Blue & Gold Committee

The Blue & Gold Committee is the Skule™ spirit committee in charge of many Skule™ activities and events, including Godiva Week, bus trips, movie nights, and Homecoming.

Typically, the Blue & Gold Committee runs one movie night on the first night of F!rosh Week, to welcome incoming first year students to Skule™. As well, the Blue & Gold Committee usually runs a few other movie nights throughout the course of the Skule™ year, including one during Godiva Week.

The Blue & Gold Committee plans the construction of the Skule™ entry in the Homecoming float competition, judged by the ex-Blue & Gold Committee chairs. Past entries have included a streetcar, a Viking ship, and a boombox.

As well, they organize Godiva Week, including events such as Ye Grande Olde Chariot Race, the Mr. Blue & Gold and Godiva's Crown competitions, the Village Pub Crawl, and various charity events.

In recent years, the Blue & Gold Committee has also organized a Tools 101 event for F!rosh, to teach them how to safely use basic power tools.

Past Blue & Gold Committee Chairs

Year	Chair(s)		Homecoming Float	Pride Parade Float
2012-2013	Gabriel Stavros & Tejas Manjunath	MSE 1T3+PEY & Mech 1T4	Skule Bus	Nyan Cat
2011-2012	Luis Ramirez & Sandra Sousa	Comp 1T2+PEY & Elec 1T3	Princess Peach's Castle	Godiva's Horse
2010-2011	Addie Denison & Peter Raimondo	Mech 1T2+PEY & Civ 1T1+PEY	TTC Streetcar
2009-2010	Kathy Grycko & Kevin P. Siu	Civ 1T0 & NΨ 1T0+PEY	Viking Ship/Little Red Skule House
2008-2009	Ellen Chan & Rossana Rodriguez	MSE 0T8+PEY & Indy 1T0+1	Boombox
2007-2008	Stefano Gelmi	Indy 0T9	Train
2006-2007	John McLeod & Henry Cheung	NΨ 0T6+PEY & NΨ 0T7+PEY	Space Shuttle
2005-2006	Chris Anderson	?	Double-Decker Bus
2004-2005	Leona Smith	?	Castle
2003-2004	Jon Hollands	Mech 0T5	Pirate Ship
2002-2003	Duncan Rowe	Civ 0T4	Red Skule House
2001-2002	Angelo Gentile	?	?
2000-2001	Matthew Staikos	?	?
1999-2000	Struan Vaz	?	Dell Computer
1998-1999	Sean Voskamp	Mech 0T0	Canon
1997-1998	Ryan Morris	?	?
1996-1997	Steven Dennis	?	?
1995-1996	Drago Banovic	?	?
1994-1995	Ken Gower	?	?
1993-1994	Rowan Wilson	?	?
1992-1993	Brian Scholz	?	?
1991-1992	?	?	?
1990-1991	George Mallinos	?	?
1989-1990	Sandro Perruzza	?	?
1988-1989	Rino Zan	?	?
1987-1988	Allan Bray	?	?
1986-1987	Steve Kotsopoulos	?	?
1985-1986	Wayne McPhee	?	?
1984-1985	Franco Minatel	Mech 8T6	Hard Hat with beer bottle?
1983-1984	Bill Hollings	?	?
1982-1983	Alan Kasperski	?	?
1981-1982	Peter Weick	?	?
1980-1981	Ofer Pittel	?	?
1979-1980	George Klekner-Alt	?	?
1978-1979	Bob Beaumont	?	?
1977-1978	Rob Yates	?	?
1976-1977	Jim Burpee	?	?
1975-1976	R. Gilmour	?	?
1974-1975	Paul Baker	?	?

External links

• The Blue and Gold Committee
• University of Toronto Engineering Society

Songs

If I Were The Blue & Gold Chair

Tradition dictates that there are a series of presentations during the ConHall event of F!rosh Week (currently known as Matriculation) to get the F!rosh aware of the different things they can participate in, and to introduce them to the university. Among these presentations are ones done by the Engineering Stores, SkuleTM Nite, the Lady Godiva Memorial Bnad, and the Blue & Gold Committee.

In 2006, John McLeod and Henry Cheung changed the format of the Blue & Gold presentation... and this is what they came up with (sung to the tune of 'If I Had A Million Dollars'):

John: If I were the Blue & Gold Chair
Henry: If I were the Blue & Gold Chair
I'd sing you this song
(I would sing you this song)

John: If I were the Blue & Gold Chair
Henry: If I were the Blue & Gold Chair
I'd go on and on and on
(But not forget my words or be out of tune)

John: If I were the Blue & Gold Chair
Henry: If I were the Blue & Gold Chair
I'd sing about lots of fun
(Like the Blue & Gold Committee)

If I were the Blue & Gold Chair
Oh, Blue & Gooooolllllllld!

CHORUS:
If I were a Blue & Gold Chair
Henry: We'd build a homecoming float!
If I were a Blue & Gold Chair
John: You could help; don't forget your coat!
If I were a Blue & Gold Chair
Henry: We could drive it around all over Toronto!

TALKING BIT:
Henry: Hey Johnny, we've heard a lot about this Blue & Gold Committee. What sort of stuff do they do?
John: Well Henry... trips, movie nights, power tools... What would you do if you were a Blue & Gold Chair?

Henry: Well...

Henry: If I were the Blue & Gold Chair
John: If I were the Blue & Gold Chair
I would run a movie night
(In fact, there's one in only 10 hours)

Henry: If I were the Blue & Gold Chair
John: If I were the Blue & Gold Chair
I'd run Wednesday's F!rosh Olympics
(Test your skill, speed, & your sports)

Henry: If I were the Blue & Gold Chair
John: If I were the Blue & Gold Chair
I'd build you a bed
(Not to sleep on - but to race - ON THURSDAY!)

If I were the Blue & Gold Chair
Oh, Blue & Gooooolllllllld!

CHORUS:
If I were a Blue & Gold Chair
Henry: We would run Godiva Week!
If I were a Blue & Gold Chair
John: We would sing instead of speak!
If I were a Blue & Gold Chair
Henry: Oh how I wish, oh how I wish...

TALKING BIT:
Henry: (But we are the Blue & Gold Chairs, Johnny...)
John: Oh yeah, that's right Henry, that'll save us some time... how do I get involved and get all my friends to join?
Henry: Well, there's only one way to find out... sing about it!

Henry: How do I join Blue & Gold?
John: How do I join Blue & Gold?
They have a great mailing list
(That way, none of the events will be missed!)

Henry: How do I join Blue & Gold?
John: How do I join Blue & Gold?
Just go online today
(to blueandgold.skule.ca)

Henry: If I were the Blue & Gold Chair
John: If I were the Blue & Gold Chair
It's easy guys, you'll see
(Haven't you signed up already!?)

If I were the Blue & Gold Chair
Oh, Blue & Gooooolllllllld!

CHORUS:
How do I join Blue & Gold?
Henry: It's easy, just go online...
How do I join Blue & Gold?
John: Type it in, you'll be just fine.
How do I join Blue & Goooooooollllllllld?
Henry: blueandgold.skule.ca!

Written by Mike Hawkins, Archivist 0T6-0T7
Lyrics by John McLeod and Henry Cheung, Blue & Gold Chairs 0T6-0T7