Since my usual source of band videos actually participated in the formation, I do not have videos for our Homecoming Game performances. However, everything went amazingly so there really isn't any need.
On to Princeton...
Pregame
I think Penn had just as many if not more fans than Pton for this football game. Always good to perform for a crowd. However, they didn't seem to be the most responsive...
Entrance
This looks a little concave in the middle, maybe people afraid to bump into me. Who knows. Still, it looks like more and more people are learning to march in step. Good work!
PENN
Looks more like P6NN according to my Dad and I agree. I was under the impression that the E was the easiest formation...
HighBall
Drummers, SYMMETRY!! AGAIN! A little nit picky, but we talk about this EVERY week.
Big P
Awesome, Tom. Excellent formation. Trumpets are a little whiny here, not entirely appropriate.
Halftime
III
Whoa! Major difference between the whistle tempo and what people actually played. Eventually evened out, but still. Formation is solid. oooh, closing notes chops, most important. Don't give up!
Ghostbusters 1
Looks a little footballish, something I thought we fixed on Wednesday. Look at Brian go! He got some shoutouts from fans on the way home. Tried to get the crowd to clap along to no avail.
Ghostbusters 2
Oh no they didn't! Yes, we did Ghostbusters again. Oh look, and it's lopsided again. Oh well. Sounds awesome. Bustin makes me feel good
R+B
Looks and sounds fine. Good to see the drunk seniors don't know which way to salute.
Overall a fine job by the Penn Band. Props to our Assistant Drum Major for an insane costume and a successful halftime performance.
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Thursday, October 30, 2008
All Hail Lord Glozion!
Greetings, Bandos!
Sorry for the late post, been a busy week for DM John
Here's the pregame for last week's roadtrip to Yale. I highly recommend watching these in high quality
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CyKe6uchTQ
The Yale Bowl is sweet! Save for the intense wind, it felt good to play in a Little-Big House
Entrance= always good to see that this is always awesome
UP
Called an audible on this one early in the morning. Looks good. Took it a little fast, sorry guys. I was uh...still recovering from all the fun last night.
Highball
Glad that joke got some cheers. Formation was a little weird and took a while to put together. This continued due to the strange fact that Yale's numbers are closer to the Hash than ALL OTHER FIELDS (as far as I know) so the forms may seem a little compressed. Looks more like a Holy Grail, which is fine.
Not enough time to due Alma Mater due to the complications during Highball
on to Half Time!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrSuW26yHRc
A little light on the voice there, Tom.
$ - Big Spender
Surprisingly only the 2nd time we've played this chart. Dollar sign looks okay. People seem happy to hear this. O'Callahan always surprises me with how loud he is. Oh, and I'm wearing a sweet cape.
Flying Saucer - Imperial March
Passable. Playing Star Wars in anything other than a London Philharmonic setting is always a little risky. It's a good thing this was a metashow.
Block - Intergalactic Battle Anthem
It was really hard not to lose it. This is my favorite part of the show. Good hustle guys! Salutes always hilarious. Trumpets, still a little shaky on the transition back into the chorus the last time through, will work on that.
R+B
Actually looks like P-A, which isn't the worst thing in the world, but still isn't R+B.
Considering how early we had to wake up after having so much fun, I really couldn't ask for anything more for this show.
On to homecoming...
Sorry for the late post, been a busy week for DM John
Here's the pregame for last week's roadtrip to Yale. I highly recommend watching these in high quality
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CyKe6uchTQ
The Yale Bowl is sweet! Save for the intense wind, it felt good to play in a Little-Big House
Entrance= always good to see that this is always awesome
UP
Called an audible on this one early in the morning. Looks good. Took it a little fast, sorry guys. I was uh...still recovering from all the fun last night.
Highball
Glad that joke got some cheers. Formation was a little weird and took a while to put together. This continued due to the strange fact that Yale's numbers are closer to the Hash than ALL OTHER FIELDS (as far as I know) so the forms may seem a little compressed. Looks more like a Holy Grail, which is fine.
