[Columbus Dawg]

My condolences to his family. He was the first to something that is the biggest honor for any Buckeye.

[Columbus Dawg]

Anyway we could get an Ohio Ping?

[ohioWfan]

Oh, this is SAD!

Script Ohio is one of the greatest traditions at any University in the USA. What an honor for him to have been chosen first!

Prayers for his family........

[joesbucks]

My best friend in high school played sousaphone and went on to play for Ohio State. He got to dot the I his senior year in the Michigan game. The tradition is quite the honor.

[So Cal Rocket]

I got to see Ohio State perform Script Ohio at the 1980 Rose Bowl... quite a sight!

While I'm partial to the Spirit of Troy (the USC Marching Band), the Ohio State band was spectacular.

[sparkomatic]

FYI

[tang-soo]

My condolences to the family of Mr. Brungart. He was always introduced at the band alumni games. He was a very Gentle man. He never grew tired of the story of him being the first. Eugene Wiegle was the director at the time and the story goes that he yelled from his ladder, "You there, scoot over and dot the i". Brungart was a trumpet player and just happened to be in the right spot. The next year (1937) when it came time to perform the Script again, it was decided that a sousaphone would look better and a tradition was born.

All I dotters of the OSUMB are four year members. Band members are allowed to be in the band a total of five years and 15-20 percent stick around for their fifth year. Especially engineering majors like myself that take a little longer to finish school (grin). Those sousaphone players entering their fourth year are ranked based on the number of games they have marched during the preceeding three years (two alternates in each row can challenge for a regular spot each game week). Based on this ranking, they get to select which game they want to dot the i. The Script is performed 4-5 times a season. THe exception to this are the bowl games when all 4 and 5 year members audition for thier 27 other peers and are selected by them.

This past Sunday, my son, wife and I attended the OSUMB open house for incoming freshman this fall who wish to try out for the band. My son plays the trombone and will hopefully make the band this Fall. There will be about 60 trombones trying out for 24 regular and 4 alternate spots. I can't wait until the next alumni game when the two of us will be able to march together. (Well, he'll be marching. I'll be mostly walking around with the other geezers trying to catch a breath and playing a note one in a while - laugh).

I was in the band from 1976-1980 and count this experience as one of my best. Many friends, a chance to travel, a chance to meet other people and just plain ol fun. Woody was the coach for my first three years and Coach Bruce Earle for my last two years. I was able to meet them both several times. They never tired of meeting the kids from the band. Tressel (current coach) is even more adamant aboiut the band. Copper never got it.