I got this and I thought it might be of some interest to Hockey-l. I think that its a sad day for Dartmouth Hockey.... > Hello all, > > As you may or may not have heard, the DCWB will no longer play at any Men's Hockey games. For those interested in the reasons why, I'll try to summarize the situation. > > ------------------ > Now: the reasons why we won't be playing at men's hockey games anymore: > (This is all paraphrased from a message by Alison Moll.) > > --- Forwarded with minor changes from Alison Moll --- > > hi everyone! > > i just got back from a meeting with jen coleman and have some news. this is a little lengthy, but please bear with me. > > the men's hockey team does not want the dcwb playing at their games anymore. the team apparently thought that the arena was dead when the dcwb was not at the games. they attempted to remedy this by securing funky music to play over the loudspeakers aft> er goals and during timeouts etc. the players liked it and all was happy and wonderful. but then the dcwb showed up at the game a few weeks ago. there was mild confusion over whether the band was to play and when the funky music was to be piped in and> other technicalities. the coach decided that he liked the continuity of having the same thing all the time. so he either wanted the dcwb at all of the games or funky music at all of the games. jen coleman tried to reason with the coach to understand t> hat the dcwb has other obligations and is unable to make all of the games. but for him it was all or none, and as a result the dcwb won't be seeing men's hockey anymore. > > anyway, jen coleman was very upset about the coach's decision and apologized profusely to me for about twenty minutes. she doesn't entirely understand the decision and feels that the dcwb was given the shaft. my resonse was that the band was there to su> pport the team and that if the team prefers that we not show up, the band will respect that decision. i hope that you all agree with that position! if not, please let me know. she also encourages me to get in touch with the coach and dick yeager if the> band has complaints about the situation. so please foreward any and all complaints to me and i'll see that the appropriate figurehead receives them. > > [ Stuff Deleted ] > > i told jen that the dcwb would adjust its schedule and show up at the requested substitute games. i didn't forsee a problem because the new games are on the same nights as the old ones and the times are virtually the same. > > jen also offered the dcwb free admission (without instruments) to each of the hockey games from which we were denied. we simply have to present the door with a list of bandies half an hour before game time. we don't even have to arrive together or sit t> ogether. so on friday maybe the band could go watch the hockey game en masse?? > > > that's all i have to say (whew!). feedback will be greatly appreciated. ross and laura, let me know if you can accomodate the schedule changes. and anyone with a gripe, please let me now. > > til later, > alison > > --- End of Forwarded Message --- -- Christopher Cohen [log in to unmask]