August - September 2014

In This Issue

Band Geek "Fancy" Parody

Homecoming Queen

ALS Ice Bucket Challenge

Family Sendoff/Block Party

Homecoming 2014

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Give to the Band

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Upcoming Performances:

Saturday 10/11

Family Weekend Tailgate

4:45 - 6:00 p.m.

Pritchard Gym

Saturday 10/11

SBU Football vs. Maine

7:00 p.m.

LaValle Stadium

Monday 10/13

Columbus Day Parade

11:30 a.m. - 3 p.m.

5th Avenue - NYC

TV: WABC

Tuesday 10/14

Nick Graham's Tie & Shirt Set Collection Announcement

Macy's Herald Square - NYC

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Spirit of Stony Brook Invited to Perform at UConn

On Saturday, September 6th, the band traveled to East Hartford, Connecticut to not only support the football team, but to perform its own halftime show in the 40,000 seat Rentschler Field stadium. UConn's marching band was such a generous host, offering our band water and ice cream during the game and candy for the ride home. Throughout the game, both bands took turns playing in the stands and also communicated by waving their instruments in the air as well as doing the wave with their arms.

Band Geek: Student Staff "Fancy" Parody

Over the summer the Athletic Bands annual student staff and summer staff wrote a parody song of Iggy Azalea's hit "Fancy." The song, Band Geek, describes what it's like to be a band member in The Spirit of Stony Brook Marching Band. The students filmed a music video to go along with the song and presented it to the whole band during Roll Call on the last day of Band Camp. The annual student staff members who were involved were Sal Ferrguia, Jaclyn Lattanza, Emma Lowery and Richie Moylan and the summer staff members who were involved were Courtney Ladowski, Christian Sugiarto, Chris Valentino and Gilbert Worotikan.

A Queen is Crowned: Jaclyn Lattanza

Congratulations to our very own, Jaclyn Lattanza (President, Flute Section Leader) for being crowned the 2014 Stony Brook Homecoming Queen on Saturday, September 27! Jaclyn joins former Drum Majors Karthik Rao ('12) and Navneet Singh ('08 & '10) and flutist Dr. Patty Ng ('08) who have shared the title of Homecoming King/Queen. Courtney Ladowski (Woodwind Captain) and Andre Leon (Principle Drum Major) were also honored as distinguished members of the Homecoming Court. Click here to see Jaclyn's rap that she performed during the Court's Creative Explosion Contest!

ALS Ice Bucket Challenge

All of the professional staff members of the Stony Brook Athletic Bands program were nominated by Director Emeritus John Leddy to take the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. One night during Band Camp, all three drum majors dumped two buckets of ice water on Director Shayna Stahl, Drum Instructors Michael Ayala and Mark Carmen, Woodwind Instructor Vincent Malafronte and Brass Instructor Zachary deVries. After completing the challenge, they nominated Assistant Dean of Students Jeff Barnett who completed the challenge with his daughter Emma on the last day of Band Camp.

Stony Brook Athletic Bands Alumni

More than 30 members of the Stony Brook Athletic Bands Alumni came back to Stony Brook to celebrate Homecoming on September 27th. The group included recent graduates and even some founders. Director Emeritus John Leddy conducted the alumni as they performed with the whole band during pregame. They played the Victory Song and the Alma Mater from the sideline. During halftime, Meg Spicer ('12) took pictures of the band on the field.

DOS Student Employee of the Month

Jaclyn Lattanza, the Marketing Coordinator of the Stony Brook Athletic Bands program, received the Carole Friedman Student Staff Member of the Month Award in recognition of her exemplary service in the Stony Brook Dean of Students Office. She started working in the Office of Athletic Bands during her freshman year in 2012. Her main focus has been boosting the band's social media presence. She is currently the President and one of the Flute Section Leaders of the band. Jaclyn is a senior journalism major and digital arts minor who is planning on graduating with her bachelor's degree in May 2015. After graduation, she will pursue her master's in business and is planning on receiving her degree in May 2016.

The Miracle League of Long Island at Stony Brook

For the second year in a row, the band was invited to perform at The Miracle League of Long Island event at Joe Nathan Field. This year, on Saturday, September 20th, a group of band members played the Fight Song, Victory Song, and other upbeat songs in between both baseball games. The

Miracle League's mission is to establish and sustain baseball programs for people of all ages with disabilities. Several band members volunteered as a BUDDY and created a fun and safe environment for all of the participants during the baseball games.

#SBBandCamp14

From Friday, August 15th to Sunday, August 24th, the Spirit of Stony Brook hosted its annual Band Camp for all band members. During Band Camp the drum majors and leadership team helped professional staff members prepare all new and returning band members for the football season. This included learning marching fundamentals, new music and drill for pregame and the first halftime show. This season the band will play three different halftime shows for the first time ever. Throughout Band Camp, the drum majors, leadership, drumline, woodwinds, brass, color guard and Mrs. Stahl each had a day to take over the band's social media pages with #takeover.

Camp Kesem Welcome Back

On the first day of Band Camp (Aug. 15), members of Leadership welcomed home the campers and camp counselors who attended Stony Brook's Camp Kesem program at Camp Candlewood in New Fairfield, CT for two weeks in August. Camp Kesem at Stony Brook was founded in 2013 and provides free summer camps for children affected by a parent's cancer in the Long Island Area.

New Student Convocation 2014

On Saturday, August 23rd, the band, dance team, cheer team and Wolfie welcomed all of the new Stony Brook University freshmen and transfer students to campus at the New Student Convocation ceremony. The band played the Victory Song, the Fight Song and debuted Pompeii by Bastille. After their performance, all band members left the field and went into the stands. When the Alma Mater played at the end of the ceremony, they all linked arms and swayed back and forth and sang the lyrics.

Athlete Performance

On Sunday, August 24th, the band welcomed all of the new and returning athletes back to campus with a performance of the Fight Song, Victory Song and Pompeii by Bastille. The band's new Seawolves drum chant was also introduced. After the performance, several coaches from Athletics served the athletes and band members ice cream.

Family Sendoff BBQ/Block Party

On Saturday, August 23rd, the band performed at Stony Brook's Family Sendoff BBQ at the Staller Terrace. The crowd enjoyed the band's music and energy as they enjoyed their hamburgers and hot dogs. Following the performance for the athletes on Sunday, August 24th, the band performed at the Stony Brook Block Party outside of the SAC. Students gathered around to listen to the band perform songs like The Walker by Fitz and the Tantrums and Pompeii by Bastille

Homecoming 2014

In celebration of Homecoming, the band performed at a variety of campus events. First they got the campus excited at the Homecoming Hoopla & Carnival on Wednesday, September 24th and then pumped up the crowd on the Staller Terrace at the Seawolves Showcase on Friday. And on game day, the band played for everyone at Wolfstock Village and then performed on the field for pregame and halftime.