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When you think of college football, inevitably you picture a crisp fall day full of changing leaves and bright sunshine, tailgating fans and players running onto the field with glistening helmets. But it’s not just what you picture, it’s what you hear. College football, more than any other sport, means the distinctive sounds of marching...
The annual Tour of Champions drum and bugle corps competition scheduled Sunday, July 17, at Huskie Stadium will require some road closures. Motorists should plan ahead to avoid closures at Annie Glidden and Lincoln North, Lucinda and Stadium Drive and Stadium Drive West at Lucinda Avenue from 5:30 to 10:30 p.m. Tickets are available online...
Before anyone knows it, the excitement will begin again for the next class of incoming NIU students and their families. Over the past months, the Division of Student Affairs & Enrollment Management, along with Intercollegiate Athletics, has been re-visioning the Huskie Family Welcome. The new event, Huskie Fall Kick-Off, will be held at Huskie Stadium...
Go Huskies!
Huskies are ready to “Light the Way” at the 2015 NIU Northern Lights Homecoming parade at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22. In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the opening of Huskie Stadium, students are honoring the 1965 theme of “Northern Lights the Way” for this year’s parade theme: “Huskies Light the Way.” Community members,...
Huskie Marching Band color guard
Come relive the musical highlights of football halftime shows Thursday, Nov. 6, when the NIU Huskie Marching Band performs its annual year-end concert at the Convocation Center. The marching band, the drumline, the color guard and the Silverettes will present favorite pieces from this autumn’s Brigham Field extravaganzas as well as some of the familiar...
Logo of the Phanton Regiment Drum & Bugle Corps
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...
Welcome Days 2012
So, who’s hungry? Um, everybody? The weekend will bring two opportunities for free food, not to mention plenty of fun and live music. Friday’s “We Are Huskies” Tailgate, scheduled from noon to 2 p.m. on the west lawn outside Huskie Stadium, offers a chance to relax with new friends and members of the university community...
Huskie Marching Band drumline
Members of the Academic Convocation volunteer coordination committee are looking for volunteers for this year’s Academic Convocation and Band Run, scheduled for Friday, Aug. 23. Several volunteer opportunities are available from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. that day. The convocation itself begins at 11 a.m. Volunteer opportunities are currently being solidified and are subject to...
A Huskie cheerleader and a snake count down to 2013 at Jungle Island in Florida.
For a few minutes on New Year’s Eve, Henry Kappler and Jennifer Knigge replaced Jordan Lynch and Martel Moore as the most talked-about duo in Huskie Nation. With the Huskie Marching Band packed on to the dance floor, Kappler, a graduate assistant who helps manage the band, took to the stage at the NIU Alumni...
Huskie Marching Band drumline
NIU’s Huskie Marching Band will present its annual year-end concert Friday, Nov. 16, at the NIU Convocation Center. The marching band, drumline, Color Guard and Silverettes will perform highlights from the marching shows throughout the year, as well as favorite songs and cheers heard during the game. Come relive the musical highlights of the 2012...
Steve Kalber (center) with members of the marching band at Homecoming.
We all know it takes talent, sweat, and discipline to be an athlete, but have you ever stopped to think that it takes the same mettle to march in the band? Skeptics need only watch junior Zach Haas perform “Let’s Groove Tonight” on his 45-pound sousaphone during a Huskie halftime show to become believers. The...
Tom Bough
The NIU Wind Ensemble will present the local premiere of J.B.G. Neruda’s “Concerto in Eb,” arranged for band by Huskie Marching Band Director Thomas Bough. The concert, featuring faculty trumpet soloist Mark Ponzo, begins at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 9, in the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall of the NIU Music Building. The concert is free...
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