Not enough time to due Alma Mater due to the complications during Highball
on to Half Time!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrSuW26yHRc
A little light on the voice there, Tom.
$ - Big Spender
Surprisingly only the 2nd time we've played this chart. Dollar sign looks okay. People seem happy to hear this. O'Callahan always surprises me with how loud he is. Oh, and I'm wearing a sweet cape.
Flying Saucer - Imperial March
Passable. Playing Star Wars in anything other than a London Philharmonic setting is always a little risky. It's a good thing this was a metashow.
Block - Intergalactic Battle Anthem
It was really hard not to lose it. This is my favorite part of the show. Good hustle guys! Salutes always hilarious. Trumpets, still a little shaky on the transition back into the chorus the last time through, will work on that.
R+B
Actually looks like P-A, which isn't the worst thing in the world, but still isn't R+B.
Considering how early we had to wake up after having so much fun, I really couldn't ask for anything more for this show.
On to homecoming...
Monday, October 20, 2008
Damn good Ipod...
This past weekend was the Penn v Columbia Football Game. As usual, the band was out in full swing along with some extras who tagged along for the ride. Since Penn was wise enough to put Parents' Weekend over an away game, the band hosted its own Parents' Weekend so the progenitors of the band could get a first hand glimpse of why their kids aren't doing their homework.
To start off was pregame. Something that we rehearsed many times before, even an extra time at field rehearse to much chagrin. Well, let's see what happened...
Entrance
BEAUTIFUL! God I love doing this. A really good contrast to Columbia's "Take the Field then take a musical dump" entrance. Though, they did have some sweet herald trumpets.
PENN
To start off with, the P was half a yardline too in-field. The E was dead on, thanks drummers.
The big problem was the two N's; quite the interesting evolution. It's a good thing we sounded good, cause we looked kinda funny doing this formation. There needs to be more than 10 people who actually know where to go. In fact, it needs to be EVERYONE. We will work on this on Monday and Wednesday
Highball
Great! Good symmetry drummers, but try to get both ends on a yardline. The phasing wasn't even too bad.
Big P
Once again great. Drummers, 10 yard lines please. Look at that, we have flags! Some nice flavor, though could use a little more coordination.
Banner
Looks great. Can't hear the flutes/clarinets at all, not even on their part in the trio. Rip that part out guys!
Halftime
Our show was a perfect response to Columbia's "Philly's the ugliest/suckiest city in the nation" show. The crowd especially caught on to this as heard in their cheers after our jokes. Don't quite know why the Columbia Band stays on the field after they play.
Bagel
Props to Noah for making his family run to the sideline, too bad there wasn't enough time for Pushups. This looked more like a football than a bagel, but that's not our fault. Also, I had to yell Halt way too many times. Drummers need to be listening for that. Yeah horns!
Ipod
Probably one of our more complicated formations and it turned out great! Hey, and people actually figured out it was an Ipod. Slow Ride was....slow i guess. It got better though. Awesome job on the guitar solo guys, if anything that was the one thing to get right no matter what.
PBR
P was 5 yards too far out-field and this proved bad for the proceeding R that was built off of it. Eeeeeeh, chops! need some more tunage! I know it was a long day of playing, but still. Woodwinds, good to hear you! Bones, do NOT gliss those last 4 measures; very cheesey. I hate cutting this song, it's just not meant to be.
R+B
There's that stray R with the interesting extension thanks to our auxillary; should've played Viva las Vegas instead. Went a little fast, but fine. Nice touch bells, what a hilarious part.
SUBG
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vc0POzeuLvw
(Note, I recommend watching this one in high quality. To do so, visit the link under the vid and click "Watch in High Quality')
As requested, we played Since U've Been Gone for the student section. One of the best responses we've ever gotten from a crowd. Keep an eye on 80s guy, he's fun to watch. We sounded great on this even though we were extremely tired. Well done! Endurance props!
