Colgate 2014
Princeton at Colgate
October 11th, 2014
Princeton loses 30-31
Halftime:
The band congregates on the sidelines. Riley steps up out of the sea of orange and black onto his conductor's platform, whitecoat flapping in the Colgate-fresh wind. It is silent. You hear some scuffling over the PA system, then:
Dude, pass the Doritos, It's the Princeton University Band.
Screaming and shouting with mischievous glee, the band runs on to the field and forms a beautiful balloon, turning around to face Riley, whose hands have already started flapping incomprehensibly. What is he doing up there? No one knows, but they know they have to start the song sooner or later, and using telepathy, they begin!
There they are, a-thrusting and a-jiving, playing a song they were born to play. Then, halfway through the song something weird happens. The trash players run out of the balloon and one of them takes something off- is it pants? No! It's a cardboard contraption. They open up the cardboard contraption and stretch it out. It's a needle! With a shiny chrome plated tip in the shape of an eagle- with TWO wings. They thrust their needle into the balloon and it pops just as the vibraslap slaps it home. And then silence once again. The band scrambles directly into the Double Double Rotating P and plays Going Back to Nassau Hall, while the trash players dance in the middle, having placed the needle lightly on the turf in front of the trombones.
Now, it's 3:50 seconds and the show is almost over. But wait! While the rest of the band is rotating the trash players come out front and turn over the needle. Something is written there... What does it say?
Questions? Call 315-228-7611
That's the phone number of the Colgate athletics director. We'll see how it goes over.
The last thing anyone remembers is the band running off the field, carrying the sign and the most excitement the fans at Colgate have gotten in a long time.
The end.
[From what this transcriber gathers, Colgate did not allow a pregame show, nor a script for the halftime show. This is the guideline for the script-less show.]
October 11th, 2014
Princeton loses 30-31
Halftime:
The band congregates on the sidelines. Riley steps up out of the sea of orange and black onto his conductor's platform, whitecoat flapping in the Colgate-fresh wind. It is silent. You hear some scuffling over the PA system, then:
Dude, pass the Doritos, It's the Princeton University Band.
Screaming and shouting with mischievous glee, the band runs on to the field and forms a beautiful balloon, turning around to face Riley, whose hands have already started flapping incomprehensibly. What is he doing up there? No one knows, but they know they have to start the song sooner or later, and using telepathy, they begin!
There they are, a-thrusting and a-jiving, playing a song they were born to play. Then, halfway through the song something weird happens. The trash players run out of the balloon and one of them takes something off- is it pants? No! It's a cardboard contraption. They open up the cardboard contraption and stretch it out. It's a needle! With a shiny chrome plated tip in the shape of an eagle- with TWO wings. They thrust their needle into the balloon and it pops just as the vibraslap slaps it home. And then silence once again. The band scrambles directly into the Double Double Rotating P and plays Going Back to Nassau Hall, while the trash players dance in the middle, having placed the needle lightly on the turf in front of the trombones.
Now, it's 3:50 seconds and the show is almost over. But wait! While the rest of the band is rotating the trash players come out front and turn over the needle. Something is written there... What does it say?
Questions? Call 315-228-7611
That's the phone number of the Colgate athletics director. We'll see how it goes over.
The last thing anyone remembers is the band running off the field, carrying the sign and the most excitement the fans at Colgate have gotten in a long time.
The end.
[From what this transcriber gathers, Colgate did not allow a pregame show, nor a script for the halftime show. This is the guideline for the script-less show.]
