Even though the NIU football team is playing on the road Saturday, Sept. 28, Huskie Stadium will be alive with sounds … of music. The 11th Red & Black Fall Classic high school marching band competition tentatively begins at 4 p.m. inside the stadium. The Rockford-based Phantom Regiment Drum & Bugle Corps produces the event...

The DeKalb High School Marching Band is going to the 2013 Allstate Sugar Bowl, played Wednesday, Jan. 2, in New Orleans. During the trip, the young musicians will play four times, compete and perform during the halftime festivities. A “Cajun Kick-Off” to raise funds for the trip is scheduled from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday,...