2006-2007 - Revision history

Trick trickster at 03:57, April 5, 2011

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Trick trickster at 02:34, April 19, 2010

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Trick trickster: /* Other */

2009-04-19T01:35:22Z

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Trick trickster: completing titles for road trips

2008-10-13T02:07:52Z

completing titles for road trips

Trick trickster: /* March 17, 2007: Safety Band! */

2008-09-23T20:06:49Z

March 17, 2007: Safety Band!

Trick trickster: /* March 2-4, 2007: The Ultimate Home Ice Advantage! */

2008-09-23T20:05:44Z

March 2-4, 2007: The Ultimate Home Ice Advantage!

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2008-09-09T04:28:47Z

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Bickfa: /* Other */ linking to the other pep bands

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Other: linking to the other pep bands

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 =Road Trips=
 ====October 28-29, 2006: Governor's Cup====
-The band carpooled 45 members to the Pepsi Arena in Albany (now the [[Times Union Center]]) on October 28th and 29th for the first annual Governor's Cup tournament.  RPI advanced to the championship game after winning over [[Union College|Union]] in a shootout, and then beat [[Colgate University|Colgate]] 2-1 the next night to win the first Governor's Cup.  When the members of the band split up to go back to their cars after cheering on the team following the Saturday game, Russ, a freshman sousaphone, accidentally followed the wrong group to a car which was already full of people.  After a few frantic calls and about half an hour, Russ got back to RPI, but the whole experience seemed to turn him off to the pep band, and he has not been to an event since.  For the rest of the season, band members would harass the managers after leaving rest stops and malls, saying that we had to go back - we forgot Russ again.
+The band carpooled 45 members to the Pepsi Arena in Albany (now the [[Times Union Center, Albany, NY|Times Union Center]]) on October 28th and 29th for the first annual Governor's Cup tournament.  RPI advanced to the championship game after winning over [[Union College|Union]] in a shootout, and then beat [[Colgate University|Colgate]] 2-1 the next night to win the first Governor's Cup.  When the members of the band split up to go back to their cars after cheering on the team following the Saturday game, Russ, a freshman sousaphone, accidentally followed the wrong group to a car which was already full of people.  After a few frantic calls and about half an hour, Russ got back to RPI, but the whole experience seemed to turn him off to the pep band, and he has not been to an event since.  For the rest of the season, band members would harass the managers after leaving rest stops and malls, saying that we had to go back - we forgot Russ again.
 ====November 10, 2006: Northford Ice Pavilion====
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 The game we were to play at was Quinnipiac against SLU.  However, a snowstorm ripped through the Capital Region on the day of that game, dropping more than a foot of snow.  As a precaution, Quinnipiac canceled the bus trip to Albany, and whole thing was off.  However, Quinnipiac went on to beat SLU 4-0 that night (a surprising outcome against a SLU team that was solid for most of the year), and the Quinnipiac administration quickly threw together a trip to the championship game the next day against Clarkson.  The Quinnipiac band informed us that their offer stood for the next day, as they were only planning on bringing 7 people this time due to the people who had already left for spring break.
-So on 12 hours notice, 16 members of the RPI band held an impromptu rehearsal to learn Quinnipiac's fight song ([[399_-_I_Can't_Turn_You_Loose|a rather infamous ditty]]) and carpooled over to the [[Times Union Center]] to join the Quinnipiac band.  We had to move over there in shifts, because some members of the band had bought tickets for the weekend to see the rest of the games.  When we got to the game and met up with their band we exchanged music and decided we would play from both sets.  [[Dan Schwarting]] and Kelsey Oliver (Quinnipiac's conductor) traded off conducting duties throughout the game.  The [[Clarkson Pep Band|Cup Band]], being their classy selves, started up chants of "safety band", and chanted "RPI sucks" whenever an ad for our summer program came on over the PA.  Someone from the Quinnipiac band made a response, "Everybody knows....(Clarkson blows....)", which we will definitely use again in the future.  During the second period break we played a short Hail, which apparently [http://clarksonhockeyfans.blogspot.com/2007/03/game-misconduct.html infuriated] the Cup Band.  The game overall was excellent, played at a quick pace with high powered offenses on both sides.  Unfortunately Clarkson came back from a 2-0 deficit in the 3rd period to win 4-2, sending 2 ECAC teams to the NCAAs instead of the 3 that would have been had Quinnipiac won.  The Quinnipiac fans were generally appreciative of our band helping out Quinnipiac's (Clarkson fans not so much).  All in all it was a great experience, and the RPI and Quinnipiac bands were planning on meeting up again before the end of the 2006-2007 school year, but scheduling problems kept that from happening.
+So on 12 hours notice, 16 members of the RPI band held an impromptu rehearsal to learn Quinnipiac's fight song ([[399_-_I_Can't_Turn_You_Loose|a rather infamous ditty]]) and carpooled over to the [[Times Union Center, Albany, NY|Times Union Center]] to join the Quinnipiac band.  We had to move over there in shifts, because some members of the band had bought tickets for the weekend to see the rest of the games.  When we got to the game and met up with their band we exchanged music and decided we would play from both sets.  [[Dan Schwarting]] and Kelsey Oliver (Quinnipiac's conductor) traded off conducting duties throughout the game.  The [[Clarkson Pep Band|Cup Band]], being their classy selves, started up chants of "safety band", and chanted "RPI sucks" whenever an ad for our summer program came on over the PA.  Someone from the Quinnipiac band made a response, "Everybody knows....(Clarkson blows....)", which we will definitely use again in the future.  During the second period break we played a short Hail, which apparently [http://clarksonhockeyfans.blogspot.com/2007/03/game-misconduct.html infuriated] the Cup Band.  The game overall was excellent, played at a quick pace with high powered offenses on both sides.  Unfortunately Clarkson came back from a 2-0 deficit in the 3rd period to win 4-2, sending 2 ECAC teams to the NCAAs instead of the 3 that would have been had Quinnipiac won.  The Quinnipiac fans were generally appreciative of our band helping out Quinnipiac's (Clarkson fans not so much).  All in all it was a great experience, and the RPI and Quinnipiac bands were planning on meeting up again before the end of the 2006-2007 school year, but scheduling problems kept that from happening.
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 ====March 17, 2007: Safety Band!====
-In the week prior to this game we found out that Quinnipiac would be playing in the ECAC final four, and offered to put up their [[Quinnipiac Pep Band|band]] to try to make it easier for them to make it up to the games (at this point in their history they had very little funding, making road trips nearly impossible for them).  In response, the band let us know that their Athletic Director wouldn't let them do this, as they were slated to take a bus to and from the first game with other Quinnipiac fans, so they unfortunately would not be able to spend the night.  However, they asked us if a few members of our band would like to join them to play with them, since Quinnipiac was going on spring break at the time and they were only expected to bring a 10 member band.  Of course the band accepted this invitation and was excited to meet up with the Quinnipiac band again and to see some quality playoff hockey.
+In the week prior to this game we found out that Quinnipiac would be playing in the ECAC final four, and offered to put up their [[Quinnipiac University Pep Band|band]] to try to make it easier for them to make it up to the games (at this point in their history they had very little funding, making road trips nearly impossible for them).  In response, the band let us know that their Athletic Director wouldn't let them do this, as they were slated to take a bus to and from the first game with other Quinnipiac fans, so they unfortunately would not be able to spend the night.  However, they asked us if a few members of our band would like to join them to play with them, since Quinnipiac was going on spring break at the time and they were only expected to bring a 10 member band.  Of course the band accepted this invitation and was excited to meet up with the Quinnipiac band again and to see some quality playoff hockey.
 The game we were to play at was Quinnipiac against SLU.  However, a snowstorm ripped through the Capital Region on the day of that game, dropping more than a foot of snow.  As a precaution, Quinnipiac canceled the bus trip to Albany, and whole thing was off.  However, Quinnipiac went on to beat SLU 4-0 that night (a surprising outcome against a SLU team that was solid for most of the year), and the Quinnipiac administration quickly threw together a trip to the championship game the next day against Clarkson.  The Quinnipiac band informed us that their offer stood for the next day, as they were only planning on bringing 7 people this time due to the people who had already left for spring break.

