Title: Harassing the Harvard Band

Informant info: Keaton Renta is a current member of the class of 2016. He is 21 years old and from South California.

Type of lore: Urban legend

Language: English

Country of Origin: United States

Social / Cultural Context: Keaton Renta was interviewed inside his room.  He has experienced football game four times (once each of his years in college Freshmen, Sophomore, Junior, Senior), and heard about the gille suit-band incident from friends.

Item: Each year, during homecoming there is a football game. It is a tradition at half time for freshmen to hop the banister and rush the field during half time. Usually, the freshmen just run across the field. However, there are stories about how some students took the tradition further one year. They dressed up in a sniper’s gille suit and proceeded to harass the Harvard band attempting to play their half time show.

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Informant’s comments: The informant described the legend from the perspective that he heard from his friends.

Collector’s comments: The informant seem to remember the story very fondly.

Tags/Keywords: homecoming, football, football game, marching band