Hey, it’s Steven, the webmaster guy. Preseason Camp is here, and so our R.A.T. Leaders, and for that matter, the whole staff are busy getting the band ready for kickoff against Lousianna-Monroe in just three weeks!

It’s only Day 2 for our Rookie Auburn Tigers, but they’ve already accomplished a lot!  We’ve been taking photos around camp, and also of our R.A.T. Activities and Drills, and they’ll be posted throughout the week to our Photo Gallery.  I’ll be blogging things here a bit as well, showing y’all a few of my favorite pictures.

Preseason Camp pictures can be found right here, and R.A.T. Program pics are in this album.  The R.A.T. Leaders and I hope you will share this page with your parents and friends back home, so they can see the awesome stuff that we’re up to this week.  Also, if any band students have a few cool photos they’d like to share, email them to me at 1auband@auburn.edu. WAR EAGLE!

The 2008 R.A.T.s in their first music rehearsal.  If you think it’s crowded now, wait until the Vets show up tonight at the first full-band music rehearsal.

Streeeeeetch!

Proper posture is key.

Our R.A.T.s’ first steps.

A group of R.A.T.s returning to Samford Hall after the annual campus-wide Scavenger Hunt.

Jake thinks that adding a McDonald’s apple pie to the Scavenger Hunt list was a good idea.

Wake up, trombones! It’s time for R.A.T. Drills!

The R.A.T. Groups get to know each other.  Each R.A.T. Group is made of people from different sections of the band, so it’s a great way to meet other rookies that you normally wouldn’t run into.

Tonight: R.A.T. Adoptions!

You can see bigger versions of all these photos by going to the Photo Gallery linked above.  Check checking this space for more updates as camp goes on.  WAR EAGLE!