Game Day Experience

[Flagman]

Looks like the band is going the way of the dinosaurs, slowly disappearing.

Sad to hear about the band, I loved my time in the Paladin Regiment.

During my time there ('08-'12) the band was primarily music majors (50-60%). There were a few other students on music scholarships (10-15%), and then several students who were not majors but enjoyed marching band (30-35%). As tuition has continued to increase, the ROI for a degree at Furman to become a music teacher has become a bad investment. Unless Furman decides to heavily subsidize students who want to be music teachers and performers I don't see much of an opportunity for the band to come back.

Sad, indeed!

['Din Djarin]

Furman's Alma Mater is pretty forgettable. I mean I remember most of the words but my brain is weird like that. It's not one of the better ones out there, and that's always bothered me especially given how highly-regarded Furman's music program is.

[The Jackal]

It used to be every music major was required to be in the band. I'm not sure if that is still the case.

[Flagman]

Furman's Alma Mater is pretty forgettable. I mean I remember most of the words but my brain is weird like that. It's not one of the better ones out there, and that's always bothered me especially given how highly-regarded Furman's music program is.

This is my 50th reunion year. I proudly sing the alma Mater at every opportunity, and the version that I learned as a freshman, not the revised version.

[MNORM]

Looks like the band is going the way of the dinosaurs, slowly disappearing.

Sad to hear about the band, I loved my time in the Paladin Regiment.

During my time there ('08-'12) the band was primarily music majors (50-60%). There were a few other students on music scholarships (10-15%), and then several students who were not majors but enjoyed marching band (30-35%). As tuition has continued to increase, the ROI for a degree at Furman to become a music teacher has become a bad investment. Unless Furman decides to heavily subsidize students who want to be music teachers and performers I don't see much of an opportunity for the band to come back.

Sad, indeed!

IIRC we only had one sousaphone player in the marching band last year. There were four in the regiment for the T-Tech game. Hopefully things aren't dwindling down quite as badly as it seems...albeit that's just one specific instrument.

[curiousfan]

The traditional unis are nice, unfortunately, these alternate unis attract many of today's recruits....and yeah the academics, the campus, etc are enticing....BUT PLAYERS LOVE THE "DRIP"! Gotta change with the times "old-timers"!

We have Iconic FCS (1AA) unis--especially all white--yet people want to go with a helmet that makes us look like western KY and uniforms that look like they were found in a sales bin at Sam Wyche sporting goods because they didn't work for Pickens high or Willie Wonka. Fine to do an alternate for one game to make the players happy but just stick with the basics. Let's not be like Berea or some other wannabe high school team.