PMB Festival set for Saturday at O’Brien Field
Logan Raschke, Managing Editor
October 3, 2019
The Panther Marching Band Festival will bring a variety of high school band performances and classic rock songs from “Queen” to O’Brien Field Saturday. The first performance of the festival is at 9:30 a.m. and the last one will be at 9 p.m. Abigail Emmert, senior music education major and drum maj...
Marching orders
Kate Rehwinkel, Staff Writer
August 28, 2018
At 4 p.m. on the dot last Friday, members of the Panther Marching Band, assembled on the Tarble Arts field for practice despite light rain and a cool breeze. Benjamin Druffel, assistant director of bands and director of athletic bands, walked onto the field for his third year in the position. The band...
Eastern hosts 41st annual Panther Marching Band Festival
Travis Moody, Contributing Writer
October 1, 2017
Flags flew and symphonies rang through O’ Brien Stadium as hundreds gathered to watch 33 high school bands from all over Illinois compete in the 41st annual Panther Marching Band Festival Saturday Sept. 30. Bands were divided into divisions based on school size. Schools with fewer than 700 students...
Band students express love for marching
Mackenzie Freund, City Editor
September 21, 2015
It’s a Saturday morning and people all over campus were preparing for the home game that the football team was playing that day. The Panther Marching Band is on their way for their first rehearsal of the day so they can run through the show they will be putting on when its time for the game. Every...
