Earlier this week, in a column by my respected colleague, Dan Hahn, he stated that marching band is not a sport. To that- my professional answer is no. My unprofessional band kid of now 11 years and...

Even though competitive marching band requires significant physical training, focus, and teamwork, I am not convinced that marching band can be called a sport. Marching bands typically perform at...

There are marching band clinics going on around campus this week. I found out the hard way when about 200 teenagers were sprinting into Taylor Dining shortly after I had arrived, gotten my food and sat...

Instruments shone in the sunlight, flags rippled in the wind and music filled the stadium during the Panther Marching Band Festival on Saturday. High school bands from around central Illinois entered...

Saturday was tough. It was the Panther Marching Band’s first game of the year, and for me it was my first college game day. I was used to playing during halftime in high school, so the days before I...

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...

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...

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...