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Emily DeFazio | Friday, November 6, 2020
Monday evening, in a closed stadium rehearsal, the full Notre Dame marching band took the field to prepare videos of some of their musical selections. The band recorded a program for a pregame and halftime show, which will hopefully be shown in-stadium when the Irish take on the Clemson Tigers on Saturday. “It was actually
Emily DeFazio | Tuesday, October 20, 2020
Since its founding in 1949, the Irish Guard has remained a staple of the Notre Dame football experience. With their multicolored kilts and tall black hats, one can recognize the Guard as a symbol of the marching band. This year has proven to be history-making for the Guard in more ways than one. For the
Maeve Filbin | Thursday, February 6, 2020
The day of the Notre Dame versus Michigan football game, two teams clashed beneath sheets of heavy rain. In the stands, Jill Ann Buettner stood soaked to the skin, water dripping down the pointed tip of her rain slicker, seeping through her wool uniform and splashing onto her sheet music. She was wet and cold,
Alysa Guffey | Tuesday, February 4, 2020
Ever wondered how the Notre Dame marching band pulls off exciting and engaging halftime shows with over 400 students on the football field? In a Monday lecture in the O’Neill Family Hall of Music, Sam Sanchez, assistant Notre Dame Band director, discussed the technical and creative elements that occur behind the scenes of the student
Maria Leontaras | Friday, November 1, 2019
The beginning of the story is a simple one. In 2007, assistant band director Sam Sanchez made his way to San Antonio to adopt a rescue dog. While Sanchez was playing with one, another dog attempted to snag his attention. The then-2-and-a-half-year-old dog’s pursuits proved successful, and Sanchez made his way back to Indiana with
Courtney Becker | Friday, September 9, 2016
Ahead of his first Midnight Drummer Circle, sophomore Patrick Falvey didn’t know how many people would come. The numbers at the Friday night band tradition amazed him. “I walk up to the Dome and see this enormous crowd of a few thousand people all there for us to start game day,” Falvey, a quad drummer
Zach Klonsinski | Tuesday, October 28, 2014
After wandering trance-like around the Florida State University campus for three hours after the game, I had every reason to feel disappointed or ticked off, pull out my hair in frustration or a combination thereof. Every right. Yet I didn’t. Instead, as I sat by one of the fountains on campus, I couldn’t help but