Conductor Traditions - Revision history

Evank at 18:46, October 3, 2025

2025-10-03T18:46:31Z

Ktnoll12: /* Items passed from conductor to conductor */

2013-11-06T17:46:40Z

Items passed from conductor to conductor

Trick trickster at 18:56, March 4, 2009

2009-03-04T18:56:40Z

Trick trickster: added "buying songs", edited other sections to make wording smoother

2009-03-04T17:22:33Z

added "buying songs", edited other sections to make wording smoother

Bickfa at 03:16, September 17, 2008

2008-09-17T03:16:11Z

Trick trickster at 01:52, September 13, 2008

2008-09-13T01:52:12Z

Trick trickster: ignoring the conductor is not a tradition

2008-08-29T02:50:08Z

ignoring the conductor is not a tradition

James: The Monopoly board is actually a Manager item

2007-09-02T15:46:09Z

The Monopoly board is actually a Manager item

Bickfa: categorizing

2007-03-28T19:34:52Z

categorizing

Bickfa: New page: Things that are traditionally done by (or to) the conductor ==Items Passed from Conductor to Conductor== There are several items which are passed from one conductor to the next. These...

2007-03-28T19:31:28Z

New page: Things that are traditionally done by (or to) the conductor ==Items Passed from Conductor to Conductor== There are several items which are passed from one conductor to the next. These...

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Things that are traditionally done by (or to) the [[conductor]]

==Items Passed from Conductor to Conductor==
There are several items which are passed from one conductor to the next. These items include:
*[[Miller trophy|Miller Trophy]]
*[[Monopoly board|Monopoly Board]]
*[[Little Brown Dog (stuffed animal)|Little Brown Dog]]

==Toll Booth Song Line==
On the first road trip of the Spring semester each year, a line is added to the [[Toll Booth Song]] to commemorate that year's conductor.

==Ignoring the Conductor==
The band traditionally ignores the conductor as much as possible.

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 ==Toll Booth Song line==
-A line is added to the [[Toll Booth Song]] each year by the upperclassmen of the band to commemorate that year's conductor.  This usually happens on the first road trip of the spring semester.
+A line is added to the [[Toll Booth Song]] each semester by the upperclassmen of the band to commemorate that semester's executive conductor.  This usually happens on the last road trip of the semester.
 [[Category:Traditions]]

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 *The [[Miller trophy|Miller Trophy]]
 *[[Little Brown Dog (stuffed animal)|Little Brown Dog]]
 ==Selecting guest conductors==

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 ==Items passed from conductor to conductor==
-There are a few items in the band that are passed down from one conductor to the next. These items include:
+There are a few items in the band that are passed down from one season's conductor to the next. These items include:
 *The [[Miller trophy|Miller Trophy]]
 *[[Little Brown Dog (stuffed animal)|Little Brown Dog]]

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-These are the traditions that are done by (or to) the [[conductor]].
+These are the [[:Category:Traditions|band traditions]] involving the [[conductor]].
-==Items Passed from Conductor to Conductor==
+==Buying new songs==
-There are several items which are passed from one conductor to the next. These items include:
+The conductor has the responsibility and privilege to select a few new songs for the band each year with part of the band's budget money.
 *[[Miller trophy|Miller Trophy]]
 *[[Little Brown Dog (stuffed animal)|Little Brown Dog]]
-==Selecting Guest Conductors==
-It is traditional on big game nights such as [[Big_Red_Freakout!|Freakout]] and [[Pep Band Alumni Night]] (PBAN) for the conductor to open up the period breaks for former conductors to "guest conduct" the band for the song of their choosing.  On the biggest nights like Freakout it is common for there to be a different conductor for each song between the periods.
+==Selecting guest conductors==
 ==Senior Night==
-On [[Engineers#Senior Night|Senior Night]] it is traditional for the conductor to take song requests from the senior members of the band to play during the period breaks.
+On [[Senior Night]] the conductor traditionally takes requests from the graduating members of the band for songs to play during the period breaks.  This is so they have a chance to play their favorite songs one last time as a member of the band.
-==Toll Booth Song Line==
-On the first road trip of the spring semester each year, a line is added to the [[Toll Booth Song]] to commemorate that year's conductor.
+==Toll Booth Song line==
 [[Category:Traditions]]

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 It is traditional on big game nights such as [[Big_Red_Freakout!|Freakout]] and [[Pep Band Alumni Night]] (PBAN) for the conductor to open up the period breaks for former conductors to "guest conduct" the band for the song of their choosing.  On the biggest nights like Freakout it is common for there to be a different conductor for each song between the periods.
 ==Senior Night==
-On Senior Night it is traditional for the conductor to take song requests from the senior members of the band to play during the period breaks.
+On [[Engineers#Senior Night|Senior Night]] it is traditional for the conductor to take song requests from the senior members of the band to play during the period breaks.
 ==Toll Booth Song Line==
 On the first road trip of the spring semester each year, a line is added to the [[Toll Booth Song]] to commemorate that year's conductor.
 [[Category:Traditions]]

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