“Playing Our Hearts Out”

In a candid, relaxed, and light-hearted conversation with Rich Paige, a Wabash Pep Band veteran, a current student, and a Classics professor/alumnus talk about the resurgence of the Wabash Pep Band.

“I never really doubted that we could get it going,” says Pep Band Director Jim Swift. “Playing our hearts out is a really fun thing to do together.

“My one rule during football season—play loud!”

Listen to Swift, his son, Henry ’18, and Associate Professor of Classics Jeremy Hartnett discuss the joys of music and how the band “finds our Inner Caveman” for football and basketball games.