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Reading the article, it sounds like nothing prevents the band from doing all the things they used to do except perform at the football games. It also sounds lik
by ethagknight 7y ago
Reading the article, it sounds like nothing prevents the band from doing all the things they used to do except perform at the football games. It also sounds like they are funded by the university to run around and prank others, which seems legitimate for the university to not shed any tears when the band drops the ball on its funding request. I’m sure it’s a fun tradition, but it also sounds potentially quite annoying depending on who the target of the joke is, and you can still have fun/ be annoying on campus without direct university funding.
- p_rude 7y agoPerforming at games is the main point of marching bands. Who wants to be in a band that can't perform?
- maxerickson 7y agoIt probably says a lot more about me than I want it to, but I was in a Big 10 marching band and didn't really care about the performances. I mean, it was enjoyable, but I might have done it even if we did all the same long rehearsals of the performances (we memorized the drill and music for ~7 shows a season) and then just went to the games as a pep band.
- raldi 7y agoIndeed. This is the same playbook UVA used to kill its wonderful, creative, beloved Pep Band not so long ago.
- chmullig 7y agoThe orgo night performance is one of the big events of the semester. Every student knows when and where it is, so nobody will be surprised or pranked. As others have said, this is a big loss for what little school community there is, and is very in keeping with university administrator style.