Brown 1974
Princeton at Brown
November 2nd, 1974
Princeton loses 13-17
Ladies and gentlemen, the Princeton University vacationing Band reveals the shocking truth as it takes a long, hard look at 50 years of Brown bands. The Brown band was formed in 1924 to provide musical entertainment at football halftimes. It is during this period that the Brown band is credited with the invention of the world’s first bass drum roll.
(Drum major and student conductor march out, with the latter rolling bass drum.)
However, that didn’t work. So after considerable cogitation, they decided they needed something more.
(Trombone and one cymbal join them)
Unfortunately, they still had problems. For instance, they spent 10 years trying to answer the Zen Buddhist-inspired question “What is the sound of one cymbal crashing?” Giving up on quality, they decided to try quantity, and this was the result:
(Band marches on playing Brown’s fight song in three different keys. Band is wearing brown paper bags on feet and heads.)
Failing in musical ability, they tried a bit of precision drill. Emulating Ohio State, they attempted to form a script Brown on the field.
(From a block band, the band starts forming a script brown to “Notre Dame Victory March,” doesn’t get very far, tuba dots the ‘i’)
However, they were never successful, and they submitted the problem to Hymie Blatowski, Brown’s crack mathematician, who proved the formation was topologically impossible. In spite of all these problems the Brown band made steady progress; and in 1969 an aural miracle occured during a heated argument.
(Band plays “Stars and Stripes” with cymbals missing, conductor gets mad and cymbal players try to hit him. He ducks and cymbals crash, band stops and goes “oooooooh!”) (cowbell cadence off)
The Brown Band has lived happily every after.
November 2nd, 1974
Princeton loses 13-17
Ladies and gentlemen, the Princeton University vacationing Band reveals the shocking truth as it takes a long, hard look at 50 years of Brown bands. The Brown band was formed in 1924 to provide musical entertainment at football halftimes. It is during this period that the Brown band is credited with the invention of the world’s first bass drum roll.
(Drum major and student conductor march out, with the latter rolling bass drum.)
However, that didn’t work. So after considerable cogitation, they decided they needed something more.
(Trombone and one cymbal join them)
Unfortunately, they still had problems. For instance, they spent 10 years trying to answer the Zen Buddhist-inspired question “What is the sound of one cymbal crashing?” Giving up on quality, they decided to try quantity, and this was the result:
(Band marches on playing Brown’s fight song in three different keys. Band is wearing brown paper bags on feet and heads.)
Failing in musical ability, they tried a bit of precision drill. Emulating Ohio State, they attempted to form a script Brown on the field.
(From a block band, the band starts forming a script brown to “Notre Dame Victory March,” doesn’t get very far, tuba dots the ‘i’)
However, they were never successful, and they submitted the problem to Hymie Blatowski, Brown’s crack mathematician, who proved the formation was topologically impossible. In spite of all these problems the Brown band made steady progress; and in 1969 an aural miracle occured during a heated argument.
(Band plays “Stars and Stripes” with cymbals missing, conductor gets mad and cymbal players try to hit him. He ducks and cymbals crash, band stops and goes “oooooooh!”) (cowbell cadence off)
The Brown Band has lived happily every after.
