But it’s still summerrr, I don’t wanna go (back?) to college! Too bad kid, it’s time to start thinkin about playin in our dang band!

Every year we have Fall Retreat, where you get to meet cool people, learn to play songs, and generally have a great time right before the school year starts. This may or may not overlap with your own college’s orientation, but if so you can just come to whatever you can, we’ll still be here.

Check out the information page for the schedule and sign-up form! The schedule isn’t completely finalized, but it will typically be two days during the week before welcome week. See you there!

San Diego Pride Weekend is a-comin’, so if you’re here in SD for school or otherwise, come out and play with us! We have a couple events planned:

Friday, July 20th - Mini-Rehearsal and BBQ: Since we’ve all been practicing our instruments nonstop since school got out, this might seem a bit superfluous, but in case you need it, we’ll be having a rehearsal at the Green Room from 3 – 4:30 PM. Then, afterwards from 5-whenever we’ll have a BBQ at Doyle Park! It’ll be fun, don’t miss it!

Saturday, July 21st – Pride Parade: It’s the hottest parade of the summer! Get yourself and your instrument over to Washington and Normal in Hillcrest (near the DMV) at 10:00 AM where we’ll be warming up and getting ready to saunter. Parking will be a bit difficult, so might we suggest the area around 1st Ave. and Walnut? (this is closer to the end, so once you’re tired, there’s less walking). Check dis handy map!

Also, the list of songs we will be playing:

Sweet. Seeya there!

P.S.: Sunscreen, water, and outlandish costumes are encouraged.

Hellooooo Pep BAND!!!!!

I hope everyone had a great time Friday at Bandquet. Congratulations to everyone on winning your awards!! It’s the final days of not only my time as manager, but for our school year as well, however we wouldn’t be the greatest band in the land if we didn’t go out with a bang, so of course we shall play this week! Here is what is up:

Tuesday, Padres Game Rehearsal, 5:30 Sun God

So every quarter we try to do something fun and crazy during week 10 rehearsal. We’ve done white elephant gift exchanges, we’ve gone roller skating, we’ve done laser tag, and even movie nights, but this quarter we are going to Petco Park to see the Padres. Meet at Sun God for rides at 5:30. We are going to try and fill cars ASAP and go to the park from there.

Friday, The 47th Annual Revelle Watermelon Drop, 11:00 in front of Urey Hall

That’s right folks. It is time for the Revelle Watermelon drop. It is a fantastic festival where Revellians come together to watch Her Royal Highness the Watermelon Queen drop a watermelon off of Urey hall, as part of a long standing tradition. It is just magical as you see that watermelon eat the pavement! The people of Revelle have spoken and would like us to play as their royal jesters, standing right in the splash zone! Meet at the closet at 10:30 if you need anything from there, otherwise meet at Urey Hall at 11:00 A.M. We will play from roughly 11:30 – 12:30.

Friday, 9:00 P.M. Movie Night, Location TBA (most likely Kevin’s place)

Let’s come together and watch a movie and just unwind before we have to start studying for finals! It’ll be our last “gig” of the year, so come on out and hang with the band before we all leave for the summer.

So that’s it for the week. Thank you all for being such awesome people and making this year as amazing as it was! It was an absolute honor to be the manager for the 2011 – 2012 school year of a group that I have been with for four years. Pep Band has been such a huge part of my life and it is because of the friends I made here and the memories we share that it was so amazing. Thank you all.

Best,

Andrew Mandinach
Manager, UCSD Pep Band

Hey Pep Band,

So sorry for the delay on the week’s events. So without any further delay here is what we have planned:

Tuesday, 7:45 P.M. – Rehearsal – RIMAC Green Room

So this week is going to be our second week of nominations. We still have a few more gigs so we will be polishing those charts a bit more as well.

Note** Make sure you bring payments for bandquet! Also be sure to sign up with Mimi and let her know if you are coming! Another thing that may not have been made clear is that, you are allowed to bring guests. If you are planning on brining a guest be sure to let Mimi know!

Finally, for those who don’t know or proceed to check out as soon as they hear my horrible jokes,

BANDQUET is:

JUNE 1st
Rock Bottom Downtown San Diego
6-9 p.m.
Alumni Meet and Greet to follow the dinner

Well, that’s all folks. We don’t have any gigs this week and it’s Memorial Day Weekend, so have a safe trip if you are going out of town! For those who are in town let’s get together. I’m sure we can figure something out viv pep-chat. Who says you have to have fun out of town!?!

See you all tomorrow.

Best

Andrew Mandinach
Manager, UCSD Pep Band

Hello Pep Band,

Hope everyone had a wonderful mother’s day. Whether you were able to go out of town or not, hope everyone’s day was nice and relaxing. We have a pretty relaxed week, but we have some major events so be sure to stop by:

Tuesday, Rehearsal, 7:45 P.M. – 4th Floor Conference Room

We will be rehearsing this week for a very big event we will be playing at later in the week so be sure to come and brush up on your music, especially if you went home for the weekend. We will also start nominations this week, so be prepared to nominate your friends (and even yourself, if you want) for positions. To top it all off, we will be in the conference room since the green room was already booked when I went to reserved it at the end of April, so don’t go to the green room.

