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admin · Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 11:27 pm Post subject: How big was yours?

I know how to make you buggers look!

How big was:

a. The biggest Massed Band you were in?
b. The biggest Massed Band you saw? (I have to put this because there was a time there were spares on Massed Band gigs!)
c. The biggest band you knew about?
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Aaron Aardvark · Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2005 10:28 pm Post subject:

mine was quite a big one......

wish I hadn't had that tattoo done when I was p***ed in Gib though

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RAB · Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2005 10:34 pm Post subject:

Lovely pic Aaron.. but why are all the Buglers facing the other way??
Are they all in the cream puff??

For Aaron's benefit "Cream Puff = Huff"

Aaron Aardvark · Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2005 10:24 pm Post subject:

General Melchett · Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2005 11:26 am Post subject:

Is it that your "dressing" is out Aaron - LOOK IN!
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Aaron Aardvark · Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2005 12:09 pm Post subject:

there's nothing wrong with my 'dressing' I always dress on the right. Anyway....its not so important if you dont wear trousers.

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admin · Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 12:11 pm Post subject:

400?
That was 40 accross by 10 deep? How many drum majors and bookends were there?

I can remember 300+ but not as big as 400...
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RAB · Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 12:57 pm Post subject:

General Melchett · Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 7:09 pm Post subject:

I don't know if this was an indication or not, however the band for the 1960 Horse Guards was 20 across, with 5 DMaj's....

Biggest one I have done was Queen Mothers 90, an epic gig by any standard. 10 across RM, 10 across RAF and 12 across Guards, flanked by the two mounted Bands.
During the rehearsal one of the Drum Horses threw its rider and bolted into the Band. Needless to say (like the girls we are) we legged it. Complete bomb burst across the Parade, with Perry Mason the Guards GSM shouting "Still on my Parade" and FLEET answering "Yeah f*cking right lofty!"
2 and a half hours at attention on the gig in 80 deg heat, stepping 32 across off to Crown Imperial in slow. The groan as your knees collapsed was audible in W2!!!

Deli......
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mrbassbone · Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 7:28 pm Post subject:

General Melchett · Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 7:53 pm Post subject:

Mrbassbone, I don't think we were expected to - the Guards GSM expected us to! When you see a Drum Horse on it's hind legs 10 feet from you, you do start to think about possible exit strategies......
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Aaron Aardvark · Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 7:55 pm Post subject:

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I think the biggest we did was 34 or 38 accross on the 80 something HGs.

As for the horses... I'd have had my reeboks on and not waited for the starting pistol!
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Now for mrbassbone... Perry Mason, the GSM (Garrison Sergeant Major) was (still is) a giant of a man. Standing about 6' 8" + his voice could turn a man to stone at 500 meters. He had the respect of any one and every one who met him. I would say he was a pussy cat but he was a rabid tiger! Fair and firm you knew where you stood. Black and white, NO grey area. He would shout out a subaltern if he was out of line and comfort a young one who was worried. A great man. He has since retired hence the past tense.

The hores Melch speaks of is a shire horse and the drums the size of timps!!
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