stadium. as the area around the stadiums fills with tailgaters the west point band is there up town funk you up. army bands have always provided newscast entertain soldiers and here that tradition is carried on by the benny havens band. they play popular music. the kind of music that our cadets will want to hear the hellcats join in the fun, stirring up the already lively crowd [cheers] home football games on game day are exciting times for the entire west point community. the entire corps of cadets will march up together in a football game. we are all in the same uniform and ready to cheer on the army team. all of the home football games the cadets will attend and it s a really good time. at a regular college, you go with like your one social group or you have a few friends. but here you kind of feel really united as a corps of cadets while you are at those games. past time, of course, the west point band takes the field many times they invite
across the west point campus the holiday spr rit is palpable. the mood changes right after thanksgiving. overnight the spirit has changed. you will wake up and suddenly there s lights all over, gift wrapping paper all over. people just seem to have more pep. there is one december tradition that everybody looks forward to. red-nosed reindeer had a very shiny nose. the annual christmas dinner in washington hall with entertainment by west point s benny havens band. christmas dinner is one of the great traditions for the cadets. i would say it s the highlight of the year. christmas meals at west point are my favorite by far. the cadets usually decorate the tables you see everything from christmas trains being stacked on the tables to santa dolls. whenever the cadets enter the mess hall they are kind of
stadium. as the area around the stadiums fills with tailgaters the west point band is there up town funk you up. army bands have always provided newscast entertain soldiers and here that tradition is carried on by the benny havens band. they play popular music. the kind of music that our cadets will want to hear the hellcats join in the fun, stirring up the already lively crowd [cheers] home football games on game day are exciting times for the entire west point community. the entire corps of cadets will march up together in a football game. we are all in the same uniform and ready to cheer on the army team. all of the home football games the cadets will attend and it s a really good time. at a regular college, you go with like your one social group or you have a few friends. but here you kind of feel really united as a corps of cadets while you are at those games. past time, of course, the west point band takes the field many times they invite