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The band's first steps
The University of Michigan March-
ing Band got its start in the fall of 1896
when seventeen-year-old Ann Arbor
resident Harry dePont held a meeting
for all musicians on campus to create a
University band, according the band's
website. At the band's first meeting on
Nov. 13, 1896, 30 musicians expressed
interest.
As an entirely student run organiza-
tion, the band had no place to rehearse,
so its members soon sought University
support. DePont turned to University
President and close family friend James
BurrillAngell,whowasthoroughlycon-
vinced of the band's commitment and
talent after they played on stage at Uni-
versity Hall for the Law School's annual
observance of Washington's birthday -
one of the most important events of the
school year - on Feb. 22,1897.
Angell allowed the band to use a
room in University Hall for rehears-
als. But others in the hall were not so
accommodating. The band was quickly
forced to move into the fencing room at
the Waterman Gymnasium due to the
thin walls in University Hall.
By spring of 1897, the band was well
known on campus and it began play-
ing at indoor track meets and baseball
games. The band's prestige awarded it
a performance at the social event of the
year - the Evening Promenade.
Although the band was gaining
prestige on campus, it still had a rag-
tag appearance. A formal band uni-
form - an indispensable part of the
Michigan Marching Band's image -
didn't debut until Nov. 13, 1897, when
the band accompanied the football
team to Detroit to play a game against
Minnesota. Perhaps, it was the blue
serge coats, white duck pants, and "M"
caps that encouraged the team to come
home with a victory of 14-0.
By the fall of 1898, the band was a
regular fixture at football games.
And such a tradition isn't complete
without the Michigan Fight song,
wich, not surprisingly, was created in
part by the Michigan Marching Band."
After the football team's valiant win f
against the University of Chicago in
the fall of 1898, a post game celebra-
tion began in the streets of Chicago, led
by none other than the University of
Michigan Marching Band.
According to the band's website,
among the crowd was student Louis
Elbel, who believed that the band
"didn't have the right celebration song".m
Later, Elbel claimed "to have heard a
band 'singing' a tune in his head which
he described as 'victory song'." The
refrain of what was to become The Vic-a'k
tors March came to him, and has stuck LSA senior drum major Iden Baghdadchi leads the
ever since. Michigan Marching Band during a 2006 game. The
LARA ZADE band was founded in1896.
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