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  • #16
    Re: Just A Quick Vent

    Originally posted by Coachdags View Post
    Is Lawrence Welk still available.....?
    Bubble machine and all?
    TH1974: This guy was all-UNI, and wanted to show it by pretending to play a non-existant musical instrument in public.

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    • #17
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      How do they handle the dorms for the students coming back from break early? When I was in school they didn't open until the Sunday before, and there was no exception for band members. That might be an issue. Otherwise, in my years there the pep band was at every game, and even some of the women's games.
      EVER LOYAL.

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      • #18
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        Originally posted by Panther-at-Arms View Post
        How do they handle the dorms for the students coming back from break early? When I was in school they didn't open until the Sunday before, and there was no exception for band members. That might be an issue. Otherwise, in my years there the pep band was at every game, and even some of the women's games.
        There was students filing back into the dorms starting on Thursday. So I'm not sure that was an issue

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        • #19
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          Originally posted by Purrrrrfect View Post
          cuz in reality, UNI doesn't really give a poop about Fine Arts. We are on our own top to support the more artistic parts of life.
          It's hard to make this point, considering "Fine Arts" are the only departments (other than public safety, etc) being exempted from the current mandatory budget cuts.

          Every other school can figure this out - including schools much smaller than ours.

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          • #20
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            While I'd like to see the band at every game, as I think it adds atmosphere to the game, I can understand how that can't really force them to do this. Besides the cheer squad, dance team, and TC, all of the other students that are working the games are getting paid (players are not getting paid, but doing this for their scholarship) and I would guess have told the university they are available to work during the break. The band members aren't paid. I imagine that the band director could see how many people he could get to volunteer to come to the games, but, I doubt it would be enough to meet the need.

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            • #21
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              Originally posted by Waverly_Panther View Post
              While I'd like to see the band at every game, as I think it adds atmosphere to the game, I can understand how that can't really force them to do this. Besides the cheer squad, dance team, and TC, all of the other students that are working the games are getting paid (players are not getting paid, but doing this for their scholarship) and I would guess have told the university they are available to work during the break. The band members aren't paid. I imagine that the band director could see how many people he could get to volunteer to come to the games, but, I doubt it would be enough to meet the need.

              They can do whatever they want. Many majors have mandatory activities.

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              • #22
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                Originally posted by Newsbreaker View Post
                They can do whatever they want. Many majors have mandatory activities.
                If that's the case, and they did mandate it, I'm guessing there would be only music majors in the band. That is probably why this isn't mandated.

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                • #23
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                  Originally posted by Coachdags View Post
                  Is Lawrence Welk still available.....?
                  Ah one, ah two...............now you're talking..............bring on the accordion!!!! My kind of pep band....................
                  Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier'n puttin' it back.

                  Before you wonder "Am I doing things right," ask "Am I doing the right things?"

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                  • #24
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                    Ah yes, Myron Floren on the accordian. However, for my money, Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians would be a much better pep band. They even had a tuba! (That's for you, Marc.)
                    "They keep saying that what really matters is not whether you win or lose, but how you played the game. The trouble is that the best way to determine how you played the game is by whether you won or lost." - Anonymous

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                    • #25
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                      I agree with most of this as well. I'm not sure how it works as far as who is in the pep band? Whether it's tryouts or whether is mandatory. But I had some friends in the Iowa Pep Band and in the Wisconsin Pep Band and they pretty much had to fight people off to play in it.

                      I understand over break if people aren't around. But there should still be enough people around the area or able to make it back for a game or two.

                      Apparently being in the pep band is not a privilege it's more of a hassle.

                      Hopefully the band people who read this don't take it the wrong way. I think we all just agree you guys do a good job and it makes the atmosphere much better. So we want to see you at all the games!

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                      • #26
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                        It's not mandatory. Everyone you see there is by their own accord.

                        "Once it starts, it never ends."
                        -Eldon Miller

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                        • #27
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                          Originally posted by Marc Wigim View Post
                          It's not mandatory. Everyone you see there is by their own accord.
                          Is that an abbreviation for accordion?
                          Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier'n puttin' it back.

                          Before you wonder "Am I doing things right," ask "Am I doing the right things?"

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                          • #28
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                            I miss the pep band as well.
                            Selling a lot of old UNI stuff here: http://www.panthernation.com/showthread.php?t=65762

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                            • #29
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                              Originally posted by oldcat View Post
                              Ah one, ah two...............now you're talking..............bring on the accordion!!!! My kind of pep band....................
                              I've seen a pep band like that. The players wore lederhosen (sp?), and the game crowd joined in rounds of drunken singing with the band. The venue was the Hofbrauhaus in Munich.

                              Oldcat, something tells me you've seen an accordian playing pep band while on a road trip to watch Benny J play professionally?

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                              • #30
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                                Originally posted by Waverly_Panther View Post
                                If that's the case, and they did mandate it, I'm guessing there would be only music majors in the band. That is probably why this isn't mandated.
                                You can make it mandatory for music majors and allow others to join on a volunteer basis.

                                I doubt having too many people in a pep band is going to be a challenge.

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