<p>It's all student-run and the website is pretty irreverent and off-the-wall. But it is a marching (not scramble) band, has around 200 members, and claims to perform occasionally at NFL and CFL games. Does it seem like a fairly serious and competent band? Does it appear to be more or less accomplished than a good HS marching band?</p>
<p>you decide</p>
<p>[YouTube</a> - Cornell Marching Band Plays Tetris - Oct 16, 2010](<a href=“Cornell Marching Band Plays Tetris - Oct 16, 2010 - YouTube”>Cornell Marching Band Plays Tetris - Oct 16, 2010 - YouTube)</p>
<p>[YouTube</a> - You can call me Al-- Big Red Marching Band](<a href=“You can call me Al-- Big Red Marching Band - YouTube”>You can call me Al-- Big Red Marching Band - YouTube)
check comments, too</p>
<p>[YouTube</a> - Cornell BRMB @ Harvard Halftime (10/9/10)](<a href=“Cornell BRMB @ Harvard Halftime (10/9/10) - YouTube”>Cornell BRMB @ Harvard Halftime (10/9/10) - YouTube)</p>
<p>More accomplished! The only real marching band in the Ivy League!</p>
<p>The Big Red Band, like most groups on campus (with 200 members, it’s probably the largest student group on campus), is entirely student run. It is not a scatter band, and does march. It is the only band in the Ivy League to do so. It plays at all home games and travels to three road games, and usually a CFL game (in Montreal). Because it is entirely student run, the irreverance shows on its website and sometimes when marching(although it is part of the athletic department, most of its advising comes from an alumni board). It takes itself seriously on the field and as musicians, but it also knows that based on Cornell’s demands, you cannot expect long rehearsal periods.</p>
<p>However, if you’re looking for a strict, no-nonsense marching band, try the Big Ten. If you’re looking for people who enjoy cheering on Big Red sports, have pride in musicianship and what they do, making life-long friends and want to meet a great group of students who define Cornell spirit, then join the band.</p>