{"id":63507,"date":"2020-12-23T04:00:57","date_gmt":"2020-12-23T08:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/?p=63507"},"modified":"2021-01-13T09:55:17","modified_gmt":"2021-01-13T13:55:17","slug":"rocket-marching-band-to-perform-virtual-show-with-intercollegiate-marching-band","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/12_23_2020\/rocket-marching-band-to-perform-virtual-show-with-intercollegiate-marching-band","title":{"rendered":"Rocket Marching Band to Perform Virtual Show with Intercollegiate Marching Band"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Eight members of Rocket Marching Band are performing in the College Band Directors National Association Intercollegiate Marching Band.<\/p>\n<p>They will join nearly 1,500 performers from 200 bands in 45 states and Puerto Rico, all working together to produce a virtual college marching band show that will premiere as an online video during halftime of the College Football Playoff national championship game on Jan. 11.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_63510\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ashley-Venrick.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-63510\" class=\"wp-image-63510\" src=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ashley-Venrick.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ashley-Venrick.jpg 748w, https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ashley-Venrick-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-63510\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ashley Venrick, a fifth-year drum major majoring in music education, is one of eight members of the Rocket Marching Band participating in the Intercollegiate Marching Band&#8217;s Jan. 11 virtual performance.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The performers from the Rocket Marching Band are:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0 Eric Alexander, fifth-year baritone, majoring in electrical engineering technology;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0 Michael Browder, fourth-year drum major, majoring in recreational therapy;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0 Brandon Hoskins, fifth-year snare drum, majoring in civil engineering;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0 Sydney Lent, fourth-year drum major, majoring in nursing;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0 Nick Lorenz, fourth-year sousaphone, majoring in music education;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0 Cameron Ortman, fifth-year piccolo, majoring in entrepreneurship;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0 Regan Simon, fourth-year piccolo, majoring in exercise science; and<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0 Ashley Venrick, fifth-year drum major, majoring in music education.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe dedication and creativity demonstrated by all our student members this fall is a credit to their attitude and character,\u201d said Dr. Andrew Rhodes, UToledo associate director of bands. \u201cWe are so thankful to have such outstanding individuals representing the passion of our Rocket Marching Band on the national stage and taking part in this exciting showcase of excellence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The College Band Directors National Association and its Intercollegiate Marching Band initiative will combine college marching bands from different confer\u00adences, regions and styles in a single performance of \u201cEnd of Time\u201d by Beyonce.<\/p>\n<p>The performance will showcase all of the aspects of a college halftime show including musicians, drum majors, color guard members, dancers and majorettes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is going to be a historical performance,\u201d said Dr. Mark Spede, president of the College Band Directors National Association and the director of bands at Clemson University. \u201cIn this unusual year when bands have been unable to perform their traditional pregame and halftime shows during college football games, CBDNA is pleased to offer this opportunity with the help of its partners.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/12_23_2020\/rocket-marching-band-to-perform-virtual-show-with-intercollegiate-marching-band\"><img width=\"120\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ashley-Venrick-150x150.jpg\" class=\"alignright tfe wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a><p>Eight members of Rocket Marching Band are part of a virtual college marching band show premiering online during the Jan. 11 College Football Playoff national championship game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":63510,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60,5,1,7],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63507"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63507"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63507\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63530,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63507\/revisions\/63530"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}