Leland Stanford Junior University Marching Band LSJUMB is a student marching band representing Stanford University and his athletics team. Establishing itself as "The World's Largest Rock and Roll Band", the Stanford Band performs at sporting events, student activities, and other functions.
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History
LSJUMB was formed in 1893. However, the modern era began in 1963 by employing Arthur P. Barnes as interim director (he got a full post two years later). The previous director, Julius Shuchat, has been very popular, and his dismissal caused several members to strike. However, according to the band's knowledge, Barnes immediately won the band's loyalty by handing over meaningful control over it. As a result, the band is almost entirely run by students.
In 1972, the band went from a male band to join.
The band and the new director also clicked on his arrangement of "The Star-Spangled Banner", featuring the striking effect of a trumpet playing the first half of the song, joining it later by gentle woodwinds and tuba, and finally bringing full brass strength only in the last paragraph. When played in the "Big Game" against California, just eight days after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, Barnes said, "I have never heard such a loud silence."
Strengthened, student-led bands dumped traditional marching music and military-style uniforms, eventually settling for most of the rock and roll repertoire and simple uniforms consisting of white fishing caps with red trim (and as many as buttons), red blazer, black pants, and "the ugliest tie you can get." In the spring and at non-athletic events, band members performing at performances (and sometimes even during practice) wearing "rally" clothes, which can range from swimsuits to Halloween costumes to furniture and pets, always showcase their freedom from the usual rules of fashion. Land Cruiser Badonkadonk, which resembles a vehicle from the Star Wars Movie The return of Jedi ), was used as a band supporting vehicle.
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Songs and performances
The band's repertoire was heavy on 1970s classic rock, especially the songs by Tower of Power, Santana, and The Who. In the 1990s, more modern music was introduced, including songs by Green Day and The Offspring. Over the years, it has billed itself as the "Biggest Rock in the World" n Roll Band. "
The de facto battle song is "All Right Now," originally done by Free. Another song often played in their repertoire is "White Punks on Dope", originally by The Tubes. The band is proud of its vast selection of songs, never playing the same song twice in a day (except for "All Right Now"). It has a library of over 1,000 songs available, 69 of which are in active rotation.
One of the first college marching bands to record and release their music, the band has produced thirteen albums since 1967. Setting the focus on the toughest brass instruments - trumpet, mellopon, and trombone - and percussion - one bass drum (called Axis o ' Rhythm), drum snare, and a single tenor drum. This caused the writer of Rolling Stone to record in 1987, "It is difficult for anyone who grew up on a rock to imagine that a band can sound as loud as this without thousands of watts of amplification."
Many traditional band instruments such as bells and glockenspiels simply do not exist. Traditional "marching" is also lost, because the band "scatters" from one formation to the next. The part-time field shows feature formations that are silly or suggestive, as well as words. A Stanford student team wrote the script for a halftime show, delivered through a public address system, which provided a basic explanation for band formation.
Controversial action by band
Irreverence has been the mainstay of this band for over half a century as a scattering band. The band admitted some limits, and although they regularly discussed the "Death and Medicine" events, including the formation and arrangement of songs related to Jayne Mansfield's death - "Saturday Night and I Is not Got No Body" - and other recent events, including Richard Nixon's phlebitis, they never did this halftime show, nor did they intend.
"The Play"
However, the most famous and controversial Band Moment, has nothing to do with his irreverence. In the last four seconds of the 1982 Big Game against the University of California, Berkeley (Cal), the band members (as well as players from Stanford) ran out onto the field, thinking that the game ended after the Stanford player appeared to have overcome Dwight Garner's ball. Garner succeeded laterally to the other players, and they continued laterally back and forth, with Cal Kevin Moen dodging through the band for a winning touchdown, which he ended up running more than LSJUMB's trombone player Gary Tyrrell in the final zone. "The Play" is celebrated by Cal's fans and inspires the anger of many Stanford fans. To this day, he remains one of the most famous and controversial dramas in the history of American football.
