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 | Dec 26, 2010 | Uncategorized
The band spelled out on the field the names of 24 major sponsors whose gifts totaled about $60,000 toward the $640,000 cost of the trip. The two-hour session (that took 36 hours for the band directors to chart) can be seen in 2 minutes and 24 seconds in this video,...
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 17, 2010 | Uncategorized
Before band members pack up the three trucks with all of the instruments, uniform, equipment and luggage that they will need for the Tournament of Roses Bandfest performance on Thursday, Dec. 30, and the Rose Parade on Jan. 1, the trucks got “wrapped up.”...
by hinkle | Dec 17, 2010 | Uncategorized
In 30-something degree temperatures on Friday, Dec. 17, the members of the Western Carolina University Pride of the Mountains Marching Band spelled 24 names on the field in two hours as part of a fundraiser. Photographs of the band in name formations, which honored...
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…