Overall, an interesting gameday. We clearly need some refreshers in the pregame department. Nothing a little wrote memorization can't fix. We had some snafus in the stands: some my fault, some not. I'll chalk it up to parents for now. It seems we're at a point that most of us are very comfortable doing our shows, which is fantastic! However, we can't just be on autopilot and expect someone to tell us where to go all the time, especially on the field or even worse from me on the podium. Freshmen, don't let this become a habit like it is for some upper classmen. Veteran Bandos, don't expect anything less from your peers or the freshmen. In a band of our size, everyone is accountable and even one clueless person can scar a formation.
Don't take this as too negative. It's good to be at this point so early on in the season so we have time to fix it quickly. I'm still having an awesome time leading you guys so don't change too much. Looking forward to actually doing the Lord Glozion show on Saturday. Let's make Yale bend to his will.
To start off was pregame. Something that we rehearsed many times before, even an extra time at field rehearse to much chagrin. Well, let's see what happened...
Entrance
BEAUTIFUL! God I love doing this. A really good contrast to Columbia's "Take the Field then take a musical dump" entrance. Though, they did have some sweet herald trumpets.
PENN
To start off with, the P was half a yardline too in-field. The E was dead on, thanks drummers.
The big problem was the two N's; quite the interesting evolution. It's a good thing we sounded good, cause we looked kinda funny doing this formation. There needs to be more than 10 people who actually know where to go. In fact, it needs to be EVERYONE. We will work on this on Monday and Wednesday
Highball
Great! Good symmetry drummers, but try to get both ends on a yardline. The phasing wasn't even too bad.
Big P
Once again great. Drummers, 10 yard lines please. Look at that, we have flags! Some nice flavor, though could use a little more coordination.
Banner
Looks great. Can't hear the flutes/clarinets at all, not even on their part in the trio. Rip that part out guys!
Halftime
Our show was a perfect response to Columbia's "Philly's the ugliest/suckiest city in the nation" show. The crowd especially caught on to this as heard in their cheers after our jokes. Don't quite know why the Columbia Band stays on the field after they play.
Bagel
Props to Noah for making his family run to the sideline, too bad there wasn't enough time for Pushups. This looked more like a football than a bagel, but that's not our fault. Also, I had to yell Halt way too many times. Drummers need to be listening for that. Yeah horns!
Ipod
Probably one of our more complicated formations and it turned out great! Hey, and people actually figured out it was an Ipod. Slow Ride was....slow i guess. It got better though. Awesome job on the guitar solo guys, if anything that was the one thing to get right no matter what.
PBR
P was 5 yards too far out-field and this proved bad for the proceeding R that was built off of it. Eeeeeeh, chops! need some more tunage! I know it was a long day of playing, but still. Woodwinds, good to hear you! Bones, do NOT gliss those last 4 measures; very cheesey. I hate cutting this song, it's just not meant to be.
R+B
There's that stray R with the interesting extension thanks to our auxillary; should've played Viva las Vegas instead. Went a little fast, but fine. Nice touch bells, what a hilarious part.
SUBG
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vc0POzeuLvw
(Note, I recommend watching this one in high quality. To do so, visit the link under the vid and click "Watch in High Quality')
As requested, we played Since U've Been Gone for the student section. One of the best responses we've ever gotten from a crowd. Keep an eye on 80s guy, he's fun to watch. We sounded great on this even though we were extremely tired. Well done! Endurance props!
Overall, an interesting gameday. We clearly need some refreshers in the pregame department. Nothing a little wrote memorization can't fix. We had some snafus in the stands: some my fault, some not. I'll chalk it up to parents for now. It seems we're at a point that most of us are very comfortable doing our shows, which is fantastic! However, we can't just be on autopilot and expect someone to tell us where to go all the time, especially on the field or even worse from me on the podium. Freshmen, don't let this become a habit like it is for some upper classmen. Veteran Bandos, don't expect anything less from your peers or the freshmen. In a band of our size, everyone is accountable and even one clueless person can scar a formation.
