For those of you outside the viewing area, here is a great story about a wonderful couple we all know. Demetrios Delgiannis and Stamatia Delgiannis have been the band’s tailor for years, but that may soon come to an end.
UNL marching band’s uniforms tailored by couple for another year. Read more from KETV Omaha, Channel 7: http://www.ketv.com/news/unl-marching-bands-uniforms-tailored-by-couple-for-another-year/27707562#ixzz3BVJWIIob
The schedule has been approved and set for the Reunion Weekend. Thanks to an early kick-off time so the game can be televised, we will be starting the day VERY early. Sorry folks, that is out of our control. We look forward to seeing you all before the crack of dawn on September 6th.
Below is an outline of the reunion’s events. For details, please use the menu under the Reunion Weekend link for the details of each day’s activities, uniform requirements, instrumental rental policy, football tickets, and to reserve parking on a game day.
Kick-off Party & UNL Band Alumni Association’s Business Meeting
Friday, September 5, 2014 beginning at 6:30 PM at Auld Pavilion
Reunion Rehearsals & Game w/Performance at Half-time
Saturday, September 6, 2014
5:45 AM Check In Opens at Westbrook Music Building
(Rehearse, practice, rehearse some more)
11:00 AM Kickoff at Memorial Stadium
Saturday, September 6th beginning at approximately 2:30 PM at the Apothecary Loft in the Haymarket.
Kenneth James Cox, 52, of Gering, passed away Wednesday, July 30, 2014.
Tributes of sympathy may be left at www.geringchapel.com.
Kenneth was born March 20, 1962, in McCook, to James Cox and LaVerne (McDaniel) Cox. He graduated from Gering High School in 1980 and attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
He was a member of Gering United Methodist Church, GHS Harmony, Dorothy Bronson Singers, UNL Cornhusker Marching Band and the Madison Scouts Drum and Bugle Corp.
Survivors include his parents Jim Cox and LaVerne Cox Hudson, as well as his siblings Ray, Valerie and Scott Cox.
The Cornhusker Marching Band Exhibition will take place at 7 p.m., Friday, August 22 at Memorial Stadium. The performance is free and open to the public.
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[UPDATE: Registration closed August 24th] You can register online for the 2014 reunion weekend, September 5-6, 2014, and pay your membership dues. You have until August 24th at 10 PM CDT to register. There are NO walk-ins or phone reservations allowed.
This year’s honorees at the Friday night kick-off party will be the founding members of the Band Alumni Association and band members of the European trip, which was the reason for the founding of the BAA. Anyone interested in sharing memories, please contact our historian, Elizabeth Chase.
For more information, use the links above for the Reunion Weekend to find what you are looking for. See you in September!
