Music
Starting in the 2007 football season, the marching band's pregame show has begun with the band's run-out from under the north stands of Bobby Dodd Stadium at Historic Grant Field. This pregame has included a work entitled "Fantasia on Georgia Tech Themes" by current band director Chris Moore. "Fantasia on Georgia Tech Themes" contains segments of the school's prominent songs (Ramblin' Wreck, White and Gold, and the Alma Mater). The band marches from the north end zone to the south, reverses field and forms the block T, and finishes with forming the Tech Tower. The National Anthem is played facing the west stands, followed by the Alma Mater. Then the band continues with "White and Gold" while forming the interlocking GT on the field. The band remains in this formation while the pregame announcements and videos are played. The Ramblin' Wreck leads the football team from the northeast corner of the stadium to the west sidelines while the band plays "Ramblin' Wreck". The band exits the field in the GT formation to take its place in the center of the lower north stands for the game. This change in 2007 was the first time pregame music at GT had been edited in many years.
Before entering the stadium, the band assembles at the amphitheater by the Kessler Campanile for pregame warmup. Next the band plays "Budweiser" at the Library, then assembles at Cherry Street and Bobby Dodd Way to follow the Ramblin' Wreck car, Ramblin' Reck Club members and Buzz mascot, and marches down The Hill to Bobby Dodd Stadium, playing "White and Gold" and "Ramblin' Wreck". The band joins thousands of fans and the cheerleaders, and takes its place on the stairway at Callaway Plaza outside the north end of the stadium, where it plays "O Fortuna", the "Fanfare", "White and Gold", and finishes with "Ramblin' Wreck" before entering the stadium for the pregame show detailed above.
The band's halftime themes have varied over the years to include Latin and jazz, the 70's, hits from the band Chicago, etc. In the stands, the band entertains during TV timeouts and revs up the crowd after plays on the football field. Favorites are the "Let's Go Tech" response cheer after First Down plays, the "Go Jackets!" cheer or "White and Gold" tag after productive offensive plays, "School's Out for Summer" or "Mortal Kombat" after big defensive plays, Chords before 3rd down defensive plays, and the ever-popular "Budweiser" song at the end of the third quarter. After a Georgia Tech touchdown, the band first plays "White and Gold" followed by "Ramblin' Wreck". After field goals, the band plays "Ramblin' Wreck". Following GT wins, the band plays "White and Gold" and "Ramblin' Wreck" with the players singing along with the band and fans. Two popular stand songs during TV timeouts for the GT band are "Low Rider", "Hey Baby", and "Living on a Prayer". After postgame announcements, the band's last song is "The Horse". For the second verse, the band members spread out as far as possible in the stadium. A new tradition is that fans--especially The Swarm students in the north and northeast sections of the stadium--stay for "The Horse" to be played and dance along with the band.
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