Clarkson Pep Band
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Clarkson University Pep Band is the official student-run pep band that supports the Clarkson University Golden Knights. The pep band performs at all of the home ice hockey games for the Men's NCAA Division 1 hockey team, including the majority of the away games and a few games for the Division 1 Women's team. The Clarkson Pep Band is regarded as one of the most dedicated and fearsome pep bands in Division 1 hockey.
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[edit] History
The Clarkson University Pep Band was founded in the fall of 1964, by a small group of Clarkson students. Nearly twenty years later, in the 1980s, the band's membership and reputation grew by leaps and bounds. The 1985-1986 ECAC hockey season proved to be one of the first great seasons for the band. The ECAC recognized the band with a special award as the best ECAC collegiate pep band in existence. Over the last eleven years they have worked hard to keep up the recognition as the best band in the ECAC.
Their efforts have resulted in many victories on the road as well as an amazing record during the play-offs. The Clarkson Hockey Team has made it to the ECAC final four every season during this decade and have also made several NCAA appearances including a frozen four appearance in the 1991-1992 season. Every year the hockey team makes the post season, the band is sure to follow.
The band travels with 35-40 members, with the one exception of St. Lawrence University who has placed a restriction on the number of members to 25. The band has approximately 75 full-time members, who shake the glass in Cheel Arena at every home game. A comment heard more than once when leaving Cheel Arena is about the superfine quality of the band.[1]
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[edit] External links
- Clarkson Athletics
- Clarkson University Pep Band Home Page
- Clarkson University Pep Band Alumni Association
- Bonesaw Brigade
