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Sep 15, 2021 · To Ohio State football fans, "Dotting the I" has a different meaning. It's a prestigious honor bestowed upon the select few of the Ohio State University Marching Band, and it's as ingrained in Buckeye fandom as watching Archie Griffin knife through defenses.
Sep 27, 2016 · Earle Bruce is set to a short list of non-Ohio State band members to dot the "i" in Script Ohio on Saturday. A look at the past individuals to receive the honor.
- Script Ohio
- Skull Session
- Hang on Sloopy
- Ramp Entrance
Script Ohio was first performed by the band on Oct. 10, 1936, and has become the quintessential formation of The Ohio State University Marching Band. While many point out that a similar formation of "Ohio" was performed by the University of Michigan Marching Band in 1932, it was not performed as the classic, constantly flowing script that has becom...
Skull Session originally served as a final music rehearsal for the band prior to their performance on the field, but has evolved into one of the most anticipated game day traditions at The Ohio State University. The band marches over to St. John two hours and twenty minutes before kickoff and bursts into the arena to the sound of the ramp cadences....
“Hang On Sloopy,” was originally recorded in 1964 by “The Vibrations” and was brought to Ohio in 1965 by a Dayton group called “The McCoys." That same year, the song was arranged by John Tatgenhorst and first performed by The Ohio State University Marching Band at the 1965 Illinois game. Fans at first were not entirely enthusiastic about the tune, ...
The traditional Ramp Entrance was first performed at Ohio Stadium in 1928. Approximately 20 minutes before kickoff, the percussion section is first to exit the tunnel to the sounds of “Buckeye Battle Cry.” There have only been minor changes made between the original 1928 Ramp Entrance and the one that can be seen in Ohio Stadium today. Back to top
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Sep 24, 2021 · Dr. Paul Droste was the director of the Ohio State University marching band from 1970 to 1983, and got to dot the 'i.'
“I set the goal for myself to dot the ‘I’ when I was 11, and I chose the tuba as the instrument I would play in the band,” Wendy Bauer Reeves, a three-time ‘I’ dotter and 1993 Ohio ...