Don't take this as too negative. It's good to be at this point so early on in the season so we have time to fix it quickly. I'm still having an awesome time leading you guys so don't change too much. Looking forward to actually doing the Lord Glozion show on Saturday. Let's make Yale bend to his will.
Friday, September 26, 2008
Quality finally meets quantity
My Dad, continuing the tradition of videotaping anything musical I do he can attend of course taped the Penn Band's performance at last Saturday's Penn vs. Villabrova game. I posted pregame and halftime on the YouTube so bandos could actually see what we look like.
I've heard from multiple sources that we sound way better live than on tape. I very much agree with this. Since I think we sound pretty decent on tape as well, you should have a good idea of what being in the stands and listening to the Penn Band is really like.
I thought this would be a good place for general comments on how I, and you guys, feel this went/looks. Enjoy.
Pregame
Pregame Entrace=AWESOME!! (Note, since this was my dad taping, there will obviously be some visual emphasis on me, but I edited out all the pure John moments). However, you can really see how well this worked. Worlds better than our original attempt to march in two straight lines from the sidelines (The Sand People travel single file to hide their numbers).
PENN: The E looked a little sparse in this formation. Need to fill out the top and bottom lines. Sounds great.
Highball: Except for the asymmetry in the drumline in front, looks great. Forgot to explain to the drummers the importance of this, my bad. Just a minor point. I guess our little drummer girls don't like being too close together.
Big P: same issue drummers. Will fix for Dartmouth. Maybe face the sideline for this one.
Banner: Whoa, front line! Looks like we were missing someone. You can hear the woodwinds! Sweet!
Except for these few minor things, a very commendable job. Pregame is usually the most complicated drill we do and we looked and sounded great. Hope we don't lose it waiting for Dartmouth.
Halftime
I look really....interesting cuing in the flying v...
1+1= : Wow, looks really clear except for the = sign. Listen to my parents try to figure it out... Yeah mellophones and saxes! It's great finally to hear those counter melodies.
Jay Wright's Hair: good hustle to this formation. Not much to say. Sounded great and I think the Nova fans eventually liked it.
NJ: again, wow! Having this many bandos on the field really makes these letter formations clear! Some nice singing by my dad and the crowd.
R+B: this formation took a little long to form, but ended up great. The B looks a little blobbish, but I adjusted the drill so this should look fantastic for Lafayette.
Again, awesome job for our first show! Keep it up!
I also decided to post our performance of SUBG, since the crowd really seemed to like it. Also, physical evidence of the crowd enjoying the Penn Band is good to have around. I hope we can do more playing for the student section in the future.
All HAIL LORD GLOZION!
I've heard from multiple sources that we sound way better live than on tape. I very much agree with this. Since I think we sound pretty decent on tape as well, you should have a good idea of what being in the stands and listening to the Penn Band is really like.
I thought this would be a good place for general comments on how I, and you guys, feel this went/looks. Enjoy.
Pregame
Pregame Entrace=AWESOME!! (Note, since this was my dad taping, there will obviously be some visual emphasis on me, but I edited out all the pure John moments). However, you can really see how well this worked. Worlds better than our original attempt to march in two straight lines from the sidelines (The Sand People travel single file to hide their numbers).
PENN: The E looked a little sparse in this formation. Need to fill out the top and bottom lines. Sounds great.
Highball: Except for the asymmetry in the drumline in front, looks great. Forgot to explain to the drummers the importance of this, my bad. Just a minor point. I guess our little drummer girls don't like being too close together.
Big P: same issue drummers. Will fix for Dartmouth. Maybe face the sideline for this one.
Banner: Whoa, front line! Looks like we were missing someone. You can hear the woodwinds! Sweet!
Except for these few minor things, a very commendable job. Pregame is usually the most complicated drill we do and we looked and sounded great. Hope we don't lose it waiting for Dartmouth.
Halftime
I look really....interesting cuing in the flying v...
