Rice vs. Army, Sept. 30, 1995

ANNOUNCER: (In hick accent) Howdy, we're from Texas...Presenting the Rice University Marching Owl Band!

ACTION: Band runs on from the four corners of the field during song to form

FORMATION: MOB

MUSIC: Turning It Loose

ANNOUNCER: And now, honoring the 1994, 45, and 46 Army teams and the cadets who have served our country for the past 50 years...

FORMATION: 50

MUSIC: The Caisson Song

ANNOUNCER: Our pregame musical selection, for the Black Knights of West Point---"Back In Black."

MUSIC: Back In Black

ANNOUNCER: And now, a college rock classic---the famous "Shout!"

FORMATION: the Shout chevrons

MUSIC: Shout

ACTION: Show Assistants shoot streamers everywhere with mini-gazilchers, everyone runs off the field like mad at end of song...

This show was...wierd. We had written a wonderful show, especially geared for this long-awaited trip to Army (we were the first opposing-team band to play there in many, many years), but Army called us up the day we left for New York to tell us that they didn't think our script was appropriate to the occasion, so we couldn't do it. The above was written on the trip from New York to Army, I think. We were only allowed to do a pregame show, since the halftime was to be taken up doing presentations. Sigh. Maybe another day...--S. S.