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The One That Is Our Season 3 Premiere
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For Our Season 3 Premiere we had to bring in one of the funniest Band parents we know. You've seen her on Tiktok as TinaMadlibs and now meet her on this episode. Nicole, Cindy, & Alicia host our season 3 premiere. Don't miss it!
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Meet our Hosts
Jackie Brown - @spintronixguard
Stephen McCarrick - @stephenmccarick
Cindy Barry - @leandermomma
Nicole Younger - @o2bnpjs & @thecookoutcg
Trevor Bailey - @t_pain151
Trish O’Shea - @trishdish1002
Alicia Sharp -@aliciasharp215
Chris Rutt - @wildhornbrass1
Cynthia Bernard - @cynthiabern
Ashlee Amos - @famousamossss_
Theo Harrison - @harrisontheo07
Stephanie Click - @stephanieclick
Whitney Stone - @dancerwhit
Justin Surface - @J_dex07
Ashley Tran - @itsashleytran
Jack Goudreau - @goudreau_
Bill Woodward - @remoking100
Emily Nee - @tch.makes.art
Ricardo Robinson-Shinall - @ricardorrobinson
Austin Hall - @Austin_hall10
Jose Montes - @joeymontes57
Bobbey Biddle - @bobbeyboy107
Peyton Billhart - @peytonbrillhart
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Transcript
Introduction and Guest Introduction
00:00:00
Speaker
Hey everyone and welcome to On A Water Break, the podcast where we talk about everything you and your friends are talking about at rehearsal on a water break. This week is our season three premiere. We are so excited to have our special guest, social media superstar and band parent, Tina Madigan. um We'll also find out what made Cindy say, I'm just a band parent that happens to have a social media account. And why Alicia said, if you can't give your yourself your kids two rehearsals off to like recover and rest, then you have a time management problem.
Cindy's Fall Experiences
00:00:34
Speaker
All this and more on this week's episode of On a Water Break. Eight off the Met and go. Welcome to On a Water
00:00:52
Speaker
Everyone, bring it in. It's time for a water break.
00:00:58
Speaker
Hi, everyone. It's Nicole. We're back for season three. Can you believe it? I'm so excited. ah So this week, we're going to check in. Oh, gosh. So this week, we're going to check in with the hilarious Tina Madigan, also known as AKA Tina Madlibs on TikTok.
00:01:17
Speaker
And um now we just need to see who's on the sidelines with us this week. ah Cindy, hello. Hello. Hey. So um one, it's
Rise to Social Media Fame
00:01:28
Speaker
good to see your face. Thank you. You too, girl. And how was your fall experience? What did you do? Did you see a lot of people?
00:01:34
Speaker
Yeah, I mean it's we started strong in September and hit the road for Texas and was that so many competitions I teased my husband that he was a marching band widower this fall because I traveled so much and and when they ended up of course in San Antonio and then I drug him on the road with me and we went to Grand Nationals this year and So it was crazy crazy crazy I love that. Yeah, I love it too. Oh, well, that's great. And Alicia, this is the first time that Alicia and I have been on an episode before. I'm glad it's the season premiere that we're doing. and How i mean you're all wrapped up from your fall band season.
00:02:15
Speaker
Oh yeah, I'm so glad to be done. The season both felt like it went really, really fast and drug. um You know what I mean? It just double-edged sword, but wrapped up, excited to get into the winter side of things. Yes. Oh my goodness. So, all right. So Cindy, your social media really is really prolific.
00:02:36
Speaker
and you certainly have spoken about it here before but take us back and maybe give us your journey and how you grew your following and
Community Building through Social Media
00:02:45
Speaker
how much you did to it and why you do it. Yeah absolutely and it's funny because it really took off after my band kid graduated.
00:02:54
Speaker
I mean I got real active on the forums on Texas fans and on Horn Rank while her senior year and I sort of started a little land or mama Instagram page you know really just for for the parents and to kind of show clips you know of what the kids were doing because but and there wasn't a lot of that on social media at the time like you could obviously subscribe and watch but you couldn't really just catch little glimpses of what the kids are doing you know live right there on the field and so I was sharing that and it just the band parents mostly were just really appreciated the fact that somebody is actually sharing you know I didn't do full performances obviously but just little clips and tidbits and I think I just had a knack for sharing exactly what people wanted to see and It just grew and grew from there and then the kids got involved because they love seeing themselves on social media and seeing you know, it really spoke to them
Tina's Journey and TikTok Creativity
00:03:49
Speaker
and so the kids started following and and now it's about 24,000 followers I think I have on I know and and I've run into people all the time that know who I am and I'm like I
00:04:02
Speaker
This is crazy. It's crazy. But it's, you know, the kids make them love it. Yeah, they it's it's awesome. and And it thrills my soul. I mean, I was a preschool director in the past, and I just have a heart for kids, I think. And I was in band, so I have a heart for band music. And so it just kind of, those things just work together. And I think I speak kid better than I speak adult. And that's what it all down to.
