https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m80tqa8jGOI&feature=youtu.be UNK’s Pride of the Plains Marching Band performed Monday in the International Band Parade in Limerick, Ireland. The band also marched Sunday in the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade in the capital city of Dublin, which follows a 1.5-mile route from Parnell Square to St. Patrick’s Cathedral and draws around half a million spectators. The 42 members who made the trip will return to Kearney on Friday. UNK’s … [Read more...] about VIDEO: UNK Pride of the Plains band marches in Ireland St. Patrick’s Day parades
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UNK marching band heading to Ireland for St. Patty’s Day parades
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yANzyV2Hk7Y&feature=youtu.be By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – It’s an experience that will make their classmates green with envy. Forty-two members of the University of Nebraska at Kearney’s Pride of the Plains Marching Band are heading to Ireland over spring break to take part in the St. Patrick’s Day festivities. The group, which leaves early Friday morning for the 4,100-mile trip, is spending six days on the … [Read more...] about UNK marching band heading to Ireland for St. Patty’s Day parades
Historian, author Dziennik to discuss diversity in British military
KEARNEY – Historian and author Matthew Dziennik will discuss diversity in the British military during the American Revolution at an upcoming University of Nebraska at Kearney talk. “Opposing Revolution: Scotland, Ireland and Revolutionary America,” is at 4 p.m. March 1 at UNK’s Copeland Hall room 142. It is free and open to the public. A question and answer session with Dziennik will follow at 6 p.m. at The Loft inside Cunningham’s Journal, 15 W. 23rd St. The … [Read more...] about Historian, author Dziennik to discuss diversity in British military
