Harvard-Yale Game 2009: Who’s Who in the YPMB

The Super Bowl might get Justin Timberlake, U2, or Elvis for its half-time show (I said might, I don’t really know), but no Rock-and-Roll can compare to the musical stylings of the Yale Precision Marching Band (or “YPMB” to insiders).  Because they’re the Game’s main entertainment attraction, I decided to get some inside scoop on who the major “players” are in making it all happen.  So here are the people you can thank when all is said, done, and marched:

1. Jackie Bruleigh, head scriptwriter. Like Tina Fey on “30 Rock,” Jackie is the boss, she’s a strong, assertive, creative woman, and she’s pretty into food. She’s the one in charge of coming up with ideas for a script and convening the “script team.”
2. Tom Duffy, Ph. D., faculty advisor. Professor Duffy is the Alec Baldwin to Jackie’s Tina, the “suit” who helps to edit the script after it’s been drafted by the “script team.”
3. Raja Pillai, announcer. Tracy Morgan?
4. Kate Kraft, drum major. The drum major, it turns out, is basically the conductor of the band.  So she is a huge deal.
5. Tory Jeffay, props builder. Inexplicably referred to as “squiddeity,” this position involves building the props for the shows––super important!

Now, as you probably know, actual details about the Game show are Top Secret.  But I have assurances from my source that preparations are well under way, and that excitement among the YPMBers is higher than ever.  ”I love being in the band, especially around this time of the year,” she told me.  ”We have bigger audiences, and people tend to really respond well to our Game Show. However, I’m kind of stressed because I want the show to be perfect, especially after what happened last year.”

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