00:04:31
Speaker
Cindy I have to tell you my very first episode that I was on with you was I want to it was back in season one and I don't remember if it was a DCI or or BOA or what were you're talking about, but I Had followed your social media already I'm I've connected with you on Instagram or tick-tock and I didn't know who you were Right your username in our recording said Leander, you know get right identified you and I was like, oh my god fangirl just a little
00:05:02
Speaker
you know it isn't celebrities together so float it up and inside be I meet band directors and and like they're like and and designers and they know who I am. I'm like, I'm just a band parent that
Humor and Band Parent Life
00:05:15
Speaker
happens to have a social media account. How on earth do you know who I am? But it shows me that they also appreciate the fact that band is getting highlighted in a way that it really maybe hasn't before. In fact, my daughter, my former band kid, calls me a marching band influencer. And I'm like, I like that. I like that term. And I think there wasn't a lot of that happening. So it's good to see more and more of it happening now.
00:05:43
Speaker
Cindy, sometimes you get excited about parts of a show or you you point out parts of the show that are so cool that, for me, like as someone that's been in the activities you know all my whole life, I don't appreciate at the level that I should. do You know what I mean? You make me look at things and go, you know, that is really, really cool. like cool moment You know what I mean? And I like that. I like seeing like that perspective. yeah And it's just an appreciation for the programs that yeah We don't get very often because we're so good at like judging each other instead of appreciating each other. Exactly. but and i mean Honestly, to have someone like Cindy out there doing that and then having having you ah you know be one of our hosts, we feel famous in in as well.
00:06:31
Speaker
I do think the culture is changing a little and maybe because of some of the social media things. I see the kids in different programs supporting each other much more now than maybe they did when my daughter was a freshman and a sophomore and it was just like Like in Leander ISD, it was like, oh, I hate them, I hate them, I hate them. And now, there's not that near as much. It's like, oh, we're a team. I love that it's not like that anymore. Yeah, and I've really seen huge changes there.
00:07:02
Speaker
and i yeah I think social media has a lot to do with that. I really do. It's one of the ways it's a positive, I guess. There's a lot of negativity that comes from social media. So it's nice to see it doing some good in the community. Well, if you follow some of the band kid accounts, they're great. Like, that's where I really see it the most because you'll see four or five different bands and the kids will come together and make some kind of funny skit or whatever and post it. And then I'm like, wow, they really actually get along.
00:07:34
Speaker
Well, y'all, we got to get those pizzas ready for the parents to come pick up for that fundraiser. So let's get into the school and we'll be back right after this break.
00:07:54
Speaker
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Fundraising and Band Support
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Speaker
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00:09:06
Speaker
Okay. And we are back on the sidelines this week. Although we're actually probably more out in the pickup lane in front of the school with Cindy and I. like And we're here looking for our guests and it's kind of hard. Everyone drives the same kind of car, but oh yes, wait, there she is. A few cars back. It's Tina. Hey, Tina. Hi, you guys.
00:09:31
Speaker
Okay. Hi you guys. Thanks for having me. You're welcome. We honestly, we love having you here to be for real honest. we Don't say that yet. We haven't started.
00:09:45
Speaker
See, this is why. this is ah So hopefully you are ready with your 32 count life story. Sure. I mean, no pressure. Right. So this is where you tell our listeners everything about your entire life in 32 counts. I'll give you eight counts off the metronome to get you started. You ready? Yes.
00:10:08
Speaker
Okay, here we go. Hi, I'm Tina. I was born in Newfoundland, Canada. I really love doing theater. I went to Sheridan College in Toronto. I auditioned out of college for cruise ship, which I hated. I came back, I auditioned for Mama Mia in Toronto. And then I went to Mama Mia Broadway and then did Westinger. And then I wanted to have babies, so I moved to Kansas City. And now I'm here, I'm marching band mom, and I don't know what count we're at, but keep going! Full out! Play! Yes!
00:10:38
Speaker
You did it!
00:10:42
Speaker
But why am I sweating?
