When you're heavily involved in an activity and spend all your time there, it becomes a place where you can just hang out and play your instruments. He had won a bet to march in the Rose Bowl Parade while carrying a tuba. There are even some mementos from the previous Shak. The green front wall and door of the original Band Shak is inside of the current one. Stemmle said the Band would most likely take the wall into the Band's new home.
More people are sad to see the building go as a whole.
Although the new location has not been officially announced, some Band members are optimistic about the change. But we all knew that the Shak would have to go at some point, and I think that a new Shak will be a very positive change for the Band, the beginning of a new era. Others are waiting for the University's decision on the Band's new location. Although signs and other equipment can be moved to another location, written messages on the walls cannot be easily moved. The Shak's beer bottle target is also something that may be lost in the move.