Invest in the band

[Pentagon Cane]

I wonder if performance majors are now required to participate in either marching band or pep band, as is the case at most smaller private schools(a ton of state schools require participation as well) . That would do a ton to boost the numbers of both bands. When I was on campus, that wasn't a requirement and you saw that many performance majors avoided participating unless they wanted to. Marching band takes up a ton of time and to be honest, when you look at our student demographics, it doesn't take a genius to understand why the University of Miami doesn't march like an HBCU(or a large state school). We will never fund enough scholarships to enlarge the BOTH to state school levels. Keep in mind, schools like Notre Dame have donors that fund marching band scholarships, enough to where the department can actively recruit talented musicians, just so they can march.

I'll never understand why our fans consistently harp on stuff like this, it's almost like a lot of our fans desperately want the University of Miami to be something that it was never designed to be. We aren't LSU, we aren't a state school and we will NEVER be that way. What I want to see from the BOTH is a significant improvement in regards to musicianship and numbers(If feasible). There's nothing wrong with the BOTH playing modern popular music, I don't need them to be something they aren't.

Let's keep it a buck, the schools that try to bite the HBCU show style, but aren't HBCUs are lame. Don't try to be Southern U, when you have historically done everything in your power to deny that institution their rightful funding and support(Looking at you, LSU).

The Band of the Hour typically has around 150. Notre Dame has 380 with a mucher smaller undergraduate population. 225 seems like a good number for us.

 

[TheOriginalCane]

I wonder if performance majors are now required to participate in either marching band or pep band, as is the case at most smaller private schools(a ton of state schools require participation as well) .

No. Not required.

 

[3rdCane]

The school is already putting money into football why not the band ? I counted the band and we had roughly 80 people playing musical instruments .I know most people don’t give a **** about the band but it’s a slap in the face when the away teams bring a 300 person band and blow them out of the water .

Amen

 

[hoops156]

I just want to see Section 116 FULL of marching band members.

Is that too much to ask? If not, SELL THE SEATS. Someone get Jesse Marks on the phone.

hes too busy sending error emails saying your tickets are cancelled bc of unpaid invoices

 

[Headhunter]

forget FAMU's band we need some CANE style band chants ala LSU style



suck that tiger **** ***** lol

 

[theibisrules]

DON'T BACK DOWN WHEN FAMU COME TO TOWN

 

[Allabouttheu95]

forget FAMU's band we need some CANE style band chants ala LSU style



suck that tiger **** ***** lol

Straight ridiculous