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 *Performed at the Accepted Students Celebration and handed out over 800 fliers to potential new members.
 *Played in the [[RMA]] Troy Savings Bank Music Hall Concert for [[Live from TSBMH 2007|the first time]].
-*Performed at the second annual Relay for Life, and fielded a team to participate in the Relay.
+*Performed at RPI's second annual [[Relay for Life]] and fielded the band's first team to participate in the event on April 28-29.
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 The band traveled by bus on this Friday for a day trip to a women's game against [[Quinnipiac University|Quinnipiac]] with a band about 20 strong.  There seemed to be a pretty even split between RPI and Quinnipiac fans at the game.  Since the Northford Ice Pavilion only seats about 700 (on only one side of the rink, no less) the band sounded really loud.  We knew this because when we played the anthems with Quinnipiac's band, some of our players were noticeably flinching for each cymbal crash.  A lot of the band was singing along with the songs on the PA system the whole night, especially "Sweet Caroline" and "Build Me Up Buttercup" (twice - the Quinnipiac band played it once as well).  Dan was harassed by the Qunnipiac mascot, a bobcat, early in the game but less so as it became evident that we were going to win.  We went on to win the game 5-1 for the women's first ever ECAC victory, and when we went to cheer on the team they were very appreciative that we had made the trip, saying that it felt like a home game.
-====December 9, 2006====
+====December 9, 2006: Women's Hockey @ Union====
 Carpooled over to [[Union College|Union]] for women's hockey.  The team won 5-1 to complete their first ECAC weekend sweep.  While cheering on the team after the game, the members of the band were invited to a hockey party that evening, though taking this as nothing more than an offhand comment, none of the members of the band actually went to the party.
-====January 13, 2007====
+====January 13, 2007: Men's Hockey @ Union====
 Carpooled over to [[Union College|Union]] before classes started for men's hockey.  The team won 3-2, and told the band that it felt like a home game.
-====January 27, 2007====
+====January 27, 2007: Men's Hockey @ Brown====
 Men's hockey one night stand to [[Brown University|Brown]] (Won 4-3).  The [[Brown Pep Band]] was playing for a basketball game that night, so our band was the only one present. The coach and team later commented on how good it felt to skate on to away ice hearing their fight song over everything.

