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The Ohio State University Marching Band

The Ohio State University Marching Band (nicknamed "The Best Damn Band In The Land") is currently under direction of Dr. Jon R. Woods. This all brass band has 225 members, and was first formed in 1878. The band has traditions including a field march that forms a "Script Ohio", during which, a senior sousaphone player gets to "dot the i" in the word Ohio.

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