Dartmouth vs. Columbia, 10/20/01 (Homecoming)

Pre-game

Watch now as the DCMB plays the Alma Mater under the direction of Chris “Ring around the Collier.”

Please stand as the DCMB and the Dartmouth College Combined Choirs perform the Star Spangled Banner under the direction of Faculty Director Max Culpepper and Choral Director Timothy Newton.

Band off-field to DT1.

Halftime

And now the only band in the Ivy league who… (as if interrupted by the visiting announcer) no I will not make out with you!!!... the Dartmouth College Marching Band.

Fancy march-out. (~1.5 minutes)

Please join us in welcoming the cream of our crop, (other laudatory phrases), our band alumni.

Alumni form inner D, while the trumpets play the fanfare.

This past week the College accepted nominations for it’s annual round of honorary degrees. In the spirit of our academic nature, the DCMB presents it’s own suggestions for people we’d like to honor.

While Harvard has Yo-Yo-Ma, Dartmouth could salute another great performer, Yo-Ma-Ma, whose achievements have earned her renown across the entire country.

Rubber Ducky. He’s the one. He makes bath-time lots of fun. Rubber Ducky, we’re awfully fond of you.

The WWF’s The Rock. Under his bold leadership DDS could be revolutionized, giving every student a chance to smell what the Rock is cooking.

And finally, the Lone Pine Penguin. His ability to stand tall and proud throughout the years with an unblinking eye make him the perfect figurehead for our great College.

Watch now as the band forms an honorary degree recipient and plays Big Spender.

Form a person and play Big Spender.

Homecoming is a special time for the College. Alumni return to party and Freshman Pagan-Religion majors get to earn their lab credit, but there’s one thing that really sets fall in Hanover apart. It’s not the foliage or the freshman sweep. Yes, it’s watching Survivor. Where a group of 16 people attempt to survive the specter of national humiliation in hopes of winning an endorsement contract. This year the group has a Dartmouth Alum as one of its own, one who has taken the notion of corporate recruiting to a new level. Hopefully she’ll be able to put her Ivy-League education to use by eating more bugs, running around more fires, outsmarting more teammates, and quoting more lines of 17^th century English poetry than any other competitor. Luckily the training program for our current crop of ‘shmen is currently well underway. Let’s hope these young prodigies can outwit, outplay, outlast, and survive another four years by forming our own Homecoming bonfire and playing “Light my fire… please, I’m really hungry.”

Band forms bonfire and plays light my fire.