Hey guys,

Our very own Ateneo Blue Babble Band has been one of if not the loudest and most cohesive drumming units in the UAAP.

Use this thread to show your support, air comments, suggestions, and what not, for one of the best drum squads in the UAAP!


*galing ng drumline nila!*

I have to agree with that, even if it was shown on TV for just a while.

Galing ng Band. They never fail to make the crowd jump with their "Go Ateneo!" drumbeats.

astig yung drumline kanina!!!!!!! ang galing, aliw na aliw ako! hahah! cute pa, with the kids.

You guys did the school proud yesterday.That is a true performance.Hindi kinailangan mambastos para maka-elicit ng cheer.

Class.Talent.Hard work.

While watching yesterday's halftime show, I am pretty sure I wasnt the only one rendered speechless with a smile on my face that was slowly getting bigger and prouder by the second...

You guys showed em how to do it with class!!! *bouncing with wild applause*

Man, I think that was the best I've seen in years. The La Salle gallery was stunned. Ateneans stood proud even if we were trailing by a huge margin at the half.

Great drumline! Did you see the PEP squad of La Salle gawk at you? Classic. It's as if they swallowed their tongues!

since the green pep squad kinda declared "war" with their cheap antics, may i suggest that for our next drumline performance (in a admu-dlsu game of course), maybe you could paint green asses (whatever that may look like) on the skins of your bass drums.

somehow when you mention green asses, I think of how Shrek's ass would look like

seriously though, kawawa naman ang drum sets. Mahal pa naman tapos pipinturahan lang dahil sa kanila? Gawa nalang kayo ng gimik na may "green asses"!!!

hehe. heard from one thread that some alumni are reviving some of our old "projects." whatever those projects are, i'm sure it'll be a lot better than some hand swingin' routine reminiscent of the universal motion dancers.

And I thought that they thought of this all on their own

the drumline was AWESOME! congratulations you guys.

another reason to be proud of being part of THE ATENEO!

disturbing to. haha.

Yikes. Hahaha.

galeng naman talaga ng babble, noon pa! Gusto ko nga sumali pero di ko alam kung tatanggapin ako! Hirap daw ng try-outs. Pero siguro worth it lahat! Sad nga na di sila masyado pinapansin, ung battalion at cheerdancers palagi! Backbone kaya ng cheering squad yung babble!! Good job!

hats off to the band...you guys truly rock. was seated just infront of 'em sa UA along with my pamangkin ..natutuwa siya sa mga guys na nag drudrums..the guys were so energized na kahit you na they are tired todo bigay pa din ang pag drums. keep it up you guys are great!kaya kinaiingitan ng taga dlsu.

my friend from dlsu mentioned in his own word "ang lupit ng drumline niyo" grabe when i saw the drumline i was sooooo happy and yes proud cause it was a class act we didnt have to resort into those corny.. im-aiming-my-arrow-on you trick.

i hope to see more drumlines in the future...hehehehehe great job guys! *claps wildly*

It's just so hilarious how the other school's websites berate our drumline when in fact they couldn't even come up with one? They even claim that theirs is better than ours.Oh...ok...so their UAAP opening day drumline was "just a peek at their their GREATNESS"?

There was even this lasallite in GA.net who made so many technical claims about how a drumline SHOULD be done.What he said naman were all FACTUALLY baseless and not very well-thought of.The Blue Babble Band is THE ELITE BAND IN THE UAAP.DLSU had to resort getting LSGH, Benilde and Zobel to go up against our band! The ratio that day was 35 drums versus 16! Did our band get drowned out? Hell no. Last year, their band came out in the Final 4 with 24 drums against 14 of ours...WE DROWNED THEM OUT.

Instead of criticizing what we have and claiming this and that...WHY DON'T THEY JUST SHOW UP?

But they can't. They have finals this week and they would rather make good use of their time and study daw

Right. It's not about the quantity of the drums (sorry to sound cliche here!). Quality ng performance! Hehe!

Anyway, ibang klase ang lakas ng drums ng Band. Hanggang Xavier-Berch SPG umaabot ang dagundong nila. Hehehe!

might i just say this?

the Ateneo de manila HIGH SCHOOL BAND also deserves a round of applause.

they played the drums the whole 2nd quarter of the Ateneo-DLSU game last august 22, as the College Band was already trooping towards the court in preparation for their halftime.

Kudos to you for a job well done, High School Band!

They "berate" it because that's the best they could do. Hanggang daldal lang kaya niyan, kapag tapatan na, walang maipapakitang drumline kahit na may "techie" know-how pa siya. Sabi nga sa Pilosopiya, hindi sapat na may alam ka. Malalaman mo lang kung paano gawin kapag nagawa mo na talaga.

Pasensha na lang sila wala sila sa Ateneo. Even if they come up with a drumline of their own, it is a known fact that Ateneo BBB came up with that drumline idea and all other drumlines are just sheer imitations of it.

Good job Blue Babble Band (yes college and HS)! Keep it up!

e di ayos na ayos!

pwede na rin palang hindi sumipot yung college band pag may exam sila?!?






TIP to the la sallite band and pep:

TIME MANAGEMENT

ahh yess, goodjob sa lahat

the drum line is great but i think should not be repeated in this season. i dont mean to send a negative vibe but i just dont want other schools to say "yan na naman, wala na bang iba?". although i think the bbb can work up an entirely new routine so that it would be different, i still think we should reserve the drumline performance for a truly special occasion.(S)

...only opinions...

