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Hey guys! I am on the uniform team for a university marching band. We have military style officer hats and we also have pretty strict hair guidelines.
All HAIR shall be worn off the uniform collar and behind the ears. Band members may choose to meet these requirements by either getting their haircut to a manageable length or putting gel in their hair that it will not fall down when the hat is off. When the latter choice is made, band members must use a hair net, bobby pins, styling gel or
other inconspicuous devices to hold their hair in place through the entire performance day. No band member's hair will be cut, shaved, or clipped without their expressed approval to do so. Sideburns must not extend below an imaginary line from the corner of the mouth to the bottom of the earlobe.
What we tell people with straight or wavy hair is to do a slick back bun with gel to fit into the hat.
We are looking to expand and be more inclusive about textured and braided hair as these guidelines are like at least 50 years old. We have some members with longer braids and want to be inclusive! We have reached out to our members about this as well but would like some other input!
does anyone have any tips or tricks that we can share or what we can have them do? If anyone has any videos would also be greatly appreciated.