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The Marching Band

Straight Sets Simon
in Melbourne Demons

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There's a big part of me that wants to do what the scum did a while back - put the song away until some real success.

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    Unbelievable.

    Does the club know how much we hate the trumpeter? Surely they do. It's cringeworthy, embarrassing, downright stupid, and just disliked generally. Get rid of it.

    A marching band is just pathetic.

    Titan_uranus, dont say 'we' if its not all of us. Seriously can you tell me what is wrong with having a trumpeter playing before the game? What other club does this. It brings something a little bit more unique to our home games at the MCG, and surely it makes you get the indication that Melbournes home ground is the MCG and this our traditions on our Home ground. Not having a go, I just want to know from your prospective on how it doesn`t give you a sense of pride about the club?

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    There's a big part of me that wants to do what the scum did a while back - put the song away until some real success.

    Excellent idea.

    I'm happy for the trumpeter to play it...provided he plays after a game we have won. Then he can go nuts.

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    I like marching bands (he says ducking for cover), but they were shocking, needed to be miked.

    But I actually wondered if they were there because the trumpter has been banned from the turf for two home games because he had a run in with an official at the last game.

    If it was that then it was a great idea, ban the trumpeter - get a whole band!

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    Surely the band was simply for Queen's Birthday.

    I don't like the trumpeter - I don't like it even more when the opposition come out and kick the first 8 goals (for the second time in 5 games against them).

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    Gay (with Apolgies to any gay members of this forum)

    I'm a dude married to a dude (in NY where such things are legal) and I'm nowhere near as gay as that band.

    Who lets this stuff happen?

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    You'll find they were from a Melbourne school, and consisted of kids between the ages of 12-18. The trumpeter wasn't the usual one either, he was once of the music school teachers.

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    All you critics need to get a life. They were kids from Scotch College. Don't blame them if the wide expanses of the MCG meant they couldn't be heard.

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    Talk about playing into to the stereotype. We get the Scotch Marching Band in? Wtf? Then we don't even mic them?

    Another thing...whenever I've witnessed an opposition have a home game at the 'G they crank up the sound, so we have to hear every single word of theres. When Robbo presents you can never hear him. Seriously, these are simple little things that the club should be getting right. As for the trumpeter, well he's downright embarrassing when we loose every week. I could see it working in an arrogant way if the 'G was a fortress for us.

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    Really eradicating the stereo type with a marching band!

    Exactly what I was thinking.

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    All you critics need to get a life. They were kids from Scotch College. Don't blame them if the wide expanses of the MCG meant they couldn't be heard.

    We are not criticising the band's performance, they should just never have been there. It was ridiculous and embarrassing.

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