by hinkle | Jan 1, 2011 | Uncategorized
Jeffrey Throop, president of the Tournament of Roses Association, just appeared in the parade. He visited WCU in the fall to meet the band and predicted “you are going to blow everybody away.”
by hinkle | Jan 1, 2011 | Uncategorized
The Rose Parade is airing live and commercial-free on the Hallmark Channel.
by hinkle | Jan 1, 2011 | Uncategorized
Less than an hour until the Western Carolina University Pride of the Mountains Marching Band appears live on television as part of the Rose Parade. Television viewers can look for the band about 11:45 a.m., just after the Lions Club International “Backyard...
by hinkle | Jan 1, 2011 | Uncategorized
The WCU Pride of the Mountains Marching Band’s originality combined with a field show full of energy and spirit often keeps Western Carolina almuna Pat Kaemmerling and her husband, David, in the stands after home football games to see the group’s encore performance....
by hinkle | Jan 1, 2011 | Uncategorized
Western Carolina alumna Catherine Dillard of Knoxville, Tenn., had always wanted to come to the Rose Parade. When she saw a story about the Western Carolina University Pride of the Mountains Marching Band planning to march in the annual event, Dillard decided 2011...
by hinkle | Jan 1, 2011 | Uncategorized
For the past 10 years, Bill Locklear has arranged some of the music performed by the Western Carolina University Pride of the Mountains Marching Band – a task that involves incorporating the band’s intense use of electric guitars, keyboards and other...
by hinkle | Jan 1, 2011 | Uncategorized
The band celebrated the arrival of 2011 with a formal celebration in a ballroom at the Hyatt in Anaheim. The buffet featured salad, pasta and bread and, for dessert, a chocolate fountain with strawberries, marshmallows and cake. The countdown of the ball dropping in...
by hinkle | Jan 1, 2011 | Uncategorized
Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR. The WCU band visited the Getty Museum on Friday, Dec. 31. Click here to see other slideshows posted at roseparade.wcu.edu.
by hinkle | Jan 1, 2011 | Uncategorized
Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR. The WCU band visited Santa Monica on Friday, Dec. 31. Click here to see other slideshows posted at roseparade.wcu.edu.
by hinkle | Dec 31, 2010 | Uncategorized
The WCU Pride of the Mountains Marching Band will perform “You” by California ska band Suburban Legends in the Rose Parade on Jan. 1 in honor of the late Ryan Dallas Cook, who helped write the song and was a member of Suburban Legends. The performance is intended as a...
Slide #8 tells the whole story of the Pride of the Mountains performance in this parade. It's one thing to…
soooooooooooo pround of you all Go WCU
I hope when the Spring semester starts students will go out of their way to congratulate any band member they…
Even though I am a MOUNTAINEER through and through, I am so happy and proud of the CATAMOUNTS for their…
Congrats to Bob Buckner and the WCU Band. It's been a LONG time since I was in Buckner's band in…