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UT Alumni Band B!tches About Free Seats at Rice Game
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Wed Sep 24, 2008 1:00 amby MrMustang1965
[i]First, there was the Bataan Death March. Then there was the trek the Longhorn Alumni Band had to make Saturday night to get to their assigned seats at Royal-Memorial Stadium.
For the UT-Rice game, the alumni band was given seats so far up in the northeast corner of the stadium  sections 118 and 119  that the University of Texas should have provided oxygen.
“That’s a long way up,â€
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Wed Sep 24, 2008 5:57 amby bubba pony
sounds like the texas band alumni were given free bleacher seats.
for the SMU parent weekend we got the very top row and no other parents were near us. in fact I liked the seats. our daughter's roommates parents were assigned seats in a sea of purple TCU fans.
Re: UT Alumni Band B!tches About Free Seats at Rice Game
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Wed Sep 24, 2008 9:10 amby DiamondM75
MrMustang1965 wrote:But the alumni band provides over $30,000 in scholarships annually to the Longhorn band.
IS THAT ALL?
The 700 member alumni band provides $30,000 in scholarships? The SMU alumni band of 45 provides over $20,000 in annual scholarships.
Re: UT Alumni Band B!tches About Free Seats at Rice Game
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Wed Sep 24, 2008 9:37 amby Peruna_Ate_My_Rolex
DiamondM75 wrote:MrMustang1965 wrote:But the alumni band provides over $30,000 in scholarships annually to the Longhorn band.
IS THAT ALL?
The 700 member alumni band provides $30,000 in scholarships? The SMU alumni band of 45 provides over $20,000 in annual scholarships.
I believe that the $30,000 that they provide in scholarships is what is raised by the alumni band on just that one day.
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Wed Sep 24, 2008 10:05 amby smu diamond m
Yeah, but they have the university helping out too
Re: UT Alumni Band B!tches About Free Seats at Rice Game
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Wed Sep 24, 2008 10:06 amby Peruna2001
Peruna_Ate_My_Rolex wrote:I believe that the $30,000 that they provide in scholarships is what is raised by the alumni band on just that one day.
MrMustang1965 wrote:But the alumni band provides over $30,000 in scholarships annually to the Longhorn band.
Re: UT Alumni Band B!tches About Free Seats at Rice Game
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Wed Sep 24, 2008 10:10 amby Peruna_Ate_My_Rolex
Eh, I just find that hard to believe that their entire alumni organization,which is roughly 3000 people(not just the people that show up for alumni band day), would only give 30k a year. Then again, I guess it is ut.
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Wed Sep 24, 2008 10:27 amby Horseshoe
Why do we care about the Alumni Band at UT?
It's not SMU
It's not football
If the UT band was somehow relevant in our lives - which it's not - it's not even the current UT band.
WHO CARES?
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Wed Sep 24, 2008 2:00 pmby DiamondM75
Don't you realize how many pizzas you have to deliver to raise $30K?
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Wed Sep 24, 2008 2:05 pmby mrydel
DiamondM75 wrote:Don't you realize how many pizzas you have to deliver to raise $30K?
It is offset, however, by the football players robbing the pizza delivery guys to get their money.
Re: UT Alumni Band B!tches About Free Seats at Rice Game
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Wed Sep 24, 2008 2:18 pmby abezontar
DiamondM75 wrote:MrMustang1965 wrote:But the alumni band provides over $30,000 in scholarships annually to the Longhorn band.
IS THAT ALL?
The 700 member alumni band provides $30,000 in scholarships? The SMU alumni band of 45 provides over $20,000 in annual scholarships.
Are you just considering the persons who show up and play on the Blvd. and in the stands? There are SMU band alumni that give money that don't participate in the spirit bands every week.