HS Babble are really good! They did the half time since all college babble were down on the court! Then they did all of the 2nd half too! Galing talaga sila. I sat at the babble area and they were just as good as college! Minsan nga masmabilis sila kasi sanay daw sila na masmabilis ung cheer!

malupit si cheeno and saul... idol ko ang mga yun

oi guyz FYI!!!!: kasama ung GRADE SCHOOL BLUE BABBLE nung ateneo la salle game... nung halftime cla ung nagbuhat ng drums para sa "spring" at 3 sa knla ung pumalo!!! we should give credit to them 2!!!

Galing ng DRUMLINE!!!! ASTEEG!!!

isa pang fyi! nung intrams opening ng grade school, nag drumline ung grade school BBB!!! its was SOOOO good!!! daming nakagus2!!! ito daw nagpabuhay sa intrams opening e!! hehehe.... GOOD JOB GRADE SCHOOL!!!!

CONGRATULATE NYO NMN GRADE SCHOOL BLUE BABBLE!!! THEY ALSO MAKE US PROUD!!! THE PRIDE OF THE GRADE SCHOOL CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITY PROGRAM!!! you could see them pag game ng grade school varsity teams...

cge guyz!!! again GOOD JOB GRADE SCHOOL!!! kau rin!! congratulate nyo!!

ONE BIG FIGHT!!!

once the band is fully ressurected, my family (and i'm sure a lot of old ateneo families too) would be delighted to hear certains tunes played again. stuff from the time of col. campaña like the montes, the battle song, hail ateneo hail and so much more.

may nakakaalala pa ba ng panahon na 'to? i never tire of hearing stories from my parents, uncles and aunts about the good ol' days.

I am sorry to say that this effort by the band to amplify their handful of horns with this battery-powered PA system doesn't work. I strained my ears to hear them from the goal post. Pero wala. In contrast, I heard the La Salle horns well enough when they did their Go La Salle intros. How many horns did they have? Why can't we go back to asking our alumni players to reinforce? I really don't understand where we are going with the horns. Sayang lang kasi effort ng mga horn players natin if it is not heard at all. Paging Mister Kodaker...?

i'll just comment on the brass players of la salle...

they look professional...

that's my personal take on it...

Those brass were hired brass.We were right beside them yesterday.

up...

Watch out for a "stunning" performance by the Blue Babble Band on Sunday for the NU game.

It's the season's 2nd to the last game so for those who are familiar with the tradition, I bet you're very excited:)

haha!

i've seen this babble tradition the last two years. can't wait to see it on sunday. hehehe.

Me too!!! Who says we didn't do it first in the UAAP?!

actually it's the GRADE SCHOOL BAND who played the drums.

one word: WOW!

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Training for the Babble starts early. Mr. Escuadro (?) starts scouting for talent even at prep level.

Last year, during the prep family day cheering competition, my son's classmate was the one pounding out the all the familiar beats (8 beat, blue eagle spelling, etc.). Pretty amazing for a 7 year old. Of course, it helps that his father is also a former babble/band member.

My son is also being groomed as one of the potential gradeschool babble members.

Also, if they stay together, expect this grade 1 batch to be a major force 12 years down the line. Lots of children of ex-basketball stars like Jet Nieto, Jojo Habana, Olsen Racela, Al Panlilio and Benjie Paras. Benjie's kid is 8 years old and stands about 4'10 already.

What's this tradition?

everyone, from the grade school, high school, and college levels deserve words of praise.

the college and grade school bands were on the floor and performed the routine while the high school band did the beats for the cheers for most of the 2nd quarter.

congrats and do continue to improve.

hey, i have just visited greenarcher.net, they said, they HAVE A POSSIBILITY to WIN in the cheerdance competition, confident daw sila pero nakakaflatter, sabi nila Ateneo, mukhang makakapasok din daw...

hopefully we all do better this upcoming cheering comp, and hopefully we dont see anymore crazy ideas like fluffy shoes and dancing lactobacillus things (one school did a blanket routine which looked like the yakult creatures)

That was one hilarious (and I do not mean it in a bad way) halftime performance! I kept laughing while watching it on TV, especially the "moshpit" lift of sorts you did. And the rendition of the Blue Eagle Spelling wasn't bad either.

A badass tradition that you guys should continue.

if you just saw it sa TV then you did not see the Halikuni with two people na nakaakbay and one doing the left hand gesture and the other the right hand...as well as their entrance like kids pretending to be airplanes. hahaha kwela talaga! we should have done that nung lasalle game nung tambak tayo. magmumukha silang masyado serious sa basketball nila at tayo steady lang hehe

Ahhhh, one bright spot today with our lousy win against the NU Bulldogs. And as tradition dictates, the Ateneo Drummers did their annual duty of "leading" the crowd during the half time of the second to the last game of the season. It was such a hilarious routine. This is one of the reasons why watching a live game is such a blast. Their lively rendition of the Artillery Cheer was well received by the crowd. We had a laugh when the "artillery shells" blew at their faces and knocked down the artillery hahahaha.


Kudos for a nice half time show. Next year ulit!!!!!!

benta ang banda!!! galing!!!

sa pinoyexchange naman, ATENEO ang nirarank nilang number three, i agree, mukhang may chance tayo mag number three, gumagaling kasi yung band natin eh! sana they can do their best and do it more sa Cheeredance Competition para kahit papaano, may pagmamalaki tayo sa ibang schools na ang BBB ay magaling!

ngayon ko lang napansin yang tradisyon ah...

haha astig talaga ang banda... keep it up!

Will there be a repeat? Looks like I've been missing out a lot for the past three games I've missed.