FLUTES
2024 was absolutely, positively, FLOVELY for the Big Red Flutes! For the fifth year in a row, the section put on a Flalentine’s concert to raise money for charity – this year’s choice was the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence. In the fall, we had one of the largest classes of new members the section has ever seen, which has made for a super fun and exciting semester for us all! We had 20 (!!!) flutes march at Homecoming, and with so many high-scoring football games, we have done so many flute-ups that we have lost count. We had such an incredible year because of all of the dedicated members of our section who showed up to games and rehearsals and special events and we literally could not have asked for a better group of people to eat our little treats, play the koomcha game, and sing annoying songs with. It’s been so amazing to see our section grow and to see our new members come out of their shells! Thank you flutes for such a great year and for allowing us to be your section leaders through it all!
Flove Flalways and Florever,
Isabella “because i knew you…” Zahl
Ari “…i have been changed for good” Schor
CLARINETS
We can’t believe how fast this season went by! This fall, we had the joy of meeting a remarkable number of new members at auditions and First Night, and it’s been a blast getting to know them while sharing our traditions! Despite a rainy homecoming and some chilly home games, we created so many cherished memories traveling to Princeton, Brown, and Columbia for away games. Marching at Sy Katz was a highlight, especially seeing so many of our members experience the parade for the first time! It was also fantastic to reconnect with many of our outstanding alumni at homecoming, away games, and the Sy Katz parade.
Beyond the football field, we carried on beloved traditions and started new ones—baking pies, making pudding bags, bingeing Lord of the Rings, and creating memories with other sections. A huge thank you to our seniors, who have been part of the Nets since 2021, and a warm welcome to the new members who will continue to make us proud for years. We are thrilled to have led this incredible group of people through an unforgettable season.
For the glory of the pack,
The Nets
SAXES
The Big Red Saxes had another fantastic year!
We had nine new members join in 2024, and they have all been extremely dedicated to the band! We continued our saxy traditions, while forming new memories by losing our voices from parading and new sax cheers (we added the HOT-TO-GO!, a now fan favorite). From practices to home games, we created new, but continued traditions within our three ranks: #, $, and JL. Forming new hand movements to having minty cocoa to playing sax tag, we were never not doing anything! Having traveled to Brown, Princeton, and Columbia, the sax section has seen attendance rise to heights not seen since before the pandemic! Heck, we can’t even make a full sax pyramid, but we still tried countless times! At Sy Katz, we paraded around New York City with our shiny new sax hats with fancy new rank buttons! As we close out a fantastic year, we want to recognize all of our new members for their dedication and continued spirit. Meanwhile, we also want to recognize our amazing current members for being inclusive and welcoming!
To more saxy shenanigans,
Mike & Vivian
TRUMPETS
What’s up old folks! We are so excited to share with you an update on yet another remarkable year for the Big Red Trumpets — which I am sure you have all been eagerly anticipating. This year, the Trumpets have welcomed an incredible group of new faces who have enriched the section with their high spirits, unforgettable kindness, and passion to create beautiful music. We are very lucky to have them! And with them, the Trumpets have been able to continue sharing their unwavering positive energy, exuberance, and undying love for the band and Cornell not only far above Cayuga’s waters but also far beyond the reaches of Ithaca, all across the Northeast! Whether we’re moosing Drum Major Pauws in the middle of Welcome to the Black Parade, shaking hands during Dr. Worm at the Sy Katz Parade, or even going on adventures during Pep Band away trips, we have shown that the traditions of the Big Red Trumpets and the excitement that comes with being a Big Red Trumpet is everlasting! Oh, and Trumpet bus culture, filled with playful songs and friendly games, is strong and better than ever! This past year also marked a moment of learning as Trumpet 101 sectionals offered the opportunity for beginners to explore the Trumpet and improve their playing skills. Overall, the section is alive and well and no matter what, we will continue moosing, footballing, crumpetting, push-upping, playing loud and high, and most importantly, we will continue being a supportive community for one another! We are thankful for all of the support that we’ve gotten from Alumni and are always excited to see your faces.
