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Maybe I've said this sometime before but I don't remember. I was listening to some old cds and tapes from the FMB today and realized why the chair stepping has declined. The tempo of Foward Falcons has sped up incredibly over the last few years. A faster tempo would also make less time for the leg to attempt to hit that 90 degree angle, too, obviously. Just a random thought I felt the need to express

Here's my afterthought on why chair stepping has declined. We don't spend much time working on perfecting it. I could go on for awhile but I won't.

BGMello04 wrote:Here's my afterthought on why chair stepping has declined. We don't spend much time working on perfecting it. I could go on for awhile but I won't.

That's obvious, too. But if the tempo was slower, it would be easier on everyone IMO.

I agree w/you McMetz... as much fun as it would be to see the band chair stepping down the field at a million beats a minute... it looks crappy! I'd love to see it slow back down and have the chance to get everyone's legs to the same height... that and it'd be nice to not spend the rest of pregame catching my breath

If you compare the CD to the DVD however, you'll note that FF/Forward Falcons is slower for pregame than in the stands.

BGMello04 wrote:If you compare the CD to the DVD however, you'll note that FF/Forward Falcons is slower for pregame than in the stands.

What is your point? The CD and DVD are both from this year. Both are a lot faster than than almost every previous year. You should know, I've let you listen to the old cds and tapes enough!!

I take it this is one of those "here he goes again" kinda things...

I definately agree with Metz. If the tempo were a little slower it would definately improve the style of our marching. But don't forget that we've only been given like 7:00 to do pre-game including the SSB now. So I guess you can kinda' blame it on the AD?.

I'm not sure I would agree with saying that a slower tempo would improve marching. A slower tempo means that we'd chair step longer, and we'd tire sooner (as in sooner in the music), so it may improve marching for the first half of the fight song, with the second half looking like garbage again. I think the only way to solve the problem is to spend more time on pregame. My freshman year, we used to run pregame at the end of every rehearsal. Maybe it helped, maybe it didn't, but since the director change, the only SIGNIFICANT time that we spend on pregame is at the end of fundamentals week, and after that, we run it the day before the game and the day of the game. I realize that it was different my freshman year, and our shows were not as complicated as they are now, and with our more complicated shows, we don't have as much time to devote to pregame, but the only way pregame will ever get better is if we spend more time on it. I'm not saying we need to go back to running it at the end of every rehearsal again, but we HAVE to do more than just run it the day before and the day of the game if we want it to improve.

McMetz811 wrote:Maybe I've said this sometime before but I don't remember. I was listening to some old cds and tapes from the FMB today and realized why the chair stepping has declined. The tempo of Foward Falcons has sped up incredibly over the last few years. A faster tempo would also make less time for the leg to attempt to hit that 90 degree angle, too, obviously. Just a random thought I felt the need to express

What is the eye-rolling supposed to mean? Do you even know what this thread is talking about? I'm not generally one to jump down people's throats about their posts, but I am one to get on people's backs for dismissing one the band does. So... back off or explain yourself. It's only common sense.

Anyway. I agree with both views.

We do need to work on pre-game more, or at least chair-stepping fundamentals. I know everyone groans when we take 45 minutes just to practice fundamentals, but it's important. Maybe with the more complicated shows taking up more time, sections could have marching sectionals that work on fundamentals once or a couple times a week.

But I also agree that marching faster makes it harder to chair-step. (Doing almost anything faster makes it harder to do.) If this is in doubt, just think back to the times when the percs have gone practically double-time to get revenge on the band for laughing at their botched entrances... and it looked like CRAP.

golfertk14 wrote:

:coo-coo: Are you smoking drugs I along with everyone have no clue what the eye rolling means.

golfertk14 wrote:

McMetz811 wrote:Maybe I've said this sometime before but I don't remember. I was listening to some old cds and tapes from the FMB today and realized why the chair stepping has declined. The tempo of Foward Falcons has sped up incredibly over the last few years. A faster tempo would also make less time for the leg to attempt to hit that 90 degree angle, too, obviously. Just a random thought I felt the need to express

Puppy, I believe you may be misreading the post. He's not expressing excuses, but more potential reasons the chairstep may be off. Scamper along, my bright-eyed friend, because I don't want to separate you and McMetz too.

The chair step was before/after me. When Jay Jackson was asst [cue angelic choir] he switched us to more of a pedal step. Instead of swinging the leg up, you brought the arch up past the knee. It was a smoother step and a little easier to march to. Mark time, however was more jarring on the chops.

The reason I mention this is that we were able to take the fight song a touch faster because the marching was a bit easier. The may explain why the fight song became fast. It was pur-tee durn fast when I was marching.

And it was always slower in the recording sessions for cleanliness.

No it was Odie's way of adding another post. Now he has another chance at a post so he can explain what the eye rolling meant. I thought he was going on vacation.

Tricky_Falcon wrote:No it was Odie's way of adding another post. Now he has another chance at a post so he can explain what the eye rolling meant. I thought he was going on vacation.

The glass if half full. Back to the subject at hand.