In 2002, during the Halftime Big Game show, LSJUMB featured a funny replay from The Play. Special emphasis was placed on allegations that California Garner's knee hits the ground before the lateral; all the band members performing the demonstration again frozen in place at this stage, and a single member, carrying a large yellow arrow, ran out and repeatedly pointed to Garner "below". Officials at the time did not call Garner down and although there was no instant replay rule prevailing at the time, the game recording seemed unconvincing.
To this day the Band Manager position is awarded from one generation to the next with four seconds remaining in the Great Game to commemorate The Play.
More
The Dollies, a five-member female dance group, and Stanford Tree, the university's de facto mascot (de jure mascot is color cardinal), operate under protection bands. The Dollies appear in all sports events and school/community meetings with Stanford Band and Tree.
The Dollies are a dance group, not a cheerleaders in the typical sense. They are a separate entity from the Stanford Cheerleading team, which is currently under the umbrella of the Sports Club. Dollies are managed by Dollie Daddy/Mama (assistant manager of the Band or "ass-man"/"ass-ma'am"), and they choreograph their own routines, hold their own exercises, and design their own dresses and costumes. The color of traditional clothing is white for spring, red for autumn, and cardinals for winter. The Dollies are numbered 1-5 in order of height (shortest to highest).
Dollies serve a one year term, and every year five new dancers are selected by previous Dollies and bands. The trials were held in February and culminated in "Dollie's Day," when the Dollies ("ProDos") nominee showed their abilities in front of the entire assembled band. Every year Dollie's new cadres unfold in the annual "Dollie Splash," in which Dollies give their debut appearance in the spring to the public followed by a dip in Stanford Claw.
Latest Dollies has:
- 2017-2018 Dollies: Grace Dong, Audrey Elliott, Samantha Loui, Lauren Clark, Sydney Maly
- 2016-2017 Dolls: Janelle Kaneda, Arianna Tapia, Taylor Butze, Jolena Ma, Emily O'Neal
- 2015-2016 Dolls: Alida Ratteray, Claudia Aber, Chloe Koseff, Shelby Crants, Dalia Szafer
- 2014-2015 Dollies: Erika Nguyen, Aubriana Menendez, Martha Collins, Shelby Mynhier, Jordan Huelskamp
- 2013-2014 Dolls: Lindsay Fiorentino, Heather Glenny, Leigh Kinney, Courtney Yang, Amelia Chen
- 2012-2013 Dollies: Tayna Gonzalez, Emily Giglio, Dafna Szafer, Amber QuiÃÆ' Â ± ones, Christine Chung
- 2011-2012 Dolls: Paula Obler, Jessica Jin, Clare Bailey, Jessica Savoie, Danna Seligman
- 2010-2011 Dollies: Alina Pimentel, CC Chiu, Sarah Chang, Melissa Schwarz, Alex Nana-Sinkam
- 2009-2010 Dollies: Shea Ritchie, Paula Markey, Nia Minor, Kim Souza, Elise Birkhofer
- 2008-2009 Dollies: Jennifer Lee, Ali Romer, Taylor Phillips, Sydney Gulbronson, Taylor Thibodeaux
Album from LSJUMB
- Funny On Occasion, Embarrassing Average (2013)
- The One, The Only (2008)
- Here's Why We Can not Have Fun Things (2003)
- Ultrasound (1999)
- The Winds of Freedom Blow (Greatest Hits 1970-1998) (1998)
- Mirth Control (1995)
- The Band Not Helping (1991)
- Contraband (1987)
- Block S (1982)
- Start Salary: $ 22,275.00 (1979)
- The Incomparables (1977)
- Unrelated Leland Stanford University Marching Band (1974)
- Univarable Marching Band Leland Stanford Junior University (1972)
- Univarable Marching Band Leland Stanford Junior University (1970)
References
External links
- Official website
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