1+1= : Wow, looks really clear except for the = sign. Listen to my parents try to figure it out... Yeah mellophones and saxes! It's great finally to hear those counter melodies.
Jay Wright's Hair: good hustle to this formation. Not much to say. Sounded great and I think the Nova fans eventually liked it.
NJ: again, wow! Having this many bandos on the field really makes these letter formations clear! Some nice singing by my dad and the crowd.
R+B: this formation took a little long to form, but ended up great. The B looks a little blobbish, but I adjusted the drill so this should look fantastic for Lafayette.
Again, awesome job for our first show! Keep it up!
I also decided to post our performance of SUBG, since the crowd really seemed to like it. Also, physical evidence of the crowd enjoying the Penn Band is good to have around. I hope we can do more playing for the student section in the future.
All HAIL LORD GLOZION!
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
A quiz on scramble band shennanigans
Clearly the biggest story in the last week in Ivy Band-related news was Princeton's melee with the Citadel. Noah's done a beautiful job describing this, so I'm not going to add anything specific about this. Instead, I thought I'd post a team round from a quizo I did last year for one of the band roadtrips that focuses on 10 different scramble bands, and their antics through the years.
What Scramble band:
1. Calls itself the “Cleverest Band in the World.” Antics: Against Fordham, one joke about an altar-boy joke (tuition going down faster than...) drew the ire of Catholics.
2. Insists that there’s a “pause” in its name. Antics: they’ve been disciplined for a polygamy show at BYU and a Catholic nun show at Notre Dame.
3. Has as its full name: The Award-Winning ________________ Indoor/Outdoor Precision(?) Marching Pep Band, & Chowder Society Review, Unlimited!!! Antic: Currently not recognized by its school’s athletic department, and is banned from all official sporting events.
4. Uses “Louie, Louie” as its signature song. Antic: trapped inside a stadium by an angry mob of Texas A&M fans in 1973?
5. For the last game of its season, builds an “enormous three-dimensional prop” called an “Überprop.” Antic: banned from West Point after a halftime show in which band members formed "
6. Antic: Claims to be the oldest Ivy League marching band. Antic: banned from Holy Cross for a show that involved a Ted Kennedy Triathlon which included the "Ted Kennedy drive and swim," while Kennedy family members were in attendance?
7. Gives out a yearly award for “the most outrageous antic during a public band performance” that has the inscription "The Pen is Mightier than the Sword" but with no space between the second and third word? Antic: During the 1967 Harvard game, nationally televised on ABC, this band intentionally spelled out the letters NBC.
8. Claims to have started the scrambling tradition, as it was scrambling as early as 1941? Antic: At the 75th
9. Claims to be “the world’s best and only ice skating band.” Antic: Every year they play for the people waiting in line for Ben and Jerry's Free Cone Day.
10. Played for William McKinley twice in one year. Antic: “suggested that [they] not come back” to the New Jersey Turnpike Vince Lombardi rest stop by a police officer for bowing to a model of the Superbowl trophy.
1.
2. Stanford
3. UVA
4. Rice
5. Yale
6. Dartmouth
7. Princeton
8. Harvard
9. Brown
10. Penn
Monday, September 22, 2008
The Monday Evening Linkocracy
Now is the time when I would normally be posting the Monday evening linkocracy, complete with stories of Great Moments in Fandom, a full Penn Game Report and a series of links. However, my favorite story of the weekend is not yet over so posting will wait till post-band and post-TGL, here's what to expect:
-Random Linkocracy (Ivy football from about the internet, or just stuff about bands)
-Cadets versus Clarinets (found poetry from the comments section of the Daily Princetonian's article on the fight)
-Last First Road Trip Ruminations (in bullet form)
That'll be it for tonight. I'll probably update in this post so never divert your attention from this blog or this blog post. Ever.
UPDATE:
This Citadel v. Princeton thing is just too much fun, I could not divert my thoughts elsewhere tonight. Some choice comments from the Daily Princetonian (http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2008/09/22/21470/), a poem then the final analysis from me.
