re: We need to talk about the Golden Girls-Tiger Girls feud

Shocking lack of diversity. Wait til Mayor Broome sees this.

need to up the standards for the GGs, starting to look pretty thick and skanky

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bfniiiiiiiiii:
this could be something that is beyond the control of the directors. or they could be deciding to be leaner. either way, they're succeeding. tiger band looked great and sounded great, even if they are smaller.

Irish LSU Fan: 4. Really? Deciding to be leaner? This is clear BS. With incomplete instrumentation, the sound of the band cannot be as good with previous directors. 20 tubas versus 32 tubas makes a big difference.
Bottom line....the band has declined in numbers and talent. They used to cut around 100 just to get down to 325. Now, they take whatever walks in the door and still can't make 325!!

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Yeahhhh, they're not deciding to be leaner. That's BS. In terms of the scholarships and music majors, I agree LSU could invest more. I wasn't a music major myself, but I recognized how much we benefited from having so many music majors in the ensemble. LSU should have 28+ tubas and tons of trumpets (56+). And the elite 8 piccolos. Anything less (or more on the woodwind side) and they're not recruiting hard enough.

That red head in the front row...got Damn!!!

I keep coming back to this thread to look at the Golden Girls pic.

Never really heard of a feud between the 2. Tiger girls are generally more athletic because they are LSU’s dance team. Golden girls only do football games whil TG do a multitude of LSU events and aren’t limited to head nods, arm movements and twirls.

Tiger girls are really good to, they’ve won several national dance competitions.

Would rather just watch.

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What awards have they received?

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Huffington Post Top 10 in the country, Rated as the top band in the SEC BY THE BAND DIRECTORS IN THE SEC, Sudler Award, etc.
Once again....what has the current regime received?

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Watch videos of each and get back to me
i have. they're basically identical.

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If you honestly think LSU and Ohio State are "identical," then YOU don't know anything about drill design. I even gave you a hint (velocity). But, you don't know what that is, do you?

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frank and linda knew very little about marching band

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If that were the case, how did LSU receive the Sudler (from the Sudler Foundation web site) "The Sudler Trophy will be awarded biannually to a college or university marching band which has demonstrated the highest of musical standards and innovative marching routines and ideas, and which has made important contributions to the advancement of the performance standards of college marching bands over a number of years." Are you such a "homer" for the current regime that you cannot recognize any of this? Also, what has Dennis ever done? What has Damon ever done? These two are clueless. So much so they don't even realize how bad it is.

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With incomplete instrumentation
who said this is the case?

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I can count. From around 2005 to 2015, the LSU trumpet numbers were between 65 - 80. The tuba numbers were 30 - 32 (Good instrumentation is 1 tuba per 10 members/325 = 32). The band had the instrumentation THEY WANTED because they cut around 100 to get there. The current band situation is MUCH different.

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now, others have caught up and are paying more

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Like who? What SEC band is paying more than LSU to participate in marching band?

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and still can't make 325!
prove that you know this is not beyond their control

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Of course they have control.....RECRUIT HARDER. Oh, maybe they are and students are still NOT signing up to be in the Damon/Dennis shite show. Maybe high school band directors around the country are advising their students not to be a part of this stuff.

I apologize if it sounded like I meant the talent of the musicians. I know several members of Tigerband and they're some of the best musicians I know. However, one of the previous posts mentioned that interest in the CGs and GGs were down from past years, possibly going more towards the Tiger Girls; that was the talent that I was talking about.

Also, if the band were truly moving towards a DCI look, perhaps one day we will see the colorguard integrated into the show drill more than on the outsides like a picture frame. Just a thought, I could be wrong.

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Huffington Post Top 10 in the country, Rated as the top band in the SEC BY THE BAND DIRECTORS IN THE SEC, Sudler Award, etc. Once again....what has the current regime received?

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Over and over, the same thing from Irish. It's like groundhog day with you.

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how did LSU receive the Sudler (from the Sudler Foundation web site) "The Sudler Trophy will be awarded biannually to a college or university marching band which has demonstrated the highest of musical standards and innovative marching routines and ideas, and which has made important contributions to the advancement of the performance standards of college marching bands over a number of years."

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If you were to copy/paste a bit more than you did, it would be clear that this can be awarded ONCE to any college band (as other responders have already mentioned more than once). Also, more copying/pasting would make clear that "any committee member or band director may submit up to three bands for consideration." So initially, any Tom, Dick or Harry band director can submit up to three bands for consideration.

Furthermore, the Sudler award started in 1982. One might wonder why it took so long for LSU to win the award? According to your line of thinking, a "regime" change (as you like to call it) should IMMEDIATELY result in more accolades than the wildest imagination can conjure up. Then why did it originally take a full 20 years for TGBFTL to win it?

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Also, what has Dennis ever done? What has Damon ever done? These two are clueless. So much so they don't even realize how bad it is.

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Give them some time. Surely they can win *something* within 20 years!