Creative Adaptation and Parenting Insights
00:10:44
Speaker
But why am I sweating? It's so stressful! It's like what count are we on? What count are you on? What set are we in? I don't think anybody's ever kept up with the actual counts.
00:10:58
Speaker
It's so funny, I really should have known about the 32 bars because being a musician, I really should have had something that really went to the 32 bars. So I failed you already, but we're going to keep going. It's going to be fun. yeah I mean, you should have had a rap ready or something. I mean, come on. I'm glad you've been to have someone rap for us. Oh my goodness. Yeah, sorry. Hey, Tina. So tell us a little bit about your social media journey. Like, how did this all start?
00:11:27
Speaker
Oh, that is really interesting. Okay, so as I tried to tell in my 32 bars, but I don't know if I told at all. So i'm I'm from Canada and really wanted to do theater. I started, I was the I played Sophie in Mamma Mia! in Toronto and then I was asked to do the North American tour and in Chicago on the North American tour they asked if I would go to New York to open up the show in New York City okay it's part of the backstory of how I got involved in social media so I did Mamma Mia! there and then I did Wedding Singer I did a a television show for Discovery Channel called Road Trip where I got to tour around, got to be with a marketing ban on the field with the, was it the Texas, somebody, a Texas Wild Horns maybe, Texas Big Horns?
00:12:16
Speaker
Some kind of horn. Some kind. Yes, ma'am. The long horned man. Exactly. So when COVID happened, I was getting ready to go into a show. And of course, the world shut down. In the same interim, I was also having a wicked pain and no feeling in my right hand. So after a couple of appointments with a neurologist, they discovered that I had a spinal tear. And they needed to go in and repair it. And when they did, they went through the front of my neck.
00:12:46
Speaker
And nice they have to move your vocal cords out of the way. oh There is a 1% chance that something could go awry. And this doctor, he was amazing. I love him. But he was like, it it's never it's hasn't happened to me yet. yourre what What would the chances be? Your field is in singing and performing. And of course, I was the 1%. And my vocal cords could be paralyzed.
00:13:13
Speaker
so When COVID happened, people started talking about TikTok and social media. But I was left with a very thin voice. Because they said, it will be very difficult for you to speak, let alone talk. and No, sorry, it'll be very difficult for you to sing, let alone talk. So your your your career is done. So I started inventing more characters through TikTok. And one of them was the queen, which went viral. So she was literally Queen Elizabeth and that's really where my story began. You know, good afternoon to you. Good morning to all of you. We're on a water break today. I don't know what Charles is, but he loves a good old marching band. He does, he does, he loves a romp, romp, romp. So that's really, that's really my social media journey and how really I got started. And it really got me through COVID. It was everyone's best friend.
00:14:11
Speaker
Oh my gosh, Tina, we need to hang out outside of this. She is fun. i don't know so so So many of us on the, on a water break group chat, we found you on TikTok. That's how we found you. And Instagram, just giving the woes of a band parent and getting your kid to band rehearsals. It was one of my favorite ones when you were like, oh, it's dark outside.
00:14:38
Speaker
And when they go home, it's dark. are right so i guess Well, of all, like what part of the marching band are you? What does that mean? yeah yeah like What part of the marching band would you be if you were in marching band?
00:14:58
Speaker
well so how does So I was actually an air cadet and I wanted to play all the instruments. So and that is exactly what I did. ah In Canada, marching band is different than it is in the United States. we're more yeah We don't have the marching band where everybody does all of these crazy Michael Jackson. I'm sorry, I still go to that one all the time. I love that one. Yeah, I was in and like an army cadet core band.
00:15:30
Speaker
Yeah, military style. Yeah, military style. So I play trumpet, snare drum, saxophone, clarinet, and glock and Oh, the bass, the glock.
00:15:49
Speaker
Oh, you have to say it with an accent. Oh my God. I still will never live that down. Some people will be at a party and be like, it's not a party unless she takes out her glockenspiel. Are you on the board at all? Are you like part of the boosters? No. So I am a booster helper.
00:16:09
Speaker
because to start Yeah as some really a test it is very hard for me to if the band director needed emails to be sent out like I'm not the person for that if the band director. is looking for stuff If the band director is looking for, hey guys, we need some moms to do such and such and such, I'm always the person that steps up. Because with so much going on with theater and stuff like that in my life, I hate to let a company down. so And it was ah a bit marching band at
Comparing Marching Band Cultures
00:16:44
Speaker
the time. I mean, Riley now is in grade 11. I don't know what you guys call that. ju Junior?
