Band ... Music ... musings

[Clutch0364]

_ Think the band can learn a Lil Wayne song? _

Lets trade for Southerns band no offense to the band guys on the site I just like the style of Southern/Grambling style bands over our style.

[derf]

_ Lets trade for Southerns band no offense to the band guys on the site I just like the style of Southern/Grambling style bands over our style. _

Transfer to one of those schools

[CajunRebel]

_ I may be old school, but the playing of music over the PA to me is bush league IMO; especially when the PA guy is on announcing the last play. During timeouts possibly, but that is why you have a band. I was not impressed with PA guy either, we need a more professional approach. Other than that what a great nite at Cajun Field, reminds of what it was like in the 70's during Augie's good years and a few others...A&M _

No it's not bush league. If you listen closely a ton of college football teams do this now. If the band isn't playing anything there is nothing wrong with playing music. Heck we can't even hear the band in the student section it's nice to hear something. I just wish they would play more than the same 3 songs, with less rap music.

[Clutch0364]

_ Transfer to one of those schools _

I'm happy to be a Cajun thank you! Just because you appreciate something another school has doesn't mean you don't have pride in your school! If you didn't know that was possible I feel bad for you.

[srevere51]

_ I would be happy if they'd just UNlearn the espn theme song. _

ummm AMEN to that, if I remember right, last year it seemed like that was all they knew. Maybe it was the year before. yes UNLEARN please!

[Hardcore]

I wish the band would not play while WE HAVE THE BALL!

[Rebel02]

I need to rant about something this early in the morning.

1. Can the band look any smaller? They look freakin tiny taking up a WHOLE section on the student side. Group them all together; will look much better!

2. Sportscenter theme was cool like 10 years ago and you were playing on ESPN!

3. Don't make a peep when we have the ball; unless we get a first down and they play the last few lines of the fight song. However, when they do actually do that now, they don't even start doing that until the team is already at the line of scrimmage for the next play.

4. I'm sure I could find more to rant about the band, but I'll just stop for now.

[UL_Cajuns]

My thoughts on the band:

I thought the band was more organized than in the past. I liked the UL Formation at the beginning of the game also. They just were not loud enough because we don't have enough members.
In the past I don't remember them always wearing the hats and the uniforms, but I may be wrong. The unis look great.

[rhineaux]

_ The ONLY thing I don't/didn't like (also happened at Kent St game) was the band not playing to start the 4th qtr. Having the Ragin' Jazz out there dancing instead is weak to me. What happened to playing the fight song to start the 4th qtr?

Traditions are IMPOSSIBLE to start at this school with how quickly we change things out around here!!! _

The problem with all of this is that there is NO coordination between the different groups. The band is in one corner, the Cheerleaders in another, and the Jazz in another. I talked to one of the Cheerleading Captains last year and she told me that there were some things that they wanted to do, but it was hard to get cooperation from the Band and the Admin to try some of these thing and they were kinda handcuffed.

What we NEED is a 'Traditions Team' composed of a few fans, young and old, that can meet regularly with the different groups to come up with good things to do during the game, and make sure everything is organized better. Something like this could really make the game experience better, could really make the Student's v. Grandstand Cheers better (Ragin v. Cajuns, etc), and could result in some sort of Yell Practice or something so that the student's, and all fans in general, could learn more chants and cheers than just "DE-Fense" or "Let's Geaux Ca-Juns, clap clap clap". And if this were done for football, then it would make the environment for basketball that much better as well.

Personally, I think we have a great band. They are great marchers, and the basketball crew does a great job for those games. But in the grand scheme, the size and their instrumental makeup doesn't make for a great band while in the football stands.

[HoustonCajun]

_ The problem with all of this is that there is NO coordination between the different groups. The band is in one corner, the Cheerleaders in another, and the Jazz in another. I talked to one of the Cheerleading Captains last year and she told me that there were some things that they wanted to do, but it was hard to get cooperation from the Band and the Admin to try some of these thing and they were kinda handcuffed.

What we NEED is a 'Traditions Team' composed of a few fans, young and old, that can meet regularly with the different groups to come up with good things to do during the game, and make sure everything is organized better. Something like this could really make the game experience better, could really make the Student's v. Grandstand Cheers better (Ragin v. Cajuns, etc), and could result in some sort of Yell Practice or something so that the student's, and all fans in general, could learn more chants and cheers than just "DE-Fense" or "Let's Geaux Ca-Juns, clap clap clap". And if this were done for football, then it would make the environment for basketball that much better as well.

Personally, I think we have a great band. They are great marchers, and the basketball crew does a great job for those games. But in the grand scheme, the size and their instrumental makeup doesn't make for a great band while in the football stands. _

I posted this under another thread before reading this one. It is more appropriate under this thread.

I was at the game and the students did a great job. However, I have a real beef with the game management. Our band, during the game, is horrible. They don't know what to play or when to play it. They don't know how to get the crowd in the game. The intercom kept playing rap music when our band should have been playing and even at the same time. When our team comes out to start the second half, the band is walking around, there is a truck give-away still going on and no one even notices the team is back on the field. The band needs to find a tune they play just for great defensive stops. We need to have a tune that allows the fans to get into the game and spell C-A-J-U-N-S. We need the fight song played often, not the crap they play all the time. The pre-game and half-time performances are ok, it is during the game when nothing takes place and it kills the game atmosphere. Even at the start of the game, the announcer tells everyone to welcome the Ragin Cajuns and the band plays the fight song, but the team is still in the tunnel. When they actually run onto the field, everything stops, the band is not playing and the fans don't know what is going on. Nothing is coordinated. We have a chance to capture this community for Homecoming and will likely get 30,000 plus. We need a much better game atmosphere and environment that is closer to BCS level than high school. Sorry for the rant, but I was embarrassed and appalled at what I saw and heard. All of this is fixable.