Since his arrival at Harvard, Everett has raised the bar for the quality of musicianship in Harvard ensembles by introducing a jazz ensemble and a performance band, whose members frequently overlap with the marching band.
"We tend to lose people with a strong sense of musicality very quickly," says Melina C. McTigue '00.
However, Goulet points out, "we work darn hard, but we don't put our effort into precision marching. We want people to smile."
Despite a potential conflict in style, Everett stuck with the band, and in the process became "the Band's supreme protector and secret weapon," according to Goulet.
Another story told among band members sprung from an event this year. At the Holy Cross homecoming game, the Holy Cross president asked to review the Harvard band's show. Because the band never has its show for the coming week set until the Thursday before, it did not have time to send a copy of the corrected script to the president before the game.
Because he had not seen an approved script, the president ordered that no Harvard Band members be admitted to the stadium. Everett snuck up to the press box and started screaming until the band was admitted.
"In order to get my point across I had to make my point quite forcefully--in musical terms, 'forte,'" Everett says. "I expect more from our band and our crowd. I demand respect for all bands."
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