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Fanfare for the Common Bear

By Jean Smith

Members of the California Marching Band trumpet section — all 29 of them — play Cal songs from the top of Sather Tower on Thursday. Shattering the bucolic silence of a late fall afternoon, "Sons of California" and other band favorites echoed across campus, fulfilling an annual pre-Big Game tradition, and drawing tiny cries of appreciation from fans below. (Jean Smith/NewsCenter photo)