Brown & Yale @ RPI & Union (1/28, 1/29)

[LTsatch]

Re: Brown & Yale @ RPI & Union (1/28, 1/29)

And you can cut the snark.

Snark this Not sure if the blue and white band is traveling. And thanks for the traveling advice.

[Red Cloud]

Re: Brown & Yale @ RPI & Union (1/28, 1/29)

Snark this Not sure if the blue and white band is traveling.

That would be a first.

[FlagDUDE08]

Re: Brown & Yale @ RPI & Union (1/28, 1/29)

I am a current freshman and a band member, and I'll speak for myself but not for the band as a whole - I have been willing to play at games such as the USA game during finals week and the Harvard-Dartmouth weekend, but the band was not performing as a whole, and one clarinet doesn't make a band. I'm not an officer and I don't know what the decisions are based on, but I do know that the band does care about the team, and does care about playing and being at the games. It's also been one of the best things at RPI for me thus far. I'm extremely excited for my first Freakout and hoping that the team is playing their best this weekend.

We're very thankful for your interest and participation, as well as the rest of the band (at least when they are playing).

[FlagDUDE08]

Re: Brown & Yale @ RPI & Union (1/28, 1/29)

Not to insert myself into one of your myriad RPI band soap opera threads, I just wanted to say that I picked up a couple of tickets for Saturdays RPI game at the Yale ticket office and there were at least 30-40 tickets left, my contact at the ticket office said they are usually returned on Weds. so there may be some tixs released back up your way later in the week. That said, where is the best place to park, do you offer between period hospitality on premises? Can you leave the rink between periods? Thanks.

To answer the rest of your questions, there is a concession stand (assuming this is hospitable enough), and should you need to leave between periods, so long as you have your ticket, you are allowed to do so. I don't know how far you'd be able to get and be back before 15 minutes is up, though.

[DrDemento]

Re: Brown & Yale @ RPI & Union (1/28, 1/29)

To answer the rest of your questions, there is a concession stand (assuming this is hospitable enough), and should you need to leave between periods, so long as you have your ticket, you are allowed to do so. I don't know how far you'd be able to get and be back before 15 minutes is up, though.

Jenny and I once made it to the Knotty Pine and back between periods of a Christmas Tournament game years ago. But it was the early game and no traffic and we were parked in the B lot in those days.

[LTsatch]

Re: Brown & Yale @ RPI & Union (1/28, 1/29)

Jenny and I once made it to the Knotty Pine and back between periods of a Christmas Tournament game years ago. But it was the early game and no traffic and we were parked in the B lot in those days.

Sounds like my kind of place Doc, the reason I ask is that at Ingalls and other ECAC rinks there are lounges which may be entered for a cost, this cost will provide you with hops based adult beverages and wine between periods and after the game. I have partaked at Quinnipiac and was wondering if RPI offered such a helpful service.

[rvd5star69]

Sounds like my kind of place Doc, the reason I ask is that at Ingalls and other ECAC rinks there are lounges which may be entered for a cost, this cost will provide you with hops based adult beverages and wine between periods and after the game. I have partaked at Quinnipiac and was wondering if RPI offered such a helpful service.

No I wish rpi did

[FlagDUDE08]

Re: Brown & Yale @ RPI & Union (1/28, 1/29)

Sounds like my kind of place Doc, the reason I ask is that at Ingalls and other ECAC rinks there are lounges which may be entered for a cost, this cost will provide you with hops based adult beverages and wine between periods and after the game. I have partaked at Quinnipiac and was wondering if RPI offered such a helpful service.

Unfortunately not. It'd definitely be a good way for Brown's to advertise, though.

[DrDemento]

Re: Brown & Yale @ RPI & Union (1/28, 1/29)

Before 9/11/01 nobody really bothered tho check what you brought into HFH for the games. Jenny and I always came 'prepared'. We would bring pastries from Bella Napoli and of course some potent potable. Now you just cannot get away with that. I miss those days.

[LTsatch]

Re: Brown & Yale @ RPI & Union (1/28, 1/29)

Might have to lose a pint of 'Jezynowka' in a nearby snowbank. I presume snowbanks are available nearby.

[burgie12]

Re: Brown & Yale @ RPI & Union (1/28, 1/29)

Before 9/11/01 nobody really bothered tho check what you brought into HFH for the games. Jenny and I always came 'prepared'. We would bring pastries from Bella Napoli and of course some potent potable. Now you just cannot get away with that. I miss those days.

What do you mean you can't get away with that? Do you not have a pocket in your sweatshirt?

Might have to lose a pint of 'Jezynowka' in a nearby snowbank. I presume snowbanks are available nearby.

