This year’s marching band season was exciting and eventful and the Zeta Epsilon chapter of Tau Beta Sigma was quite busy. When not at practice or working with the prospective members, we were involved in a number of service activities.
During the Spartan Marching Band’s preseason, we held a picnic for the entire band. We provided them, over 320 members, with subs, chips, juice and all the cookies they could eat after a very long and hard day of practice. We also treated the band to cider and donuts on a chilly autumn day at the end of a rehearsal. This season, our band traveled down the road to Ann Arbor to perform at the Michigan game. We teamed up with the Zeta Epsilon chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi here at Michigan State and put together bags filled with snacks and goodies for the road trip.
Speaking of Michigan, every year, the Spartan Marching Band gathers at night to guard our statue of Sparty during the week before the Michigan game to prevent any possible wrongdoing. While Sparty Watch has been incident-free for some years now, it is a tradition that we cherish and have a lot of fun with. This year, we instituted theme nights. We had games, a DJ and even a visit from our football coach, John L. Smith. Tau Beta Sigma also helped provide hot chocolate to the members of the band to keep warm during the October nights.
The prospective member class this year was outstanding and participated in their own thoughtful service project. The girls decided to hand make holiday cards and distribute them in a local retirement community. They made lots of cards and helped to brighten the holiday season for many of the men and women living there.
The Zeta Epsilon chapter’s big project for the winter is always Huddle, an annual formal dinner and dance held for the marching band. The event is put on entirely by our chapter and involves a lot of planning and fundraising. One project our members participate in very frequently is cleaning up the Breslin Center, the home of Spartan basketball. The Breslin Center also hosts concerts, cooking shows, seminars and children’s events and our organization signs up to clean after many of these events. The money we make for cleaning goes directly towards Huddle as well as other service projects we wish to undertake or donations we make.
It has been a busy but fun filled year so far and our chapter has been very fortunate. We have been able to help out through our service activities and grow closer to one another in the process. We have more service projects in the works and our bond as sisters is sure to flourish as we work together.
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