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[[Image:Raider_Pep_Band_Logo.gif|thumb|right|The Colgate Raider Pep Band Logo]]
 
[[Image:Raider_Pep_Band_Logo.gif|thumb|right|The Colgate Raider Pep Band Logo]]
The Colgate Pep Band is the pep band of the [[Colgate University|Colgate Raiders]], one of the other teams in [[ECAC Hockey]].
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The Colgate Raider Pep Band is the pep band of the [[Colgate University|Colgate Raiders]], one of the other teams in [[ECAC Hockey]].  They play at their home football, basketball, hockey, and lacrosse games, though they only visit RPI for hockey games.
  
The Colgate and RPI bands get along quite well, with the Colgate band visiting Troy most years and staying with the RPI band.
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The Colgate and RPI bands get along quite well, with the Colgate band visiting Troy most years and staying overnight with the RPI band.
  
 
==Recent Visits==
 
==Recent Visits==
*[[2007-2008#March 21 & 22, 2008: Safety Band v2.0|March 21-22, 2008]] (neutral site: [[Times Union Center]])
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*[[2008-2009|January 16, 2009]]: Tied 2-2.
*[[2006-2007|February 9, 2007]]
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**'''(Someone who was there should write this section)'''
:During their visit the bands combined on stage to play [[387 - Children of Sanchez|Children of Sanchez]].  After the game the bands partied together and Colgate's band stayed overnight in the [[Rensselaer Union (building)|Union]].
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*[[2007-2008#March 21 & 22, 2008: Safety Band v2.0|March 21-22, 2008]]
*Can't remember if they visited during the 2005-06 season
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**The RPI band was asked by the Colgate band to help them out at the ECAC Championship Weekend at the [[Times Union Center]], as it coincided with their spring break.  We obliged, and the combined band was roughly a 50/50 split of RPI and Colgate band members.  Colgate ended up losing both games, the first to [[Princeton University|Princeton]] 0-3 and the second to [[Cornell University|Cornell]] 2-4.  The night after the first game, [[Mike Joseph]] held a combined party in his apartment, and members of the RPI band put up the Colgate band for the night.
*[[2004-2005|January 14, 2005]]
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*[[2006-2007|February 9, 2007]]: Won 3-2(OT).
*Can't remember if they visited during the 2003-04 season
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**The two bands combined during one of the period breaks to play [[387 - Children of Sanchez|Children of Sanchez]] together, both doing Colgate's jumping in the first four measures of the song.  Early the next season, the RPI band began doing a modified version of this jumping, which still occurs today.  After the game the bands partied together at [[Andrew Bickford|Bickford's]] apartment, where there were nearly 50 people at one point.  Colgate's band stayed overnight in the [[Rensselaer Union (building)|Union]], as there wasn't enough space to put them up in any of the then-current member's apartments or dorms.
*[[2002-2003|January 17, 2003]]
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*[[2004-2005|January 14, 2005]]: Lost 2-4.
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*[[2002-2003|January 17, 2003]]: Lost 0-3.
  
 
==Shared Song Arrangements==
 
==Shared Song Arrangements==
 
*[[164 - Carry on Wayward Son]]
 
*[[164 - Carry on Wayward Son]]
 
*[[387 - Children of Sanchez]]
 
*[[387 - Children of Sanchez]]
*[[433 - Theme from Magnum P.I.]] (this was given to us by the Colgate band in exchange for our arrangement of [[Monty Python: THG|Monty Python]])
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*[[433 - Theme from Magnum P.I.]]
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**This song was part of an exchange with the Colgate band during the [[2002-2003]] season for our arrangement of [[Monty Python: THG|Monty Python]].
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==Contact Info==
  
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
*[http://kingsley.colgate.edu/pepband/ Their website (Link Currently Broken)]
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*[http://kingsley.colgate.edu/pepband/ Their website] (link currently broken)
  
 
[[Category:Other Pep Bands]]
 
[[Category:Other Pep Bands]]

Revision as of 12:05, January 22, 2009

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The Colgate Raider Pep Band Logo

The Colgate Raider Pep Band is the pep band of the Colgate Raiders, one of the other teams in ECAC Hockey. They play at their home football, basketball, hockey, and lacrosse games, though they only visit RPI for hockey games.

The Colgate and RPI bands get along quite well, with the Colgate band visiting Troy most years and staying overnight with the RPI band.

Recent Visits

  • January 16, 2009: Tied 2-2.
    • (Someone who was there should write this section)
  • March 21-22, 2008
    • The RPI band was asked by the Colgate band to help them out at the ECAC Championship Weekend at the Times Union Center, as it coincided with their spring break. We obliged, and the combined band was roughly a 50/50 split of RPI and Colgate band members. Colgate ended up losing both games, the first to Princeton 0-3 and the second to Cornell 2-4. The night after the first game, Mike Joseph held a combined party in his apartment, and members of the RPI band put up the Colgate band for the night.
  • February 9, 2007: Won 3-2(OT).
    • The two bands combined during one of the period breaks to play Children of Sanchez together, both doing Colgate's jumping in the first four measures of the song. Early the next season, the RPI band began doing a modified version of this jumping, which still occurs today. After the game the bands partied together at Bickford's apartment, where there were nearly 50 people at one point. Colgate's band stayed overnight in the Union, as there wasn't enough space to put them up in any of the then-current member's apartments or dorms.
  • January 14, 2005: Lost 2-4.
  • January 17, 2003: Lost 0-3.

Shared Song Arrangements

Contact Info

External Links