The Bloomsburg University Marching Band is off to a great start!
Under the direction of Dr. Gifford Howarth, the 2017 Husky Marching Band is blooming with around 120 students. Students come into the program from many different backgrounds, some having participated in their high school's marching band programs, others competed with DCI Drum Corps, and some have never even marched before!
The diversity of the student participants makes for a well-rounded group, who are willing to help each other succeed and make the program better as a whole. Last fall Bloomsburg University deemed the marching band program worthy of receiving 1 gym credit to fulfill the GEP. This allowed students to free up time in their schedule to do Marching Band. Marching Band has always been fun, but what could be better than receiving a gym credit for doing what you love?
The field show this year is Bolero with a Twist, featuring music from a variety of artists and music styles. Under the field direction of Senior Drum Major- Miranda Jacobs, Junior Drum Major- Amber Kane, and Sophomore Drum Major- Sarah Bainey, the band will perform an 8-9 minute show during half time at all of the home football games.
The band will also be traveling to Allentown for the 2017 Collegiate Marching Band Festival on Sunday, October 1st where they will perform with 19 other bands from across the state. Some of the other performers are Kutztown University, Slippery Rock University, West Chester University, and Shippensburg University. Every year the Bloomsburg University Marching Band also accompanies the football team to one away football game.
This year the band is going to Shippensburg University on Saturday, November 4th to play at their field. The band kicks off their season on August 20th with the start of band camp week. The students put in five, 12 hour days before classes start to learn most of their music and drill in that one week. Throughout the season the band adds visual effects into their drill to keep it new and exciting!
Check out the Bloomsburg University Marching Band at all of their events throughout this football season!
