Laker Band (original) (raw)
The Los Angeles Laker Band is a subset of the USC Trojan Marching Band that plays at Lakers home games. Created in 1979 at the request of Lakers owner Dr. Jerry Buss, this brass and rhythm ensemble performs at every Laker home game, including the playoffs, finals and regularly performs the national anthem before the game on the Crypto.com Arena court. The group is the only one of its kind in the NBA: a dedicated band that performs at every game in its own section. The band sits and performs in section 308. The Laker Band comprises nine trumpets, six or seven trombones, a bass guitar, and a drum set.
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| dbo:abstract | The Los Angeles Laker Band is a subset of the USC Trojan Marching Band that plays at Lakers home games. Created in 1979 at the request of Lakers owner Dr. Jerry Buss, this brass and rhythm ensemble performs at every Laker home game, including the playoffs, finals and regularly performs the national anthem before the game on the Crypto.com Arena court. The group is the only one of its kind in the NBA: a dedicated band that performs at every game in its own section. The band sits and performs in section 308. The Laker Band comprises nine trumpets, six or seven trombones, a bass guitar, and a drum set. The band has been featured in the championship parade in downtown Los Angeles when the Lakers win the NBA title. Band members and the Laker Girls ride atop firetrucks for the parade down Figueroa Blvd. (en) |
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| dbp:director | Rick Cox (en) |
| dbp:founded | 1979-10-16 (xsd:date) |
| dbp:location | dbr:Crypto.com_Arena dbr:Los_Angeles |
| dbp:name | Los Angeles Laker Band (en) |
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| gold:hypernym | dbr:Subset |
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| rdfs:comment | The Los Angeles Laker Band is a subset of the USC Trojan Marching Band that plays at Lakers home games. Created in 1979 at the request of Lakers owner Dr. Jerry Buss, this brass and rhythm ensemble performs at every Laker home game, including the playoffs, finals and regularly performs the national anthem before the game on the Crypto.com Arena court. The group is the only one of its kind in the NBA: a dedicated band that performs at every game in its own section. The band sits and performs in section 308. The Laker Band comprises nine trumpets, six or seven trombones, a bass guitar, and a drum set. (en) |
| rdfs:label | Laker Band (en) |
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| prov:wasDerivedFrom | wikipedia-en:Laker_Band?oldid=1068955410&ns=0 |
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