Register for the 2017 Reunion NOW!

Registration goes live TODAY for the 2017 UNL Band Alumni Reunion! Make sure to double check all boxes and fields at the end of the registration process! Especially if you are renting a SOM instrument! Changes for this year include: *Friday night venue- Blue Blood Brewery! (See previous blog post for details) *You asked, we (more…)

New Venue for Alumni weekend Friday picnic!

Registration for the 2017 reunion goes live this weekend! Stay tuned! There is an exciting new change in store for band alumni attending reunion weekend September 1-2 this fall! We will be moving our Friday night picnic to Blue Blood Brewery located at 925 Robbers Cave Rd in Lincoln, NE, which is off of Nebraska (more…)

Celebration of Mike Veak’s Life

You are invited to an Open House to celebrate the life of Mike Veak, aged 74 years, 3 months and 1 day. Saturday July 1st, 2017 from 1-4pm Wick Alumni Center University of Nebraska–Lincoln Campus 1520 R Street, Lincoln NE 68508 Parking Available: University Lutheran Chapel *complimentary 1510 Q St, Lincoln, NE 68508 17th & R Parking (more…)

Remembering Mike Veak

A long-time voice of the Cornhusker Marching Band, Michael H. Veak, 74, Lincoln, passed away June 15, 2017. He held life-time memberships in the UNL Alumni Association and a charter member of the Band Alumni Association. For 30 seasons, His last season as the voice of the Pride of All Nebraska was 2002. Private family (more…)

Remembering David Salyards

Salyards, David P. Jul 8, 1955 – Apr 22, 2017 Of Omaha. David Peter Salyards, 61, passed away April 22 following a short illness. A fourth-generation Nebraskan and lifelong resident of Omaha, Dave was born July 8, 1955, to Harry E. Salyards Sr. and Margaret E. (Skow) Salyards. He was a 1973 graduate of Benson (more…)