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 The game we were to play at was Quinnipiac against SLU.  However, a snowstorm ripped through the Capital Region on the day of that game, dropping more than a foot of snow.  As a precaution, Quinnipiac canceled the bus trip to Albany, and whole thing was off.  However, Quinnipiac went on to beat SLU 4-0 that night (a surprising outcome against a SLU team that was solid for most of the year), and the Quinnipiac administration quickly threw together a trip to the championship game the next day against Clarkson.  The Quinnipiac band informed us that their offer stood for the next day, as they were only planning on bringing 7 people this time due to the people who had already left for spring break.
-So on 12 hours notice, 16 members of the RPI band held an impromptu rehearsal to learn Quinnipiac's fight song ([[399_-_I_Can't_Turn_You_Loose|a rather infamous ditty]]) and carpooled over to the [[Times Union Center]] to join the Quinnipiac band.  We had to move over there in shifts, because some members of the band had bought tickets for the weekend to see the rest of the games.  When we got to the game and met up with their band we exchanged music and decided we would play from both sets.  [[Dan Schwarting]] and Kelsey Oliver (Quinnipiac's conductor) traded off conducting duties throughout the game.  The [[Clarkson Pep Band|Cup Band]], being their classy selves, started up chants of "safety band", and chanted "RPI sucks" whenever an ad for our summer program came on over the PA.  Someone from the Quinnipiac band made a response, "Everybody knows....(Clarkson blows....)", which we will definitely use again in the future.  During the second period break we played a short Hail, which apparently infuriated the Cup Band (http://clarksonhockeyfans.blogspot.com/2007/03/game-misconduct.html).  The game overall was excellent, played at a quick pace with high powered offenses on both sides.  Unfortunately Clarkson came back from a 2-0 deficit in the 3rd period to win 4-2, sending 2 ECAC teams to the NCAAs instead of the 3 that would have been had Quinnipiac won.  The Quinnipiac fans were generally appreciative of our band helping out Quinnipiac's (Clarkson fans not so much).  All in all it was a great experience, and the RPI and Quinnipiac bands were planning on meeting up again before the end of the 2006-2007 school year, but scheduling problems kept that from happening.
+So on 12 hours notice, 16 members of the RPI band held an impromptu rehearsal to learn Quinnipiac's fight song ([[399_-_I_Can't_Turn_You_Loose|a rather infamous ditty]]) and carpooled over to the [[Times Union Center]] to join the Quinnipiac band.  We had to move over there in shifts, because some members of the band had bought tickets for the weekend to see the rest of the games.  When we got to the game and met up with their band we exchanged music and decided we would play from both sets.  [[Dan Schwarting]] and Kelsey Oliver (Quinnipiac's conductor) traded off conducting duties throughout the game.  The [[Clarkson Pep Band|Cup Band]], being their classy selves, started up chants of "safety band", and chanted "RPI sucks" whenever an ad for our summer program came on over the PA.  Someone from the Quinnipiac band made a response, "Everybody knows....(Clarkson blows....)", which we will definitely use again in the future.  During the second period break we played a short Hail, which apparently [http://clarksonhockeyfans.blogspot.com/2007/03/game-misconduct.html infuriated] the Cup Band.  The game overall was excellent, played at a quick pace with high powered offenses on both sides.  Unfortunately Clarkson came back from a 2-0 deficit in the 3rd period to win 4-2, sending 2 ECAC teams to the NCAAs instead of the 3 that would have been had Quinnipiac won.  The Quinnipiac fans were generally appreciative of our band helping out Quinnipiac's (Clarkson fans not so much).  All in all it was a great experience, and the RPI and Quinnipiac bands were planning on meeting up again before the end of the 2006-2007 school year, but scheduling problems kept that from happening.
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 The band traveled to Hamilton, NY for the first round of the ECAC playoffs against [[Colgate University|Colgate]].  We stayed at the White Eagle Conference Center 3 miles out of Hamilton Center.  At the game, the team played well but just couldn't get enough offense going to get the win.  The Colgate band was as always accommodating, and we were even greeted by signs that said "Reserved for the RPI Band".  One of the more amusing, albeit offensive, on ice promotions that we had seen all year was the turkey bowling that occurred on this night.  The contestant was given a turkey and had to knock over the five pins from about 10 feet to win.  After the team lost, we cheered them on and we went back to the hotel where a party ensued.
-On the second day, half of the band spent the afternoon at Sangertown Mall in New Hartford, NY.  The other half bussed over to  Utica to tour the Matt Brewing Co., which brews Saranac as well as a few other beers under contract.  At the game, we played [[425 - I'm a Believer|I'm a Believer]] with the Colgate band.  [[Eugene Binda Jr.]] was the ref for the game, and got in the bad graces of Colgate early as RPI was often on the power play.  In the second period, after he waived what appeared to be a goal that hit the center post and bounced back out (according to our band, the fans behind the goal, and the goal judge apparently) that would have given RPI the lead at 2-1, Binda started to even out the calls between the teams.  This led to Colgate playing [[Three Blind Mice]] as the refs came out in the 3rd period, only to be joined by our band.  Also making an appearance in the 2nd period break was a [[Random Colgate fan in the green shirt who was being an asshole and pretend conducting when Dan was conducting the band|fan]] who felt the need to wave his arms behind Dan as he was conducting a song.  After the team lost, we cheered them on, sang the Alma Mater and gave 6 of the [[T-shirt Cannon|hockey t-shirts]] to the graduating seniors as a gift from the band.
+On the second day, half of the band spent the afternoon at Sangertown Mall in New Hartford, NY.  The other half bussed over to  Utica to tour the Matt Brewing Co., which brews Saranac as well as a few other beers under contract.  At the game, we played [[425 - I'm a Believer|I'm a Believer]] with the Colgate band.  [[Eugene Binda, Jr.]] was the ref for the game, and got in the bad graces of Colgate early as RPI was often on the power play.  In the second period, after he waived what appeared to be a goal that hit the center post and bounced back out (according to our band, the fans behind the goal, and the goal judge apparently) that would have given RPI the lead at 2-1, Binda started to even out the calls between the teams.  This led to Colgate playing [[Three Blind Mice]] as the refs came out in the 3rd period, only to be joined by our band.  Also making an appearance in the 2nd period break was a [[Random Colgate fan in the green shirt who was being an asshole and pretend conducting when Dan was conducting the band|fan]] who felt the need to wave his arms behind Dan as he was conducting a song.  After the team lost, we cheered them on, sang the Alma Mater and gave 6 of the [[T-shirt Cannon|hockey t-shirts]] to the graduating seniors as a gift from the band.
 ====March 17, 2007: Safety Band!====

