Cornell-Yale Post Game

[billhoward]

8 trumpets on Schoellkopf and 2 at Ingalls/Meehan sounds a lot better than 10 trumpets on Schoellkopf. I don't suppose that's the way the band operates, though, which is why it's great to have such an active band alumni contingent at most away games. We missed you this past weekend.

[Beeeej]

[quote krose][quote Beeeej]I certainly don't mean to discourage donations... But in cases like this weekend, I don't believe it would have helped.[/quote]
I agree, but I think that's too bad: can't the marching band spare (say) 10 bandies for hockey when there's a conflict?  We don't need a complete band, just a few people to play Davy et al.

Kyle[/quote]

You also have to remember that a lot of bandies prefer to be around for a home football game; it's a fantastic time.  In this case, it was also the final home football game of the season, which you'll almost never get volunteers to miss, maybe not even for Lynah East.

Even if you could, there are also other considerations.  Instrumentation:  If you ask for ten volunteers, will you have any woodwind at all?  Too much low brass?  "Davy" without percussion?  Transportation:  If you're sending only ten people, is it really cost-effective to rent a bus and pay a staff chaperone (both of which, I believe, may be necessary for the bandies to be insured under the university's policies)?

Obviously someone involved in the band's present administration will have the current perspective on this, but it's not a new issue.

[Chris '03]

[quote Beeeej]

Even if you could, there are also other considerations.  Instrumentation:  If you ask for ten volunteers, will you have any woodwind at all?  Too much low brass?  "Davy" without percussion?  [/quote]

The most irritating thing I had to deal with as pep band manager was requests from people to hire the band because often they just wanted a "small band." "You know 5-10 people or something." That doesn't work for silly little campus events and it sure as heck doesn't work for hockey games (mini-bands in florida not withstanding of course). You'd need the right 10-15 folks to have a chance of sounding respectable, and odds are those are the 10-15 folks most needed to carry the marching band. It's my understanding the alumni band fell through this week do to lack of trumpets, though I'm sure lack of planning played a role (plenty of people had no idea it was being attempted until Thursday).

Incidentally, I presume the pep band is doing the always exhausting Ithaca--->Cambridge----> West Philly---->Ithaca trip this weekend?

[jtwcornell91]

[quote Chris '03]Incidentally, I presume the pep band is doing the always exhausting Ithaca--->Cambridge----> West Philly---->Ithaca trip this weekend?[/quote]

Please please please?

[Lauren '06]

[quote jtwcornell91][quote Chris '03]Incidentally, I presume the pep band is doing the always exhausting Ithaca--->Cambridge----> West Philly---->Ithaca trip this weekend?[/quote]

Please please please?[/quote]
Yes, they are.

The one time in recent memory that the Lynah East game came at the same weekend as the last home football game, Lynah East was Friday night.  We had to do some odd scheduling so that the bus driver could get his requisite hours off before we trucked back to Ithaca right after the hockey game, but we made it work.  Actually the toughest part of that weekend was getting someone from Harvard to get back to me about where we could store our instruments during the day.

If they both ever fall on a Saturday... well, speaking as someone with clear priorities, I don't think you'd have a problem getting a pepband to Cambridge.  It might be low on seniors, but it would be there.