by hinkle | Dec 29, 2010 | Uncategorized
The three trucks carrying band equipment, instruments, uniforms and luggage across the country through snow and a seemingly neverending stretch of highway through Texas arrived late Tuesday, Dec. 28, at the Hyatt in Anaheim, Calif., after three long days of driving....
by hinkle | Dec 24, 2010 | Uncategorized
See in 10 photos and scanned-in images how the band has evolved from a small group in 1942 to a nearly 400-member band marching Jan. 1 in the Rose Parade. Click here to read about how the band’s innovations over the years earned recognition with the 2009 Sudler...
by hinkle | Dec 20, 2010 | Uncategorized
Mark Haskett, Western Carolina University photographer, and Jarrett Frazier, WCU student, took photos on Sunday, Dec. 19, as the band practiced marching on a stretch of highway near campus – N.C. 107 – to prepare for the Rose Parade on Jan. 1. Spectators,...
by hinkle | Dec 20, 2010 | Uncategorized
Pam Morgan, a librarian at the University of Alabama , was among the WCU supporters who gathered on the pedestrian bridge over Highway 107 near campus to watch the band hit the highway Sunday, Dec. 19, 2010, in preparation for the Rose Parade. Morgan grew up in the...
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…