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Post by flagchild06 » Wed Jan 28, 2004 6:39 pm

We have rules on our guard. Some are normal, some are wierd, what about yours?

I know staying set until told to relax is a given but... I fidget!!! I have like mild ADD or something and I get really sore and bored and yeah just standing there forever. It's one of the things that bugs me... I wanna fidget!!! :oops: :oops:

We also have a dress code for rehearsals. Black and white only.
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Post by Matadork05 » Wed Jan 28, 2004 9:48 pm

whaaaat? black and white only?? thats no fun :?

last year we had to pay a quarter for saying anything negative, insulting or if we cussed...that was an expensive season!!!!!
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Re: Rules

Post by cggirl353 » Thu Jan 29, 2004 7:19 am

flagchild06 wrote: We also have a dress code for rehearsals. Black and white only.
I hear ya on the dress code. We have to wear all black. It sucks when laundry time comes around. :roll: I guess you just get used to it. I have. It makes you look like a team and it's less distracting for the instructor to have one color to look at instead of 10 different colors.

No major rules for our guard. Nothing out of the norm.


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Post by Wendy Uzarski » Thu Jan 29, 2004 7:21 am

We have lots of rules too. I'm ok with most of them, We have a dress code...black only. No moving until they say relax. Hair is always back. No gum. Nothing in the mouth at all. No talking on the floor.

Oh what about breaks. Do you guys get them? In the summer we do, but winter is different. Like one dinner break (45 minutes) in an 8 hour rehearsal.
I'm ok with this cuase we're still learning our show, but my feet hurt sooo much :!:

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Post by flagchild06 » Thu Jan 29, 2004 12:17 pm

basher wrote:We have lots of rules too. I'm ok with most of them, We have a dress code...black only. No moving until they say relax. Hair is always back. No gum. Nothing in the mouth at all. No talking on the floor.

Oh what about breaks. Do you guys get them? In the summer we do, but winter is different. Like one dinner break (45 minutes) in an 8 hour rehearsal.
I'm ok with this cuase we're still learning our show, but my feet hurt sooo much :!:
My instructor made me put my gum on my nose once. I haven't had gum in block, since.

We're supposed to have our hair up, I'm hair tie girl. I usually have four hair ties on my wrist at a time. We don't really get that many breaks, we had a nine hour rehearsal with lots of breaks but during weekday practices we don't get them.
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Post by colorguardchicken02 » Thu Jan 29, 2004 5:11 pm

um, hair up, no gum, no food/drinks if we r in the band/dance room (we all have them anyways in the band room), no cussing, um, no jeans aloud at practice EVER, we can goof off sometimes but if its time to work, its time to work and we all know that. we can wear whatever the hell we want (thank God), and for every minute we r late its 10 pushups and if u cant do pushups (i cant. i sprained a ligiment in my wrist, and neither can bree...) u have to do 20 sit ups every minute you're late. :roll: im never late. if i was i prolly wouldnt have the gut i have LoL :lol: and yeah i think thats about it. :D

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rules on end

Post by RifleLova » Fri Jan 30, 2004 11:51 pm

rules for my guard:
no junk food
exercise at all times
stretch at home constantly
no gum
hair up
all black at practices
no talking
if you lose your flag you must pay $.50
no cussing
jazz pants of adidas pants
pushups if talking too much
dont move until someone says relax
no breaks
come to practice 20 minutes earlier than the allotted time
tight enough clothing to see our shape and form
shoes with backs on them (NEVER sandals or flip flops)
hmmmm....i wonder if i'm missing any....there's so much more..i'm sure of it.
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Post by guardee101 » Sat Jan 31, 2004 9:54 am

it sounds like your guards are really strict. Mine is so laidback, which makes it fun. We do work hard, but we dont really have so many nittygritty rules. we have "rules" like where we can eat, and being early, but nobody actually follows them. they are posted in the band room, and it is a constant joke how funny they are. There are also signs posted saying not to eat in the bandroom, but even the director and my instructors eat in there. We have pizza parties there!!

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Post by Nephthys » Sat Jan 31, 2004 1:06 pm

RifleLova wrote:
if you lose your flag you must pay $.50
Do you mean if you like lose it *poof* vanishes? Or if like you drop it or it flys off in a wrong direction??
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$.50 rule

Post by RifleLova » Sat Jan 31, 2004 4:59 pm

i mean if you lose it as in...you dont know where you put it and you can't find it anymore...and it's been like a few days and you seriously have no clue where it is then it's $.50 out of your pocket!!
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Post by MsNikki » Sat Jan 31, 2004 9:32 pm

ONLY 50 cents if you lost a flag? That's CRAZY. That might buy you two tips ...

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Re: $.50 rule

Post by Matadork05 » Sat Jan 31, 2004 11:25 pm

RifleLova wrote:i mean if you lose it as in...you dont know where you put it and you can't find it anymore...and it's been like a few days and you seriously have no clue where it is then it's $.50 out of your pocket!!
i could find that much money outside the bandroom on the ground....
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$5

Post by RifleLova » Sun Feb 01, 2004 12:29 am

well it used to be $5 but SO many parents and people complained that my instructor had to bring it WAYYYYYYYYYYY down. she's gonna raise it again my senior year (next year) because people are taking advantage of paying so little. some people are just stealing them because we only pay 50 cents! crazy...
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Post by Matadork05 » Sun Feb 01, 2004 12:49 am

heck if i could get away with just paying .50 then there certainly isnt much motivation to not take them. $5 is reasonable.
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Post by sabrebatgirl » Sun Feb 01, 2004 10:08 am

We have to wear black and white hair back no gum all those normal rules, and also supposedly we're not allowed to eat junk food during winterguard.... ha... ha... yeah our rules are similar to riflelova's.

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