HORNS
The Horns had a fantastic season this year! We were thrilled to welcome a new member to our section and she has contributed so many happy vibes to our ever-growing 8-mile wide section. This season was jam packed with amazing memories, from winning our first homecoming game in 8 years to winning our first homecoming game in 8 years and to winning our first homecoming game in 8 years! It was great to see our retention and all the other sections that were eager to try marching horn. This year we continued to fuel our fun little traditions and even added some extra repertoire to our parading routine! We’ve made sure to continue things like Jractice (Shoutout Olive for the JLasses), chicken wings, pickling, buying ducks (we were low in stock though), Hornsgiving, and ultimately having the bestest of the best parading routine. It was so great to see so many alumni at each game; we all have truly missed you guys. This season has been nothing but a blast, and it truly flew by way too quickly. With absolute bangers like Call Me Al to soft, emosh songs like Home, we’ve been constantly showered with compliments about our sound. This year, we also had the honor of marching in the Sy Katz parade. It was a bittersweet moment, but it was without a doubt the performance to cap off our season. To our 3 seniors, Ryan, Owen, and Nathaniel, we will miss you all dearly, and we will carry on the laughter and love you have all brought to our section (#mushroom pizza). Thank you to all the alumni for your continued support, and we hope to make you proud as we carry on the traditions and spirit of this incredible section. GO H* AND HLOVE
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TROMBONES
2024 was a great year for the Bones! We welcomed an amazing class of new young Bone and Tone players and taught them our loud and proud ways. Our ranks were packed, with as many as 8 marchers in each by the end of the season. Pep attendance is also way up! A full row of Bones in Lynah blasting in the ears of the trumpets a row in front of us is always a great sight. On top of all that, we got to do suicides at a whopping 4 shows this year, including at Homecoming! Somehow, we managed to get through all of them with no casualties or injuries. Bone cheers are sounding great, and we even managed to get a sectional together to practice them! This year included super fun trips to Brown, Princeton, and Columbia. The Happy Bus song has never sounded better and the Tetris featured some elite levels of packing. Other highlights from this semester include a first place scavenger hunt victory, extreme bone piling, and a mysterious visit from the Unknown Bone. We ended the season strong with plenty of bare feet in Schoellkopf for a spirited Hawaii 5-0, followed by our signature Thanksgiving feast in the stands. We’re also excited to have brought back Bone Brunch on North and Bone Baking on West this semester. We had so much fun this year and are looking forward to a fantastic spring semester and 2025 season!
TUBAS
The Tubas had an unforgettable year filled with music, laughter, and plenty of spirit! We were thrilled to welcome a talented group of new members, some of whom brought skills on other instruments, adding even more versatility and energy to our section. At rehearsals, we embraced the chaos, playing as loudly as possible and experimenting with creating our own Tuba dance moves. On Halloween, we delivered a bone-rattling performance, with ELEVEN tubae blasting 13 times in front of the clock tower before delighting an enthusiastic crowd with classics like In the Hall of the Mountain King and Sonic Boom. Despite the rainy games, our spirit never wavered—we danced in the puddles, blocked traffic with joy, and kept the most dedicated fans entertained with our favorite tunes. We can’t wait to see what next year has in store for us!
DRUMLINE
We know what you’re thinking. WOMEN???? In MY drumline leadership?!?!? Well, let it be known that this year, the year of 10/24 for a whole month, the drumline coincidentally fell into the hands of all-women captains & subsection leaders, and we are THRIVING (with a feminine touch!) We welcomed a HUGE group of 16 new members, with experience ranging from ‘never marched before’ to ‘Texas High School Marching Band’. Some highlights from our frolics this year: taking over Goldwin Smith Hall on a Saturday night for a Nerf gun fight, running it back at the Stoughton Farm corn maze (and for some of us, getting lost in the corn for upwards of an hour), and (a recent development) playing with our brand new BOOMWHACKERS! This season, we visited Brown, Princeton, & Columbia, and had Harvard visit us so we could bond with our favorite drumlines across the Ivy League! We continued the Sy Katz tradition in NYC and actually got to march in the road this time! Also a notable mention: winning our homecoming game for the first time in seven years! Overall, we’re in an awesome spot: a group of excited members and immaculate vibes all around. We’ve had an awesome time ‘bringing back the old’: putting retired cheers in our folders and retired traditions in our lives, but also ‘making room for the new’ by letting new members incorporate their own music/ideas! Our newbies are truly so incredible and inspired, and although the year of the Big Red Femline may have come to its end, we are so proud of the spot we’re in, and can’t wait to see where the youngsters will take us in the future 
GUARD
This season was another great one for the Big Red Color Guard! With the exception of homecoming we had glovely weather which allowed us to bring our moves to the next level. In many ways this was literal because we started tossing parallels in shows (shout out Uprising). We also–as promised–brought back rifle in Show 4! This was a great experience and we hope to do the same next season. The rest of the routines this year were amazing as well. We managed to add new moves to the repertoire, we lovingly refer to these as Ola 1, Ola 2 and Ola 3, in honor of our 2024 Captain. In other news, we doubled the size of the guard through brainwashing (jk everyone is realizing how awesome we are. Better late than never:)). This year’s Showcomm had us front and center, so the band finally can understand who the real stars are (thank you 2024 Showcomm!!). Much to our delight we were also FINALLY able to perform Dr. Worm in its entirety thanks to our wonderful 2024 DM, Pauws (we will miss you so much). Outside of guard, half of guard has been learning to play the flute (beating the non-musical allegations one B-flat at a time. That is definitely not the only note we can play). Outside of Fischell, our guard snacks have been extremely tasty this year, ranging from baklava to crepes, so if you would like a piece, feel free to attend our games. Anyone is welcome in the Guard