00:16:49
Speaker
you you' you yeah junior So in Canada, it's grade 11. So when he did this in grade nine, I mean, I remember that forced first morning that he was like, so we have marching band and during the summer. And I was like, no, no, no, no, no, you're in marching band. But that's like part of the school curriculum. And he's like, no, no, marching band starts two weeks before school. I'm like, the hell it does.
00:17:09
Speaker
but
00:17:14
Speaker
So even that in itself like I remember being Viscerally angry that it was so now now three years in there is a pride There is a it does it's not just about the kids. It's not just about the directors It really does take the parents and they have to be supporting really it took me a a very quick moment, but it took me a little bit to understand you saying, oh my God, why are these rehearsals so early for like that was going into my son's energy, going into rehearsal. And I had to all of a sudden go, wait a second.
00:17:53
Speaker
If I'm sending that energy in with him and he's going in being like, yeah, why are they so early? this is It had to be like, oh, I can't wait to see your guy's performance. Do you love your part? So it came more about like it like asking questions because I really didn't know. I i i had to educate myself, which is why it was like when you guys reached out, I was like, I don't know how helpful I can be because I started off very blindly to marching band. But now, like i I absolutely love it. I love it so, so much. I want to ask you, I watched a video of your your son in the parade, and you're standing on the curb screaming at him. And it just made me wonder, what do your kids think about your presence on
Social Media's Positive Impact
00:18:37
Speaker
social media? And like how do they handle all that?
00:18:40
Speaker
So interestingly enough, before they, well, my daughter's not in high school yet, and she's a theater geek anyway, before Riley hit high school, he was all about, I mean, in grade five, I showed up at the school dressed as the queen because they were having, they they had to learn about celebrities and stuff. And he was like, mom, you should come as the queen. So back then, it was very cool. But nowadays in high school,
00:19:09
Speaker
There's protocols that come on, like where is the handbook to this stuff?
00:19:22
Speaker
You know, like and yeah they grow up, their voice changes, their body changes, their hairstyle changes. But I was so excited that day because Riley normally plays in the pit, which he's usually up front. He's playing the keyboard. And this was the first time that we saw him with a baritone. I call it the sousaphone.
00:19:46
Speaker
zo and it makes him so angry. But it was the first time that he was getting, it was the first time he was getting to play baritone and you never know where your kid is, like what side you need to be on. And that was legitimately such an exciting thing to see him in this stellar marching band uniform and playing that instruments. um I was just, it was it was literally excitement. So he's okay with stuff like that.
00:20:13
Speaker
When i think you know but I'm making a fool out of myself, I think he's the first video that went marching band viral though was when I handed him a big giant box of goldfish at like four zero in the morning and I was like, here's your breakfast. And he was like, mom, this is not, he was like, mom, that's not breakfast. I'm like, it yeah yeah is Okay. It is today.
00:20:35
Speaker
Like in my row and stuff that one went really viral and you know, I I do have to mind my p's and q's especially with instagram because During covid you weren't interact. You weren't seeing teachers at target You weren't seeing you know what I mean? And all of a sudden you're a parent teacher meeting and and a teacher will go like oh, I saw your recent character She's so funny and i'm like what?
00:21:00
Speaker
oh yeah Oh, oh, oh, oh, there's people out there that want, you know what I mean? So it was, and honestly, it has been an adjustment for me as well the past couple of months, because as they do get older, they're changing and they have different thoughts. So the fool out of myself is fine. i I think when he's involved, I always am very aware to say like, Hey, is that something that I could post? You know, because yeah I don't know. it's also I'm not somebody that's that has been like, oh, I bet if I post that thing with the kids, it'll go viral. it had Everything needs to come from more of an organic place. And I feel like since he's expressed a, hey, you are on social media and people are actually watching you. And because not not a lot of people leave comments and stuff, like I really don't realize that they do.
00:21:49
Speaker
So I think it's a fine line that I have to cross, but I've always sort of respected the kids' opinions, and I always ask them before I post anything. Sometimes they'll say, Mom, you shouldn't post that. You should stay in your own lane.
