From The Courtside, Pep Bands Bring Life Into The Arena At Tourney Time

The special ingredient that gives the basketball tournaments held each February at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor their infectiously positive atmosphere is the horn blowers and drum smashers assembled courtside. Pep bands — sometimes comprising 40 or 50 kids and sometimes numbering just a handful of student musicians — are the unsung heroes of the tourneys. “They bring the life into the place.