SOTOlore
The band’s first football game is on this date (so you better be there). Hint: it’s not a Thursday for once.
August 29th
The Demon Deacon football team has played at this venue for almost 60 years, although has only had its current name for 2.
Allegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium
This is the year that Wake Forest University was founded, as well as the street address of ZSR.
1834
This alumnus is, depending on who you ask, a legendary professional golfer (racking up 62 wins on the PGA tour), or a refreshing beverage made of iced tea and lemonade.
Arnold Palmer
This tune is played on interceptions, fumbles, and other offensive blunders the other team might make (I’m trying really hard not to just say the title).
Turnover
Dr. Smith attended this institution, which is also where the Demon Deacons got their (maybe) starting quarterback.
Auburn
Wake Forest got their nickname (the Demon Deacons) from a news report of a football game against this in-state rival.
Duke
This is how many years that the Wake Forest Marching Band has been a thing.
98
This legendary American poet and writer of such books as I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, was also a distinguished professor at Wake Forest for over 30 years. In fact, some of you might be living in the dorm named after her.
Maya Angelou
This entrance to the football stadium has lent its name to a classic SOTOGAB drum cadence.
East Gate
SOTOGAB used to meet in this building before every home football and basketball game, until it became a casualty of the Grounds.
PFS
Jake Dickert, WFU’s new football coach for the 2025 season, came from a coaching job at this school in the Pacific Northwest, leading them to a respectable 8-5 record, but losing the conference “championship”.
Washington State
This is the amount of years that the Wake Forest Marching Band has been playing the Deacon Drum Beat.
53
This musically-named running back for the Chicago Bears is also the namesake of WFU’s cancer research fund after he tragically passed away from it at the age of 26. Plus, he put up incredible stats to boot.
Brian Piccolo
The current version of O Here’s to Wake Forest was arranged, in part, by this former Director of Bands. They're also well known for doing the YMCA.
Barbara Trautwein / Mrs. T
This band advisor and carillon player was also a drum major for the band in his undergraduate years.
Anthony Tang
The Deacs have played this other North Carolinian black-and-gold team almost 20 times in men’s basketball, and the Deacs have won every single time.
Appalachian State
This is how many years the Spirit of the Old Gold and Black has been a thing.
18 (they didn’t use the SOTOGAB name until 2007)
This recently-retired composer-in-residence of WFU has written many modern musical masterpieces, including one played at the funerals of multiple US presidents.
Dan Locklair
This stand tune, still played to this day, was first performed by SOTOGAB in a joint performance with Vanderbilt’s marching band.
Confident
You may know where the F is, but this is where the F came from.
Atop the fieldhouse at the stadium
This Big 10 school has played the Demon Deacon football team 62 times, more than any other school not currently in the ACC.
Maryland
In their most recent ACC football championship victory over Georgia Tech, the Demon Deacons scored this many touchdowns.
0
This recent WFU grad is in his rookie season right now, and is absolutely crushing it, having hit 4 home runs in a single game last month.
Nick Kurtz
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How ‘Bout Them Deacs!