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Media Relations
Kansas State University
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Manhattan, KS 66506
785-532-6415
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Source: Frank Tracz, 785-532-3818, ftracz@k-state.edu
http://tinyurl.com/59w4gk
News release prepared by: Andy Badeker, 785-532-6415, abadeker@k-state.edu

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

K-STATE BAND DAY TO FEATURE HIGH SCHOOLS FROM ACROSS STATE AND 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION BAND FROM FORT RILEY

MANHATTAN -- Hundreds of high school band members will join Fort Riley's 1st Infantry Division Band and the Kansas State University Marching Band on the football field as part of K-State's annual Band Day Saturday, Sept. 6.

More than 20 Kansas high school bands will get a taste of what it's like to be part of a university marching band when they march in a parade and perform with the K-State Marching Band during halftime of the K-State vs. Montana State football game at Bill Snyder Family Stadium.

Space may be at a premium on the field this year, because the K-State band itself has benefited from record turnout, said Frank Tracz, K-State director of bands. "It's just exploding. If everybody shows up, there should be 335 players, which is the largest number I've ever had."

Those Wildcat band members will guide and encourage the high school students. Such interaction is a good way to plant seeds of purple pride, Tracz believes.

"It's absolutely a great recruiting effort to expose kids to campus, to our bands and football facilities, and to the broader Manhattan community," Tracz said.

The parade will start at 11 a.m. on North Manhattan Avenue in Aggieville and end in front of the Manhattan Town Center on Poyntz Avenue.

Because Fort Riley Day also is taking place Sept. 6, game attendees will hear a pregame program of the national anthem and taps played while the names of Fort Riley soldiers killed in the Middle East are displayed.

At halftime, viewers can expect a patriotic lineup of "The 1st Infantry Division March," "Stars and Stripes Forever," "God Bless America," "The 1812 Overture" and, of course, "The Army Song" and "Wildcat Victory."

Sharp-eye band watchers may spot a few golden flashes amid the sea of silver horns. The big turnout has exhausted the university's inventory of silver-plated brass and woodwinds, so some players will use lacquered brass instruments. "We're maxed out on everything except piccolos," Tracz said. "So it's good problem."

Participating schools include: Northern Heights High School, Allen; Chapman High School; Cimarron High School; Mission Valley High School, Eskridge; Southeast of Saline High School, Gypsum; Jackson Heights High School, Holton; Humboldt High School; Junction City High School; Lincoln High School; Smoky Valley High School, Lindsborg; Linn High School.

Manhattan High School; Marysville High School; Southern Cloud County High School, Miltonvale; Minneloa High School; Peabody-Burns High School; Pretty Prairie High School; Riley County High School; Rock Creek High School, St. George; Nemaha Valley High School, Seneca; Hayden High School, Topeka; and Campus High School and Wichita High School Northwest, both in Wichita.

More information about K-State Band Day is available at http://tinyurl.com/59w4gk or call the K-State band office at 785-532-3816.