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Remembering Tyler Butterfield

Posted on October 31, 2018 by Band Alumni Association

On Friday, October 26, 2018, a car accident claimed the life of Corhusker Marching Band Member, Tyler Butterfield. Jenna McCoy, a sophomore trumpeter from Hickman, and Eliseo Torres, a freshman trumpeter from Bellevue were also taken to the hospital. Twenty-year-old Tyler Butterfield died at the scene.

Tyler was a Rank Leader for B Rank in the Cornhusker Marching Band, a member of the Football Friday Pep Band, the Big Red Express, participated in Campus Band and was a member of Kappa Kappa Psi National Honorary Band Fraternity.

Funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, October 31, 2018 at the First Christian Church in Norfolk with Tim DeFor officiating. Interment will be at the Prospect Hill Cemetery, Norfolk. Visitation will be held 4:00-7:00 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 30 at the Stonacek Funeral Chapel in Norfolk. You can read the full obituary and leave condolences at Stonacek Funeral Chapel website. In lieu of flowers the family asks for memorials to be made to the family for a later designation.

A Go Fund Me account has been created to help Tyler’s family with expenses.

Jack R. Snider Band Alumni Association Scholarship Recipients Announced

Posted on September 20, 2018 by Band Alumni Association

On Saturday, September 15, 2018, the UNL Band Alumni Association, Inc. awarded the Jack R. Snider Band Alumni Association Scholarship to Hanna Savidge and Elija Elmshaeuser.

Elijah Elmshaeuser is a senior in Mechanical Engineering. He is the trumpet section leader, and is from Ogallala, Nebraska.

Hanna Savidge is a senior in Elementary Education. She is the alto saxophone section leader, and is from Lincoln, Nebraska.

Jack R. Snider Scholarship Recipients — From left to right: President Steve Pearson, Hanna Savidge, Elija Elmshaeuser, and Bob Snider

Recipients demonstrate leadership (formal or informal), volunteerism and integrity. They are a role model for their section and the band, and exemplify what it means to be the Pride of All Nebraska.

Recipients of this award receive $500 to help manage band-related expenses such as uniform dry cleaning, instrument maintenance, marching shoes and the credit hours required for participation in the band.

Archives Afternoons

Posted on February 13, 2018 by Band Alumni Association

The University Libraries will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Archives and Special Collections with a series of presentations.

February 15th is about the history of the Cornhusker Marching Band. All presentations are 1 to 2 p.m. in the Adele Hall Learning Commons in Love Library North.

The presentations will feature a member of the University Archives team available to discuss a topic from university history and answer questions. Each Archives Afternoon will feature photographs, artifacts and documents. Members of the university community are encouraged to stop in at any time during the hour-long chats.

Archives Afternoons will be offered every third Thursday of the month in the spring and fall semesters. Scheduled dates and topics in the series include:

Jan. 18 — Student organizations
Feb. 15 — Cornhusker Marching Band
March 15 — Women in agriculture
April 19 — Collecting Willa Cather
August — Date and topic to be announced
Sept. 20 — Husker athletics
Oct. 18 — Scrapbooks
Nov. 15 — Storage media

Learn more about Nebraska’s Archives and Special Collections.

To see video and images of the Cornhusker Marching band, visit the UNL Libraries Image & Multimedia Collections.

You are invited

Posted on December 5, 2017 by Band Alumni Association

You are invited to attend a reception for the current band members and alumni following the the Cornhusker Marching Band Highlights Concert on Saturday, December 9. The concert begins at 7:30 pm at the Lied Center for Performing Arts. The reception will be in the concession area.

Cornhusker Marching Band joins 22in22 Challenge

Posted on October 5, 2017 by Band Alumni Association

An average of 22 veterans and active duty service members die by suicide daily.

This month, the Cornhusker Marching Band at the University Nebraska-Lincoln decided to help do something about it.

Together, the marching band pledged to join the 22in22 Challenge to help raise funds and awareness for the current military suicide crisis. The funds raised from the challenge will be donated to Stop Soldier Suicide, a veteran-founded-and-led nonprofit devoted to preventing military suicide.

Tony Falcone, who directs the marching band, learned about the 22in22 Challenge last spring from a friend whose son was responsible for putting the program together. Over the past month, Falcone has worked to get the band on board.

Read the entire article by Cassandra Kostal in the Daily Nebraskan.

Join your fellow University of Nebraska marching band members as they march 22 miles in 22 days to raise money and awareness in celebration of our veterans, active-duty members of the military, first responders and their families. You can donate to stop soldier suicide’s fundraiser: Nebraska Marching 22in22.