Cornell 1982
Princeton at Cornell
September 18th, 1982
Outcome Unknown
Ladies and gentlemen, the Princeton University Band takes a long, hard look at…Disasters.
“Princeton Forward”
Dear Diary, What a disaster. Today was just the pits. It started out gorgeous, but then it went straight downhill. I’m afraid I failed my hotel project because the pork I made for the fraternity banquet wasn’t properly boned. I don’t know what I’ll do if I fail, but I guess I’ll cross that bridge when I come to it. I feel as if I’m already over the edge. If my grades keep falling, the only thing left to do will be to drop out.
“Another One Bites the Dust” (Band forms a gorge and someone dives down it)
But nothing is more disastrous than the social life in Ithaca. While things are cookin’ in the restaurant school, the agriculture students are out to pasture. And even though Cornell students claim their Greek system is classic, everyone knows that it is really in ruins. Compared to Princeton, Cornell’s social life pales so much…that the Big Red isn’t even in the pink.
“Satisfaction” (Band forms ‘SAE’ changing to ‘SAD’)
Caught in the grip of severe recession, the U.S. economy is indeed a disaster. Auto sales continue to skid. And the construction industry remains in the doghouse. Bracing for the worst, President Reagan has been seen on Washington streets with both old time business associate and intellectual peer Bonzo and an organ grinder attempting to “win funds for the Gipper.” Forming a reasonable facsimile of the trickle down theory, the Band hopes that the President will “take the bullish market by the horns” and charge through unemployment, rather than our pocketbooks. “
Happy Days are Here Again” (Band forms a drip)
Wishing not to neglect other disasters, the Band forms:
a) The number of citizens able to afford homes
b) The amount of money left after paying college tuition
c) A plate full of school food
d) The Environmental Protection Agency’s current budget, or
e) The collapsing economy
The Band suggests that this become our new “National Emblem.”
“National Emblem” (Band forms concert shell)
And speaking of disasters, take the Cornell Band…please.
September 18th, 1982
Outcome Unknown
Ladies and gentlemen, the Princeton University Band takes a long, hard look at…Disasters.
“Princeton Forward”
Dear Diary, What a disaster. Today was just the pits. It started out gorgeous, but then it went straight downhill. I’m afraid I failed my hotel project because the pork I made for the fraternity banquet wasn’t properly boned. I don’t know what I’ll do if I fail, but I guess I’ll cross that bridge when I come to it. I feel as if I’m already over the edge. If my grades keep falling, the only thing left to do will be to drop out.
“Another One Bites the Dust” (Band forms a gorge and someone dives down it)
But nothing is more disastrous than the social life in Ithaca. While things are cookin’ in the restaurant school, the agriculture students are out to pasture. And even though Cornell students claim their Greek system is classic, everyone knows that it is really in ruins. Compared to Princeton, Cornell’s social life pales so much…that the Big Red isn’t even in the pink.
“Satisfaction” (Band forms ‘SAE’ changing to ‘SAD’)
Caught in the grip of severe recession, the U.S. economy is indeed a disaster. Auto sales continue to skid. And the construction industry remains in the doghouse. Bracing for the worst, President Reagan has been seen on Washington streets with both old time business associate and intellectual peer Bonzo and an organ grinder attempting to “win funds for the Gipper.” Forming a reasonable facsimile of the trickle down theory, the Band hopes that the President will “take the bullish market by the horns” and charge through unemployment, rather than our pocketbooks. “
Happy Days are Here Again” (Band forms a drip)
Wishing not to neglect other disasters, the Band forms:
a) The number of citizens able to afford homes
b) The amount of money left after paying college tuition
c) A plate full of school food
d) The Environmental Protection Agency’s current budget, or
e) The collapsing economy
The Band suggests that this become our new “National Emblem.”
“National Emblem” (Band forms concert shell)
And speaking of disasters, take the Cornell Band…please.
