What instrument did you play? I used to play a brass instrument and had I gone to OSU undergrad (I went to graduate school there), I would have tried like crazy to get into that BEST band in the land!
I was in the band from 76-80 and played the alto horn which have since been replaced with mellophones. The band was a great college experience. I was never able to travel much as a kid but in 5 years went to 5 different bowl games. I guess that was the sliver lining in loosing to UM 4 out of 5 years - we went elsewhere. Unlike some friends in the band before me that were in school the same years as Archie - 4 straight Rose Bowls. To them a final year in the band spent at the Orange Bowl was a great difference.
56 posted on 01/02/2003 8:12:25 PM PST by tang-soo
Oh, man! I played the French Horn in concert band, and marched with the now extinct alto horn too!
What a great experience to be part of that wonderful band! You must have fabulous memories! Kudos to you, and your musicianship that allowed you to be part of it!
57 posted on 01/02/2003 8:16:14 PM PST by ohioWfan