Pep Bands vs. Canned Music at Football Games

[AUPepBand]

An astute observation on your part, CWRU....+K

Pep unknowingly awakened Pep Jr. with a kazoo Friday morning. Radio guys then reported it as "National Kazoo Day." Pep took kazoo with him to work and en route in, mentioned "National Kazoo Day" at Uni-Mart, where the manager promptly corrected Pep and showed a promotional cigarette calendar indicating the day was actually Jan. 28.

AUKaZ00 has appropriately posted today and, in fact, Pep is rather surprised KaZ00 didn't take the day off from work.

AUKaZ00 posted, as follows:

I know that Pep jumped the gun on Friday, but happy National Kaz00 Day to all!  Remember that "the kazoo is categorised among the type of instruments known as the 'mirlitons'.  This group of instruments are characterised by having a vibrating membrane."

http://homeschooling.about.com/library/bljan28c.htm

+Kaz00 all around and may all in the E8PP have a chance to practice vibrating their membranes with a loved one today!

[AUPepBand]

Incidentally, as has become the custom, The AU Pep Band was invited to be guests at the AU Football Banquet Saturday night, Jan. 26. Upon being invited, Pep inquired whether Coach Murray would like the band to play some "pre-banquet music" during the time that folks were arriving. He thought that would be grand.

Pep was happy to muster a 10-piece band that made Pep proud and listeners pleased that the band was there....and resulted in the band getting occasional shout-outs. There is no truth to the rumor that the AU Pep Band has been invited to perform the halftime show at the Super Bowl.

[Gray Fox]

I went to a game at Howard Payne University in maybe each of three years, a few years ago.

They had a marching band that played before the game and during halftime. What I really remember is that they had the world's  fattest marching band. 

I hope they have gotten a lot more marching in since my last visit.  That way they can play peppier tunes.

[AUPepBand]

The AU Pep Band has always worn white tee-shirts with the purple and gold "AU Pep Band" in an oval on the front with a "Got Spirit?" in purple on the back.

Late last season, during one of our "colder" games, the sousaphone player showed up with a warm purple and gold wide-striped rugby shirt with a white collar. Pep was drooling. It would make the perfect pep band shirt, boldly displaying Alfred's purple and gold. Pep asked where he got it......Salvation Army!

So when Pep hosted said sousaphone player last weekend for AU Alumni Reunion (his first as an alum as he graduated in May), Pep was pleased and surprised that he presented said rugby shirt to Pep, noting that he will have more reason to wear it than he. Now Pep is hoping he can locate a manufacturer to reproduce the rugby shirt in order to outfit the entire band.

On Saxon Warriors!

[Ron Boerger]

Now Pep is hoping he can locate a manufacturer to reproduce the rugby shirt in order to outfit the entire band.

These guys say "all school colors":

http://www.americanrugby.com/catalog_c7788.html

[Ralph Turner]

Now Pep is hoping he can locate a manufacturer to reproduce the rugby shirt in order to outfit the entire band.

These guys say "all school colors":

http://www.americanrugby.com/catalog_c7788.html

Some great and traditional color combinations there, but Black and Taupe or Salmon and Navy... 

but what ruggers wear Taupe or Salmon?

[AUPepBand]

Band Camp at Alfred University will be Saturday, Aug. 30. AU Pep Band takes the Saturday before the start of the season and spends 4 or 5 hours building the band's repertoire for the season as well as building "band chemistry." This will be the third annual "Band Camp," which has proved fruitful in getting all of the musicians on the same page....learning the traditions and expectations of band members. STAY TUNED!

On Saxon Warriors!

[ADL70]

Hope you can get all the musicians on the same measure.   

[Ethelred the Unready]

Favorite band related football story. 

