{"id":3,"date":"2016-11-10T21:50:42","date_gmt":"2016-11-10T21:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themob.blogs.rice.edu\/?page_id=3"},"modified":"2026-04-02T17:51:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T17:51:00","slug":"welcome-to-the-rice-university-marching-owl-band-mob","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mob.rice.edu\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to The Rice MOB!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async defer crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;version=v7.0\" nonce=\"ttLrmgip\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<h5><strong>NOTE:<\/strong> See our friend, Mr. Sidebar, on the right of this page (the tab titled &#8220;News &amp; Upcoming Events&#8221;)? Well, he&#8217;s a little outdated.* No worries, you can still get your latest MOB news and updates via our Google Calendar (located at the bottom of this page) and by joining our <a href=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/RiceMOB\">Discord<\/a>!<\/h5>\n<h5>*Please contact our <em>current<\/em> coordinator, Anhaar Yunus, at <a href=\"mailto:ay100@rice.edu\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ay100@rice.edu<\/span><\/a> and 713-348-2346.<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Want to join the MOB or Rice Bands? Click <a href=\"mob.rice.edu\/join-the-mob\">here<\/a>!<\/h3>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpa-warning wpa-image-missing-alt size-medium wp-image-2407 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/mob.rice.edu\/files\/2025\/09\/Copy-of-Copy-of-I-WANT-YOU-232x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" data-warning=\"Missing alt text\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mob.rice.edu\/files\/2025\/09\/Copy-of-Copy-of-I-WANT-YOU-232x300.png 232w, https:\/\/mob.rice.edu\/files\/2025\/09\/Copy-of-Copy-of-I-WANT-YOU-791x1024.png 791w, https:\/\/mob.rice.edu\/files\/2025\/09\/Copy-of-Copy-of-I-WANT-YOU-768x994.png 768w, https:\/\/mob.rice.edu\/files\/2025\/09\/Copy-of-Copy-of-I-WANT-YOU-1186x1536.png 1186w, https:\/\/mob.rice.edu\/files\/2025\/09\/Copy-of-Copy-of-I-WANT-YOU.png 1483w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>What is the Marching Owl Band?<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">An age-old question. Some say we&#8217;re tacky. Distasteful. Shameless. Offensive. And we agree completely. The MOB is all of those things and more. We pride ourselves on playing good music, satirizing whatever deserves it, and having fun.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We&#8217;re &#8220;Marching&#8221; in name only. Instead, we scatter to various formations and play from them. In truth, we&#8217;re performance artists, but rather than just dance interpretively to hazy saxophone, or spin fire, we do these things while also joking around on the field.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">So, come and join us, and find out that there&#8217;s still room to rock out on the field!<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>The MOB has weekly music rehearsals<\/h3>\n<p>On <b>Mondays<\/b> at <b>8:30pm<\/b> and <b>Tuesdays<\/b> at <b>7:00pm<\/b> in the Gladu Band Hall by Rice Stadium, and weekly field rehearsals on <b>Thursdays<\/b> at <b>7:00pm.<\/b> No pressure to attend every rehearsal &#8212; just show up when you can!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mailman.rice.edu\/mailman\/listinfo\/mobnews\">Stay tuned in to our weekly newsletters<\/a> for ways to participate with The MOB!<\/p>\n<p>Undergraduate MOBsters, join us every Friday for MOBlunch and fun nights!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"calendar\" style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/calendar.google.com\/calendar\/embed?src=rice.edu_8efghja19sqppjr3132d19dnf8%40group.calendar.google.com&amp;ctz=America\/Chicago\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NOTE: See our friend, Mr. Sidebar, on the right of this page (the tab titled &#8220;News &amp; Upcoming Events&#8221;)? 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