Take A Virtual Tour Of The
George N. Parks Minuteman Marching Band Building!

The George N. Parks Marching Band Building is now open and welcome to everyone in the family! While the official opening will not be until Homecoming weekend on November 5th 2011, the Minuteman Marching band has been rehearsing, and rehearsing, and rehearsing in the building since band camp. The UMMB had been without a home since 1996 when the Chapel was declared an unsafe condemned building.

The new band building instantly became home to the UMMB. You will always find a ton of people there; whether they are practicing, doing work, or just hanging out, everyone has a place to go to be together now. Come stop by and get a tour of the amazing building, because it really is the next best thing to the UMMB!

Also new to the UMMB, is the director Dr. Timothy Anderson. He joins the band from California State University, Fresno where he served as Director for five years. He has been welcomed into the UMMB family with open arms as he has been open to the UMMB traditions. Please help us in continuing to welcome him to this family as we move through the 2011 marching band season.

UMMB Invited to Bands of America Grand National Championships in Indianapolis, IN


This year the UMMB will be heading to the Bands of America Championships! This will be the fifth time the UMMB has traveled to Indianapolis to perform in BOA with the most recent time being in 2007. This year's show will consist of Dance of the Witches Sabbath by Hector Berlioz, You Can’t Stop the Beat by Marc Shaiman , 1812 by Peter I. Tchaikovsky, and Big Noise by Bob Haggart and Ray Bauduc.

Bands of America takes place in the Lucas Oil Stadium in downtown Indianapolis. The stadium is seven levels high and can seat 63,000. The UMMB’s track record at BOA is to have everyone standing on their feet by the end of the performance. There is no doubt they are working to get this entire stadium on their feet for this year’s performance.

100 bands from across the country will be performing between November 9th and 12th. There will also be an expo of 100 exhibit booths. Most importantly though, 100 bands will be performing their hearts out this weekend and the UMMB will be right along with them. If you cannot see yourself missing this amazing event please check out: http://www.bands.org/Public/TicketMerchandise/Detail.asp?ProductID=2214 for tickets and more. We hope to see you there!

You can also see the UMMB at one of their many other performances this season. To track where they are, please check out the schedule located on this website.