00:22:03
Speaker
you know do you see yourself doing more like in the stan sort of content like from a band parent perspective like do you see yourself maybe trying to talk other band parents and because this is something i've tried to do on my account is get other band parents you know to do a skit with me and it is kind of difficult to get them willing and i just wondered what your experience was maybe in involving other people in our crazy life
00:22:30
Speaker
Interestingly enough, I may seem very like out... like Because I do all these characters and stuff, I seem like the life of the party, but I'm actually very introverted. I i can honestly say I think this is the first year that and we finally have a chat, like a marching band mom chat. you know that we kind of go like I'm so sorry am I supposed to bring chili are you bringing roles like for a booster you know fundraiser or whatever in terms of skits I have to be honest no I have no never really thought to involve anybody else because well also some of the things that you do like i I I like when things come from a very natural place like an orchid
00:23:19
Speaker
you know, whether it be like my daughter sitting in the stands, there was one video that she did where she was like, because I know nothing about football, I'm Canadian, right? I know nothing about football. and And she's just like, oh my God, you guys, so today on the field with football players, they're wearing the tight spandex red pant look. And we really love that because like, she was turning it into like a show kind of thing. yeah One thing that I think is interesting is that you you just don't know who's like who's accepting of a social media presence. So you have to be you know what i mean and saved a very good very clear yeah as to who you're asking to do that kind of stuff. Sometimes because I think I didn't step up and become an actual booster, they're kind of like, oh, that's the girl that does all the fun stuff.
00:24:11
Speaker
just you know yeah like You could be content so watch out. She can't be dependent on for serious. I will tell you right now though with the videos as soon as I like went down the Tina rabbit hole Yeah, I know that it's all in good fun. And I honestly wish that there were some more parents that would jump on like your train of doing things. It's funny, you know? I appreciate that because I think for me, I get very insecure and I think too deeply into, I bet in that group of posh-y parents are not saying hello because because I'm such an idiot.
Advocacy for Band Respect
00:24:58
Speaker
Yes.
00:25:00
Speaker
And I the playoffs and I show up as Andy Reid and all the ladies are sparkling beef scare. It's like, sorry, I apologize. I'm embarrassed. And I don't think, I don't just dress as Andy Reid. I mean, I'm screaming at the TV like the whole time we're gonna play it.
00:25:26
Speaker
um But yeah, I am beginning to meet some really fun parents. There was a lot of fun content that we could have created in London. That was the first time we traveled with the whole band. oh valley yeah yeah to London to play in the New Year's Eve parade. And there was so much that I learned from that. There's so much work that goes into this from behind the scenes that I have such an admiration for. like I don't know how we go from then marching band season into concert band season. like but with um That all goes away? what do What do you mean? So then my son switches to bassoon, which he dearly loves playing.
00:26:04
Speaker
Wow. Yeah, so like it's it's it's it's kind of a completely different thing. So I don't know, maybe some sketches. i do have The reason why I started following somebody here on this little podcast ah was because he was knew a lot about the color guard.
00:26:21
Speaker
Mm-hmm. Am I allowed to say his name or like, I don't know. Oh, yeah. You can. He's the wizard behind the- Okay. Absolutely. Well, I started talking to him because I have a color guard character coming out. And I was hoping that he would talk more color guard. Oh. He sort of didn't, but I'm still doing research on it because guys, listen to me. We can work on that together. We can work on that together. Yeah.
00:26:50
Speaker
Winter guard season is coming after Christmas. There's still time. um Oh girl, it's a whole thing. yeah like What part of the marching band are you? What does that mean? yeah yeah Like what part of the marching band, you know, would you be if you were in marching band? Well, so how does So I was actually an air cadet and I wanted to play all the instruments. So and that is exactly what I did. ah In Canada, marching band is different than it is in the United States. we' are more yeah We don't have the marching band where everybody does all of these crazy Michael Jackson. I'm sorry, I still go to that one all the time. I love that one. Yeah. I was in and like an army cadet core band.
00:27:48
Speaker
And military style. Yeah, military style.
Challenges and Humor in Band Life
00:27:52
Speaker
So I play trumpet, snare drum, saxophone, clarinet, and glock and Oh, the best, the glock.
00:28:04
Speaker
I love how she makes a glockenspiel feel for the last thing. No, you have to say it with an accent. Oh my God. A glockenspiel. I still will never live that down. Some people will be at a party and be like, it's not a party unless she takes out her glockenspiel.
00:28:22
Speaker
And get a little bit nervous. So I don't know where I would be in marching band today. I feel like I'd want to say in church.
00:28:32
Speaker
We love having you here, but we're going to have you do something that we always do. There's a couple of different things, but the first one we're doing is called what are you doing? What are we doing?
00:28:51
Speaker
What are we doing? Oh my god. Okay, so, you know, with what are we doing? Basically, it's almost it's very tongue in cheek. It's like, what are we doing as far as things in the marching band world? and Okay, or in the parent of a marching band member world? Uh huh. Sure, if we're talking really out of context, but in terms of marching band, what are we doing about respecting the fact when those band players hit the field for the halftime playing?
