I rock like I don't know how not to rock! Write to me at 5-0 Rockin' Lane, HI.

Hi, I'm Jess, and I'm president of the Dartmouth College Marching Band! I like to give bandies gold stars for being awesome, and I also have the very important job of "always having hair ties." I play piccolo, which is great because it's one of the few band instruments that can fit my pocket. I'm a Linguistics major, and maybe also an Anthropology modified with Religion major. Or something. And if you join the DCMB I may give you a gold star too!

Hey!! I'm Nate, and the general manager for the Dartmouth College Marching Band. I help keep the band together and organize fun trips to places like Boston and New York! I'm a trumpet player, so everyone in the band can pretty much tell when I'm playing. Even up here in New Hampshire, I've never had it freeze to my face, so keep that in mind if you're a brass player. I like Russian and Economics.

Nick will be the one with the stick, leading the band's furious charge to smite its opponents.

Little is known about Steven Weber. He is a mysterious figure, and he seems to like it that way. After the stunning popular success of his last novel, he retreated to an isolated town the mountains of New Hampshire. He values his solitude, and has been known to protect it with the aid of trusty shotgun, which he named 'Betty'.

Hi, I'm Grace and I'm the Secretary, which basically means you'll be talking to me if you e-mail the band account! I'm also the #1 co-pilot of the band's cookie baking squad.

Hi everybody, my name is Dan Smolinsky. I’m about 6’4” with brown eyes and black hair. I’m a Libra who enjoys the finer things in life-good food, good humor, good company. In my spare time, I enjoy eating junk food, reading and writing obscene limericks, long walks off short piers and making with the funny on behalf of the DCMB.

Rebecca “Rebecca Wall” Wall is the love child of the late Dutch Renaissance and the Chuck Norris movie “Missing in Action.” She once killed an entire brigade of Peace Corps workers using only a toothbrush, when one of them suggested she hit a wrong note during a flowery rendition of "Hava Nagila." She is currently serving a life sentance in a maximum security cell in Nova Scotia.

That's for us to not know and you to perhaps someday find out.

Intramural Hockey = LIFE. Sure, we play IM soccer as a band and that's fun too, but we go to a school where water happens to freeze on the ground and create these perfect little puddles of reduced friction FOR A REASON. And that reason is to pretend to know how to skate (we don't) and shoot that puck (more of a nudge, really) and score some goals (we actually did, once!) in the name of fun (IT IS). There is no checking allowed and since we're going to be playing our instruments at a few of the college hockey games it's more fun to watch if you've tried it. Skates, pads, helmets, and sticks can be rented (free with ID) at the games, I'll bring hot chocolate...there's really no excuse!

Don't let the sparkly dress fool you, I'm FIERCE. With style like this, it's no wonder I'm in charge of uniforms. And while we can't march in this periwinkle number, the green and white is the next big thing (and also a tad bit warmer). Join the band and I'll make sure you're dressed. Runways in Milan have tried to copy our style, grace and fashion, but so far have not been successful.

Laura Michet was grown in a hydroponics laboratory in Kansas in the late 1980s. She was engendered from an early age with a passionate admiration for fancy hats and for awesome. If you also admire either of those things, you would be wise to join her in the DCMB, where she is Librarian. Her primary musical function is to play the marching glockenspiel, and also the snare, and once she tied an empty can of coffee beans to her harness and played that too, but it was kind of a one-time thing. She still thinks that it would be cool to have a whole instrument made out of cans. Perhaps one day her dream will come true. In the meantime, she would love to give you music to play, and perhaps share some of her timeless wisdom with you.

Hi, I'm Becca, one of two social chairs for the DCMB this year. Basically, it's my job to feed the band all kinds of healthy deliciousness such as donuts and candy. When I'm not doing that, I'm planning awesome social events like theme parties, scavenger hunts, sledding on the golf course, etc. I play the clarinet, cause it's the sickest instrument in town...and at this point I'm a bio major, although that's up for negotiation.

Upon first meeting her, you may think that Katie was raised by wolves. She has a somewhat brash and unrefined disposition. However, you are wrong. She was actually raised by panda bears at the San Diego Zoo. This will become more evident as you get to know her and witness her bamboo-eating and tree-clawing behavior. While she is not eating bamboo and clawing trees, however, she plays the mellophone with the DCMB and organizes social events and food for you. Join the DCMB and you could find out more about her unique upbringing!

He's tall, he's awkward, shameless, and he (usually) plays the saxophone. He's Nick Pulito and he wants YOU to join the DCMB. And will go to ridiculous lengths to get you to do such. Not that he should have to; the DCMB is awesome, and you will be too when you become part of our lovingly dysfunctional family. Blitz NTP11 for more info on the band, aquatic birds, or bassooning at Dartmouth.

Due to a birth defect, Ben Solomon went to Cornell. After the surgery and the transfer, the band now loves him!

Nick will be the band's Green Key rep. this year, meaning he'll continue the tradition of doing nothing, for no particular reason.

We <3 alumni, especially band alums who come play with us (and eat free pizza).

Joe Pearl will do his best to keep these here interwebs updated and interesting. blitz comments, photos, band stories, hate mail, etc., to joe11!