[Magdalen] TECnical question

[Cantor03 at aol.com]

In a message dated 5/5/2015 7:38:52 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
scottknitter at gmail.com writes:

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.>>>
 
Yet, toying can be done within the system, and no one seems to  complain.
 
The present regime of the UW-Madison Marching Band has taken to
marching the band into the football stadiums with a showy fast high  step.
 
As a result, the players are unable to play the classical/original  version
of the incomparable school song, "On Wisconsin", but instead play
a sort of jazz version with short phrases.  It's all about how it  looks on
TV and not how it sounds.  The Wisconsin Band (and most college  bands)
have gotten so big that there is still a fairly big sound anyway.
 
Still, most former Wisconsin graduates and, especially, band members,
think it is a travesty.  
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0zbw2upU6U
 
 
David Strang - Sousaphone player.