Word: saturdays
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...THERE they stood in an unswerving line, hands held proudly in the air, between the radicals and the police, trying to bring reason and peace to a violent confrontation. This was Saturday. This was the Justice Department in Washington. These were the New Mobe marshals...
When most Harvard students and alumni think of the Band, they think first of its traditional Saturday afternoon antics at Harvard football games. There is no doubt that the Band is now as much a part of Harvard football tradition as Bobby Leo or Chub Peabody...
...despite its leanings toward more serious music in recent years. the Band's main source of notoriety remains its performance at Harvard football games. During dismal football seasons, such as the present one, the Band is always there on Saturday to entertain those Harvard supporters too disgusted with the football team to pay any attention to the game...
...takes place on the day before the game when the bandsmen go over the show's music for the first time. The halftime skits are written during the week and are read to the Band at the rehearsal. The only time that they practice the show formations is on Saturday morning...
...Each Saturday of home games, the Band congregates behind the Freshman Union in the Hulbut Parking Lot at 10 a.m. They then march down Mass Ave. and through the Square to the Stadium, where they rehearse the show. By the time the fans begin to arrive for the game, the Band is munching away on box lunches in their midfield seats...