Thursday, 10:00 A.M. – LOCATION TBA

The Pep Band has been invited to play at the ceremony welcoming the new chancellor to UCSD. For those of you who may not know, ol’ foxy is leaving us this year and we are brining in a new chancellor. His first time at UCSD will be this Thursday and Athletics has asked us to open up for him during this joyous occasion. It will go until about 11:30 A.M. I will get more information to you as they send it to me, but mark your calendars because we want to have a big, full sounding band for this. Lastly, we have been asked to keep this on the down low, so as exciting as this event is and I’m sure you will all copy and paste the abundant information that I have given you into your statuses, please refrain ( Don’t hate for the silly disclaimer, I’m just passing the request on).

Friday – SUNGOD!!!!!!!

Everyone throw on your Davis costume and we will see you at the dance tent. :p

Have a happy Monday and we will see you all Tuesday.

Best,

Andrew Mandinach
Manager, UCSD Pep Band

Hello Pep Band,

Here it is, the midpoint of the quarter! Can you believe we are almost free of that manager and his horrible weekly jokes! With elections and midterms, we are going to take this week easy, but of course make sure to have a little fun. Here is what we have planned:

Tuesday, Rehearsal – 7:45 P.M. – RIMAC Arena

Time to gather round as the manager makes his awful jokes yet again! All kidding aside, this rehearsal is very important because officers will be collecting everyone’s Hawaiian shirts. EVERYONE NEEDS TO BRING IN THEIR HAWAIIAN SHIRT! You will be turning your Hawaiian shirts to your officers since there was a recall on all Hawaiian shirts, apparently there is lead paint inside the shirts and we can’t have people dropping like flies because of a little paint. So turn them in!

Friday, Chocolate Festival – 12:00 P.M. – Sixth College Reshall Quad (RIMAC at 11:20).

It is that time of year again, to stroll on down to the mythical land of Sixth College for their majestic chocolate festival. This wondrous land is rumored to be home of the miim (that’s pronounced meme and spelled with two i’s because apparently that’s how the french do it), however you may know it as the college formally known as Conan O’Brien College, where stars like Andrew James Mandinach I have walked the halls, blessing its courtyards with his peace and harmony! BUT SERIOUSLY….. about the event: we will play for the beginning, enjoy the festivities and then play a little more (this is flexible). Everyone had a fun time last year and we are planning on doing exactly that this year. So talk to your section leaders before Tuesday and let them know if you can make it or not.

Friday, BONFIRE, 9:00 P.M. – (RIDES AT SunGod at 8:45). La Jolla Shores

So we are going down to shore where sally sells seashells, to sacrifice some sort of meat to the pagan gods over an open fire. There may even be a little ceremony that involves the new hawaiians that won’t have lead in them after the officers have de-lead-ified them. So make sure you are there, it’s going to be MAGICAL!

Notes:

I mentioned earlier that it is time for elections. Next week (week 6), we will be nominating people for positions. You are allowed to nominate yourself and/or your friends. If you are thinking about becoming an officer, I would recommend talking to those in the position now to see what it takes and what you would have to do. It is a lot of fun, and hard work but the motivational poster on my wall tells me it doesn’t feel like work when it’s fun.

See you all on Tuesday!

Best,

Andrew Mandinach

Hey Pep Band,

So Davis is finally here. We have a pretty calm week so as to let people get ready, and then we hit it first thing Friday morning. Here is what we have planned:

Tuesday, 7:45 P.M. Rimac Arena, – LAST REHEARSAL BEFORE DAVIS

So just to spice things up this week, we are not going to be in the green room, given that it was booked before I was able to do so. But ’tis alright. We shall be practice playing and marching our intro for part of the time and the rest of the time we can move either outside (barring any odd weather) or we can move up to the fourth floor conference room, if we must. Regardless meet at the cage at 7:45 as usually to help get instruments etc.

Thursday, 9:00, P.M. SunGod Statue,

Your triton tide will be hosting the annual prayer to sungod for good weather at davis ritual. I hope there is a better name for that, that I just don’t remember, but if not, that is what it shall be named. It is an age old, fun tradition, that has worked for as long as tritons have been able to pray to the god of sun! So come out and sacrifice some chickens and partake in other sacrilegious things, and help make sure we aren’t pissed on during the battle!

Friday, Rimac Loading dock, 10:00 A.M.

We will meet at RIMAC at 10:00 to start loading the bus. WE LEAVE AT 11:00, so make sure you are on time, or else! If you have class that you cannot skip, then you drop your bags off BEFORE 10:00 A.M., go to class then RUN from class to the bus! Again, we are leaving at 11:00, so make sure you are good to go. Bring a lunch if you want to snack, since we won’t be stopping for a bit.

