 My name is Aaron Goldberg and I'm the Director of Athletic Bands here at Boston University. I oversee the marching band, the pep band. There's only two marching bands in the area, BC being up in Chestnut Hill, Newton. Out of, I don't know, 80 colleges or something in Boston, we are the only marching band. So the first thing to keep in mind when having a successful rehearsal is to make it efficient and enjoyable. If band is not fun, then I don't even want to do it. What the public doesn't see is how many hours of practice go into every minute of performance. They also don't see the sunburns, the sweat, the wrapped ankles, the chalk on the tennis courts we rehearse on, and all the little intricacies that make us the hardest working band in all of college athletics.