Not having been at any recent games, how long/what does the band play at football games or volleyball matches?

Does the band play any pregame or just the National Anthem?

I was at a recent athletic event and had the chance to watch and listen to the pep band. I thought they were pretty good. Then I saw them at halftime of the homecoming football game. They were great! The "J" formation they made was fun to see and well done.
And you know what? It may not be like the "good old days" that I read people talk about all the time on here, but it doesn't mean they've changed for the worse.

I do have to agree with you, the band does sound pretty good. My question would be this....Is it not part of the "role of the band director" to play at these events, I wonder if its in his contract? I guess if its not, they can't make him, I would also like to know if Cliff got paid any extra to play at those events.

Of I also agree Mr. Galsted has brought the band back from the last 8 years or so.

I agree with the more they play the more the younger kids will be interested in joining the band. As far as the uniforms go, I too believe they should be worn at least at the parades and football games. I think the "Jordan Pep Band" shirts they wore last year during the State VolleyBall Tournament were great. The uniforms would be very hot if they were worn inside, I believe they're wool.
Mr Galsted has done a great job and they sound great. I've always wondered why the band doesn't sit in the stands during the football games. They should be part of the student fan section.

I play in the pep band, and i want to say that the guy who says that we don't play during timeouts and halftime and during the kickoff needs to do his homework. We aren't allowed to play during the kickoff, we do play during halftime, and we play everytime our team scores. He also says that we play the same songs in the same order, which is not true. And I don't appreciate being called boring, because we play hard whenever we can until our director makes us leave, and we try our hardest. Was the homecoming halftime show boring? Let's see you put on a 10 pound wool uniform and go stand out there and play a musical instrument!

MiketheSkiBum,

I guess I might be blind and deaf, but except Homecoming, I have never seen the band stay past the National Anthem and I am at every football game.

And don't take me wrong, I am not bashing the Band. I played and loved being in the band. We did wear those Maroon uniforms, which I think ours weighed 30 pounds, and a "Beret" atleast the Tuba players did, and those were GAY! I also remember doing the "J" on the football field. We also had to move doing our songs, we did a routine, pinwheels, line marching.

And don't say your not allowed to play during the kickoff. Nowhere does it say you can't do that. We used to do it all the time. The drummers had a little thing they did and we all waved our instruments in the air. Sounds dumb, but looked and sounded cool.

Were all stating this because we all like the band and would love to hear more of it.