FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, Sept. 25, 2009
Contact: Jaye Ike, College of Fine Arts, 304-696-3296
 

Dedication of Marching Thunder band complex set for Oct. 2

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – The new home of Marshall University’s marching band, Marching Thunder, will be dedicated officially in a ceremony at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 2.

Guests are invited to the multi-purpose field near the Cam Henderson Center on the Huntington campus to watch the band prepare for Saturday’s homecoming game performance.

The ceremony will include words from Dr. Jeffrey Pappas, chair of the Department of Music; Dr. David Castleberry, associate dean of the College of Fine Arts, speaking on behalf of Dean Donald Van Horn; President Stephen J. Kopp and Steve Barnett, director of bands.

“It will be a wonderful day because we are dedicating this marvelous space,” Van Horn said. “Years ago, when the marching band was relatively small in number, the band room and Recital Hall in the Smith Music building were used for practice.  However, the band quickly outgrew those facilities.”

Light refreshments will be served following the ceremony.

For more information contact Jaye Ike, Special Projects Coordinator for the College of Fine Arts, by phone at 304-696-3296 or by e-mail at jaye.ike@marshall.edu.

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