by hinkle | Dec 25, 2010 | Uncategorized
In advance of a planned 4 a.m. departure on Sunday, Dec. 26, two truck drivers spent Christmas morning putting chains on the wheels of the three trucks taking the WCU Pride of the Mountains Marching Band’s equipment to California for the Rose Parade. Jimmy...
by hinkle | Dec 23, 2010 | Uncategorized
In preparation for the 5.5-mile Rose Parade route, members of the Pride of the Mountains Marching Band wore pedometers during the fall semester as they worked to get in shape. Kevin Kimbrough, a student band staff coordinator, said band members have walked more than...
by hinkle | Dec 22, 2010 | Uncategorized
Kirby Blackwelder, a sophomore environmental health major from Charlotte who plays trumpet in the band, has mild cerebral palsy, which weakens the muscles on her left side leaving them tight. To prepare for the 5-and-a-half mile parade, Blackwelder increased and...
by hinkle | Dec 18, 2010 | Uncategorized
Students with the band’s uniform staff spent hours going through nearly 400 uniforms – mending tears and checking for missing parts on Sat. Dec. 18. Asked what they would do if something were discovered missing in California, Whitney Stewart, a junior...
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…