Performance: Intensely Vigorous College Nine
The Intensely Vigorous College Nine was founded in 1954
by “Bobs” Caldwell as a spoof on college marching bands. It
began life as the Dawn Sommers-Irvine Epstein Memorial Band, in reference
to a 1954 prank in which three law students convinced everyone on campus
that an aspiring Winnipeg actress visiting campus was actually a rising
starlet on contract with Paramount Studios. Irvine Epstein was supposedly
the one who exposed the hoax, hence the name.
In the fall of 1954 the band changed its name to the
G. B. Armstrong Memorial Vegetable Soup Contest and Tug O’ War College
Marching Band before settling on the Intensely Vigorous College Nine, perhaps in reference
to the ‘College Nine,’ a popular student swing band of the
late 1940s.
Origins of the Name? |
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The College Nine Big Band |
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Homecoming Parade Float |
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Caught in the Act |
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The Pursuit |
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Chipping in for Bail |
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The Band in Full Dress Uniform |
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Homecoming parade. |
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Posing in Drag |
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