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 =Other=
 *Performed in the Uncle Sam Day Parade for the second year in a row.
-*Played at the 2nd Annual RPI Redhawk Rumble, a wrestling tournament, in the Armory on November 19, 2006.
+*Played at the 2nd Annual RPI Redhawk Rumble, a wrestling tournament, in the Armory on November 19.
 *Recorded tracks for a [[Pep Band 2006 CD|second CD]].
-*Hosted the [[Clarkson Pep Band]] on January 19, 2007.
+*Hosted the [[Clarkson Pep Band]] on January 19.
-*Hosted the [[Colgate Pep Band]] on February 9, 2007.  With the permission of the administration, we put them up for the night in the [[Rensselaer Union (building)|Union]].
+*Hosted the [[Colgate Pep Band]] on February 9.  With the permission of the administration, we put them up for the night in the [[Rensselaer Union (building)|Union]].
-*Hosted the [[Cornell Pep Band]] on February 10, 2007.
+*Hosted the [[Cornell Pep Band]] on February 10.
 *Performed at the Accepted Students Celebration and handed out over 800 fliers to potential new members.
 *Played in the [[RMA]] Troy Savings Bank Music Hall Concert for [[Live from TSBMH 2007|the first time]].

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-[[Image:Officers-2006_2007.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The 2006-07 officers - 3 guys who need to take a picture together.]]
+[[Image:Officers-2006_2007.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Artist's rendering of the 2006-2007 officers]]
 Conductor: [[Dan Schwarting]]<br>
 Managers: [[Chris Behrens]], [[Gary Russinko]]<br>