Halftime vs. Columbia 2025

The Princeton University Band's halftime show versus Columbia University on October 3rd, 2025. Team wins 17-10. Band wins 69-67.

Student Conductor: Maddie Rudolph '26
Drum Major: Ariane Adcroft '26
POV Footage: Tim Shimizu '27

Full Script:
Oh no! Pizza rat has fallen into a river in Jersey City! Deploy the Princeton University Band!

[Band marches on to Princeton Forward March]

Sorry folks, slight error there. Pizza rat has fallen, but not into a river. He’s fallen… For our City Correspondent! After the Health Department shut down his restaurant, Pizza Rat was seeking purpose beyond the sawce and found himself at the Zohran K. Mamdani scavenger hunt. There he bumped into none other but our illustrious City Correspondent – and after their first date at the Penn Station Raising Cane’s, they knew it was true love. They were so excited to get married and move into their 8 million dollar, 20 square foot apartment, they had to take their Raising Cane’s sawce to go.

[Band forms a slice of pizza and plays Hot to Go]

Unfortunately, it turned out that our City Correspondent is from Staten Island, and refused to cheer for the Mets! Pizza Rat has since requested a divorce. Just like the sawce, it was very messy. Pizza Rat tried to console himself at the Mets game, but that only broke his heart even more. Luckily, as Pizza Rat was reaching for a Pete Alonso fly ball to left field, he tripped and fell into the arms of a dashing young gentleman. That gentleman? The one and only Zohran K. Mamdani, Pizza Rat’s true, true love! The City Correspondent is now long forgotten, and Pizza rat has moved onto better sawce. He won’t even kiss his ex goodbye.

[Band forms Citi Field and plays Kiss em Goodbye]

Run away band! Our City Correspondent is requesting alimony!

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