KEARNEY – The University of Nebraska at Kearney Pride of the Plains Marching Band has announced its season schedule, which begins Saturday with UNK’s home football game against Northwest Missouri State.
In addition to performing at all Loper home football games, Pride of the Plains will perform in the annual UNK Band Day Parade at 10 a.m. Sept. 21 in downtown Kearney.
Other scheduled performances include the Columbus Marching Festival on Sept. 28, UNK Homecoming Parade on Oct. 12 and Nebraska State Bandmasters Association State Marching Contest hosted Oct. 26 at Kearney High School.
The show theme for the 2024 season includes music from “Guardians of the Galaxy” movies.
The band is under the direction of Brian Alber. The drum line instructor and director of bands is Duane Bierman, and the color guard coordinator is Adrienne Rall. Drum majors are Sam Heitz of York and Emma Schroeder of Kenesaw.
Pride of the Plains 2024 Performance Schedule
Sept. 7, 7 p.m. – Loper Football vs. Northwest Missouri State (Foster Field)
Sept. 21, 10 a.m. – UNK Band Day Parade (Downtown Kearney)
Sept. 21, 1 p.m. – Exhibition Performance, Bearcat Marching Festival (Kearney High School)
Sept. 21, 7 p.m. – Loper Football vs. Central Oklahoma (Foster Field)
Sept. 28, TBD – Columbus Marching Festival Parade and Field Marching Competition (Columbus)
Oct. 12, 10 a.m. – UNK Homecoming Parade (Downtown Kearney)
Oct. 12, 2 p.m. – UNK Homecoming/Band Alumni Day and Loper Football vs. Pittsburg State (Foster Field)
Oct. 26, 2 p.m. – Loper Football vs. Emporia State (Foster Field)
Oct. 26, TBD – Exhibition, Nebraska State Bandmasters Association Contest (Kearney High School)
Nov. 16, Noon – Loper Football vs. Fort Hays State (Foster Field)
Pride of the Plains Marching Band Members
Alliance – Aiden Zaro
Amherst – Riley Riessland
Beatrice – Abby Trantham and Gavin Wolf
Belgrade – Maria Moseman
Broken Bow – Cameron Grafel and Cole Waterhouse
Columbus – Douglas Davidchik, Marion Heindryckx, Rebecca Hoffman, Cherish Moore and Andrew Paez
Fairbury – Samantha Lee
Franklin – Sierra Bloos
Fremont – Bryce Reeson, Dan Shipley and Zoey Smallwood
Fullerton – Rachel Hale
Gibbon – Juan Pablo Ramirez
Gothenburg – Olivia Bonine
Grand Island – Noah Foley, Raegen Hillman and Ben Thurston
Gretna – Jamie Vaughn
Hastings – Shannon Armstrong, Jefferson Armstrong and Logan Vraspir
Hemingford – Kylie Mendiola-Ozuna
Holdrege – Matthew Garringer
Kearney – Andrew Bartling, Elizabeth Daily, Micah Feddersen, Mackenna Goeke, Dillon Kusek, Dave Wedly Martin, Jesse Martinez, Avery Reitz, Ike Smith and Jacob Temme
Kenesaw – Jaydn Jackman and Emma Schroeder
La Vista – Kara Haffke
Lincoln – Sydnee Ackerman, Rylee Hennecke, Gracyn Jozsa, Meagan Konz and Isabella Mattran
McCook – Haylee Thomas
Minden – Evan Porter, Olivia Sheldon and Alexis Tira
Mitchell – Aubree Branson and Riley Murphy
Nebraska City – Lorelei Rakowski
North Platte – Reace Anderson, Chyann Clark, Lucas Ratliff and Hannah Sims
Orleans – Brianna Jorgenson
Ravenna – Samantha Bursaw and Kaia Johnson
Wallace – Jesus Gomez
York – Sam Heitz
Out of State
Wray, CO – Benjamin Prentice
Lawrence, KS – Annie Shew
Athens, TX – Daniela Becker
Cheyenne, WY – Lana Novotny and Emily Schwaiger
