HOME of UNIVERSITY of RICHMOND ALUMNI KAZOO BAND
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SPIDERS ARE FOREVER!
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WELCOME TO THE UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND KAZOO BAND WEB SITE ! WE ALUMNI MEMBERS OF THE KAZOO BAND ARE PROUD TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE UNIVERSITY AND ITS ATHLETES. DID YOU KNOW THAT RICHMOND IS THE ONLY COLLEGIATE TEAM NATIONWIDE WHICH SPORTS AS ITS MASCOT A SPIDER? IN SPIDERLAND, ACADEMICS COME FIRST AND THAT MOST ASSUREDLY, IS THE WAY IT SHOULD BE. RICHMOND CONSISTENTLY RANKS AS ONE OF THE BEST INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING IN THE COUNTRY AND WE KAZOO BAND MEMBERS WOULD HAVE IT NO OTHER WAY. NOW, AT LAST, WE HAVE A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED ATHLETIC PROGRAM IN ALL SPORTS TO GO ALONG WITH THE ACADEMICS. YES, LOYAL ALUMNI FANS, WE LOVE OUR SPIDERS AND THE "SPIDERS PLAY FOR RICHMOND"!
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WHO ARE THESE GUYS ANYWAY?
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PRESENTLY, OUR ALUMNI KAZOO BAND HAS SOME SIX MEMBERS. WE FIRST ORGANIZED AS A GROUP A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO IN AN EFFORT TO ENCOURAGE UR SPIDER FANS IN THE STANDS TO BECOME MORE INVOLVED IN THE GAME AT HAND BY MAKING ALOT OF NOISE FOR THE HOME TEAM. WE HAVE EVEN GONE SO FAR AS TO ATTEND SOME AWAY GAMES TO ENCOURAGE OUR ALUMNI BRETHERN TO CHEER MADLY AND LOUDLY FOR THE SPIDERS. AS A MEMBER OF THE BAND I CAN TELL YOU THERE IS NOTHING QUITE SO BAD AS SPIDER FANS SITTING ON THE HANDS DURING THE GAME-THE SILENCE CAN BE DEAFENING AS WELL AS DISASTEROUS! DO I NEED TO REMIND OUR FANS THAT WE WERE THOROUGHLY OUT CHEERED BY LEHIGH FANS IN THE PLAYOFFS LAST YEAR? THAT SMALL CROWD THAT LEHIGH BROUGHT WITH THEM LAST YEAR MADE MORE NOISE FOR THEIR TEAM THAN WE, WITH OUR MUCH LARGER HOME CROWD, COULD MAKE FOR OUR TEAM AND IT PROBABLY COST US THE GAME. WE MUST NOT ALLOW OURSELVES TO BE OUT CHEERED IN OUR OWN STADIUM EVER AGAIN! LET'S HAVE A GREAT TIME BOTH AT THE TAILGATE AND AT THE GAME AND ENCOURAGE OUR SPIDERS ON TO VICTORY ON THE GRIDIRON.
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KAZOO BAND CREED
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AS VETERANS OF MANY SPIDER CAMPAIGNS ON THE GRIDIRON AND AS MEMBERS OF THE KAZOO BAND, OUR MISSION IS SIMPLE: TO ENCOURAGE UR SPIDER FANS TO GET INTO THE GAME AND CREATE SO MUCH NOISE FOR OUR SPIDERS THAT OUR OPPONENTS WILL WILT UNDER THE PRESSURE. EACH WEEK AS IT HAS BEEN OUR CUSTOM IN THE PAST, WE WILL SEEK OUT A SPIDER FAN IN THE STANDS WHO EMBODIES AND EXEMPLIFIES THE TRUE ENTHUSIASM AND SPIRIT OF A KAZOO BAND MEMBER. WE WILL AWARD THAT FAN A GOLDEN KAZOO AND, FROM THEN ON, THAT PERSON WILL BE CONSIDERED A BONAFIDE KAZOO BAND MEMBER. IN SO DOING, WE HOPE TO INCREASE OUR MEMBERSHIP IN THE YEARS TO COME. ALSO, EACH WEEK ON THIS SITE, WE WILL ANNOUNCE A THEME FOR THAT WEEK'S GAME;i.e. BLUES BROTHERS THEME FROM LAST YEAR'S GAME VERSUS DELAWARE. IN THIS WAY WE HOPE FANS WILL GET INTO CHARACTER FOR THAT PARTICULAR GAME AND OF COURSE, MAKE ALOT OF NOISE! LET'S ALL HAVE A GREAT TIME AT THE GAME AND DO OUR PART TO SUPPORT THE SPIDERS IN THEIR QUEST FOR A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP IN FOOTBALL!
BE SURE TO STOP BY OUR TAILGATE BEFORE THE GAME TO SAY "HELLO".
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