Pep Bands vs. Canned Music at Football Games

AUPepBand · August 21, 2007, 10:57:22 PM

Time to strike up the band.....AU Pep Band will be recruiting from among the 600+ freshmen and transfer students at Alfred this weekend, hoping some instrumentalists in the mix.

Are there are any new pep bands being formed anywhere in the D3 Football Family? If so, Pep would like to offer his encouragement.

frank uible · August 22, 2007, 04:24:32 AM

Love pep bands - the less formal, the better! The long defunct Dodgers Symphoney is the ideal.

PA_wesleyfan · August 22, 2007, 04:48:57 PM

The Philadelphia Eagles have a pep band that originated as a group of 4 fans that now plays mid field when the team is about to enter the stadium.... and is recognized as the PEP band and is on tv and radio shows as such..

AUPepBand · August 22, 2007, 07:52:34 PM

Quote from: PA_wesleyfan on August 22, 2007, 04:48:57 PM
The Philadelphia Eagles have a pep band that originated as a group of 4 fans that now plays mid field when the team is about to enter the stadium.... and is recognized as the PEP band and is on tv and radio shows as such..

Never heard of such a thing in the NFL. Now you've piqued my curiosity...I'll be taking notice when the Eagles are on TV.

While at the Indians-Yankees game recently at Jacobs Field, I was taken in by a three-man band of trumpet, accordian and clarinet that played (mostly oldtimer stuff) prior to the game. They said they were invited to the stadium dedication for a three-day stint and have been playing ever since!

PA_wesleyfan · August 22, 2007, 08:33:37 PM

AUPepBand

They play the Eagles fight song as the intro for the post game live show on phily's csn network..
One guy has the ZZ top thing going on.

found their site
http://www.eaglespepband.com/

kickerdad · August 22, 2007, 09:09:29 PM

AUPEP - You would know this better than anyone.......How many DIII schools have full size marching bands and do you know the list off the top of your head?

Ralph Turner · August 22, 2007, 09:23:23 PM

Quote from: kickerdad on August 22, 2007, 09:09:29 PM
AUPEP - You would know this better than anyone.......How many DIII schools have full size marching bands and do you know the list off the top of your head?

How big is "full-sized"? Five per cent of the student body?

The University of Texas marches about 440, about 1% of the student body.

A partial list bands with a "history" in the ASC includes Hardin-Simmons, Mary Hardin-Baylor, Mississippi College and McMurry.

Louisiana College is starting a Marching Band. This site suggests that Texas Lutheran inaugurated a band last season.

Ron Boerger · August 23, 2007, 01:05:22 AM

Quote from: Ralph Turner on August 22, 2007, 09:23:23 PMThis site suggests that Texas Lutheran inaugurated a band last season.

It's a concert band, not a pep/marching band, and is the second performing group at TLU. They've had a wind ensemble for some time. Generally speaking the wind ensemble is the more 'elite' ensemble, typically made up primarily of music majors (but not always).

K-Mack · August 23, 2007, 02:11:48 AM

Quote from: PA_wesleyfan on August 22, 2007, 08:33:37 PM
AUPepBand

They play the Eagles fight song as the intro for the post game live show on phily's csn network..
One guy has the ZZ top thing going on.

found their site
http://www.eaglespepband.com/

Not that I like to further NFL talk here, especially about the Redskins, but they have a funk quartet that dresses up and plays horns & such during timeouts. You might not notice them on TV, but at the games they get a lot of love.

I felt icky just saying nice things about ... that team. Eiww.

AUPepBand · August 23, 2007, 02:31:31 AM

Quote from: kickerdad on August 22, 2007, 09:09:29 PM
AUPEP - You would know this better than anyone.......How many DIII schools have full size marching bands and do you know the list off the top of your head?

Pep really does not know the answer to that question. Perhaps this site could survey reps of the various conferences to formulate an answer. Pep knows that Grove City College has an outstanding marching band and has heard of Mount Union's marching band. In the Empire 8, Pep believes Norwich fields a band, while Ithaca and Alfred have in-the-stands pep bands. In his visits to Springfield, Hartwick, Utica and Fisher, he has not seen a band of late.

Alfred University for many years in the 1950s and 1960s fielded a full marching band outfitted with ROTC uniforms. Having grown up during that era and n'er missing a game, Pep appreciated the AU fight song and halftime shows which led Pep to start in 1999 a five-man kazoo band that developed into a 20-person pep band in 2000. Numbers vary from game to game since. No one would ever want to see the AU Pep Band march...unless it's Hot Dog Day marching down the street in the parade.

kickerdad · August 23, 2007, 01:45:44 PM

Quote from: Ralph Turner on August 22, 2007, 09:23:23 PM
Quote from: kickerdad on August 22, 2007, 09:09:29 PM
AUPEP - You would know this better than anyone.......How many DIII schools have full size marching bands and do you know the list off the top of your head?

How big is "full-sized"? Five per cent of the student body?

The University of Texas marches about 440, about 1% of the student body.

A partial list bands with a "history" in the ASC includes Hardin-Simmons, Mary Hardin-Baylor, Mississippi College and McMurry.

Louisiana College is starting a Marching Band. This site suggests that Texas Lutheran inaugurated a band last season.

I was thinking of 75 to 100 band members. I used the word "Marching" thinking maybe they would go on the field at half time and do a performance. I don't think there would be but just a handfull it any at all, DIII schools that could muster as many band members as a Texas or Ohio State.

I was just curious and trying to drum up some conversation to help pass these final 8 or 10 days away quicker than they seem to be going. Sept 1 can't get here fast enough..

Mount Union has a band......interested, we will be there Sept 1.

AUPepBand · August 23, 2007, 02:47:18 PM

Grove City has the full-fledged marching band. Excellent pre-game and halftime shows. But during the game, they sit quietly in the stands. All that potential noise and encouragement for the Wolverines....just sitting there in silence.

Au contraire, AU Pep Band plays throughout the game, taking a break to eat hot dogs at halftime. Pep will try to hold the pre-game rehearsal jam among the tailgaters to get the fans pumped up and familiar with the band members.

ADL70 · August 23, 2007, 02:59:59 PM

CWRU Marching Band

http://marching.case.edu/index.php?aboutus

Wooster http://www.wooster.edu/music/band/

PA_wesleyfan · August 23, 2007, 04:31:36 PM

K-mack

Go wash you fingers out with soap . Hey at least it wasn't the you know who's you mentioned.. I can't bring my self to even type D!@@%$

AUPepBand · August 23, 2007, 04:48:26 PM

Quote from: cwru70 on August 23, 2007, 02:59:59 PM
CWRU Marching Band

http://marching.case.edu/index.php?aboutus

Wooster http://www.wooster.edu/music/band/

Pep was disappointed that the Case Western band didn't come out and play in the rain with our five-piece AU Pep Band in 2005 when the Saxons visited Cleveland. New stadium policy prohibited us from sitting under our Ez-Up despite there being NO ONE seated in the visitors section.

And yes, Pep has heard about the fanfare of the bagpipers of the Wooster Scot Band during a visit to Wooster last summer. Pep was told it's a sight to behold. The stands were labeled for all of the various instruments. Huge band.