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...Alice Tondel, known to four generations of Harvard Band members as "Mom," died Thursday, November 4 at Mt. Auburn Hospital of respiratory failure...
After the game on Saturday, band members and alumni will join together for a "big smash banquet," said O'Brien. One of the speakers at the banquet will be Alice Tondel, "The Band's Mom," he added...
...Tondel, who has been "The Band's Mom" for 35 years, does the band's artwork, helps take care of uniforms and provides moral support. Although she says she's actually 72 years old, band tradition requires that she be officially identified as being...
...tradition. For almost everyone besides the statistician, a large part of that tradition is the marching band's half-time show. And the Harvard Band itself is steeped in tradition. Some band traditions, like the hand-shivering excitement cheer, are silent, and others, like band "Mom" Alice Tondel, are unseen (unless, of course, you try to sit in the band's seats during half-time). One tradition that is neither silent nor unseen looms over all others. For those of you who have never been to a football game or band concert, that tradition is the band's symbol...
...Band's organizational structure includes the manager, who is ultimately responsible for the group, seven assistant managers, two student conductors, a drum major, a librarian, a props manager and "Mom." "Mom" is Alice Tondel, a Cambridge artist who acts as chaperone, Band artist, and general friend. Her son played in the Band while Malcolm Holmes was director, and she has retained an interest in the group over the years...