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Spring '91 brought the Big Red Hockey Team to Ann Arbor for a best of three 1st round NCAA match. Cornell won the opening game in heroic fashion, with a Kent Manderville goal to tie the game with 3 or six seconds remaining, followed by a quick OT goal. We got killed in the second game, and I was assaulted by an overzealous and drunk Michigan fan (he was thrown out) and screamed at by a nearby 10 year old girl for the entire game. (Yes, even more annoying than hearing Reprints! Reprints!) So, going into the third and deciding game, we knew that though we might not win, we could certainly have more fun as a band than Michigan could. We decided that we had to get the Michigan State fight song and play it. We tried calling the now defunct Scooter Jeneary in Ithaca since he came from Iowa before, but he didn't have a copy, and wished us good luck at staying alive if we found one. Finally, after a full-day of scouring Ann Arbor, we found the "Songs of the Big Ten" in a bookstore, bought it, photocopied the sheet music, and then returned the book. Someone, I don't remember who, arranged parts for us on the spot - there were definitely no harmonies. So we show up at the game and are losing maybe 8-3 late in the third period. It's time for us to play. So at a quiet break we rip off the Michigan State fight song. I don't think I've ever heard bigger boos in my life. Those listening on the radio said we even pissed off the announcers! So we had to play it again a few minutes later, and then escaped quickly back to Ithaca.
---Arik Marks '89 (not), '90 (not), '91(Finally), 11-11-96 |
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