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The Marine Corps Band and Drill Team typically practice in weird/hybrid uniforms: Camouflaged utilities with Dress Cover Caps and white gloves for example.
It saves wear and tear on the real uniforms for game day.
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All the premier bands are pretty much 100% masters of their instruments, but that guy still looks like a goof with his mask below his chin while he's playing.
Gotta wear it? Fine, wear it, take it off, play, put it back on. I went to college with a Marine veteran who was in a fleet band, the President's Own don't go through boot camp (I already knew that)
and he also told me they have junior enlisted to carry their fucking horns around. Professional classical musicians are pretty weird in general, pro jazz guys are fucking awesome though. I sat in with a combo at a bar once, we found a kegger nearby after that turned out to be an underage party.
The cops started swarming, we chugged our beers, quietly speed walked out and met back up a few blocks away. The bass player had his upright in his back seat, neck sticking out of a window.