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  • The Best Damn Band Anywhere The Pride of the Mountains marches in Rose Parade, wins favorite band poll From Staff Reports The nearly 400 members of the Western Carolina University Pride of the Mountains Marching Band who performed in the Tourna- ment of Roses Parade on New Years Day were stunned by how many people lined the route, and motivated by the parade-goers excitement. You could hear them yelling for us, said Rachel Rimmer, a senior band staff coordinator majoring in music from Siler City. When we were allowed to take a break, our drumline was high-fiving kids, and we were talking to people in the crowd, The WCU marching band not only enter- tained hundreds of thousands at the Rose Pa- tade in Pasadena, Calif., and as many as a bil- lion via an internationally televised broadcast, but also won favorite band in a post-parade poll. When KTLA-TV, a Los Angeles, Calif. T.V. station, closed the voting on a poll to select the best band in the 2011 Tournament of Roses Parade, the Pride of the Mountains Marching Band had 72,287 votes 40 percent of all votes cast in the poll and more than any of the pa- rades other musical groups. Betty Allen, president of the WCU Alumni Association, was not surprised, Allen said she was in awe watching the Pride in Pasadena. I am very proud and partial about our band, she said. They are fantastic, but, in that parade, they exceeded my expectations, and my expectations are high. Bob Buckner, director of the WCU march- ing band, said he was extremely proud of the band, which worked hard to prepare and to help raise money for the $640,000 trip. Fund- raisers ranged from selling T-shirts to spelling the names of major supporters on the field on a cold, wintry morning. Preparation included long rehearsalsone in which they marched might wave back, said Buckner. And even though we were 2,500 miles from Cullowhee, when we played the fight song people chanted Go Western. | got pretty emotional. | was just the fae s distance on ane 107and wake- ne I would wave, as n many as 5 70 peop so proud about being from Western Carolina and doing this. Assistant band directors Matt Henley and Jon Henson agreed. Henley said the reception to the band was outstanding and that members finished in strong spirits, and Henson said the students did a terrific job and made all past, present and future Catamounts very proud. The group performed three songs during the parade, including the WCU fight song, the Ozzy Osbourne hit I Dont Wanna Stop and You, by California ska-band Suburban Legends. The performance of You was in honor of the late Ryan Dallas Cook, who helped write the song and was a member of Suburban Legends. Af- ter Cooks death in a 2005 traffic accident, the ska band held a fundraiser in Cooks honor that benefited his high school band at Huntington Beach High School since Cook credited much of his passion for music to his experience in the marching band. WCUs performance of the song was in- tended as a celebration of a shared love for marching band from coast to coast, and as a way to embrace the parades 2011 theme, Building Dreams, Friendships & Memories, said Henley, The WCU band reached out to build.a friend- ship with Suburban Legends and with Cooks family, who attended the Tournament of Roses BandFest on Dec. 30 to see WCU perform its field show Rock U. After the performance, the Cooks and HBHS band director Grege Gilboe came to meet the group. The WCU band presented the Cooks with a WCU clock. In addition, several band members attended a Suburban Legends concert while in California, and Suburban Legends congratulated the WCU band on its performance in the parade. The Western Carolinians website, http:// Www.westemncarolinian. com, and the news- detail g what he were doing and how they were preparing in the days leading up the Tour- nament of Roses BandFest and Parade. The up- dates, as well as photos, were shared by Arts and Entertainment editor Shelby Harrell, who ABOUT THE PHOTOS: Top: The Pride of the Mountains do a pass and review at BandFest Middle: The band performs their 2010 field show Rock U at BandFest. Bottom: The Pride of the Mountains march down Colorado St. during the Rose Parade. Photos by Mark Haskett is a flute section leader in the band. The blog roseparade.wcu.edu, which was maintained by The Office of News Services at WCU, also captured some of the bands experi- ences leading up to and directly following the parade. Features included posts with pictures from the volunteers driving the trucks with the bands equipment across the country to save the band $40,000 in checked baggage feesa feat that required facing snowy conditions even on Christmas Day; a collection of comments from band members and fans about the parade; fea- tures about band members; comments from the bands banquet, and features about band spon- sors and supporters such as music arranger Bill x Locklear. In addition, the blog hosted videos and slide- shows, featuring photos ranging from the band taken from a media stand on the parade route to the warm reception the members received upon their arrival back at the hotel. A video of the Pride of the Mountains in the Tournament of Roses Parade and BandFest can be found on the Photo Galleries/Video. page of the Western Carolinians website. The day- to-day updates provided while the band was in California can also be found in the archives sec- tion of the site. Os gy et ae aes
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