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The Virginia Pep Band was a student-run musical ensemble at the University of Virginia (UVA). In the tradition of scatter or scramble bands, like those at Stanford, Rice and the Ivy League, the Pep Band preferred irreverent humor and individuality to marching in uniform formations. Founded in 1974, this group of students served as UVa's band ...
According to the Virginia Pep Band, the university's band from 1974 to 2003, the university's Athletic's Department attempted to replace "The Good Old Song" with a more lively post-touchdown song during the 1970s. They relate that the students of the Pep Band refused to abandon the song in spite of the orders, and it is thus still played today. [6]
Though no band performed at athletic events during the period of 1964 to 1974, the Virginia Pep Band claims that the band at the time remained a club until it became the Pep Band in the mid-1970s. The student-run Pep Band was the official band of UVa athletics for the period between 1974 and the formation of the Cavalier Marching Band in 2003 ...
Cavalier Marching Band; H. Hullabahoos; S. Sil'hooettes; V. ... Virginia Glee Club; Virginia Pep Band This page was last edited on 22 September 2024, at 16:00 (UTC) ...
The press box at Scott Stadium was a gift from an alumnus in honor of Norton G. Pritchett, the admired athletic director at UVA from 1934 until his death in 1950. Funding from benefactor Hunter Smith created the foundation for the 320-piece Cavalier Marching Band in 2004, replacing the Virginia Pep Band at athletic events.
Virginia Pep Band; W. William & Mary Pep Band This page was last edited on 2 April 2018, at 20:12 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
In 2003, following a controversial performance by the Virginia Pep Band at the 2002 Continental Tire Bowl in which the band lampooned the home state of the opposing West Virginia Mountaineers [1] and was banned from any future performance at the bowl, [2] Littlepage banned the Pep Band from participating in any Cavalier varsity sports. A ...
UNC Tar Heels pep band. A pep band is an ensemble of instrumentalists who play at events, usually at basketball games, with the purpose of entertaining and creating enthusiasm in a crowd. [1] Often members of a pep band are a subset of people from a larger ensemble such as a marching band or a concert band.