00:29:22
Speaker
you respect them and listen to them as much as we are excited to see a quarterback throw of football. I think that is one of. Amen, amen, amen. um can yeah I think that's my biggest frustration is that when the band takes the field to finally show all of the the student body, the faculty, the the stands are always packed to the rafters. And you know when we when we score a goal, though it's a goal, it's a touchdown,
00:29:55
Speaker
they score a touchdown, the whole stadium goes crazy. But yet the halftime show hits the field and that's when everyone and goes to the concession stands, talks to their friends, goes and hits on a girl and gets a phone number, runs around with their little half tops on and their little lemon skirts and I...
00:30:13
Speaker
thing that it true it's it's so true and it hurts my soul. And I would love for either the faculty, not the band faculty, but maybe the other faculty members to say like, Hey, this is, we're not doing this.
00:30:29
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We're gonna we're gonna pay now you can go get your hot dogs or whatever it is whenever you want But the fact that the stands kind of empty I it it really hurts my soul that that kind of happens. I feel like there's no respect there I think I saw post one time that somebody said For the marching band competitions themselves, it would be amazing to have the cheerleaders and the football team get into a bus and show up and actually see like, oh my God, this this is ah this is really amazing. This is incredible. So I hate the double standard there. So that's what I think. What do you think about that? I'd love that to change, yeah.
00:31:10
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There's been some schools here in the U.S. who they've gotten the memo on that. It's challenging. Okay. So my next thing is, Tina, do you have anything to gush about? Do you have something that's coming up that you want to tell us about? Something new and cool. on your yourself Great job, everyone. Set your equipment down.
00:31:33
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Yes, you know, no, I don't have anything to gush
Overcoming Vocal Challenges and Future Plans
00:31:36
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about. I have another, what do we, can we talk about one more thing? Can we talk about the tuba players? players? players are playing tubas that are bigger than them. I have concerns. But they are so gung ho about it. They're like, yeah, it's me and I'm so tough. And it's just like, I'm gonna let you go with it.
00:32:05
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there is no like hey let's sit the tuba players in a little lazy boy in the front they can just put the tuba like wait oh no No, they're carrying these, they're not even the ones that wrap around your body. We don't even have the ones that wrap around. They have the ones that they have to carry on the one shoulder. So one day I say to my son, I'm like, and and those are nice. Can they switch? Can they switch shoulders? And Riley was like, mom I don't think so. No, I'm not a brass. I don't know. But I think it's all on one shoulder. It's got a little certain way.
00:32:40
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Oh my goodness, I love that. Tina, what are we going to do about these poor baby tuba players? Do I have anything on the go right now? No. I did a show last summer. I was extremely happy to work extremely hard through my vocal paralysis to get back to singing again. I did Gypsy last summer.
00:32:58
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So congratulations. Thank you. I took really this year, I was working at a theater company and in September I kind of took a step back to just be a little bit, my daughter is doing 17 million shows and involved in 18 different choirs and so is is my son. He's, you know, doing a marching band and I just thought I was getting pulled in a million different places so i took a step back in september from teaching i do private teaching at home but i just really want to win when they start hitting that grade eleven age you're like. Oh wait so i only have another year.
00:33:38
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And then college. And in my mind, when I wanted to have kids, I was like, that was never part of the plan. They're always going to be little babies. They were going to need you. Absolutely. Right? So that, to me, is what I'm working on. I'm working on trying to be the best version of myself and the best version of a wife and a mom that I can be for the family right now. And that honestly, that really excites me.
00:34:02
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man You are a delight and a national treasure. I just want to tell you that right now. oh about that So where can our listeners find you if they want to follow you, if they haven't followed you already? I guess they can follow me on TikTok, on Tina Madlibs. We're working on a YouTube page because there's lots of talk about social media going in different directions.
00:34:26
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but Yeah, I don't think TikTok is really gonna go anywhere. On Instagram, I'm Tina Madigan-Mayer.
Marching Band Themes and Creativity
00:34:35
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I did open up a Tina Madlibs account, but I don't know the password and it's been almost 10 years. I shot myself up with that one, lady. So yeah, I guess that right now TikTok would be the one place um to to sort of follow. But I have a question for you, ladies.
00:34:55
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I have a question for on my a water break. guys feel about the themes that marching bands pick? Oh, that's a whole thing. And how do they come up with the idea? you yeah it's all I it all depends.
