Texas Tickets

[Cajunmac]

Jeez, not enough funds for a 6 hour bus ride and hotel stay? I guess that rules out the band for any road trips. No excuse to not have, at least, a pep band for this game. Small-time, personified.

Agreed. If the band goes to any away game this year, this is the one.

[The Cajun tuba]

Agreed. If the band goes to any away game this year, this is the one.

If everything stays as it is, the only game we will be traveling to will be a bowl game

[LaCajunsFan]

If everything stays as it is, the only game we will be traveling to will be a bowl game

You are new here and I like you a lot already.

[zephyr]

Jeez, not enough funds for a 6 hour bus ride and hotel stay? I guess that rules out the band for any road trips. No excuse to not have, at least, a pep band for this game. Small-time, personified.

This isn't anything new. Our band rarely has traveled for away games especially the big money games. My guess is we would perhaps have to buy out the tickets they could sell to people in order to secure enough areas for our band.

[zephyr]

Let’s say 200. So you’re looking at 100 hotel rooms plus the cost to feed and rent 4 buses plus a few equipment trucks. Plus their tickets into the game. You’re looking at a few $$$ here.

I for one would be happy to donate money if they started some sort of funding vehicle to try to get the band there. I know there are a lot of moving parts but I'd be happy to help out.

[Esqueleto]

I for one would be happy to donate money if they started some sort of funding vehicle to try to get the band there. I know there are a lot of moving parts but I'd be happy to help out.

Same

[moorecajun]

I for one would be happy to donate money if they started some sort of funding vehicle to try to get the band there. I know there are a lot of moving parts but I'd be happy to help out.

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[NOCajun]

This isn't anything new. Our band rarely has traveled for away games especially the big money games. My guess is we would perhaps have to buy out the tickets they could sell to people in order to secure enough areas for our band.

I don't know what it's like now, but when I was in the band back in the 80's, we made 1 trip for a major ballgame every season, including Alabama and Florida. The director at that time made sure the alumni association was providing enough funding for our travel, at least that's what I understood at the time.

[SMD7636]

I for one would be happy to donate money if they started some sort of funding vehicle to try to get the band there. I know there are a lot of moving parts but I'd be happy to help out.

I would donate too.

[The Cajun tuba]

This isn't anything new. Our band rarely has traveled for away games especially the big money games. My guess is we would perhaps have to buy out the tickets they could sell to people in order to secure enough areas for our band.

Typically we take smaller bands to away games. My freshman year we had pep bands go to A&M and Ark state. Then the next year we took bands to Bama and ULM. The next year though we only had the funds to take the whole band to New Orleans to play against Miss St. They had to start playing it smart after we went to Orlando unexpectedly. On a normal year, we would definitely go to Texas, but funds may be the reason we wouldn't.

[moorecajun]

I definitely think our band being there is important. If we new how much it would cost maybe we could start a go fund me account for it. Some may think it is "small time" to do something like that and maybe they are right. But I think it is "smaller time" to not brig them; this is a big event for our school on an national stage.

[JayWalker]

OK...for sake of argument....Buses would cost around 6,000.(1200X5) Budget 20 per person for a meal coming and going. That's $4000. And tickets would cost you another 16,000.

You're talking roughly 26,000 to travel the 200 piece band. Do the math accordingly if you take fewer members.