Eat my shorts......

TacO5000 · 03-20-2007, 07:08 PM

Man whats up with Southern Singers and Shorts??? I've been noticing that Southern groups are starting to wear shorts...?? These are Oklahoma, Who know better, Drum groups??? What happend to tryna look your best....? You know good and well that they wouldn't pull a silly stunt like that back home... and if they did they wouldn't be aloud to sing, and get an ear full from dem old women???

Whats really going on????

suthernwaterbird · 03-21-2007, 04:35 PM

it's cuz nobody is gonna say anything to them..because they are the authority being from oklahoma...(so they think)

cakewalk · 03-21-2007, 10:45 PM

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Originally Posted by suthernwaterbird

it's cuz nobody is gonna say anything to them..because they are the authority being from oklahoma...(so they think)

and even if anyone said anything most of those drum groups wouldn't care.....the're to ignorant and dont care about how things are done back home and wont care till they are back home....

they just wanna be cool and live the life of a rockstar!

It's the Truth!!!

suthernwaterbird · 03-22-2007, 12:47 AM

aint it tho...who can look tha prettiest?

Coyot_In_The_House · 03-28-2007, 01:06 PM

I learned that 1st hand....We co-hosted with a Saaathurn group (we were Naaathern) Well....I come cruising by some Grandmas Friday night bout ready to set up and of course I was wearing shorts....BAAAA! Not good! The looks I got....GAAAAWD! Needless to say by Sunday I was wearing my bros tight azz pants...(see I had none...) Just figured out of respect....If it's seen that way or observed that way....I'll tell ya though singing in OK i've observed that protocol....Remember being in Shawnee and we just headed over to check out Gourd dancing...It was Early! Grand entry wasn't until 7pm....Those dancers looked sharpe....So we headed back and changed....We didn't look like bums, but we felt it was appropriate....Several noted singers have visted with me and shared that observation....I understand....and respect it....

**ok24stacey** · 03-28-2007, 02:45 PM

Earlier this month at the Western Heights powwow (OKC) the MC basically called a few guys out inbetween giveaways. It wasn't just for wearing shorts, either. She added hats and short sleeve shirts to the list. You could hear the snickers in the crowd and a few of the young fellas, in the center, reached up and snatched their hats off (real sly)in the middle of all of this. She made her point, that was for sure.

Coyot_In_The_House · 03-28-2007, 07:01 PM

A singer for wearing a hat is pushing it.....Now if it was a dingy rugged smelly hat, maybe, but c'mon....?

ntownn8ive · 03-28-2007, 08:43 PM

I know it's a southern thread but just adding some info.

The older fellas I learned to sing from would talk about the ol' man they learned from. (Ndn folks, especially up north will understand the "ol' man" status of a knowledgeable elder.)

He made it a point to teach them that singers, respected for their role in the community, knowledge of numerous family songs, and participation in ceremonies as well as social song/dance, were expected to carry themselves in a respectful manner around the drum. Long sleeve shirts, long pants, and a hat, not baseball cap, as long as it was taken off when it was time to sing. Clothes were to be well kempt and clean.

Interesting. I hadn't heard mention of this practice since the older fellas had mentioned it to me and my brother when we were younger.

And, as a confession, I'm guilty of wearing shorts at the big drum, too, and no they weren't daisy dukes!

'Round here, a reference to shorts would be considered your chonies, cut-offs are short pants....okay, continue

**WocusWoman** · 03-28-2007, 08:55 PM

Is it any worse than seeing drummers dressed like black gangsters. I would rather see a big rolly drummer in some skin covering shorts, due to the extreme heat, than another wanta-B gangster sitting at a drum. OK, now I have a little bile in my throat....J/K

ntownn8ive · 03-28-2007, 08:59 PM

Hey, I only wear big clothes cuz they're hand me downs!

That, and I gotta skinny legs and a fat belly!

cakewalk · 03-28-2007, 11:31 PM

yep ball caps sideways, are a no!short sleeve polos are ok to me if its summer, but either way i say they must be tucked. even if your boat hangs over...lol....gotta be at that point in your life where you have to decide wether or not your gonna still wear your pants under or over that tubeLOL!!!

but yea i was there at western hieghts, that mc was tuff!

TacO5000 · 03-29-2007, 12:43 AM

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Originally Posted by cakewalk

but yea i was there at western hieghts, that mc was tuff!

Gwah..... This is Oklahoma now.... these singers know better.... good to hear ppl being regulated on.....!!! Who was da M.C..... sounds like a Kiowa guy....???? I make sure I'm Stright when I sing esp. when my kiowa fam r head singers.... cuz I don't wanna hear it from my dem...... I' make sure I'm "So Fresh and So Clean, Clean!!!", or I'm "Fresh ta Death!!" cuz "Pimpin ain't eazy!!" cuz "It's Hard out here for a Pimp!!!" I don't care if 107 outside.... I be a sweaty long sleve having pimp!!!

**ok24stacey** · 03-29-2007, 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by TacO5000

Gwah..... This is Oklahoma now.... these singers know better.... good to hear ppl being regulated on.....!!! Who was da M.C..... sounds like a Kiowa guy....???? I make sure I'm Stright when I sing esp. when my kiowa fam r head singers.... cuz I don't wanna hear it from my dem...... I' make sure I'm "So Fresh and So Clean, Clean!!!", or I'm "Fresh ta Death!!" cuz "Pimpin ain't eazy!!" cuz "It's Hard out here for a Pimp!!!" I don't care if 107 outside.... I be a sweaty long sleve having pimp!!!