00:35:23
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It comes from the parrot side of things. I come from the, I used to be honest, actually I still am. I'm on a staff with a drum corps, but I am a judge.
00:35:35
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But some schools will have a whole team that like, you know, thanks up everything, right? Some schools do not, and their band directors will pick it. um I will say for the most part, and knock on, yeah, this table's wood, that, you know, nine times out of 10, it's an okay show, you know? And I think the kids can relate to it. The music is good, yes. There are some- That's generous, nine times out of 10. You're being generous.
00:36:05
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the kids can relate ok i need to still have a judge in job okay okay But there is sometimes too when the subject matter is just like I'm thinking about Blue Springs, Missouri last year when they did the whole show about La Placenta and I Don't know that one still I'm still that one We can talk about that too, Tina. We are talking about terrible marching band picks. That's the whole episode we have done. We can really match that, yeah actually. You should. Cindy, I did lose you on Blue Springs marching band did, and then you froze.
00:36:46
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Oh, they did a show about a placenta and about being born. About this. You need to look at that up and look at the costumes especially. Like that, that show. I'm not kidding.
00:37:03
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Okay. And it did very well. It did very, very well. somehow okay those kids are super talented blue springs is very very talented they've done but it's also a lot of money that it takes to go into the end of coal and in the other hand there's a sketch coming your way too because let me tell you i want to know what these judges are seeing on other microphones out on that field you guys if i would i'd love to get a double big mac with a trip i have videotape
00:37:38
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You're walking around, if I was on that field and saw a judge walking past me, I think I would lose it in my shorts. My wool uniform would stink, my b o bug my yeah i'm like it's called not let's go. I'm not on the field, I say in the box.
00:38:05
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yeah you go Oh, wow. Okay. Well, Tina, again, we need to do this again, because you are nothing but a laugh riot the whole entire time. We'll thank you. Exactly. Well, everyone, we need to get back into the band room. We have a few more pizzas to bring out to the parents cars for the fundraiser that we just finished. And we'll be right back with some more. Awesome.
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Exposure and Mental Health in Band Culture
00:39:50
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Okay. So, um, I know that we've been putting these pizzas in everyone's car. Hope they're getting the right orders. I'm not sure. But then we had Tina come by. Oh my goodness. And that was such a good, um, it was such a good interview. Um, it's hilarious. And you if you watch any of her stuff on social media, she is just naturally funny. You know, some people really have to work at it, but she does not have to work at it. It just comes natural.
00:40:19
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right Well, it does help that she had that background in theater too. Oh yeah, but there's a reason she had that background. I'm just saying. Alicia, you've seen some of her ah social media stuff, right? Oh my gosh. She did a Julia Childs ah video for like Thanksgiving with a turkey that had me like about to pee my pants laughing on TikTok. So yes, 100%. I think at different times during the interview, we were all like, oh, you're coming back. You're coming back. You're coming back. She's been the only interviewer that we've had, too, that was just like, I have questions for you. And we're like, all right, she's speaking.
00:40:52
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But I love it, I love it, I love it. um So I thank y'all. This would probably be a really good time for us to, I don't know, see what are we doing? What are we doing? What are we doing? Lip gloss. So Cindy, can I have you go first?
00:41:20
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ah Well, absolutely. Mine is a little, I don't know about man parent related, except that as a man parent, it frustrated me to no end. But the Macy's parade and NBC and I'm like, what are we doing? Having these kids raise all this money to come to New York City to march in this amazing parade. What are we doing? Only showing a teeny little bit.
00:41:45
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of their performance and cut into commercial. Oh, I was so angry. I'm like, these band kids have just poured so much energy, time, effort, fundraising. And they they got such a teeny little, I don't know, I was really frustrated by that. It was like, this is their moment. like You lured them here to come and do all this.
00:42:08
Speaker
and then I get that teeny brief little moment and I'm like, come on guys, it's about the kids as much as it is about the floats and the Broadway shows. And and that was really frustrating to me. I'd like to see that change as that a band parent for the kids' sake. We need to honor them more. So I know that we have done like, let's just go through and maybe do Alicia. Okay. Um, mine is a little controversial, but What are we doing not giving our students any sort of break between fall and winter? oh I am guilty of it myself. I know that time is a hot commodity and there's never enough of it but
00:42:54
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the quickest way to burn out our kids, the quickest way to wear them out and deteriorate mental health. like Even if it's one week, you can take a week between that last competition and Winter Guard starting. You know what I mean? I think as busy as kids are nowadays, we got to get on the break. I am really big on like a reset.
