Re: Job Offer

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".
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https://www.thecoop.com/Harvard-Champion-College-Sweater.
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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:
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https://jacketshop.com/in-stock-jackets/
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Wool body with (p)leather arms
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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.

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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.
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https://marching.musicforall.org/result/grand-national-championships-2024/
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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.
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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.
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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.

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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.
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Surprised it wasn't in the Urban Dictionary. Maybe it's an old
expression.