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Looking to join the Queen's Bands?
From Frosh to Graduate Students, or English to Engineering, we'll take anyone with spirt.
The info session is in Sitrling D on Monday September 13th, 2010, 6:30PM sharp. Be there or you won't get to sign up for tryouts!
The Marching Bands of Queen's University, est. 1905
The Queen's Bands, established in 1905, is the largest and oldest university marching band in Canada. They make their home in Grant Hall on the campus of Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. The Bands perform pre-game and half-time shows at all Golden Gaels football games, and lead the crowd in singing the Oil Thigh after the Gaels score a touchdown. For home games, the Bands lead a parade of Queen's football fans from the main campus to the football stadium at the West Campus.
Once football season ends they are active in festive parades, most notably the Kingston and Toronto Santa Claus Parades, and the Montreal St. Patrick's Day Parade. The Bands have also partcipated in the New Orleans Mardi Gras Parade, the New York Macy's Parade, and in the Boston St. Patrick's Day parades.
"...the group has, from the beginning, been more than a simple pep squad for the football teams ... the key to its immortality is its limitless spirit."
-Remy Rodden, Arts and Science '83