Sunday, November 14, 2010

Things The U of A Band needs to do

1) Play The Star Spangled Banner
2) Come up with an exciting pregame entrance and a cool signature move.
3) Reach out to Alumni, and parents,and local businesses to form the base of a strong booster club.
4)Have at least a pep band presence at Cal,Stanford,USC,& UCLA games.
5)Offer seminars to local high school band directors,help them with their drill,guard and drum lines.In other words a pipeline for recruiting especially drums and brass.
6) Find someone to be a full time arranger.
7) Embrace the historical and cultural diversity of Tucson.
8) Sit in the north end zone, so you don`t have to dash across the field after the tunnel for the team.
9) If you insist on having soloists,they should be miked.
10) Play a different show at every home game
11) Coordinate the drums with the cheerleaders at least on DEE-Fence chants.
12) Be ready to play the fight song when the team comes out for the second half!
The marching band should be one of the best revenue generaters on campus.Every campus related activity should be willing to pay the band to appear at their events.The band should be the most spirited group on campus,so the athletic department will choose to give the band travel money.Imagine going to the NCAA Playoffs without the pep band.The football team should feel the same way about away games.The USC Band has had a presence at every game , home and away since 1987!
The U of A is the only game in town! The Pride of Arizona should be a huge source of pride for this entire community!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Great comments, tough medicine, but totally true