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SMU hate week... what are they saying on Ponyfans?
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<blockquote data-quote="PurplFrawg" data-source="post: 2758440" data-attributes="member: 223"><p>It's an old band insult: </p><p></p><p>"The SMU band became known as the Mustang Band in the 1950s. When Dr. Irving Dreibrodt became director in 1958, the band became independent from the <a href="http://smu.edu/meadows/music/" target="_blank">SMU School of Music</a>. Dr. Dreibrodt's 25-year tenure as director led to the creation of many of the band's traditions and songs that continue today.</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Hired to produce a band that people would watch at halftime, he jettisoned all non-brass <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_instruments" target="_blank">wind instruments</a> except 22 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saxophones" target="_blank">saxophones</a>.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">He quickly introduced the concept of changing uniforms several times during a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_football" target="_blank">football</a> game, and beginning in the fall of 1959 a writer for <em>The Campus</em> newspaper coined the name “The Best-Dressed Band in the Land.”</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">In 1961 the band for the first time fielded 96 members along with its featured twirler, leading to another popular nickname of<strong> “96 Guys and a Doll.'"</strong></li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PurplFrawg, post: 2758440, member: 223"] It's an old band insult: "The SMU band became known as the Mustang Band in the 1950s. When Dr. Irving Dreibrodt became director in 1958, the band became independent from the [URL='http://smu.edu/meadows/music/']SMU School of Music[/URL]. Dr. Dreibrodt's 25-year tenure as director led to the creation of many of the band's traditions and songs that continue today. [LIST] [*]Hired to produce a band that people would watch at halftime, he jettisoned all non-brass [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_instruments']wind instruments[/URL] except 22 [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saxophones']saxophones[/URL]. [*]He quickly introduced the concept of changing uniforms several times during a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_football']football[/URL] game, and beginning in the fall of 1959 a writer for [I]The Campus[/I] newspaper coined the name “The Best-Dressed Band in the Land.” [*]In 1961 the band for the first time fielded 96 members along with its featured twirler, leading to another popular nickname of[B] “96 Guys and a Doll.'"[/B] [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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