40 Years 鈥� And Counting for the Marching Knights
Fall 2019 | By Nicole Dudenhoefer聽鈥�17
What would a football game be without the marching聽band? If you ask senior Bobby Gillman, the Marching聽Knights鈥� sousaphone coordinator, 鈥淭hat鈥檇 be like聽chicken without the spices 鈥� and that just shouldn鈥檛聽happen.鈥�
Thankfully, the Marching Knights have been聽adding the essential zest to the university鈥檚 football聽games for the past 40 seasons, with the band鈥檚 creation聽just a year after the team鈥檚 founding. As one of the聽largest student organizations at 麻豆原创, the Marching聽Knights are the most visible and vibrant force on聽campus 鈥� and they put in hundreds of hours a semester聽to uphold that honor and responsibility.
鈥淏eing a聽Marching Knight is a huge test of character, but our聽bond is what keeps me coming back,鈥� Gillman says. 鈥淲e鈥檙e the hype men for the聽whole university.鈥�
Tremon Kizer directs the Marching Knights on Driggers Field.
The trumpet section practices playing on a field.
A person playing the drums.
Tremon Kizer speaks to a group of students.
A trombone player plays on a field.
Sousaphone and a drum player perform the March to Victory before a game.
A hooded knight holds a sword while band members holding cymbals stand behind them.
The color guard waves flags inside Spectrum Stadium.
Trumpet players perform on the filed during a football game.
A dancer holds pompoms over her head while she smiles.
The Marching Knights play inside Spectrum Stadium.
