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On Fri, 21 Mar 2025 11:23:46 -0400, Zen Cycle <funkmaster@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>On 3/21/2025 8:47 AM, Shadow wrote:
>> On Fri, 21 Mar 2025 04:52:03 -0400, zen cycle
>> <funkmasterxx@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> There used to be a "lettermens sweater".
>>>
>>> https://www.thecoop.com/Harvard-Champion-College-Sweater.
>>>
>> 
>> 	No letters there.
>>> Web searches seem to show them a bit more in vogue now, compered to when
>>> I was in in high-school and college, when "Varsity Jackets" were where
>>> the choice:
>>>
>>> https://jacketshop.com/in-stock-jackets/
>>>
>>> Wool body with (p)leather arms
>>>
>>> It wasn't uncommon to see a star athlete with more than one letter for
>>> each sport they had lettered in. FWIW, I lettered in Band.I still have
>>> the letter, never bothered with a jacket or sweater.
>> 
>> 	I'm at a disadvantage. Couldn't find "Band" anywhere
>> associated with sport.
>
>Marching band. Standard accompaniment for high school and college 
>football and basketball games, as well as a competitive activity in its 
>own right. I got the letter for high school band, my wife got letters in 
>both high school and college for band. In some schools it's a larger 
>program than sports.
>
>https://marching.musicforall.org/result/grand-national-championships-2024/
>
>For example, my wife went to UMass Amherst and was in the "pit" - the 
>percussion section that is stationary while the rest of the band does 
>the marching performance.
>
>I went to a football game a few years ago with her when her and some 
>college friends decided to have a reunion. Typically, most school bands 
>do a performance at halftime. The UMass band gave three performances - 
>before, halftime, and after. The most striking part was that the fooball 
>team cleared the field for halftime - all the benches and game 
>accessories a team needs were moved - for the band to be able to set up 
>properly with their sound system, percussion pit, and conductor podiums 
>(they have 2). More interesting was that the audience stayed in the 
>stands - not just for the halftime show, but also for the postgame show. 
>There were more people at the game to watch the band than were there for 
>the football team.
>
>The UMass Marching band has an outstanding reputation, in 2024 they 
>played the Macys Thanksgiving parade and played in the recent past at 
>the Rose Bowl parade, several New England Patriots Home Opener games and 
>three presidential inaugurations.

	TY
>
>
>> 
>> 	Urban dictionary and Google suggested a musical band. The
>> latter with the disclaimer that "it's not really a sport" if no
>> competition is involved, though some American schools accept it as a
>> sport.
>> 	[]'s
>>>> 	Surprised it wasn't in the Urban Dictionary. Maybe it's an old
>>>> expression.
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