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== History ==
 
== History ==
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[[Image:fascistband.jpg|left|thumb|The CUMB of yore]]
 
[[Image:fascistband.jpg|left|thumb|The CUMB of yore]]
We used to have a real "rah-rah-let's-go-team" band. Current bandies refer to that as the "Fascist" Band. That broke up sometime around the early 60s, when fascism became decidedly uncool, and now we have a '''scramble band'''.
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We used to have a real "rah-rah-let's-go-team" band. That broke up sometime around the early 60s, when fascism became decidedly uncool, and now we have a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scramble_band | '''scramble band''']], which prides itself for its witty scripts and definite lack of marching.
 
 
The only Ivy League school that has a "real" band as opposed to a scramble band is [[Cornell]].
 
Non-Ivy schools that have scramble bands include University of Virginia (sorta), [[Stanford]], [[Rice]], and [[University of Pennsylvania]].
 
  
 
== Slogans ==
 
== Slogans ==

Revision as of 15:46, 14 March 2007

Columbia University Marching Band (CUMB) that generally does stupid stuff like Orgo Night.

Recently celebrated CUMB100, its centenary.

History

The CUMB of yore

We used to have a real "rah-rah-let's-go-team" band. That broke up sometime around the early 60s, when fascism became decidedly uncool, and now we have a [| scramble band], which prides itself for its witty scripts and definite lack of marching.

Slogans

  • G(tb)2
  • If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the band.
  • The cleverest band in the world.

External links