00:43:15
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yeah And even in the, when I was teaching, when I would make those calendars, like the breaks were planned, and calendars. And I know a lot of people are just like, oh, well, our marching band season, our football season, you know what I mean? yeah And, but it's just like, but those kids and you to be for real on it, reset.
00:43:38
Speaker
um If it's something that's built into the culture, you know what I mean? Some schools go straight into each thing, um then okay. um If it works, I'm a true believer if something works, don't fix it, but you can always improve. um But yeah, gosh, I don't know how anybody can do that. That would burn me out.
00:44:00
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I think the people I hear like, oh, there's just not enough time or we weren't playoffs or we went to state and we have to get it. If you can't give your kids two rehearsals off to recover and rest, then you have a time management problem. Me, baby. Yes, that. I love that. That's so good. What are we doing? Jeremy, I'm sorry. Hey, Cindy.
00:44:28
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so man Cindy, do you have a what are we doing for us or no? Absolutely. But what you said about Tina and we need to have more people on asking questions. I'm like, well, what are we doing? Not having more guests come on the show that are panels asking us questions instead of the other way around. And maybe us being interviewed. And I thought, well, maybe we should try that. I like that idea.
00:44:56
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I love that idea. I i mean, it's just like, hey, let's go. We're going to talk. That would be fun. yeah like That would show us some misconceptions about like our world that people might have and give us a chance to be like, actually, especially with our, our hosts, because we have like maybe out of all of the activity, like we have someone who is in each part of the activity.
00:45:24
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like and within our host. So I think that would be a fantastic thing. I like it. A round table. Great job, everyone. Set your equipment down. Gush and go. All right. So now we're doing Gush and Go's. I would like to start this one because along with, I usually have a laundry list of things that I do, but at the same time, like I thrive at being busy.
00:45:51
Speaker
So, um, but, um, I am one of the, I am one of the new, uh, sales representatives at Froohoff uniforms for, uh, the Indiana state. So, um, basically right now it's just a meet and greet of all those band directors. So if you're a band director and you're in Indiana, hi, I'm your new Froohoff rep.
00:46:17
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specific I love it. so i mean and two I'm also working with the Guard Closet. I am one of their brand managers as well. so um i would I'm loving that I am trying to engulf myself in this um activity um in all facets of the way, but this is another way that I'm doing it. so Just giving myself a same shameless self-promotion. Shameless plug? Yeah. yeah All right. ah Let's actually go with Alicia this time.
00:46:49
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ah So my gosh is actually about an upcoming episode. I am super, super, super excited for our WGI preview that we're doing. We're going to be focusing on color guard in that episode with performers from some of your favorite world guards like Etude and Paramount.
00:47:06
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So definitely tune in to hear what they have to say about the upcoming season. Maybe we'll get some insight into what we can expect in world class this year. um We will see. So that's going to be not next episode, but episode three of season three. Perfect. I love.
00:47:24
Speaker
All right, Cindy. Gosh, and go us. Well, this time of year, I love so much. And I know the kids are not always thrilled when marching band ends and they go into concert season. But I think it's so fun how they always have their holiday concerts this time of year. And how can you?
00:47:42
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ever go wrong with a good version of Slay Ride.
Season 3 Excitement and Closing Remarks
00:47:46
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But not only that, I love the gimmicks that the kids are throwing in these days, like the kid that throws on the horse head and plays the trumpet part at the end or or the big slapstick and it's like two huge boards and they're like, I don't know if you saw the one recently going viral and and when he slaps it together, it keeps splintering and falling apart. I i don't know if that's intentional or not, but it's kind of gone viral because every time he slaps it together, and wood is going everywhere. and But I just love how the kids embrace that. it's like I mean, it's a fun time of year. That was my favorite part of the Christmas concert is when we got to play Silly Ride. Oh, yeah. I think the kids really love it. They do. And I love that they're letting them have fun with it. It's a hard piece of music. I think people underestimate how difficult it is to play that piece, and I'd love to hear it.
00:48:37
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Hey, it's called gush and go, not gush and stay. Let's go.
00:48:47
Speaker
All right, everyone, thanks for a great rehearsal this week. And what a way to kick off season three of On a Water Break. There are so many things planned this season, and we cannot wait to share everything with you. um I just want to say a special thank you to Cindy and Alicia um for being here. And thank you, Tina, for joining us. Follow her at Tina Madlibs. And that's on TikTok.
00:49:10
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00:49:35
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