KEARNEY – Kearney High School won Class AA, the Sweepstakes Trophy and was named the top band overall at Saturday’s 2018 UNK Band Day Parade competition. The KHS Bearcat Band swept all top honors, as it also was recognized as the outstanding drum line and outstanding color guard winner. Eighteen Nebraska bands marched in the University of Nebraska at Kearney parade, which celebrated its 60th year. Grand Island Northwest won Class A. Other first-place honors went to Holdrege, Class B; … [Read more...]
UNK Band Day celebrates 60 years; Saturday parade features 18 area bands
KEARNEY – Eighteen area marching bands will help the University of Nebraska at Kearney celebrate the 60th year of its Band Day Parade at 10 a.m. Saturday. A long-standing Kearney tradition, the parade gives high school and middle school bands across central Nebraska a chance to perform prior to the Oct. 6 Harvest of Harmony Parade and Field Competition in Grand Island. UNKs Band Day Parade begins in Kearney near Merryman Performing Arts Center at 21st Street and Third Avenue, follows 21st … [Read more...]
PHOTO GALLERY: UNK Homecoming Parade 2018
Photos by Corbey R. Dorsey, UNK Communications … [Read more...]
Lopers ready to show their pride during homecoming week
By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – Tradition, Loper pride and fun – lots of fun. Those are the words organizers use over and over when talking about homecoming week at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. “When someone is asked what their favorite event is at UNK, they usually name an event that happens during homecoming week. That’s because the whole campus and community come together to show our Loper pride,” said UNK student Pamela Felix, a homecoming co-chair for Loper … [Read more...]
Pride of the Plains Marching Band includes 92 members; Season opens Aug. 30
KEARNEY – The University of Nebraska at Kearney Pride of the Plains Marching Band has announced its season schedule, which begins with UNK’s Aug. 30 football game against Missouri Southern State. In addition to performing at all Loper home football games, Pride of the Plains performs in the annual UNK Band Day Parade and Bearcat Marching Festival Sept. 22. The parade begins at 10 a.m. Other scheduled performances include the Sept. 15 homecoming parade and Oct. 20 at the Nebraska State … [Read more...]
