Membership is open to any Oregon State University or Linn-Benton Community College student.

Prior to the start of the game,the band congregates inside Reser Stadium for an on-field pregame performance.

[citation needed] During the football games, the band plays music from their seats in the stands, and during halftime performs an on-field show.

Full Dress is used exclusively during the fall season and only during special parades and most football games.

Past Featured Twirlers have historically worn uniforms mainly of white with short or no legs.

The uniform consists of a tall, 16" black feather plume with a shako featuring an orange colored front side.

The jacket features an orange and black body color split featuring the beaver logo on the wearer's top left and the Oregon State logo embroidered vertically along the black edge of the split.

The instrumentation does not include percussion typically located in the "Front Ensemble" or "Pit" (Bells and other instruments on wheels) due to the band's emphasis on performing for the crowd, as opposed to the drum corps style utilized by most high schools and by a handful of university marching bands.

"Hail to Old OSU" is the fight song for Oregon State University.

The OSU Alma Mater, "Carry Me Back", was written by W. Homer Maris.

I love to wander on the pathway Down to the Trysting Tree, For there again I see in fancy, Old friends dear to me.