From: elmanad@leland.Stanford.EDU (Adam Elman)
Subject: The Spotted Owl Show
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 93 21:59:06 GMT

Okay, there's been yet another request for this, so for all the people
who have ever asked for this to be posted, here it is.  This, of
course, is the infamous Spotted Owl show, performed by the Stanford
Band at the University of Oregon on October 27, 1990.  This led to a
one-game suspension for the LSJUMB and contributed to an atmosphere of
greater censorship of the Band both by itself and by the athletic
department (although this has loosened a little in the last couple of
years).

This was typed from the original script as reproduced in the Stanford
Band 1990 Archives.  I'll see if I can get it placed in the Band's
public directory, which those of you with AFS can then access (other
forms of access may be contributed eventually).

BEGIN INCLUDED FILE:

The Stanford Band is a scatter band.  This means that instead of
shifting formations while playing, we scatter into a formation, play a
song, and scatter into the next formation.  Some formations have
movement during the song.  The introductions for each formation were
announced over the P.A. by the band announcers before the formation
was fully formed.

Note -- I'm not sure what the songs were except for formation #4,
except that one of these (probably 2 or 3) was Monty Python's
"Lumberjack Song".  They probably weren't that relevant, but if you
have to know let me know -- I have a copy of the field chart at the
Band Shak.

Intro: (Band forms large owl head)

Ladies and gentlemen, the Stanford Band has decided to shift its
attention from the Oregon State Lottery to an atrocity worse than the
Bhagwan Shri Rajneesh.  Trees and spotted owls are disappearing
like crazy and everybody wants to know why.  By the way, is it the
Blazers by 6 points or 7?

Formation 2: (Band forms "OWL", goes to "AWOL" in the middle of the song)

Mr. Spotted Owl!  Mr. Spotted Owl!  Your environment has been
destroyed, your home is now a roll of Brawny, and your family has
flown the coop.  What are you going to do?  "Me?  I'm going to
Disneyland."

Formation 3: (Band forms "HOOT", goes to "MOOT" in the middle of the
song)

Oregon old growth timber.  A place where one can find peace, serenity,
and the dainty Hoot Hoot of the spotted owl.  Ah well, 2 outta 3 ain't
bad.

Formation 4: (Band forms chainsaw, plays "Down to the Bone".  Note --
this is one of my favorite formations ever -- it looks sweet.
Unfortunately, we've used it for three years running, so it's a bit
overdone...)

Attention all trees!  Those guys with the red flannel shirts and cute
'lil suspenders may not be that cute at all.  Believe you me, their
bite is worse than your bark.  So pack up the bushes and shrubs and
get the elm outta Dodge.

Formation 5: (Band forms "SPOT", goes to "POT" during the song)

Does marijuana really help cure glaucoma?  Some doctors think so.
Some people don't care.  Some may front certain causes in order to
protect their backyard cash crop.  This puts a little twist on Ben
Franklin's saying:  "Just remember kids, an owl a day keeps the DEA
away."

Extro: (Band scatters off field)

Well that does it for us.  Tune in next week when we ask the question,
"How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck
wood?"  On behalf of Babe the Blue Ox, this is Paul Bunyan saying so
long!!

Script by Guy Tucker and Jesse Johannsen.  (c) 1990 LSJUMB and EMBO
Productions

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Adam Elman
aelman@cs.stanford.edu
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