[Dixielandjazz] RE: Stanford Marching Band

[Williams, Bob]

The Stanford Marching Band is famous for "The Play," a(n) hilarious incident
that occurred at the end of the "Big Game" with Cal (Berkeley) in November
of 1982 - in fact, a Google Search on "Standford Marching Band play" will
result in some recent write-ups commemorating this event.  Tragically, a
trombonist was creamed, but he's managed to milk a bit of a career out of it
(http://www.offthekuff.com/mt/archives/001076.html). 

I've found a site with a non-streaming Real Audio clip of the famous play,
at http://hkn.eecs.berkeley.edu/~cje/.

As a high school drum major for three years, I abhorred marching band,
although I did march with the UCLA Bruins for one year.  I agree with Jim
Beebe, it is an abomination.  I envied the Stanford Band because they
satirized the institution beautifully.

Bob Williams 
The World's Most Modest Man and 
That's About It At The Moment 
<http://wnjb.com> 


-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Gunter [mailto:jazzboard@hotmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2003 10:52 PM
To: JimDBB@aol.com; dixielandjazz@ml.islandnet.com
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] The Best Damn Band


Speaking of college bands, Jim Beebe writ:

>    University of Southrn California.  He is talking about the University 
>band
>that plays for the football games.  This is a ghastly phenomenon
>peculiar to the the U.S.   200 college musicians who can't play anything
>blasting away in silly tributes and formations.

I don't know if it's still going on, but the Stanford band at one time back 
in the late 60s and early 70s decided they wanted no more of military style 
precision, drill and formations. They still played the traditional college 
songs but they wore casual garb and sort of strolled around the field in 
haphazard formation. Many individuals behaved as "individuals" and did silly

and "far out" antics just to show they were rebels, above traditional lock 
step marching. I didn't particularly dig that stuff - too traditionally 
hidebound, I suppose.

But I do thoroughly enjoy traditional drum and bugle presentations and among

my favorite forms of entertainment are the English Tattoos such as the 
Annual Edinburgh Tattoo on the Castle Esplanade. Military pipe band from all

over the realm congregate to strut their stuff.

Respectfully submitted,

Bill "Hut - two - three - four" Gunter
jazzboard@hotmail.com

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