General Information

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"Who are you?"

The MIT Marching Band is composed of students from a wide variety of backgrounds who enjoy having fun and performing music. We perform regularly at MIT home football games, basketball games, and lacrosse games. We have also appeared recently at rugby, water polo, volleyball, baseball, and field hockey games. We have even performed a "Marching Band on Ice" show between periods of an ice hockey game! In addition to athletic events, we have performed at civic events such as the annual Cambridge Science Festival, the Boston St. Patrick's Day Parade, the Allston-Brighton Parade, and at LSC (MIT's provider of $2 on-campus movies--well, now $2.50 -- actually, it's $3--check that, $4). We also play Christmas carols on our annual Christmas tour through Boston, make mischief around MIT on Halloween night (including trick-or-treating at President Susan Hockfield's house), and sell romantic Band-O-Grams on Valentine's Day (because nothing says "I love you!" like a marching band!).

Forming the letter pi at a Football Game field show.

 


Marching in the Allston-Brighton Parade

"How good do I have to be to join?"

The focus of the band is on having fun and enjoying our performances. Our membership includes people who were All-State musicians in high school, and people who hadn't picked up their instrument for years before joining us; people with drum corps marching experience, and people who've never marched before in their lives, but thought it would be fun to try. So whatever you think your level of ability and experience is, you'll fit right in in the MIT Marching Band. And if it's time commitment you're worried about, don't be - we understand that MIT can be a lot of work, so we're flexible. There are no auditions; everyone in the MIT Community is welcome to join. Also, we have lots of instruments we could loan you if you don't have your own.

 

"Do you march Big-10 style or corps style?"

We are more of a corps style marching band, but if you have never marched before, dont' worry! We'll teach you everything you need to know to march with us! We practice twice a week, learning music and drill. We perform halftime shows at all the home football games and some nearby away games, as well as perform pep tunes in the stands. Recent "novelty" field shows have included a day at the beach, where we wore bathing suits and sat in the long jump pit while playing Beach Coys music, and a show of Monty Python music. You can visit our YouTube page to see us in all our moving-picture glory. Our season doesn't just end with football! We also perform at basketball in the winter and lacrosse in the spring (with other events scattered in as well). Our trade mark is the MIT drill, where we spell the letters "M  I  T" individually to the famous school fight song "We Are the Engineers". Like other college bands, our show is slightly different every week. So come on out and see what we have in store for you!

Preparing for our Beach field show.

 


Not our color guard... but there's a flag in the picture and a cool airborne hat!

"Are you just a band, or do you have a color guard too?"

First of all, we're not "just a band" - we're The World Famous, Nationally-Renowned, Often Copied But Never Cloned, Unforgettable (No Matter How Hard You Try), Super Phat, Super Fly... The One, The Only MIT Marching Band and Strolling Strings!

That said, yes we do have a color guard. They're very talented, almost never hit people with their flags, and are a force to be reckoned with.

 


 

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Last Updated 11 May 2008