http://www.collegemagazine.com/10-universities-badass-marching-band-traditions/
You’ve heard all the jokes: this one time at band camp…band geeks…the Jim Rome debacle. But you’ve probably never really thought too much about marching band unless you’re a member. Bands are an integral part of a college football game; ask anyone at a Big 10 school. Marching bands are often as old as the football teams, and in some cases, they’re even older. This means that the history and traditions associated with the bands are as important to them as coffee is to Lorelai Gilmore. We ranked the top 10 marching bands with the most badass traditions. Did your band make the cut?
8. West Virginia University Mountaineer Marching Band: “Simple Gifts”
The Mountaineer Band incorporates Aaron Copeland’s “Simple Gifts” into their pre-game show. This beautiful song doesn’t really seem to fit the theme of pre-game (cue every pump-up montage in every sports film ever), but WVU’s fans love the tradition. So much so that when the Mountaineer Band Director decided to remove the song from pre-game one year, the backlash from the fans was so intense that he put it back into the show before the next game.
You’ve heard all the jokes: this one time at band camp…band geeks…the Jim Rome debacle. But you’ve probably never really thought too much about marching band unless you’re a member. Bands are an integral part of a college football game; ask anyone at a Big 10 school. Marching bands are often as old as the football teams, and in some cases, they’re even older. This means that the history and traditions associated with the bands are as important to them as coffee is to Lorelai Gilmore. We ranked the top 10 marching bands with the most badass traditions. Did your band make the cut?
8. West Virginia University Mountaineer Marching Band: “Simple Gifts”
The Mountaineer Band incorporates Aaron Copeland’s “Simple Gifts” into their pre-game show. This beautiful song doesn’t really seem to fit the theme of pre-game (cue every pump-up montage in every sports film ever), but WVU’s fans love the tradition. So much so that when the Mountaineer Band Director decided to remove the song from pre-game one year, the backlash from the fans was so intense that he put it back into the show before the next game.
