crayongirl21

Hey all students.. go and vote for homecoming queen and king in the 1'o clock lounge or the willis library. Vote for Casey Armstrong and Glenn Thorpe the Talons nominees. They love this schooland its traditons... and unlike some other canidates... they will be at the homecoming game either way Here's a picture of the queen canidate... the information is old from before she transferred to UNT... Homecoming Queen

If someone wants to buy us more green flags, I can't see any reason why we wouldn't use them. I said that in my orignal post. I can also ask about not using the purple flag at TCU, since its their school color. I'm not in charge though so all I can do is ask. I guess we could use the one green flag during both songs. For those people genuinely concerned about tradition, thankyou for putting your opinion out there. And thankyou to all the people who had nice comments about our performance. And for anyone else feeling generous... we could still use some help on the uniform situation. This will be my last post... you guys can duke it out from here with your opinionated opinions.

Did you attend Texas Tech? Why do you care what kind of flags they were spinning??? I garuntee they weren't spinning them well... but you wouldn't know the difference

In regards to whether or not you will see other colors at other schools... Ask yourself this... Are those other school bands as renound as UNT? are they getting recognition on a national level like UNT?? sometimes while we are hanging out in Fout's Field its hard to see beyond those alumnimum bleachers and recogonize that people all over the country know north texas as one of the best bands in the country. They got that way b/c they continue to push the envelope artistically. So when you go to TCU... be PROUD that your school has one of the most innovative bands in the country, and stop worrying about flag colors. Thats real school spirt and real school pride.

I'm in the colorguard. We performed with green flags during our pregrame performance at the nicholls state game. Not many people were aware of this b/c not very many people entered the stadium from tailgating to enjoy the performance. The green flag was used ... appropriately.. for the traditional repertoire of the school fight song and alma mater.. and a few other patriotic and school related peices. At halftime we used purple flags, this was the opening number of a set of two performances. Often times bands, this early in the season do not perform their entire repertoire simply b/c of time restraints and not enough reherasal time. For the second song which will be added to the performance at TCU we will use our green flags again. THe colorguard's job is to provide the visual stimulation for the marching band. The band has selected latin numbers for this season's first couple of performances. Outside hired professionals whose expertise is colorguard selected the vibrant purple flag for one of the songs. So for the opening peice we will be using a purple flag... and for the second number we will be using a green flag. I am not only a member of the colorguard but of TALONS. I understand your arguement and appreciate your point of view. If you would like to persue getting more green flags so that we have more variety to chose from.. so that we can have green for more than one number you are more than welcome to. My big crusade when joining the colorguard was to try and incorporate green uniforms. This right now is a major concern. The uniforms designed for us... are pretty horrible... hince why they have yet to be debuted in full. The colorguard is made up some very beautiful young women dedicated to their university... and as of right now... they would look like GUMBY, adorned in four shades of green.. none of which match or are flattering or fitting, which would open them for open ridicule by onlookers including UNT fanatics who love green... in fact Emmitt even laughed at me when he saw it, oh yeah even some football players were around for our initial fitting and wanted to know the hell we were wearing? So if you would REALLY like to help the colorguard and support our organization perhaps your money would be more well spent by helping us with uniforms. We will continue to work to incorporate green as much as possible into our performances. We have already taken huge leaps from last years all black uniform with pale blue flags. For some reason this thread has turned into a WHY do those girls even bother going out there ...bashing session. Often times people tend to criticise what they do not understand and it would be most helpful if we had some supporters like you guys in the stands cheering us on. We are out there b/c we are dedicated to our passion of performance ...many of the young ladys.. and gentleman... are accomplished in their sport and have competed and have been very successful, but when it comes down to it.. its the thrill of the crowd that pushes us through long rehearsals. Colorguard is rooted in a millitary history but the use of flags is the only thing that is traditional anymore. Always challenging the performer and spectator alike, colorguard is constantly redefining itself as the sport of the arts. Many collegiate colorguards get a bad reputation b/c they often fall lacking. (such as the less than artistic display put on by some units we've seen this season...it seems even the biggest of universities don't do much in the way of supporting their arts and driving them to excellence.. or in some case perhaps stifle creativity) It is my firm belief that this is b/c colorguard is an interactional activity, if they do not have crowd support they do not acheive their highest potential. It is also my firm belief that in order to build our program up to what it SHOULD be.. we need support from our spectators like all of you. So we will do our best to find a comprimise between artistic influence and tradition. For more information about Colorguard: The sport of the Arts check out these websites of some national vendors.... www.wgi.org www.dci.org www.maux.com and here is a nice one who make flags and uniforms... www.fjminc.com