Word: band
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Thus, when reorganization began in the Spring of 1946, the band had no instruments. Of course they also had no uniforms, no music and, since the officers were all undergraduates, they had no records and didn't know anyone who could help them. There were, however, a few recordings lying down in Paino music building--they had been made before...
More money from contributions enabled the band to make several trips that fall, including one to Princeton. It was here that a New Yorker correspondent heard, saw, and went home to write that the Harvard Band was "the best in the business," a nickname that has become synonymous with the Harvard Band, and, to most students and alumni, a correct evaluation...
...only did the band continue to play after the season, recording the Ivy League Album in December, but they started their first series of Spring concerts, under Holmes's direction...
Almost put out of business, by the failure of the Virginia concert trip in 1947, the band came back in time to make every game away during the 1948 season. On their way back from Virginia the musicians had played on the capital steps in Washington, almost missing their train home...
This year's band is the largest in Harvard history, numbering over 150 members. It is also probably the best ever here, since, with a few more rehearsals it may even out-play the 1949 band that made the "Half Time" album last year. Not one musical error was made on the recordings; Wintergreen was re-recorded when slight defeets showed in the first cutting so the album would be as near perfect as possible...