40 Years 鶹Ʒ S And Counting for the Marching Knights
Fall 2019 | By Nicole Dudenhoefer 鶹Ʒ S17
What would a football game be without the marching band? If you ask senior Bobby Gillman, the Marching Knights 鶹Ʒ S sousaphone coordinator, 鶹Ʒ SThat 鶹Ʒ Sd be like chicken without the spices 鶹Ʒ S and that just shouldn 鶹Ʒ St happen. 鶹Ʒ S
Thankfully, the Marching Knights have been adding the essential zest to the university 鶹Ʒ Ss football games for the past 40 seasons, with the band 鶹Ʒ Ss creation just a year after the team 鶹Ʒ Ss founding. As one of the largest student organizations at UCF, the Marching Knights are the most visible and vibrant force on campus 鶹Ʒ S and they put in hundreds of hours a semester to uphold that honor and responsibility.
鶹Ʒ SBeing a Marching Knight is a huge test of character, but our bond is what keeps me coming back, 鶹Ʒ S Gillman says. 鶹Ʒ SWe 鶹Ʒ Sre the hype men for the whole university. 鶹Ʒ S
Tremon Kizer directs the Marching Knights on Driggers Field.
The trumpet section practices playing on a field.
A person playing the drums.
Tremon Kizer speaks to a group of students.
A trombone player plays on a field.
Sousaphone and a drum player perform the March to Victory before a game.
A hooded knight holds a sword while band members holding cymbals stand behind them.
The color guard waves flags inside Spectrum Stadium.
Trumpet players perform on the filed during a football game.
A dancer holds pompoms over her head while she smiles.
The Marching Knights play inside Spectrum Stadium.