Fresno State Marching Band 2006

[vladabuba]

As I'm from Europe I have maybe a silly question: Is this a musical band, or an army? :) They sound really good but I can not understand why they have to go in line, like in military... Is it sort of a performance or some other form of social symbolism ? Bye and good luck

[dominiclamar1]

@vladabuba It's all part of the pageantry of our colleges in our sports. It makes it unique and pumps up the blood to make for a passionate hometown feeling. As a player, these band members always made me excited to go out and give the game everything and more. Thank you FSU!

[waresthedoughnuts]

its a marching band, they are somewhat corps style i guess, but dont you have marching bands in europe?

[vladabuba]

I think that most of armies in Europe have their own bands, most of civil ones are regular orchestras. As much as I know there is no equivalent to this sort and type of performance, and in this number.

[lykebank]

@vladabuba Most marching bands have roots in military branches. In colleges in particular, early bands were started by the institution's ROTC (an American military officers training corps for students). Remnants of this military association are obvious today, such as marching in straight lines to a drum cadence; however, very few collegiate marching bands today retain direct ROTC involvement. One that does would be Texas A&M Univ.; their style of marching HIGHLY reflects this tradition.

[bf1942PCpunisher]

at least we know how to play bad ass beats and have football fans line up 5 hours before the game and listen to us. oh and we know how to stay on the right foot in time...unlike some bands...not mentioning any names...usc trojans...

[fpsjoeyahoocom]

haha without our plumes on it looks like the Salvation Army marching down the street lol

[Philadelphiafreedom]

why does nobody have a plume in their shako?

[fpsjoeyahoocom]

because it was raining and the rain would ruin the plume

[longlivethe80s]

nice to see that football can work at a CSU!

[doggstarr00]

ca marching bands can't keep their lines straight

[BDdrummer]

yes we can but this band is more of flash then sound and looking good. but we have the best drum corps and amazing high school bands and riverside community college and all them so just because they cant dosnt mean all ca cant

[fpsjoeyahoocom]

haha its cool marching down the dorm driveway alot of the students wave the bulldog colors as we pass by.

[tacksy]

bet everybody in their dorms at teh moment prolly woke up from their nap...hahaha

[Na8ters]

haha they set off all the car alarms GO LOBOS!!

[Dragon150043]

SPICE MON!!

[jimmytango]

damn you alyn! i was going to post that than i saw you down here. jerk!

[mygawd]

finally the dogs won a game..