by hinkle | Dec 28, 2010 | Uncategorized
Andrew J. Malanowski said three things brought him to Western Carolina University – a chance to major in commercial and electronic music, a multimillion dollar recording studio and the fact that WCU’s Pride of the Mountains Marching Band features guitars in its...
by hinkle | Dec 28, 2010 | Uncategorized
The band trucks started their third (and hopefully final) day on the road for transporting the band instruments, uniforms, equipment and luggage to California for the Rose Parade. They finally made it out of Texas, a stretch of more than 1,000 miles of highway, into...
by hinkle | Dec 28, 2010 | Uncategorized
The first of the six flights scheduled to carry groups of WCU Pride of the Mountains Marching Band to California to participate in the Tournament of Roses Bandfest on Dec. 30 and Rose Parade on Jan. 1 leave today – Tuesday, Dec. 28. The first group to report are...
by hinkle | Dec 27, 2010 | Uncategorized
The trucks spent all day Monday, Dec. 27, making their way across Texas and planned to stop somewhere near El Paso. The drivers saw plenty of windmills and flatlands along the way! Click here to read more about the volunteer drivers and their journey.
by hinkle | Dec 27, 2010 | Uncategorized
5 p.m. Update: The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory regarding widespread black ice in the mountains and other parts of North Carolina. The advisory remains in effect until noon Tuesday, Dec. 28. 12:45 p.m. Update: If band members are...
by hinkle | Dec 27, 2010 | Uncategorized
Cole Watkins, a senior psychology major from Charlotte who plays mellophone in the band, lost 65 pounds after he began a daily routine of running to prepare to march in the 5-and-a-half mile Rose Parade. “In the parade, endurance is a big factor. I figured I would...
by hinkle | Dec 27, 2010 | Uncategorized
The Pride of the Mountains Marching Band Director, Bob Buckner, has such a great ear that he can always tell when Whitney Collins runs a little flat or sharp when she sings part of “Rock and Roll Ain’t Noise Pollution” on a giant letter “U” during the 2010 field show...
by hinkle | Dec 27, 2010 | Uncategorized
The band trucks started making their way across Texas on Monday, Dec. 27, and were approaching Dallas around noon. Read more road reports about the trucks carrying band equipment to California for the Tournament of Roses Bandfest and Rose Parade, a move that saves the...
by hinkle | Dec 26, 2010 | Uncategorized
The three trucks carrying band equipment across the country to California left Western North Carolina about 4:30 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 26, and traveled in and out of wintry conditions before stopping for the night in New Boston, Texas, near the border of Texas and...
by hinkle | Dec 26, 2010 | Uncategorized
With three trucks making their way west with the bulk of WCU Pride of the Mountains Marching Band members’ luggage, there isn’t as much to pack before the first wave of band students fly out of Charlotte, Atlanta and Raleigh to California on Tuesday, Dec....
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…