They took the battle, yes, but The War is Not Yet Over
I'm not sure who to be Mad at here.
I went to Battle of the Bands on Friday. It was great fun, but Ihad have my complaints.
FIRST: Somebody from BYUSA told me there was no filming allowed.
Really? REALLY? I was filming at the request of my friends who were playing in the show, without whom BYUSA wouldn't have any hope of hosting a Battle of the Bands.
IS THERE ANY REASON? ANY REASON at ALL why I can't film? Or do they just enjoy doling out absolutely ARBITRARY rules and regulations? I filmed anyway.
SECOND, they put chairs out everywhere in the ballroom. Chairs.
So you know what? We couldn't get up and dance. We couldn't dance at Battle of the Bands.
You know why? BECAUSE THERE WERE CHAIRS. It's against fire code to have dancing like that when there are isles. Isles created by the freaking chairs!
Fast forward to this morning. I want you to look at this clip from the DU. According to this article, one of the reasons the band that won won was because "the Empirates worked the crowd and got people to their feet".
Then at the end of the article, talking about Can't Stop Won't Stop, "A mob of fans formed in front of the stage, including several students dressed as robots. The students reluctantly took their seats at the request of BYU event staff."
I want to curse. What is this, Footloose? "Stand up, but don't dance!" is what I'm getting here, and I don't like it One Bit.
I went to Battle of the Bands on Friday. It was great fun, but I
FIRST: Somebody from BYUSA told me there was no filming allowed.
Really? REALLY? I was filming at the request of my friends who were playing in the show, without whom BYUSA wouldn't have any hope of hosting a Battle of the Bands.
IS THERE ANY REASON? ANY REASON at ALL why I can't film? Or do they just enjoy doling out absolutely ARBITRARY rules and regulations? I filmed anyway.
SECOND, they put chairs out everywhere in the ballroom. Chairs.
So you know what? We couldn't get up and dance. We couldn't dance at Battle of the Bands.
You know why? BECAUSE THERE WERE CHAIRS. It's against fire code to have dancing like that when there are isles. Isles created by the freaking chairs!
Fast forward to this morning. I want you to look at this clip from the DU. According to this article, one of the reasons the band that won won was because "the Empirates worked the crowd and got people to their feet".
Then at the end of the article, talking about Can't Stop Won't Stop, "A mob of fans formed in front of the stage, including several students dressed as robots. The students reluctantly took their seats at the request of BYU event staff."
I want to curse. What is this, Footloose? "Stand up, but don't dance!" is what I'm getting here, and I don't like it One Bit.
posted by austinmcraig at
9:37 AM
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I nearly stormed out. Ridiculous
and i'd like to add: we did not "reluctantly take our seats" ever. once we stood up we never sat down. (duh.)
Austin, have you honestly seen the movie Footloose? Honestly? It's very before your time.
I want to go to a CSWS show. The article didn't say what they won.
We won very little. A show in the wilk, and we can advertise on campus. But my guess is that's for the campus show, and no other.
Our last show in the wilk was shut down just before the end of our first song. Which happened again, more or less, later on that night.
I'd rather have had a Jamba Juice to soothe my sore throat after I DESTROYED it at the battle.
That said, I'm not that mad. 2nd doesn't suck.
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PROFANITIES!!!! - Sarah
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BYU=suckfest.
Chairs!??! At a BATTLE OF THE BANDS!? Double you tee eff!? I went to a BoB back in 2006, even though they thought it would be a good idea to punish bands for random people who decided to crowd surf (which I get, isn't safe)... they still let everyone stand and groove to the music. We're NOT children.
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