update:
May 29, 2003

THE OHIO STATE

Learn about "The Best Damned Band In The Land" below:
Facts
Traditions
Travel Information
Schedule
Contact
Links

Facts:

• Location: Colubus, Ohio
• Mascot: Buckeyes
• Stadium: Ohio Stadium
• Campus Home: unknown
• Band size: 225
• Director: Dr. Jon R. Woods
• Drum Major: unknown
• Sections: E-flat Cornets, B-flat Cornets, Flugelhorns, F Horns, Trombones, Baritone Horns, Sousaphones, Drumline
• Marching Style: unknown
• Leadership: Row leaders
• Practice Locations: unknown
• Rehearsal Times: unknown
• School Songs: Buckeye Battle Cry and Across The Field
• Pep Bands: unknown

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Traditions:

• Members of the OSUMB are required to try out every year, with veteran members receiving the same treatment as new candidates. As a result, veterans who return unprepared or find themselves in the midst of a more competitive row may make the band as alternates or be cut from the band entirely.
• The "Script Ohio" has become a standard chart for the band. It is 3:30 minutes long and is marched single file.
• The 'i-dotter' was orginially a trumpet player, but changed to a sousaphone in 1937.
• The familiar kick, turn, and bow by the sousaphone player at the top of the "i" was an innovation introduced by Glen R. Johnson at a game in 1938. "(The turn) was an impulse reaction when drum major Myron McKelvey arrived three or four measures too soon at the top of the "i"," Johnson explained, "so I did a big kick, a turn, and a deep bow to use up the music before Buckeye Battle Cry. The crowd roared when this happened, and it became part of the show thereafter."

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Ohio State Travel Information:

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Links:

The Ohio State University
Ohio State Marching Band
Buckeye Athletics

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