Prep time

toeknee tee win · Post by **toeknee tee win** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 9:42 pm

What does your line do on the day of a competition? How many hours do you get to warm up? Any rituals for fun?

christopher · Post by **christopher** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 9:42 pm

we usually eat donuts and stuff

pitchick00 · Post by **pitchick00** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 10:28 am

i try to relax the kids... if we have time (like we did at granada) we'll have rehearsal through most of our down time before our next show. my coinstructor and i will actually let the kids decide what they want to play (ie warmups that haven't been played since the start of the season). we try to not let them get all hyped and run around cause i'm sure all instructors who've seen it, witness how exausted the kids get after.

most of the rituals are saved for champs week..."bonding" time

malletphreak · Post by **malletphreak** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 10:40 am

you know those really really strong starbucks mints?... in h.s before we'd go on the field the pit would each have one... or we'd have a challenge at who can have the most at once hehe...

toeknee tee win · Post by **toeknee tee win** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 1:02 pm

that is so funny, with the mints. I did the same thing with one of my schoold and the challenge was how long can they keep it UNDERNEATH their tongues.

malletphreak · Post by **malletphreak** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 1:04 pm

toeknee tee win wrote:that is so funny, with the mints. I did the same thing with one of my schoold and the challenge was how long can they keep it UNDERNEATH their tongues.

hahha.. yea it hurts...

I remember this one time I had 10 in my mouth... (ouch)

pitchick00 · Post by **pitchick00** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 8:08 pm

we had altoids when i was in high school...then with the empty tins, it somehow became tradition to have it attached somewhere on the instrument. we dont know how that became "good luck" but my friend ryan and i would eat em when we were starving at rehearsal (love afterschool rehearsal...no time to eat), and when we were done, instead of throwin the tin away, we'd keep it. the kids don't know the stupidity in the tradition, but that's it right there.