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I was at the game and I definitely heard him say defenseless. 

Not if they're retractable.....

#2 also due in (late) September and I have season tickets.  I think we may get past Uonn, so I'm hoping (and think it's likely) it will be in the two weeks following.

I think his strength IS his skill at arranging, however I think his weakness is in song selection/programming.  Nix was a little stronger at the latter, yet nearly as skilled at the former.

Robert Goulet always gets a +1

quality/quantity is a non-issue in this situation, acoustically speaking.  HOWEVER, your point about playing opera has nothing to do with the acoustics, it has to do with program selection (which I'm not denying is a source of controversy).  Not being able to hear the band and not liking the songs they're playing are two different things.  Prof. Haithcock seems to be intentionally adressing only one of these.

I didn't think anyone else noticed this.  I thought I was seeing things, albeit good things.

Big Ten rules would apply....

It's never too late for a posbang

In the end, all will get a posbang.  Benevolant Posbang Granting God permits it.....

Upvotes go well with a nice bourbon.....

And to deliver what your customers want, you need to know who your customers are.  identify them first, then your question becomes much easier to answer.

Actually, it says 4-0 in non-conference play in 2009, so those are the B10 schools that went 4-0 last year...

Yeah, that link is much more informative.  I've been involved peripherally with the project for a while now, so I lost track of the official communications that when out when it was released.  they are much more informative, as they should be.

A Tie guarntees that Germany doesn't win the group, as Ghana is ahead of them going into the match, so they would still be ahead.  They still could advance with a tie, but at best they'd be second which means we would have to play them.  Ugh.

I don't know how to correctly notate it, but something like:

Big Ten - Duodecimal edition

OR

Big Ten (base 12)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duodecimal

I see it like this:

Rutgers is being used to let ND know the B10 could break up the Big East if they don't join.

If ND joins, there's one more spot, they could add Pitt, or better yet Syracuse and wrap up the NY market as much as is probably possible (ND, Rutgers, Syracuse).  In this scenario, they got their prize in ND and can add one more school as they see fit.

If ND declines, there are 14 teams with two potentially open spots.  The B10 makes an offer to UT/A&M, as losing MU and Nebraska likely spurs the breakup of the B12 .  If the Texas schools balk, the B10 goes after Syracuse/Pitt to wrap up the East and follow through on the threat to the Big East/ND.  Either way, they're at 14 so they could stop where they are without any further action.

My first hand experience says he's a skilled musician that's worth whatever he's charging for transcription

-Crunchy

The Dexter area.

For Tigers fans sake, I hope he isn't leaving. I think he's a valuable asset to the team for more reasons than just what shows up in the stats. As I mentioned, I'm actually a Twins fan, so my true interest in this is almost solely as his neighbor.

While I have yet to meet him (I just moved in over the summer), I've never had the sense that they wanted to leave the area, regardless of his status with the team.

He actually could probably afford more house than what houses are going for in our neighborhood, so I suppose it's possible he signed a new contract and bought a new house in the area. He was around here as recently as a couple weeks after his surgery, but his family generally spends the winters in warmer weather.

In your scenario (a bit simplified, but still generally true), you get $100 in your pocket, and your employer withheld the other $30 for taxes. Your total taxable income was $130 because your employer chipped in to cover the taxes on your $100. Your effective bonus is now $130 and not $100

Contrast that with your employer giving you a $100 bonus, then taking taxes out of it, so your take home is ~$75.

Probably the bottle of Jolly Pumpkin Bam Biere Farmhouse Ale sitting in the beverage fridge. If I don't crack that open, it'll be Bell's Oktoberfest.

Later on, I may shift to manhattans with Buffalo Trace bourbon and Vya vermouth.

The email did say "and now PA guy", implying it wasn't always so. I think the point was that he's still been in the press box for the last 40 years, so he has perspective on the changes in volume over time.

I'm pretty sure I was right by you for that game. My parents are MN alums, so I sat with them for that game. It's even worse in MN for their home games, because they do it over the PA for EVERY first down. (or at least they did at the Metrodome. Haven't talked to the parents after the opening game at TCF stadium to see if they still do)

I lost track of when the conductor duties got consolidated (1996). They didn't replace Dennis Glocke as conductor of the concert band (he left to become Director of Band at Penn State), but rather consolidated the duties with the marching band director. I know they've been separated again, but I haven't followed the concert band director changes as closely as the MMB changes, mostly because I actually know all the guys that have been MMB directors.

I think your point is 100% valid. What it does illustrate, though, is that there isn't the same stability in that position that there used to be, granted, for all the reasons you pointed out. The new guys coming in usually take a year or two to really settle into the job and get things done in their style.

It's not a perfect analogy, but RichRod had a year of disruption when he (dramatically) changed the system. A new director may have their own personal preferences for how the band operates and it may take some time for that to become ingrained in the culture of the band. The fact that turnover is higher now just means that there are more frequent cycles of disruption and less cycles of stability which may (or may not) have an effect on the final product on the field/in the stands.

I agree that it likely has a lot to do with football success, and maybe that's the biggest correlation to band size/volume/general effectiveness. It may not be a coincidence that both the band and football team enjoyed decades of success, with the past several years being a bit of a decline.

As with the team's national standing, maybe winning will fix everything for the band, too (though delayed a bit due to football-success-induced recruiting)

I think the last time there were 50 trombones was 1997, and before that 1994. I don't think there has ever been much more than 50.