Army-Navy weekend

A life well-lived.
 
You asked about the drumline competition, which is something "unofficial" and doesn't actually appear on any of the published schedules. Last year in Baltimore, it was held after march-on in the concourse immediately behind where D&B was seated in the stadium. It's awesome, especially if your Mid is on the drumline. Navy rules in this competition every year. WP plays the same old tired stuff, with no originality or skill required, although their haughty, insolent demeanor would attempt to suggest otherwise.
 
2020Vision said:
You asked about the drumline competition, which is something "unofficial" and doesn't actually appear on any of the published schedules. Last year in Baltimore, it was held after march-on in the concourse immediately behind where D&B was seated in the stadium. It's awesome, especially if your Mid is on the drumline. Navy rules in this competition every year. WP plays the same old tired stuff, with no originality or skill required, although their haughty, insolent demeanor would attempt to suggest otherwise.
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Lol. I won't argue, as I haven't seen much in terms of the head to head competitions. I will say though that last year we tried to catch as much as we could in Baltimore, and I never saw any West Point Cadets act less than respectfully, win or lose. Likewise, the Mids maintained a tremendous amount of class.

Although I appreciate the USMA band (which is basically a professional band), I miss not having a full student/Cadet band, as USMA has only a pep band, which is far less substantial than the USNA band.

One of the cool competitions we attended last year was the pipe and drums (bagpipes). It was really neat to watch and listen too. Both were excellent, but I was surprised when they announced navy was the winner. But what do I know, and for sure I am biased.

The physical competitions we're dominated by Army though. We watched a couple, including the pullups, which was super exciting. The kids on both sides gave every ounce of energy they had.
..........and army just had more ounces of energy.
 
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brovol said:
Although I appreciate the USMA band (which is basically a professional band), I miss not having a full student/Cadet band,
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USNA Band is also professional military band, but USNA also has a Drum & Bugle Corps--
 
The competition at the A-N game is between the D&B drumline (made up of mids) and cadets on WP's drumline - no paid participants involved. As for my earlier post, let me clarify my comments about the WP cadets who participated in the drumline competition last year. Most of the cadets were good sports, but 3 in particular did not conduct themselves well and seemed determined to provoke a distinctly unfriendly physical confrontation with the mids. The mids kept it professional and refused to respond in kind.
 
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