Appalachian State University Marching Mountaineers

Marching Mountaineers North Carolina's Band of Distinction

School	Appalachian State University, Hayes School of Music
Location	Boone, North Carolina, USA
Conference	Sun Belt Conference
Founded	1933
Director	Dr. Kevin Richardson
Members	250
Uniform	Half black/half white jacket with gold accents and "Block A" on the front, gold cape draped over the right shoulder, black pants, socks, and shoes, black shako with black feather plume.

The Marching Mountaineers, also known as North Carolina's Band of Distinction, is the 250+ member marching band of Appalachian State University. The band performs at all Home Mountaineer football games and travels to select away games each year. The Marching Mountaineers were a participant in the 2006 and 2014 London New Year’s Day Parade.^[1] The Band of Distinction also marched in the 2011 Cabalgata de Reyes in Madrid. They are recognized as one of the nations top collegiate marching bands and they present exhibition performances throughout the year.

Instrumentation

The Marching Mountaineers are divided into the following sections:

Songs

The Band of Distinction performs a Pre-game show about 20 minutes before kickoff. The show begins with a Simple Gifts fanfare which then rolls into the song Carolina Pride. The band then performs America the Beautiful and the National Anthem while the Colors are Presented followed by the Appalachian State alma mater, Cherished Vision. A tunnel is then formed by the band members that the football team enters the stadium through, a few minutes before kickoff. . The fight song, Hi Hi Yikas is also performed before kickoff and numerous times throughout each game. Before every Mountaineer kickoff the band performs the Olympic Fanfare (Buglers Dream). The bands Post game show after every football game that includes songs from their halftime repertoire along with several other tunes. Their signature post-game tunes are Paul Simon's "You Can Call Me Al," Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring and "The Tennessee Waltz." The Waltz, as it is known by members, was added as a standard of the band in the 1970s, when the fans began requesting the song be played after every game, after it was played as part of a halftime show.

Appalachian Marching Band Festival

The Appalachian Marching Band Festival, is a competition hosted by the Marching Mountaineers for high school marching bands every fall in Kidd Brewer Stadium on the campus of Appalachian State University. The Competition, which is organized by the Rho Tau Chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, provides these bands a performance venue where they are critiqued by a panel of nationally recognized adjudicators and a chance to perform in a collegiate stadium. The top band of the day receives the Chancellors Cup which is sponsored and presented by the chancellor of Appalachian State University. 2015 is the 36th annual Marching Band Festival.

Gallery

The Marching Mountaineers performing in Michigan Stadium. New uniforms will be used in 2009.
The Marching Mountaineers performing in Kidd Brewer Stadium. New uniforms will be used in 2009.

References

↑ Sherrie Norris (2005-12-08). "ASU Marching Band Heads To London". The Mountain Times. Retrieved 2009-06-05.

External links

Marching Mountaineers - Band website

Appalachian State University (ASU)

Academics	Campus Centers and Institutes Department of Technology Esse quam videri Mariam Cannon Hayes School of Music Watauga Residential College

Athletics	Mountaineers Kidd Brewer Stadium College Field Football Georgia Southern Holmes Center Men's Basketball Men's Soccer Michigan Football Game NorPac North State Conference Old Mountain Jug Smith Stadium Soccer Stadium Southern Conference Sun Belt Conference Wrestling Varsity Gymnasium

Student life	Appalachian Symphony Orchestra Marching Mountaineers WASU-FM

History	History Presidents and Chancellors University of North Carolina System

Appalachian State Mountaineers football

Venues	College Field (1928–1961) Kidd Brewer Stadium (1962–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Playoff games Georgia Southern Western Carolina (Battle for the Old Mountain Jug)

Culture & lore	"Hi Hi Yikas" Marching Mountaineers 2007 Michigan game Miracle on the Mountain Yosef

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

National championship seasons in bold

Marching bands of the Sun Belt Conference

Marching Mountaineers (Appalachian State) Sound of the Natural State (Arkansas State) Southern Pride Marching Band (Georgia Southern) Pride of Acadiana (Louisiana–Lafayette) Sound of Today (Louisiana–Monroe) South Alabama Jaguar Marching Band (South Alabama) Sound of the South (Troy)

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