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====October 19, 2007: Men's Hockey @ Army (Unofficial)==== | ====October 19, 2007: Men's Hockey @ Army (Unofficial)==== | ||
| + | While many member of the band were involved in the [[RMA|RMA's]] Family Weekend Concerts, a group of roughly a dozen member of the band took the trip south to West Point for the men's hockey team's game against [[United States Military Academy|Army]] (Won 3-1). | ||
====October 26-27, 2007: Men's Hockey, Governor's Cup==== | ====October 26-27, 2007: Men's Hockey, Governor's Cup==== | ||
| − | + | Approximately forty members of the band performed at all four games of the Governor's Cup (held at the [[Times Union Center]] in Albany). The team won the tournament, beating [[Union College|Union]] 3-2 and [[Colgate University|Colgate]] 2-0. | |
====November 9-10, 2007: Women's Hockey @ North Country==== | ====November 9-10, 2007: Women's Hockey @ North Country==== | ||
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====December 1, 2007: If You Want My Comeback...==== | ====December 1, 2007: If You Want My Comeback...==== | ||
| − | + | Men's hockey one night stand to [[Quinnipiac University|Quinnipiac]] (Lost 2-3). During the breaks, the band played "Build Me Up Buttercup" and "Centerfold" with the [[Quinnipiac Pep Band]]. | |
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====December 29-30, 2007: Men's Hockey, Lightning Classic (Unofficial)==== | ====December 29-30, 2007: Men's Hockey, Lightning Classic (Unofficial)==== | ||
| − | + | Eight members of the band (current and former) drove to Tampa, FL from the Northeast to play at the [[St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa, Florida|St. Pete Times Forum]]. RPI lost 3-2 and 3-1 against Colorado College and Notre Dame, respectively. | |
====January 5, 2008: Women's Hockey @ Union==== | ====January 5, 2008: Women's Hockey @ Union==== | ||
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====January 18, 2008: Men's Hockey @ Union==== | ====January 18, 2008: Men's Hockey @ Union==== | ||
Revision as of 15:46, January 31, 2008
Conductor: Mike Franke
Managers: Gary Russinko, Natalie Semczuk
Freakout opponent: Princeton (February 2, 2008)
Gift: TBA
Road Trips
October 19, 2007: Men's Hockey @ Army (Unofficial)
While many member of the band were involved in the RMA's Family Weekend Concerts, a group of roughly a dozen member of the band took the trip south to West Point for the men's hockey team's game against Army (Won 3-1).
October 26-27, 2007: Men's Hockey, Governor's Cup
Approximately forty members of the band performed at all four games of the Governor's Cup (held at the Times Union Center in Albany). The team won the tournament, beating Union 3-2 and Colgate 2-0.
November 9-10, 2007: Women's Hockey @ North Country
Overnight trip to Clarkson (Lost 1-2 (ot)) and St. Lawrence (Lost 0-3).
- The bus driver asked the Clarkson's women's hockey team where the hockey rink was.
November 10, 2007: Football @ Union
While much of the band was in the North Country for the women's overnight, 13 other members of the band went over to Schenectady to watch the football team play for the Dutchman's Shoes against Union. The team won 20-13, giving them their first win at Union since 1992 and their first successful defense of the Shoes since 1959. The win, combined with Hobart's victory over Rochester, gave RPI first place in the Liberty League and a berth in the NCAA tournament.
Following the football game, a few members of the band decided to make an unoffical roadtrip to Dartmouth (without instruments) to see the men's hockey team's game that evening, which they won 7-4.
December 1, 2007: If You Want My Comeback...
Men's hockey one night stand to Quinnipiac (Lost 2-3). During the breaks, the band played "Build Me Up Buttercup" and "Centerfold" with the Quinnipiac Pep Band.
December 29-30, 2007: Men's Hockey, Lightning Classic (Unofficial)
Eight members of the band (current and former) drove to Tampa, FL from the Northeast to play at the St. Pete Times Forum. RPI lost 3-2 and 3-1 against Colorado College and Notre Dame, respectively.
January 5, 2008: Women's Hockey @ Union
January 18, 2008: Men's Hockey @ Union
February 9, 2008: Women's Hockey @ Harvard
February 15-16, 2008: Men's Hockey @ Colgate & Cornell
Playoffs
Football
- NCAA First Round vs. TCNJ: Lost 14-17.
Other
- Played at two separate SOs on July 14 & 21.
- Played at Welcomefest in front of Troy City Hall on August 24.
- Held second annual Natural Noise NRB Event on August 25.
- Played at the East Campus Athletic Village groundbreaking on August 26.
- Fielded a band of over 50 to play at a pep rally for RPI Athletics in the Commons-Nason-Warren Quad on September 7.
- The band was registered to participate in the Uncle Sam Day Parade on September 9 for the third year in a row, but the managers decided against it on the day prior due to an imminent threat of rain. It ended up raining during the parade and for most of the day.
- Played at Hockey Line Celebration on September 10.
- Played at an Albany River Rats game at the Field House on September 28.
- Played at Men's Hockey Tailgate on October 9.
- Many members of the band dressed up in costume for an October 31 women's hockey game against UConn.
- The band had its first annual Thanksgiving dinner on November 18.