University of Minnesota Marching Band
The University of Minnesota Marching Band is the marching band of the University of Minnesota and the flagship university band for the state of Minnesota. The Pride of Minnesota serves as an ambassador for the university, representing the school at major events both on and off campus. The band performs before, during, and after all home Golden Gopher football games and bowl games, occasional away games, local parades, numerous pepfests, exhibition performances, as well as a series of indoor concerts toward the end of the regular football season. Members of the band, along with non-member students, also participate in smaller athletic pep bands that perform at other major sporting events, including men's hockey, men's basketball, women's hockey, women's basketball, and women's volleyball.
The University of Minnesota Marching Band was founded in 1892 as the University Cadet Band.
Former uniforms worn by the Pride of Minnesota. From left to right: 1960-1972, 1973-1980, 1981-1991.
The Pride of Minnesota performing in the Super Bowl LII halftime show with Justin Timberlake.
The Pride of Minnesota gathers on the field after the 4th quarter for their post-game performance.
A marching band is a group of instrumental musicians who perform while marching, often for entertainment or competition. They are most popular in the United States, though not uncommon in other parts of the world. Instrumentation typically includes brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. Most marching bands wear a uniform, often of a military style, that includes an associated organization's colors, name or symbol. Most high school marching bands, and some college marching bands, are accompanied by a color guard, a group of performers who add a visual interpretation to the music through the use of props, most often flags, rifles, and sabers.
Goin' Band from Raiderland, a college marching band in the United States
The first marching band formation, the Purdue All-American Marching Band "P Block"
The University of Detroit Band performing at Dinan Field in the 1920s.
The Marching Illini, the first band to perform a halftime show at an American football game