Several years ago I attended my first Cornell/Colgate football game.  Apparently there is a bit of bad blood between the schools, most likely related to hockey.  But I believe this particular game was right around the time Colgate was challenging for the 1-AA championship and so they were pretty good.  Anyway, the game is in Hamilton and Cornell decides it would be nice to bring their entire marching band, 150-200 strong and put on a halftime show for the mountain folk of the Chenango Valley.  They put on a teriffic show, somewhat more elaborate than the 12-15 members of the rag-tag Colgate pep band could muster up.  But as they went second, their show was running a little long, much to the displeasure of the Colgate punter.  Consequently, he started bombing punts into the COrnell band formation, bouncing balls off tubas, taking out trumpets, etc.  For about 10 minutes it was the funniest thing I had ever seen on a football field.  Perhaps not textbook sportsmanship, but probably in line with behavior of a true rivalry.

[Superfoot Wallace]

Some great and traditional color combinations there, but Black and Taupe or Salmon and Navy... 

Black and Salmon, maybe.

signed,
Rip Engle

PS - Ethelred, please desist...  I might need sutures I'm laughing so hard.

[AUPepBand]

Favorite band related football story. 

Several years ago I attended my first Cornell/Colgate football game.  Apparently there is a bit of bad blood between the schools, most likely related to hockey.  But I believe this particular game was right around the time Colgate was challenging for the 1-AA championship and so they were pretty good.  Anyway, the game is in Hamilton and Cornell decides it would be nice to bring their entire marching band, 150-200 strong and put on a halftime show for the mountain folk of the Chenango Valley.  They put on a teriffic show, somewhat more elaborate than the 12-15 members of the rag-tag Colgate pep band could muster up.  But as they went second, their show was running a little long, much to the displeasure of the Colgate punter.  Consequently, he started bombing punts into the COrnell band formation, bouncing balls off tubas, taking out trumpets, etc.  For about 10 minutes it was the funniest thing I had ever seen on a football field.  Perhaps not textbook sportsmanship, but probably in line with behavior of a true rivalry.

Pep believes the punting into the band was well justified as the Cornell band, with its big numbers, had likely spelled out "Crest."

[Ethelred the Unready]

Favorite band related football story. 

Several years ago I attended my first Cornell/Colgate football game.  Apparently there is a bit of bad blood between the schools, most likely related to hockey.  But I believe this particular game was right around the time Colgate was challenging for the 1-AA championship and so they were pretty good.  Anyway, the game is in Hamilton and Cornell decides it would be nice to bring their entire marching band, 150-200 strong and put on a halftime show for the mountain folk of the Chenango Valley.  They put on a teriffic show, somewhat more elaborate than the 12-15 members of the rag-tag Colgate pep band could muster up.  But as they went second, their show was running a little long, much to the displeasure of the Colgate punter.  Consequently, he started bombing punts into the COrnell band formation, bouncing balls off tubas, taking out trumpets, etc.  For about 10 minutes it was the funniest thing I had ever seen on a football field.  Perhaps not textbook sportsmanship, but probably in line with behavior of a true rivalry.

Pep believes the punting into the band was well justified as the Cornell band, with its big numbers, had likely spelled out "Crest."

Yeah....that's what it was.....

[AUPepBand]

Pep received a phone call from the band prexy yesterday. Making plans to contact prospective members and get them to Band Camp '08 on Aug. 30. Pep also met with the AU concert band director and he's on board to work with the band for Band Camp...to polish the standard songs and work up some new tunes.

You see, Pep couldn't direct himself out of a paper bag. But put him in the stands with some musicians that are as crazy as him about Saxon football, and the band geek within emerges in full force. Those sitting around the band (the brave and the few), in observing Pep in action, are usually found snickering and speaking among themselves, "What's gotten into that old fellow?" or "What's with him?"

To which Pep, if asked, would heartily answer, "It's the spirit....Pep's got spirit!"

On Saxon Warriors!

[AUPepBand]

Strike up the band! Hop on the Bandwagon....the Saxons are in action Saturday at Merrill Field with the Ursinus Bears, oh my!

On Saxon Warriors!

[AUPepBand]

Pep needs a fix. Two weeks without AU Pep Band makes Pep a dull boy.

On Saxon Warriors....Norwich will be at Merrill Field Saterday for Homecoming!!

Strike up the band and get the fight song ready!