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Volume 3, Issue 4
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Ahh the fall. Once again football and hockey are here - a pep bander's dream come true (well, at least the hockey part). Lots to talk about this quarter as we gear up for the season, the women's team at D1, PBAN3, and a look ahead to Freakout. Also at the end of the year RPI Pep Band Alumni (and Friends) will celebrate our 3rd birthday. With so much to do, let's get right into it. |
Men's Hockey Starts - With a Cause Ladies and gentlemen the season has begun! The team got off to a great start Friday night, beating Ottawa 13-3 in an exhibition contest at Houston FIeldhouse. After a disapointing season last year, Coach Fridgen and his staff hope to turn things around and build a winner. Albany seems to be the goal, though only time will tell how realistic that is. Much of last year's team has returned, with some new faces ready to step in. Foremost among these is Mathias Lange, a Freshman goaltender who will look to take the starting job away from Jordan Alford. One player who is not back yet is Captain Kirk MacDonald. Kirk was diagnosed late last year with testicular cancer and has been in treatment most of the summer. Though he hopes to return to the ice soon, he did not come back to campus this fall as he is still recovering from the treatments. To support him and his cause, his teamates have come togeather with a new charity idea. Each home game there will be abooth setuo to provide information on the disease. There will also be donation buckets for two players. If either player raises more than $100, they will have their heads shaved at center ice after the game. Normally, we here at RPI Pep Band Alumni (and Friends) wouldn't focus on what happens with players off the ice. I think in this case the exception is well made. So if you're at a game, be sure to drop in a buck or two - and maybe we can put together a group donation for PBAN3. |
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Grid Iron Endeavors - RPI Football Back to Winning Ways RPI Football has figured out how to win again. Though much of the conference season lies ahead, RPI will enter their off week with a 4-1 record. The only loss came to NCAA contenders Hobart in triple-overtime. The big surprise of the season has been the standout play of Jay Bernardo. Bernardo has had at least 2 TDs in each game. Look for big things from him and the rest of the squad as they get ready for the second half of the season. The playoff race is going to come right down to the wire this year, and will most likely be decided at Union on November 12th. |
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With 12 returning players, nine new recruits, and a new assistant Third-year Head Coach John Burke will look to his freshmen as
well Also returning for the Engineers is senior Rosina
Schiff in goal. As The biggest loss for the Engineers offensively, was leading
scorer On defense RPI lost its two career games played players in
Allie To help with the transition to D-I, Coach Burke hired Tim
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Yes, you read that right. The same night the RPI Pep Band Alumni are at the Fieldhouse, RPI will be honoring one of the greatest hockey alums with his induction into the RPI Athletics Hall of Fame. So here's the details for this event.
Directions to the mixer are as follows:
A quick note regarding rehearsal.... Because there is a women's home hockey game that day, the band may not hold rehearsal. If that happens we'll either have some sort of breakfast, or maybe have a rehearsal of our own so we're not completely rusty that night. More details on this to follow. Also, if you have not done so already, please let us know if you'll be attending by going to the poll. We understand that many of you will be there to hang out with other alums or have other engagements that day, please at least put in an appearance at the mixer if at all possible. It's important for the students to get to know us and for us to get to know them - and was the reason this event was created to begin with. |
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Yes, we know... Freakout is still four months away. However, with tickets starting to fly already, we wanted to let you know the details for this year's event so you can plan accordingly. First off, Freakout will take place on Saturday February 12th vs Brown and tickets can be purchased through the Fieldhouse box office. We'll be starting our day with breakfast at Latham 76 Diner at 9:00am. As with last year, expect a surprise or two. From there we'll be heading to West Hall 326 for Pep Band Rehearsal at 10:30am. Though not an official event, the Hockey Alumni game will take place at noon at the Fieldhouse and is a great opportunity to see both recent and not-so-recent alums in action. Now comes the big news. Local alum Brendan Conte '02 and his girlfriend Sarah Bennett have offered to hold both the alumni lasagna dinner and after-party at their place at no charge. While there is no cover for either of these donations and/or help with lasagna will not be turned away. For those who attended the after-party last year, this is the same house on Tibbits Ave. Sarah and Brendan are already impressing us with their ideas, so expect them to pull out all the stops. The dinner will start at 3:15pm to allow plenty of time for lasagna and face-painting. From there we'll all head over to the Fieldhouse at 6:15pm. You can leave your non-game stuffs at the house for afterwards. After the game (and broomball), we'll head back to the Conte residence for the after-party. I know many of you haven't really had a chance to think into February yet, but if you have please RSVP and let us know if you'll be attending.
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Pep Band Stories will return next issue. If you have a story you'd like to share, please let us know at newsletter@rpipepbandalumni.org.
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Hello Alumni, As I'm sure you all remember this is a busy time to be in the Pep Band. The Men's Hockey and Football scheduals are overlapping. In addition, this year we have also added home women's hockey games to our schedual. We may have to miss a few women's games thoughout the year just to ease the burden on the band, however we are going to make an honest effort to go to most of the home women's games. We're not sure that there is any other exiting news in the pep band of late. Hopefully you all got the e-mail from Tim reguarding our new "Award Winning Pep Band" status. If you missed it, feel free to e-mail Neil at havlan@rpi.edu and he'll send you a copy of the poly article. We'll see many of you soon if you come out to the alumni game, which we hope you do. It's fun to hear just how loud we can be when everyone crowds on that stage. We'll see you then, AJ and Neil
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