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Really wish I could make it, considering Manchester was my second favorite place to live (Ithaca is obviously the first). If anyone wants recommendations for good restaurants/bars, let me know. My favorite bars include Strange Brew and Murphy's Taproom, both on/near Elm Street. Murphy's has lots of stuff on tap but the food isn't as good and is closer to the rink, but Strange Brew also has a great selection and better food.

If you're looking for something quick, I highly recommend The Gyro Spot. A friend of mine owns the place. Make sure you get your Gyro with G sauce AND Kopanisti (spicy feta spread).

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Quote from: abmarksThat cheer has been played for what, close to 30 years now (at minimum)

This is just off the top of my head, but I am reasonably certain it hasn't been close to thirty years. If I had to set an over/under, I'd set it at fourteen.

If the band somehow decides to bring back "Swanee", could we also perhaps convince them to bring back "Mary Had A Little Lamb" (Fight, Maim, Kill) as well? My fuzzy recollection is that the band stopped playing that because it was considered too violent, but I could be mistaken.

When I was conductor, I really wanted to bring back "Mary Had a Little Lamb" but was turned down, especially since athletics was threatening to keep us from playing Gary Glitter.

Also, on the topic of trying to be politically correct, we tried to push through learning and playing a fantastic arrangement of "Forget You", but then someone decided it was a good idea to ask athletics if "we were allowed to play a song that had alternative lyrics that contained the f word." *sigh*

Did you want to bring back Mary in 2010? I don't remember turning it down, but I do remember the Gary Glitter threat.

Reading up on Swanee's history, I can see how it can be found offensive. That said, I doubt the band or anyone in Lynah ever sang the racist lyrics. Is it offensive to play, but not sing, a racist song? Colin Kaepernick probably says yes. If it is, I would argue that the most offensive song the band ever played is not Swanee but the Nazi Germany national anthem. It happens to be the current German anthem (with changed lyrics) and we played it for Krueger's senior night.

Can't say I blame the band. If there was a protest against Swanee while I was in charge, I'd probably do what they're doing now.

Yeah I did want to bring it back, but was met with hesitation...and when I asked a few upperclassmen what they thought they didn't seem to be too excited about it, so I figured it was a dead issue.

Whether or not one disagrees with the decision of the band to get rid of Swanee is not really the issue...it's more of a "we should try to find a better song than 'Over There''.

Also - apparently the band has been asked by multiple opposing rinks to not play Gonna Fly Now into Gary Glitter...

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Quote from: abmarksThat cheer has been played for what, close to 30 years now (at minimum)

This is just off the top of my head, but I am reasonably certain it hasn't been close to thirty years. If I had to set an over/under, I'd set it at fourteen.

If the band somehow decides to bring back "Swanee", could we also perhaps convince them to bring back "Mary Had A Little Lamb" (Fight, Maim, Kill) as well? My fuzzy recollection is that the band stopped playing that because it was considered too violent, but I could be mistaken.

When I was conductor, I really wanted to bring back "Mary Had a Little Lamb" but was turned down, especially since athletics was threatening to keep us from playing Gary Glitter.

Also, on the topic of trying to be politically correct, we tried to push through learning and playing a fantastic arrangement of "Forget You", but then someone decided it was a good idea to ask athletics if "we were allowed to play a song that had alternative lyrics that contained the f word." *sigh*

I'm pretty sure that athletics strongly suggested that the band change the song. It's not about not wanting to play Swanee, it's about having to comply with the demands from a bunch of overly sensitive students (in my opinion).

Oh, and it seems like every year Andy Noel threatens to "not let the band play Gary Glitter" if the student sections keep swearing during the cheer...so far it's been an empty threat, but in today's world, who knows?

Sure - maybe we should just let the cheer die, that is certainly an option. I don't think anyone is hell-bent on keeping the cheer, but I do believe the band/tubas really liked playing Swanee, and I think it's still worth trying to come up with a better replacement than Over There. I figured I'd start the brainstorming venture here, since this forum has some former pep band members and regular game attendees.

The only plausible suggestion I've heard from a friend (so far anyway) was Goodnight Sweetheart, which is a cheer the bones often play outside of pep band.

I was reading the comments in the Quinnipiac thread and figured I'd start a new one so we can discuss what might be a better replacement tuba cheer. If we can come up with a few songs with the right cadence, I can forward the suggestions to the powers that be. From what I understand, the band really isn't 100% sold on playing Over There as it is.

Also, fun fact: this is my first ever post here, and the first time I've signed on since around 2008.