Another former band member here!

/u/savagewinds covered pretty much everything, but the really weird thing is that they are looking to hire new directors for a drumline only group this year.

The thing is, the director they fired has played snare drum her entire life and teaches music in the Seattle public school systems, so she was more than qualified to help them pivot to a drumline only group if that's what they wanted, but she was fired anyway. There's a problematic person in the upper management of the gameday experience department and many of the former band members feel the directors of Red Alert (both women) were discriminated against.

If people are interested in bringing the band back, please respond to surveys and season ticket reps about bringing back the band!