Saturday: DAVIS

As far as finalized schedules go and itinerary as well as packing list, we will be getting those to you tomorrow. So fear not! Should you have any questions, feel free to contact me. Otherwise, see you all Tuesday.

Best,

Andrew Mandinach
Manager, UCSD Pep Band

Hey Pep Band,

Welcome back from Spring Break, hope it was relaxing! I hope you are all excited for Spring Quarter because we have some amazing things including DAVIS and BANDQUET! So to kick off the quarter, here is what we have planned for this week:

Tuesday, Rehearsal – 7:45 P.M. – RIMAC Green Room

We have three weeks until Davis, which means we are going to cover all those songs you’ve always wanted to play. We are going to be working on both the music and the choreography so put on your musicians hat and your dancing shoes, so be ready to go! Also, for the next three weeks, we will be extending rehearsals until 10:00 P.M.

Saturday, TRITON DAY – 7:30 A.M. Price Center Plaza

So Saturday is Triton Day, the day formerly known as Admit Day! It is always a fun time of trying to sell ourselves to those who will hopefully come next year. So while it is a bit early, we have a few breaks, and they even give us tastey popsicles. So come on out and support the band, the school, the city, the state, and the country, and let’s tell those admits WE WANT YOU!

Note:

Be on the look out, as we will be scheduling some Davis Decorations for later in the week, so keep an eye out for that.

Keep working on you Davis costumes. We dress up as a theme, so make sure you are good to go!

Finally, you have a short amount of time to get your Davis payments in, so be sure to get them in ASAP. If you can, start bringing them in tomorrow!

Welcome back! See you all at rehearsal!

Best,

Andrew Mandinach
Manager, UCSD Pep Band

Hello Pep Band,

So, since we won yesterday, we are going to be playing at the basketball game tomorrow night. In the interest of keeping things light for week 10, we will be canceling Tuesday’s rehearsal and taking it easy. So here is what we have planned:

Monday, 6:15 P.M. (if you come a little late that is fine) – WOMEN’S BBALL TOURNAMENT- RIMAC Arena

I’d like to think that the team is winning because of how much of a distraction we are to the other team, how much positive energy we put in the air for the team, and just how uplifting our music is as a whole. SO lets make it all happen one more time so we can send the women off to nationals!

Friday, 8:00 P.M. (Rides at SunGod at 7:45) – Bonfire – La Jolla Shores

After a quarter of hard work, amazing sound, and great spirit it is time to come together before finals and just enjoy each others company, some s’mores and relax before finals. So while we have to limit our attendance to the game on Monday, this is your time to come out and see your pep-pals and get your dose of pep for the week before finals!

Have a happy monDAY and we’ll see you tomorrow night!

Best,

Andrew Mandinach
Manager, UCSD Pep Band

Hello Pep Band,

Can you believe it is week 9? Hope everyone is doing alright and almost ready for finals. Check out what we have for the this week:

Tuesday, 7:45 P.M. – Rehearsal – RIMAC Arena

This is our last rehearsal of the quarter, so I figured we would have a normal rehearsal sans Mardi Gras celebrations or CCAA tournament games. We still have a few gigs planned for the rest of the quarter so let’s make sure we are as polished as we can be.

Friday, 6:45 P.M. – NCAA Division II West Regional Women’s Basketball Game

Although we lost the CCAA conference game last Friday, since our ladies are so awesome we won a spot in the NCAA tournament, which means we are back on Friday to sing the ol’ triton fight song! That also means that we are limited by the NCAA rules that we can only have 25 people at the game. So be sure to talk to your section leaders by Tuesday and let them know if you can make it. We will get the lists from them on Tuesday and send it in to athletics. We can’t really fluctuate that much, so be sure to talk to your section leaders and let them know you can go!

Friday, 9:00 P.M. Social Event, Casino Night

Pep Band will be hosting its annual casino night. Come ready to play your favorite casino games and win prizes (and I promise it not to be the gray shirts). So mark your calendars and we will see you all there!

Saturday, 3:00 P.M. Davis Decorations, Mandeville “Basement” (by the graffiti room)

We will be continuing our Davis decorations. If you’ve felt like you just want to give back, now is your time. With just a contribution of your time you can make all the difference in the world. You will get that tingly feeling inside from giving back, so be sure to come out and help the band help you.

Saturday, 6:45 P.M. – NCAA Division II West Regional Women’s Basketball Game

If we win on Friday we get to go on to the next round (makes sense huh?), which means we get to have 25 people come and cheer on the team. Again if you can go be sure to talk to your section leaders and let them know if you can make it or not so we can tell athletics who can make it or not. If we don’t win Friday, we will be having something else for the pep band to do.

See you all Tuesday.

Best,

Andrew Mandinach
Manager, UCSD Pep Band