In the SEC, host school Athletic Departments make the determination whether to allow visiting teams to bring bands to march, or just bring a band to play in the stands and not march. Its their call.
Unfortunately, more and more schools in the SEC are opting to do "other things" during halftime, and are not allowing visiting school bands to march.
Once we know what host schools are willing to allow the Aggie Band to do, we make the decision whether to send the entire Band or "upperclassmen Band" (usually based on time of year and experience level of the fish) to march at halftime, or a 100 piece White Belt Band to just play in the stands. Its all dependent on what the host school is willing to allow the Aggie Band to do.
Money plays a big part in all of this as well, but the past 2 seasons we have had the Aggie Band (either the entire Band, the "upperclassmen Band," or a 100 piece Band) at every game - including all away games. Once we know what host schools will allow this coming Fall, we have to look at what we can afford wrt sending the band to an away game. Fortunately we have gotten the funding the past 2 seasons. My hope is that we will be able to do the same next season, once we know what the away game host schools will allow us to do.
I will provide an update once we have verified what host schools will allow us to do, and what we may need for funding to send the Band to all away games.