Plenty. Too many, actually. Just make sure to remember which snowbank you used.

[LTsatch]

Re: Brown & Yale @ RPI & Union (1/28, 1/29)

Back to the original reason for this thread, I am not even going to try and analyze the outcomes. All four games will be hard fought battles and the teams that stay out of the box will emerge victorious. If any of the games is decided by more than two goals I will be surprised. The only players of note missing from the Yale line up are Anderson, who I believe did not face RPI or Union earlier in the season and Gus Young who had limited minutes at defense. Gonna be some tired student athletes come Saturday night.

[DrDemento]

Re: Brown & Yale @ RPI & Union (1/28, 1/29)

What do you mean you can't get away with that? Do you not have a pocket in your sweatshirt?

Plenty. Too many, actually. Just make sure to remember which snowbank you used.

B12-we used every trick we could think of. In the old days it wasn't even necessary-I used to carry in a bag with my air horn,some libation, and a large red horn. Once the inspections began-we made friends with those at the front door and usually were able to slip some things in. Always had a small flask but the contents varied. Many times it was cherry brandy!

[GoDanGo]

Re: Brown & Yale @ RPI & Union (1/28, 1/29)

Any word on whether the band is able to fit this weekend's games into their busy schedule?

I should know better than to jump into this discussion. But you should know better than to bring this up again.

I love the band as much as the next guy. For those of you who would like to see the band at Thanksgiving/winter break games more often, there are a few possible routes you could take here:

1) Drop a note to RPI Residence Life, and let them know that it'd be helpful if they could make the dormitories available to band members during the break. Let them know how much it'd mean to the hockey fans who are still around.
2) If you're local (and especially if you're a student), contact the band and offer up a couch. Hotels aren't exactly cheap, and some of the students probably have nowhere better to stay.
3) Make a small donation to the band, and let them know it's with the intent that it be used to get out-of-town members to Troy. RPI has been recruiting students from a much wider geographic area in the past few years, and plane tickets from Washington State or gas money from Wisconsin is a lot of money to someone paying RPI prices for college. (Yes, the band has recently had members from both places.)
4) Or, you could keep b*tching on the internet about it, and hope that fixes the problem. Your call.

Let's keep in mind that the band is a totally volunteer organization of college students. The comparisons to the hockey team brought up a couple of weeks ago are totally bogus - the hockey team (most of them, anyway) is getting that nice little thing called a scholarship, and the band is not. Many of these folks are back at home seeing their families and high school friends only a few times a year, and they might not be too keen on missing out on that time and spending a lot of money to go back to a totally empty campus. I don't think it's anyone's right on this board to expect them to be there unconditionally. That's you too, Red Cloud. I don't care how much you did it as a student, some people have different priorities, and that's their right.

[ajt6954]

Re: Brown & Yale @ RPI & Union (1/28, 1/29)

I should know better than to jump into this discussion. But you should know better than to bring this up again.

I love the band as much as the next guy. For those of you who would like to see the band at Thanksgiving/winter break games more often, there are a few possible routes you could take here:

1) Drop a note to RPI Residence Life, and let them know that it'd be helpful if they could make the dormitories available to band members during the break. Let them know how much it'd mean to the hockey fans who are still around.
2) If you're local (and especially if you're a student), contact the band and offer up a couch. Hotels aren't exactly cheap, and some of the students probably have nowhere better to stay.
3) Make a small donation to the band, and let them know it's with the intent that it be used to get out-of-town members to Troy. RPI has been recruiting students from a much wider geographic area in the past few years, and plane tickets from Washington State or gas money from Wisconsin is a lot of money to someone paying RPI prices for college. (Yes, the band has recently had members from both places.)
4) Or, you could keep b*tching on the internet about it, and hope that fixes the problem. Your call.

Let's keep in mind that the band is a totally volunteer organization of college students. The comparisons to the hockey team brought up a couple of weeks ago are totally bogus - the hockey team (most of them, anyway) is getting that nice little thing called a scholarship, and the band is not. Many of these folks are back at home seeing their families and high school friends only a few times a year, and they might not be too keen on missing out on that time and spending a lot of money to go back to a totally empty campus. I don't think it's anyone's right on this board to expect them to be there unconditionally. That's you too, Red Cloud. I don't care how much you did it as a student, some people have different priorities, and that's their right.

Good points, Dan, all around. I was certainly one making my opinion known about having the band at all games...and how much it factors into "home field advantage" for the boys as well as game atmosphere. Your efforts are appreciated, but to my main question...

What would it take to have the band at all the games? Do other pep bands get a stipend from the school? Has there been any competitive research done?

Your thoughts and anyone else's would be appreciated...I look forward to seeing you guys in the stands, it truly isn't the same without you.