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Okay, so mom told one of her friends that I would go to her halloween costume party, so we went shopping for a costume and my mom go a black skirt and a solid black tee, and shes all like," You can be a witch!" I agreed because I don’t want my mom to be mad at me, but when I tried it on with the too small ratty old hat I looked like a complete idiot, and I really don’t want to go to a party filled with 9 year olds(I’m thirteen). Then at dinner my mom said she was going to my brothers marching band Competition, and she said i could go to that instead, but its 5 hours of bands playing fight songs, at first its cool, but then it gets annoying. What do I do? I’d go to the party, but can’t I just go as myself( any Ideas for a easy costume with basic clothes most girls have?)?

How about a beautiful princess? You can wear: A dress ( or skirt and shirt), wear makeup and put your hair up in a beautiful way. Besides, your older than a bunch of 9 year old’s, they will think your costume rocks!

I saw this video on mtvU a couple of months ago and can’t seem to find it anywhere. What is the name of song/singer/rapper. I think the video has a white background and I remember the artist wearing a band coat and unlaced boots. He might have been holding a "drum-major" staff as well….

Kanye West??

First off, I’m in the marching band in my high school. We had a contest on Saturday, and if you live in Indiana you know it was wet, cold and rainy on Satuday. If you also live in Indiana you might have known it was district for some of the d bands. anyway….It was absoulutely soaking wet though our warm ups,and the performance. My pads are practically ruined. On Saturday I wanted to protect the pads on my clarinet, so with my white gloves i wiped some of the water off, and my gloves were brown, I stopped rubbing it and forgot about it. After the performance I got one my bus and wiped down my clarinet with my fleece jacket and swab, that was all I had.I opened the case and let it dry that night too, I’m so confused on why it is brown. The other clarinets in my section, there is only one that is brown. Both of us clean our instruments daily, and way more often then the rest of our section.Only our’s are brown. I am confused…it looks like the black came off and there are water stains on mine.
for the person who answered the question first, it still plays ok, we did not have a choice if we could go inside, and everyone in my section has a wood clarinet and theres is ok escept that one.

Shawn is right. The clarinet may still play well, but think about this: what happens when you soak wood with a bunch of water and let it dry? It shrivels up, and looks weird. The same applies to a wooden clarinet.

No instructor should let students bring wooden clarinets outside in such weather. I remember that my high school band director would always warn the people with wooden instruments, before we left, that we should go grab our plastic ones. He went as far to give me a plastic one with an out-of-place right-handed B key and trying to move it in place by force; better than sending my wooden clarinet out there.

You should *not* be using a wooden clarinet in marching band; that is why people keep their plastic ones. I’ve had my wooden clarinet go through really low MN weather temperatures, but would I put it through rain? If it were a drizzle, *maybe*. If it’s a really heavy rain, I wouldn’t dare.

Your pads getting wet at all is bad news, and will be a costly repair (you’re looking at least $200 for a full pad replacement). What happens with the pads when they get wet is they shrivel up and don’t seal as well. You may not notice any consequences right now, but in time, your clarinet’s essentially going to deteriorate.

I would either get a replacement clarinet or send it to a really good repairman, but it’s going to cost you. Don’t use wooden clarinets in marching band…

Im am half black half mexican, i am in the marching band i also maintain a job, i have a 3.4 gpa and i am shooting for a 1700 when i take the sat again

getting into nc

Here is a list of bands that i already have

The American Analog Set
Animal Collective
The Antlers
Aqueduct
The Avett Brothers
Bag Raiders
Band Of Horses
Beach House
Blitzen Trapper
Blue Sky Black Death
Bombay Bicycle Club
Brand New
Broken Bells
Charlift
Dananananakroyd
Dear Reader
Death Cab For Cutie
The Decemberists
The Dodos
Donora
Fleet Foxes
Florence And the Machines
Fruit Bats
Fun Loving Criminals
Geographer
Ghostland Observatory
Grizzly Bear
The Gorllaz
Hadouken!
Helen Austin
Holy Ghost!
The Hush Sound
Ida Maria
idlewild
Jamie T
Johnny Foreigner
The Klls
The Kooks
The Limousines
Lo-F-Fnk
Local Natives
Lykke Li
M83
Manchester Orchestra
Marching Band
MGMT
Mike Snow
Mobius Band
The Mountain Goats
Mumford And Sons
Noah And The Whale
Of Montreal
Passion Pit
Pedro The Lion
Phoenix
The Postal Service
Queens Club
The Red House Painters
The Ruby Suns
Say Hi
School Of Seven Bells
The Shins
The Silent Years
Silversun Pickups
The Sounds
Stomoway
The Strokes
Sufjan Stevens
The Swell Season
Takka Takka
The Temper Trap
Thao Nguyen & the Get Down Stay Down
Tilly And The Wall
Two door Cinema Club
Vampire Weekend
Vetiver
Violent Femmes
We Are Scientists
The Whitest boy Alive
The XX
Yacht
Yeasayer

have others on my ipod non indie but yea that’s my long list haha

Any other bands you may know would be great. i love new music:)

Best Coast, The Jealous Girlfriends

i LOVE music and could use some new songs on my ipod.
Here’s what i have already.

