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Yes folks, as I was driving through campus, I see another yellow band tower being put up on the fields on the field house side. It is one level shorter and it appears it has better braces at the bottom. Wonder where the funding came from...

Curious... Very curious...

Got pics?

I was up in BG today (for Laura Smith's senior recital, as it were) and Doc H mentioned that the FMB had gotten a largish loan from the university. She said the money went to pay for the new sousaphones, euphs, mellos, and tenor saxes, but maybe there was enough for a second, smaller tower?

FliccGirl wrote:I... the FMB had gotten a largish loan from the university. She said the money went to pay for the new sousaphones...

Whoa...new sousaphones?!? Your not yankin' my chain now, are ya Flicc?!? That's great news if it's true!!!

No, I'm serious. The FMB will have something like thirty-five thousand dollars worth of new instruments this year, including sousaphones. But she said the sousas aren't in yet, cuz they had to special order the bells, or something.

great i leave and they get new horns... i see how it works

turtle wrote:great i leave and they get new horns... i see how it works

Not new horns...a new tower. Hence the thread title. Gosh dang you all get off-topic in here!

Metz, you might want to read the other posts here.....

No, I'm serious. The FMB will have something like thirty-five thousand dollars worth of new instruments this year, including sousaphones. But she said the sousas aren't in yet, cuz they had to special order the bells, or something.

i saw the tower tonight too... who knows... it'd be disappointing to think it's for a high school's band camp... but i didn't see a band around it... but there was like an awning (spelling doesn't count) who knows... maybe i need to work earlier shifts so things make sense in the moonlight regardless... i saw the scaffolding and wonder what it's about too

Strouse wrote:

FliccGirl wrote:I... the FMB had gotten a largish loan from the university. She said the money went to pay for the new sousaphones...

Whoa...new sousaphones?!? Your not yankin' my chain now, are ya Flicc?!? That's great news if it's true!!!

i mentioned this weeks ago. see page 3 of this thread.
http://www.ay-ziggy-zoomba.com/phpBB2/v ... c&start=30

the gold lacquer bell interior is a special order item. that, coupled with the fact that it often takes 3-6 months from the order date (and sometimes longer) for a conn 20K, means that it could still be a little while before the new sousaphones arrive.

graceful wrote:i saw the tower tonight too... who knows... it'd be disappointing to think it's for a high school's band camp... but i didn't see a band around it... but there was like an awning (spelling doesn't count) who knows... maybe i need to work earlier shifts so things make sense in the moonlight regardless... i saw the scaffolding and wonder what it's about too

If there were a high school band camp on our field, why wouldn't they just use our scaffolding that's already there?

i wouldn't wanna stand on top of that thing!! you could practically touch the sky...the falling and dying thing isn't a big priority on my list...i'd bring my own tower too hahaha

i have driven past the field house a couple times and seen some sort of drumline outside practicing. not sure what drumline... but maybe them and their band are using the other scaffolding. if i swing by there again, i'll stop and get a quick pic of it and post it on here.

Now, now, now.

Let's all be nice.