The MC was a Kiowa woman. lol Martha Koomsa Perez.

03-20-2007, 07:08 PM	#1 (permalink)
TacO5000 shesaysshelikesmy Dougie! Join Date: May 2002 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 624	Eat my shorts...... Man whats up with Southern Singers and Shorts??? I've been noticing that Southern groups are starting to wear shorts...?? These are Oklahoma, Who know better, Drum groups??? What happend to tryna look your best....? You know good and well that they wouldn't pull a silly stunt like that back home... and if they did they wouldn't be aloud to sing, and get an ear full from dem old women??? Whats really going on???? __________________ Dayum I make some keen DrumSticks!!!!!!

03-21-2007, 04:35 PM	#2 (permalink)
suthernwaterbird nobody Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: atl, ga Posts: 1,004	it's cuz nobody is gonna say anything to them..because they are the authority being from oklahoma...(so they think) __________________ WhY yOu AsK? bEcUz We CaN!

03-22-2007, 12:47 AM	#4 (permalink)
suthernwaterbird nobody Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: atl, ga Posts: 1,004	aint it tho...who can look tha prettiest? __________________ WhY yOu AsK? bEcUz We CaN!

03-28-2007, 01:06 PM	#5 (permalink)
Coyot_In_The_House uhvdlv Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 3,967	Some years ago.... I learned that 1st hand....We co-hosted with a Saaathurn group (we were Naaathern) Well....I come cruising by some Grandmas Friday night bout ready to set up and of course I was wearing shorts....BAAAA! Not good! The looks I got....GAAAAWD! Needless to say by Sunday I was wearing my bros tight azz pants...(see I had none...) Just figured out of respect....If it's seen that way or observed that way....I'll tell ya though singing in OK i've observed that protocol....Remember being in Shawnee and we just headed over to check out Gourd dancing...It was Early! Grand entry wasn't until 7pm....Those dancers looked sharpe....So we headed back and changed....We didn't look like bums, but we felt it was appropriate....Several noted singers have visted with me and shared that observation....I understand....and respect it....

03-28-2007, 02:45 PM	#6 (permalink)
ok24stacey bleh, its cold! Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: T-WAY, shawnee lol Posts: 2,433 Blog Entries: 3	Earlier this month at the Western Heights powwow (OKC) the MC basically called a few guys out inbetween giveaways. It wasn't just for wearing shorts, either. She added hats and short sleeve shirts to the list. You could hear the snickers in the crowd and a few of the young fellas, in the center, reached up and snatched their hats off (real sly)in the middle of all of this. She made her point, that was for sure. __________________ *To live is the rarest thing in the World. Most people just exist, that is all.*

03-28-2007, 07:01 PM	#7 (permalink)
Coyot_In_The_House uhvdlv Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 3,967	I'd say to knock.... A singer for wearing a hat is pushing it.....Now if it was a dingy rugged smelly hat, maybe, but c'mon....?

03-28-2007, 08:43 PM	#8 (permalink)
ntownn8ive As you can see... Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: We get a lot of sun in Ntown! Posts: 5,786 Blog Entries: 1	I know it's a southern thread but just adding some info. The older fellas I learned to sing from would talk about the ol' man they learned from. (Ndn folks, especially up north will understand the "ol' man" status of a knowledgeable elder.) He made it a point to teach them that singers, respected for their role in the community, knowledge of numerous family songs, and participation in ceremonies as well as social song/dance, were expected to carry themselves in a respectful manner around the drum. Long sleeve shirts, long pants, and a hat, not baseball cap, as long as it was taken off when it was time to sing. Clothes were to be well kempt and clean. Interesting. I hadn't heard mention of this practice since the older fellas had mentioned it to me and my brother when we were younger. And, as a confession, I'm guilty of wearing shorts at the big drum, too, and no they weren't daisy dukes! 'Round here, a reference to shorts would be considered your chonies, cut-offs are short pants....okay, continue __________________

03-28-2007, 08:55 PM	#9 (permalink)
WocusWoman N8tiffUmatillaMAMA Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Interior Alaska Posts: 2,737	Is it any worse than seeing drummers dressed like black gangsters. I would rather see a big rolly drummer in some skin covering shorts, due to the extreme heat, than another wanta-B gangster sitting at a drum. OK, now I have a little bile in my throat....J/K

03-28-2007, 08:59 PM	#10 (permalink)
ntownn8ive As you can see... Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: We get a lot of sun in Ntown! Posts: 5,786 Blog Entries: 1	Hey, I only wear big clothes cuz they're hand me downs! That, and I gotta skinny legs and a fat belly! __________________

03-28-2007, 11:31 PM	#11 (permalink)
cakewalk CakeWalk Champion Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Located In The Orangie-Brown Terra Firma Posts: 73	yep ball caps sideways, are a no!short sleeve polos are ok to me if its summer, but either way i say they must be tucked. even if your boat hangs over...lol....gotta be at that point in your life where you have to decide wether or not your gonna still wear your pants under or over that tubeLOL!!! but yea i was there at western hieghts, that mc was tuff! __________________ "Most of you dont like me, All of you dont have to. But from the bottom of my heart, Thanks for noticing me!"-Nashoba Simmons

03-29-2007, 12:31 PM	#14 (permalink)
Mud_Woman shhh . . im thinking Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: beating the crap out of the other stick figure Posts: 3,813 <