USD Football 1994

Bands Across America continued

"Greeting Cards You'd Never Get From Hallmark." The first formation was called "Sorry your pet's been spayed or neutered." The band started in male and female symbols, then merged into a frowning face. Next came "Welcome back to the Betty Ford Clin- ic," with the band forming a martini. Finally, the band formed a hand for "Sorry to hear you r industrial acci- dent. 11 Then the 'thumb' severed off. If you consider those taste- less, Ungar says those choices were pared down from a dozen others, some of which even most bandmembers consid- ered too offensive to employ. "We're one of the wacky bands," Barnes says. "We get a lot of attention because we're the only band like this on the west coast. But they do simi- lar things at Rice and Har- vard." Of course, no article about the Stanford band would be complete without a mention of the 1982 game at California. The Golden Bears used nine laterals on the final play to score an improbable game- winning touchdown. T he last impediment was a Stanford tuba player. The band had hur- ried on the field to play a vic- tory song, figuring the game was over. The tuba player was knocked over. So stay in your scats today, ladies and gentlemen. With military marches, twirlers, dancing bands, and perhaps a severed thumb, there's more to watch than just the game. "I think the people that miss the band shows are miss- ing what separates college football from pro football- the color, the pageantry, the cheer- leaders, the enthusiasm," Jon Woods says.

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