It's a tie for my two favorite comments:
Number 1 (this guy is brave, I'll probably give him a call tomorrow and maybe shoot out a quick update):
Number 1A (maybe turn it into a campus security training facility? Not that Princeton is ever in any clear and present danger on campus):
Love all the violent trash talking from the Citadel supporters. Don't piss of the Princeton crowd. Our endowment ($15.7 Billion) is big enough to simply buy your school (endowment $.135 Billion) and turn it into the community college for dance. Then where will you be?
Cadets Versus Clarinets
a commenter found poem by Noah
"Spare us the history lesson old man...this is war!!!"
"Save your Hate for more tolerant imbeciles!!"
"Accept the BLAME for your existences!"
"Tell us all again what actual crimes were committed by the PUB?"
"Take your XXX freak show to the red light district where it belongs."
"Good Lord, did they really?"
"Dry humping each other in front of monuments built to commemorate the deaths of America's fallen heroes," "simulating anal intercourse"
"We are here to flame and namecall."
"WE ARE CURRENTLY THE ONLY ONES TALKING!!"
Final Analysis: The internet flame war was won by the no one, it's an internet flame war. However, the cadets (or Princetonians posing as cadets) made themselves appear to be a totally imbalanced group of people without the foresight to think of one of the most famous and, for many of them, powerful Princeton alums: General David Petraeus.
-Random Linkocracy (Ivy football from about the internet, or just stuff about bands)
-Cadets versus Clarinets (found poetry from the comments section of the Daily Princetonian's article on the fight)
-Last First Road Trip Ruminations (in bullet form)
That'll be it for tonight. I'll probably update in this post so never divert your attention from this blog or this blog post. Ever.
UPDATE:
This Citadel v. Princeton thing is just too much fun, I could not divert my thoughts elsewhere tonight. Some choice comments from the Daily Princetonian (http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2008/09/22/21470/), a poem then the final analysis from me.
It's a tie for my two favorite comments:
Number 1 (this guy is brave, I'll probably give him a call tomorrow and maybe shoot out a quick update):
It seems that no one who is posting has the guts to use their real name. I was at the game. I was not on campus earlier. I do not believe the PUB was given permission to disrupt a cadet activity. My grandson told me the PUB was initially disruptive. I believe him. I'm embarrassed that there was any apology from the Citadel.
Hey Clemson tiger from Charleston, why don't you move?
Again I say: Your band is lucky they didn't get their asses kicked. They deserved it.
Tony von Kolnitz
843-884-9014
Number 1A (maybe turn it into a campus security training facility? Not that Princeton is ever in any clear and present danger on campus):
Love all the violent trash talking from the Citadel supporters. Don't piss of the Princeton crowd. Our endowment ($15.7 Billion) is big enough to simply buy your school (endowment $.135 Billion) and turn it into the community college for dance. Then where will you be?
Cadets Versus Clarinets
a commenter found poem by Noah
"Spare us the history lesson old man...this is war!!!"
"Save your Hate for more tolerant imbeciles!!"
"Accept the BLAME for your existences!"
"Tell us all again what actual crimes were committed by the PUB?"
"Take your XXX freak show to the red light district where it belongs."
"Good Lord, did they really?"
"Dry humping each other in front of monuments built to commemorate the deaths of America's fallen heroes," "simulating anal intercourse"
"We are here to flame and namecall."
"WE ARE CURRENTLY THE ONLY ONES TALKING!!"
Final Analysis: The internet flame war was won by the no one, it's an internet flame war. However, the cadets (or Princetonians posing as cadets) made themselves appear to be a totally imbalanced group of people without the foresight to think of one of the most famous and, for many of them, powerful Princeton alums: General David Petraeus.
