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Marching Bands: Nerds or Bad-Ass Ninjas?

We know, we know. Marching band kids are pretty cool. But most high school kids can’t help but make fun of them just a little, especially when they have to wear those crazy uniforms. They do spend their entire summers marching around fields at Band Camp (insert your “This one time, at band camp!” joke here). During the school year, they’re always after-school practicing long after everyone else has gone home. But, they never seem to tire of marching and playing.

Yet, we now have some proof that marching band kids are not just nerds, but also bad-ass ninjas. A girl in Cali beat off two muggers with her marching band baton this week. If you’re not sitting there with your mouth open at this point, there is something wrong with you. Obviosuly this chick has super ninja powers! How else could she have taken down to full-grown men by herself?

We’ve come to realize that Band Camp is training grounds for these secret ninjas. After rehearsing steps to the Pirates of the Carribean theme song for the the hundredth time, the entire band breaks out their sweet nunchucks and batons to prepare themselves for battle. And those competitions they go to? Totally ninja fights between warring bands. We obviously missed out on the coolest thing in high school: ninja-fighting marching band kids.

Training with our marching band yogis,

Craig-san and Holden-san

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090430/ap_on_fe_st/odd_marching_band_beating