[Magdalen] TECnical question

[Scott Knitter]

In the Michigan State marching band, it was a tradition at home games to honor the visiting team by playing a stanza of their fight song in the pregame show. On one occasion some of the band members organized a scheme to get half the band to play The U of Michigan song a half-step lower than the other half, causing an ugly rendition to say the least. I understand those responsible were punished severely, just short of expulsion from the university.

Toying with fight songs is not on. The MSU song has a phrase against which the first phrase of Jingle Bells makes an amusing counterpoint. Woe to any freshman who discovers this and tries it out in rehearsal or in the stadium.

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> On May 4, 2015, at 11:14 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com> wrote:
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> ... that would be "Hail to the conquering heroes... hail, hail to Michigan the champions of the west"...