Falto
Knowledge
This handy little sheet will give you an
introduction into the life of a Notre Dame Falto. Hopefully it will prepare you
to meet all of us in August!
(The webmaster would rather the freshmen get to know everything firsthand, but
what the section leaders say goes. Here it is.)
1.Falto:Also
known as the mellophone, marching French horn, trumpet on steroids. Comes from
Horn in F, alto.
2.Sit
Circle:A long-time falto tradition in which the section forms a
circle by putting our feet heel-to-toe. We then proceed to sit down on each
other's laps and walk a few steps!
3.Marchout:A
special feature of game weekends. The band performs four of these between
Friday and Saturday. They involve marching all around campus, playing some
school songs, and doing some school cheers to pump up the Notre Dame students
and fans!
4.Barnaby's:Renowned
pizza place where the whole band goes after auditions on Sunday night.
5.Bruno's:A
wonderful eating establishment in a shady part of
South Bend. But don't
worry, the buffet is amazing and the entire Falto section makes an annual trip
there once every fall.
6.Trot:A
crazy running style of march that we perform when we come out of the stadium
tunnel on game day Saturdays, and other special occasions
J
Way too cool to describe!
7.Falto
Football:Perhaps even better than
Notre Dame Football...the faltos try their hand at football against other
sections of the band.
8.$7.99:Our
prized porcelain good luck cow.
9.$8.00:The
porcelain good luck cow that replaced $7.99, who was tragically decapitated at
a falto broomball game in 2004.
10.Saxophones:The
section that faltos hate the most. All in jest, of course. Or is it...?
11.Baritones:Our
brother section!
12.Trumpets:Our
other favorite section!
13.Kristy:Senior
falto majoring in Aerospace Engineering who unfortunately is single. She
dated a senior when she was a freshmen, so it's time for a freshmen to date her
as a senior!
14.Pyramid:A
tradition of falto women on gamedays. We create a pyramid in front of the Dome.
This often makes for a bunch of hilarious pictures because it often collapses!
15.Dragonstea
Din Tea :Romanian pop song that we often sing in public. The rest of
the band has jumped on the bandwagon and is also now obsessed with this song.
Red Death, Techno, The Great Falto Race, Joe Falto:You'll just have to wait and see!
