To Green Brigaders: How Many in 2005 Band? And New

[PlummMeanGreen]

GMG.com has several from the Green Brigade and maybe some of them can enlighten us with some answers to the aformentioned.

[GreenBrigadeDebbie]

Not sure of the number in the GB this year. I do know that the new uni's are SWEET!!!! A huge improvement over the previous uni's. And as far as a halftime show is concerned, the songs that I keep on hearing mentioned are: Rhapsody in Blue, Blue Shades, and Niagra Falls something or rather. Can't wait to hear what the band sounds like on Saturday!!!!!

[NT Drummer]

Not sure of the number in the GB this year.  I do know that the new uni's are SWEET!!!!  A huge improvement over the previous uni's.  And as far as a halftime show is concerned, the songs that I keep on hearing mentioned are: Rhapsody in Blue, Blue Shades, and Niagra Falls something or rather.  Can't wait to hear what the band sounds like on Saturday!!!!! 

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Rhapsody in Blue - great choice, especially with at least a few jazzers in the band. But it'll have to be a "short version", the whole piece is 17-1/2 minutes! And they'll need a couple of hundred clarinets just so they can be heard .

[greenminer]

And they'll need a couple of hundred clarinets just so they can be heard  .

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We're from North Texas...send out a few emails and it can be done!

I remember a few years ago (4 is a few, right?) Corporon was explaining a Wind Symphony piece they were about to play. If you were at the concert that night, you might've noticed that there were something like 40+ percussionists prepared to play at the beginning of that piece. His (Corporon's) explanation mentioned that it required one of the largest percussion sections ever demanded of a wind ensemble piece. His words?

"Here at the University of North Texas, that's not a problem." It made the audience chuckle.

-gm

[NT Drummer]

We're from North Texas...send out a few emails and it can be done!

I remember a few years ago (4 is a few, right?) Corporon was explaining a Wind Symphony piece they were about to play.  If you were at the concert that night, you might've noticed that there were something like 40+ percussionists prepared to play at the beginning of that piece.  His (Corporon's) explanation mentioned that it required one of the largest percussion sections ever demanded of a wind ensemble piece.  His words?

"Here at the University of North Texas, that's not a problem."  It made the audience chuckle.

-gm

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Sounds like a percussion ensemble with a wind section instead of a wind ensemble with a percussion section .

[UNTFan23]

Not sure of the number in the GB this year.  I do know that the new uni's are SWEET!!!!  A huge improvement over the previous uni's.  And as far as a halftime show is concerned, the songs that I keep on hearing mentioned are: Rhapsody in Blue, Blue Shades, and Niagra Falls something or rather.  Can't wait to hear what the band sounds like on Saturday!!!!! 

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That's great to hear what the concert band is gonna play, what does the marching band have lined up for us?