[NU Sports] WILDCAT WRAP: NU 27, Illinois 16

[Jeff Beamsley]

NUMB has always struck me as a band with attitude and an interest in being a
leader rather than a follower.

I loved the spirit folks when I first saw them in '95.  I loved Holtz too
when I first heard it played, but everybody plays it now.

Happy to hear that the band is trying to find new tunes to convey the same
message.

Jeff



-----Original Message-----
From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On
Behalf Of Evan Bradley
Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2006 6:11 PM
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Subject: Re: [NU Sports] WILDCAT WRAP: NU 27, Illinois 16

Another side note from another NUMBalum:  What's up with the band playing
the Imperial March (from Star Wars) on defense? I'm pretty sure I head it on
the radio, and that it was NUMB and not the Illini band, but correct me if
I'm wrong. That's so unoriginal.  Holst was way cooler (IMO).

On 11/19/06, SjT (Stephen J. Truog) <sjtruog at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> A quick side note on halftime. As a former member of the Northwestern 
> University Marching Band (NUMB), the final home halftime show is 
> always special for me, as I watch the departing seniors honored and 
> appreciate and participate in the thankful acknowledgement of the 
> crowd for the NUMBers' years of pride and guts in supporting our team 
> win or lose. Well, not only was NUMB fantastic in bringing back their 
> top-notch George Gershwin halftime show, but it was also slyly funny 
> to see "Rhapsody in Blue" played at halftime on American Airlines Day 
> at Ryan Field. I'm sure the United Airlines execs were smiling. Take 
> that corporate sponsors! But anyway, Senior Day isn't just a day to 
> thank our senior gridiron players for all that they've done for NU, 
> but the cheerleaders, mascots, band members and everyone else who 
> helps make college football a unique and special experience for fans.
>

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