To The Band

[Snowball]

Will do! Thanks

[marty]

The pep band is trying their best. As I've noted on previous posts this season, I've been to games at Lynah, Colgate and Sacred Heart where the pep band wanted to play more, but wasn't allowed to do so by the rink/arena officials, who preferred blasting the fans' ears with loud piped-in music.
When I was at the Quinnipiac game a few weeks ago, the alumni pep band was allowed to play during most of the play stoppages (Quinnipiac's pep band hadn't yet returned from break), and sounded good, especially since it was a smaller than usual group and they were missing some instruments. At that game, there was a group of five or six Cornell students sitting behind the Cornell bench, loudly cheering and starting chants throughout the game. Afterwards, I complimented them on their display of school spirit. They told me they were members of this year's pep band, and since that game featured an alumni pep band, they were enjoying the chance to sit in the stands and cheer for the team without also having to play their instruments.
As Ugarte noted above, if you like having the pep band at games, make sure you donate to them on the Cornell Athletics fundraising day, which I believe comes up in March...

Or any other day.

[stereax]

The pep band is trying their best. As I've noted on previous posts this season, I've been to games at Lynah, Colgate and Sacred Heart where the pep band wanted to play more, but wasn't allowed to do so by the rink/arena officials, who preferred blasting the fans' ears with loud piped-in music.
When I was at the Quinnipiac game a few weeks ago, the alumni pep band was allowed to play during most of the play stoppages (Quinnipiac's pep band hadn't yet returned from break), and sounded good, especially since it was a smaller than usual group and they were missing some instruments. At that game, there was a group of five or six Cornell students sitting behind the Cornell bench, loudly cheering and starting chants throughout the game. Afterwards, I complimented them on their display of school spirit. They told me they were members of this year's pep band, and since that game featured an alumni pep band, they were enjoying the chance to sit in the stands and cheer for the team without also having to play their instruments.
As Ugarte noted above, if you like having the pep band at games, make sure you donate to them on the Cornell Athletics fundraising day, which I believe comes up in March. Every time I do so, I get a nice handwritten thank-you note from a freshman band member.

Good to know! Thanks for the info.

[stereax]

I see there's a band in section O tonight for the women's game

[pjd8]

Don't wait until March to donate to the pep band! They have a link on their home page. Click on the Donate menu link at the top of the page: http://pepband.bigredbands.org/

You can also hire them for events. I happen to know they can really perk up a wedding.

[fastforward]

Don't wait until March to donate to the pep band! They have a link on their home page. Click on the Donate menu link at the top of the page: http://pepband.bigredbands.org/

You can also hire them for events. I happen to know they can really perk up a wedding.

It was nice hearing the band last night during SL penalties

[Trotsky]

The SLU announcers waxed poetic about the Cornell band.

[Snowball]

The SLU announcers waxed poetic about the Cornell band.

He did. He also said that the ECAC level of play was higher when Cornell has a strong team.

Still time....

[marty]

Don't wait until March to donate to the pep band! They have a link on their home page. Click on the Donate menu link at the top of the page: http://pepband.bigredbands.org/

You can also hire them for events. I happen to know they can really perk up a wedding.

I forget, do they play "2 Out Of 3 Ain't Bad"?

[Trotsky]

Don't wait until March to donate to the pep band! They have a link on their home page. Click on the Donate menu link at the top of the page: http://pepband.bigredbands.org/

You can also hire them for events. I happen to know they can really perk up a wedding.

I forget, do they play "2 Out Of 3 Ain't Bad"?

They Play the Jeopardy Theme continuously for 3 hours.

[redice]

Don't wait until March to donate to the pep band! They have a link on their home page. Click on the Donate menu link at the top of the page: http://pepband.bigredbands.org/

You can also hire them for events. I happen to know they can really perk up a wedding.

Yes, we hired the pep band to play at our wedding, which occurred at Lynah in Aug 2016.    We recited our vows at center-ice.   Phil Graham said that we were the first to do this.   So, every home game has extra meaning to us.

[CUlater 89]

I love seeing/hearing the Pep Band at away games and donate to help them get there.

One way the band might contribute beyond just music would be to tap its alumni (or archives/database, if they have one) and learn more about the history of songs and cheers at Lynah, to renew some of the traditions that have slipped away or changed for the worse.  There was a time when the band started some of the cheers at games, or at least encouraged those students in Section A (and B) to start some.  To me, the Pep Band is more likely to learn about and implement "oldies but goodies" than the student sections as a whole.  And it would help with what seems to me to be a lack creativity in recent (or many) years.  For example, I was at the Harvard game, on the townie side, and heard audible groans each time the students started a "Harvard Sucks!" chant.  Some were ruing the vulgarity (if you want to call it that), but many lamented the lack of creativity.  Shouldn't we be better than that?

An easy and obvious one to restart is when the keys came out in the third period and the generic "warm up the bus" chant started.  Against Harvard, or any Boston-area school, we used to chant, "go staht the cah" (and "go start the tank" when we played Army).  I'm disappointed no one thought that up on their own (and, of course, not surprised no students seem to know it existed oreviously.  The band can take the lead and get other students involved.  There were plenty of Harvard-specific cheers in the past that also might be worth considering:
 
"H-A-R, H-A-R, H-A-R, V. V-A-R, V-A-R, V-A-R, D. Hah-Vahd, Hah-Vahd, Rah."

or

"That's H-A-R with a V.  V-A-R with a D. Knit one, pearl two, Harvard boys, yoo hoo! (crowd waves)."

Of course, not everything should be tied to the past and today's students and band should have the freedom to be as creative as they can, but there is some value in looking to the past also, when it can make a positive difference.

[arugula]

I recall those Hahvahd chants.  Definitely more interesting and fun than f-you and sucks.  I heard "safety school" yelled at Harvard, which is funny and one of the few times it should be used.  I think a few years aback I heard "primary color, secondary color" yelled at Princeton and perhaps Brown.  Also, a good, easy to remember but creative one.

[Snowball]

Don't wait until March to donate to the pep band! They have a link on their home page. Click on the Donate menu link at the top of the page: http://pepband.bigredbands.org/

You can also hire them for events. I happen to know they can really perk up a wedding.

Yes, we hired the pep band to play at our wedding, which occurred at Lynah in Aug 2016.    We recited our vows at center-ice.   Phil Graham said that we were the first to do this.   So, every home game has extra meaning to us.

That's extraordinary. Did you wear skates?

[redice]

Don't wait until March to donate to the pep band! They have a link on their home page. Click on the Donate menu link at the top of the page: http://pepband.bigredbands.org/

You can also hire them for events. I happen to know they can really perk up a wedding.

Yes, we hired the pep band to play at our wedding, which occurred at Lynah in Aug 2016.    We recited our vows at center-ice.   Phil Graham said that we were the first to do this.   So, every home game has extra meaning to us.

That's extraordinary. Did you wear skates?

No.