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The Ohio State University Marching Band (OSUMB) is a university marching band named for and a part of Ohio State University. The band, nicknamed The Best Damn Band in the Land (TBDBITL) (pronounced / təˈbɪtəl /), [1] performs at football games and other events during the fall semester.
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The band was initially founded in 1878 as a student-led fife and drum corps that provided music for the university ROTC program. In 1896, university officials hired Gustav Bruderas the first band director. Under Bruder’s leadership, the band grew in size, and, after merging with the short-lived Varsity Band in 1920, introduced its first drum major,...
Script Ohio and “Dotting the I”
First performed by the band in 1936, Script Ohio is one of the signatures of the Ohio State University Marching Band. The band begins in a “Block O” formation. Then, to the tune of “Le Regiment de Sambre et Meuse,” the drum major leads a “peeling-off” movement that snakes across the field, forming the letters “OHIO” in cursive. At the climax of this drill maneuver, the drum major leads a sousaphone player to stand as the dot of the “i.” Dotting the “i” is considered a high honor, and the priv...
Honorary "i"-dotters
"Dotting the 'i'" is considered the greatest honor the band can bestow to any non-band member and is a very special (and rare) event. Woody Hayes, Bob Hope, Jack Nicklaus, James "Buster" Douglas, OSU Presidents Novice Fawcett, Gordon Gee and their wives, the late composer Richard Heine, Ann Droste, wife of retired director and former OSUMB member Paul Droste, retired OSU ticket director Robert Ries, John Glenn and his wife Annie Glenn, The Limited Brands founder, chairman, and CEO Leslie Wexn...
Diamond Ohio
The Diamond Ohio logo, which is created by superimposing the I over the center of the H, and making the O's into pointed triangles, was first created by the OSUMB in the late 1930s. The band continues to use this formation today at every home football game as the team entrance tunnel. The Ohio University Marching 110 has also used the Diamond Ohio logo since 1966 when director Gene Thrailkill designed a pregame set modeled after the Ohio State University Marching Band to give the newly reform...
The Ohio State University Marching Band has been honored with The Sudler Trophy for outstanding college band, and in 1988 was featured in a multi-page article in USA Today. The band has also performed in seven Inaugural Parades. The band represented the State of Ohio during the inaugurations of Herbert Hoover, Richard Nixon (1969 and 1973), George ...
Ohio State Marching Band plays the National Anthem at 9/27/2014 Skull Session OSU vs UC on YouTube5 days ago · View the 24-25 St. Bernard-Elmwood Place varsity football team schedule.
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