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    <Title>Join the UMBC Pep Band! Get PAID to Play and Earn PE Credit!</Title>
    <Tagline>Band Camp is on 8/23.  Open to all majors!</Tagline>
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          <div class="html-content"><div><div><span>Do you play any one of these instruments?</span><br><ul><li>Flute</li><li>Clarinet</li><li>Sax (Alto/Tenor/Bari)</li><li>Trumpet</li><li>Mellophone</li><li>Trombone</li><li>Baritone</li><li>Tuba</li><li><span>Bass Drum</span></li></ul><div><br></div><div>The UMBC Down and Dirty Dawg Pep Band and Drumline are looking for new members that play the instruments above.  Benefits for joining the band include...<br><ul><li>Earn $$$ to play your instrument!<br></li><li>Fulfill your PHED Gen-Ed requirement through the PHED 193 Marching and Pep Band class (offered to band/drumline members during the Spring semester).</li><li>Join a highly respected and recognized ensemble while gaining lots of performing experience.  No other ensemble at UMBC offers this many performance opportunities.</li><li>Travel with the basketball teams to the America East Conference Championships.  Travel with the teams if we make it to the NCAA.<br></li><li>Be part of the best of student involvement that UMBC has to offer!</li></ul><p>Learn more about us at <a href="http://pepband.umbc.edu/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">pepband.umbc.edu</a>  or <a href="http://www.facebook.com/umbcpepband" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">http://www.facebook.com/umbcpepband</a>,</p><p> Twitter: @UMBCPepBand</p><p>Auditions are only required for percussion.  Band auditions are optional, though only students who pass their audition will be eligible for the $15-20 per game stipend.  Tuba players are exempt from auditions and will automatically be paid a stipend.</p><p>Interested?  Questions?  Post em' here, or e-mail <a href="mailto:pepband@umbc.edu">pepband@umbc.edu</a> or <a href="mailto:drumline@umbc.edu">drumline@umbc.edu</a>.</p><div><br></div></div></div></div></div>
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    <Summary>Do you play any one of these instruments?   Flute  Clarinet  Sax (Alto/Tenor/Bari)  Trumpet  Mellophone  Trombone  Baritone  Tuba  Bass Drum      The UMBC Down and Dirty Dawg Pep Band and Drumline...</Summary>
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