band sounds louder because they are all brass. Give the FMB a brass section of 200, and I have no doubt we can be louder than the OSUMB.

I don't know the first thing about marching bands. That makes sense, I guess.

It would be nice to have a brass section of 200 in the FMB...*drools to the thought*

[+Duracell-] wrote:It would be nice to have a brass section of 200 in the FMB...*drools to the thought*

If we could just get rid of all those woodwinds and teach htem how to play real instruments.

Have to run....getting beaten by piccolo-playing wife

Schadenfreude wrote:Thought:

During the game and the pregame, the Ohio State band seemed louder. Volume is something I appreciated sitting near the top row of the C deck.

One possible factor: I was essentially behind the band, in the corner.

werid how thing work... my mom was sitting in the endzone under the scorebooard and said that she could hear BGs band better then OSU band. SO must just be where u are in the stadium...

Hey now, watch the woodwind comments.......

I play the saxophone.....in the OSU athletic band (pep band)
I actually had to leave the game with like 6:00 left in the 4th so that I could get back to my room, change, and get to the Schott by 7 pm to play for a hockey game. It was an exibition game, won 5-1 over Guelth, from Canada.

I play clarinet in the concert bands in BG...and it's my primary instrument as well

Not knocking on woodwinds or anything. They definately help define our sound...you'll hear the announcer saying "the symphonic sound of the Falcon Marching Band" quite a bit, because we basically are a symphonic band...with all that marching stuff to go with it.

OSU student wrote: It was an exibition game, won 5-1 over Guelth, from Canada.

You mean Guelph, and most of us here are familiar with the preseason tune up with a Canadian team.

Deep down, every Bowling Green fan is a hockey fan.