g e t r e a dy f o r
THE GREEN
MACHINE SCHUYLER T. KIELEY Freshman Focus Contributor
T
he Green Machine was an
essential part of my freshman year at Mason. It was a great
way for me to get to see a lot of my
friends that were also music majors and a chance for me to meet great
non-music majors that decided to keep playing their instruments. It’s easy to make friends playing in the Green
Machine because you will be seeing
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a lot of the band at basketball games, rehearsals and other events.
One of the best parts about the Green Machine is the music! How many
other pep bands do you know that
play anything from the music from
“Superman” to Kanye West? Exactly. You don’t. There’s a reason we were
“GREEN MACHINE WAS
entertaining college pep band" in the
AN ESSENTIAL PART OF
listed by Bleacher Report as the "most
freshmen, provided live music at
the Nike Women’s Half Marathon
in Washington, D.C., performed at
country. Our wide variety of music is part
MY FRESHMAN YEAR...
Mason’s Relay For Life, and traveled
Additionally, students can make their
[IT] COMBINES ALL OF
Tournament in Brooklyn, New York.
songs to be arranged and performed.
MY FAVORITE THINGS:
next for the Green Machine!
of what makes us an awesome pep band. own arrangements of songs or suggest
There are also excellent performance
MUSIC, SPORTS, AND
with our basketball team to the A10
You won’t want to miss what happens
The Green Machine combines all of
opportunities for members of the
HAVING A GOOD TIME
my favorite things: music, sports, and
at admissions events for incoming
WITH MY FRIENDS.”
get to see free college basketball from a
Green Machine. This year we played
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having a good time with my friends. I