Background
The Tiger Pep Band was founded on September 9, 1995, and first appeared at a DePauw University football match against Albion College. The first student directors were Jason Dibbler and Christine Russell, and were selected by Director of Bands Dr. Craig T. Paré. Prior to the formation of the Tiger Pep Band, the DePauw University Band appeared at football contests in 1993 and 1994, and the DePauw Marching Band performed from the early 20th century until 1988, when it was discontinued.
The ensemble's habit of off-campus travel was established early in its history, when it appeared at the 1996 Battle for the Monon Bell at Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana . However, it was not until 2002 that the band made its first post-season and out-of-state travel, supporting the DePauw Basketball men's and women's teams in their NCAA championship runs in Ohio and Indiana.
Their playlist includes roughly one hundred pieces aside from DePauw's fight song, "Here's to DePauw," and alma mater, "A Toast to DePauw." The styles include rock and roll classics, top 40 hits, movie and TV soundtracks, and jazz standards.
With this variety of music, as well as custom-authored cheers, unusual outfits, cooperative performances with other bands, and unique auxiliary units, the Tiger Pep Band was said by one out-of-state journalist to have a "Division I zaniness."
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