The Princeton Band vs. The Citadel: A Linktrospective
So this weekend, the Princeton Band went to the Citadel and caused this:
http://www.charleston.net/news/2008/sep/21/shame_on_princeton_band55311/
Seeing that column, I was shocked, nay, rocked to my very corps. The Princeton Band disrespecting others? Preposterous, it didn't sound possible.
Let's look at a different source, this one the official "TigerFan," almost certainly an unbiased source, from the New York Times of Ivy League Message boards: "Ivy League Sports Board"
http://voy.com/152805/56021.html
Also, let's go to the video to see if there's more to glean:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lSkyuyhrqQ&eurl
and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56WOp_0JEqU&eurl=
There appear to be 2 immutable facts:?
1. The Citadel fans booed Princeton's half time performance and chanted "Go Home, Princeton" and "You Suck" (twice, briefly) also "Fa****s" (briefly and quietly)
2. The Princeton band scrambled, probably formed a penis and had someone reading a show. They also, at times, blew a whistle and played some songs.
As a Philadelphian and someone who hates Princeton's teams, I was impressed by The Citadel's fans commitment to booing. It's long and loud.
There also appear to be 2 important perceived slights or altercations:
1. Students/Cadets/Supporters of the Citadel appear peeved the Princeton dishonored their "Avenue of Remembrance." They may have, at some point charged some cadets doing some kind of exercise.
2. Princeton's Band was, at some point surrounded by cadets from the Citadel.
Number 1 seems likely, the Princeton Band charges. I've seen it with my own two eyes. It's stupid, but they do it. This time they did it to the wrong group of people. But they probably did not intentionally disrespect the "Avenue of Remebrance."
Number 2 also is apparently true which should be slightly embarrassing for everyone involved.
Take away message: Don't piss off people who are potentially going into the army, they're generally stronger than the strongest member of the band, unless Bruce Wayne still attends Princeton, in which case, all bets are off.
Addendum: ALWAYS READ THE COMMENTS, THEY ARE ALWAYS HILARIOUS, ESPECIALLY YOUTUBE COMMENTS! READ THEM! I AM YELLING AT YOU!
http://www.charleston.net/news/2008/sep/21/shame_on_princeton_band55311/
Seeing that column, I was shocked, nay, rocked to my very corps. The Princeton Band disrespecting others? Preposterous, it didn't sound possible.
Let's look at a different source, this one the official "TigerFan," almost certainly an unbiased source, from the New York Times of Ivy League Message boards: "Ivy League Sports Board"
http://voy.com/152805/56021.html
Also, let's go to the video to see if there's more to glean:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lSkyuyhrqQ&eurl
and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56WOp_0JEqU&eurl=
There appear to be 2 immutable facts:?
1. The Citadel fans booed Princeton's half time performance and chanted "Go Home, Princeton" and "You Suck" (twice, briefly) also "Fa****s" (briefly and quietly)
2. The Princeton band scrambled, probably formed a penis and had someone reading a show. They also, at times, blew a whistle and played some songs.
As a Philadelphian and someone who hates Princeton's teams, I was impressed by The Citadel's fans commitment to booing. It's long and loud.
There also appear to be 2 important perceived slights or altercations:
1. Students/Cadets/Supporters of the Citadel appear peeved the Princeton dishonored their "Avenue of Remembrance." They may have, at some point charged some cadets doing some kind of exercise.
2. Princeton's Band was, at some point surrounded by cadets from the Citadel.
Number 1 seems likely, the Princeton Band charges. I've seen it with my own two eyes. It's stupid, but they do it. This time they did it to the wrong group of people. But they probably did not intentionally disrespect the "Avenue of Remebrance."
Number 2 also is apparently true which should be slightly embarrassing for everyone involved.
Take away message: Don't piss off people who are potentially going into the army, they're generally stronger than the strongest member of the band, unless Bruce Wayne still attends Princeton, in which case, all bets are off.
Addendum: ALWAYS READ THE COMMENTS, THEY ARE ALWAYS HILARIOUS, ESPECIALLY YOUTUBE COMMENTS! READ THEM! I AM YELLING AT YOU!
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