AKissForJersey
The Almost
The American Analog Set
Animal Collective
The Antlers
The Avett Brothers
Bag Raiders
Band Of Horses
Black Veil Brides
Blitzen Trapper
Blue Sky Black Death
Bombay Bicycle Club
Boxcar Racer
Brand New
Breathe Carolina
Bring Me The Horizon
Broken Bells
Calvin Harris
Chairlift
Chase Coy
Chemical Brothers
Chiodos
Chromeo
Confide
Crystal Castles
CSS
Cut Copy
Damien Jurado
Dananananakroyd
Dangerous Muse
A Day To Remember
Deadmau5
Dear Reader
Deathcab For Cutie
The Decemberists
The Dodos
Donora
Drop Dead Gorgeous
Early To Bed
EatMeWhileimHot!
Emery
Empire Of The Sun
Enter Shikari
Explosions in The Sky
The Fall Of Troy
Fallbrooke
Filo And Peri
Fleet Foxes
Florence And The Machine
Frankmusik
Friendly Fires
From Autumn To Ashes
From First To Last
Fruit Bats
Fuck Buttons
Geographer
Ghostland Observatory
Goot
The Gorillaz
Gregory And The Hawk
Grizzly Bear
Hadouken!
Handshakes And Highfives
Hawk Nelson
Henry Homesweet!
Hey, Caesar!
Holy Ghost!
i Killed The Prom Queen
i Set My Friends On Fire
Ida Maria
in This Moment
Jamie T
Johnny Foreigner
Jonsi
Justice
Kill Paradise
The Kills
The Kooks
Kutless
LA ROUX
Lady Sovereign
Last November
Late Of The Pier
Le Castle Vania
Le Loup
The Limousines
Lo-Fi-Fnk
Local Natives
Lovedrug
Lykke Li
M83
Maiden Lane
Manchester Orchestra
Marching Band
MGMT
Mike Snow
Mobius Band
Morgan Laurence
The Morning Of
Mumford And Sons
My Children My Bride
My Hero is Me
MyGenuineFind
Mystery Jets
myToyBox
Nevershoutnever!
Noah And The Whale
Of Montreal
Pacific Lights
Parachute
Paramore
Passion Pit
Pedro The Lion
Peter Bjorn And John
Phoenix
Pierce The Veil
Plugin Stereo
The Postal Service
Queens Club
The Ready Set
The Refused
A Rocket To The Moon
The Ruby Suns
Sabrepulse
Say Hi
The Scene Aesthetic
School Of Seven Bells
The Shins
A Silent Film
The Silent Years
Silversun Pickups
Sky Eats Airplane
The Sounds
Spill Canvas
Stomoway
The Strokes
Sublime
Sufjan Stevens
The Swell Season
Switchfoot
Takka Takka
Technoboy
The Temper Trap
Terry Poison
Thao Nguyen And The Get Down Stay Down
Thom Yorke
Tilly And The Wall
Two Door Cinema Club
Underoath
Unicorn Kid
USK
Vampire Weekend
Vanilla Unity
Vetiver
Violent Femmes
Watchout! Theres Ghosts
The Whitest Boy Alive
The XX
YACHT
Yeasayer
5 Years And Counting

Sorry that is alot haha thanks for reading and making it through the list:)
Any help is very appreciated

Limp Bizkit.
Korn.
Linkin Park.
Deftones.
Marilyn Manson.

for full marching band to be specific.

All you have to do is Google I’ve gotta feeling sheet music.

I’m going to be either Hermione Granger or Luna Lovegood for Halloween and I need a plain black robe. Also, what shoes should I wear with it? This costume is for a Halloween parade I’ll be marching in with the band, then there’s a party afterward..

Check here
http://www.shoppingguide-us.com/viewproduct.php?keywords=black+wizard+robe&searchindex=Apparel&itempage=1&go.x=11&go.y=7


Try Black America Web and HBCU connect websites.

The video starts with one guy and then the other band members seemingly come out of nowhere until there are five guys walking (marching) to the beat. They come into a field and a huge horn section pops up… a little later the band walks towards bleachers in the middle of a field, and the people on the bleachers have big boards that are black on one side and white on the other so they flip the boards to spell words.

The video is amazing and I wish I could remember the name of the band or the song!
Problem solved! Thank you!!

Ok Go "This Too Shall Pass"

Amazing video from these guys… everyone who’s a fan of music and good video should check this out!

its an OK GO song! I love this video too. I can’t go on youtube at work so I cant bring it up for you and i forget the name, but it’s definitely OK GO! Just search them and you’ll get it :)

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