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This week, Jason sat down with Master Sergeant Jeff Prosperie of the West Point Hellcats and spoke about how American marching bands came to be and some of the highlights of MSG Prosperie's vast marching career. This episode is the College Band Radio series finale. Thank you all for tuning in over the past few years to listen as we've met so many wonderful members of the marching arts community.

Found one last episode deep in the vault that we figured we'd share with you all! Enjoy as Alex sat down with the director of the Savannah Bananas pep band, Sean McBride.

This week, Jason talks with friend and new Purdue Drum Major Valerie Minnick about what she's excited and scared about in regard to her new position within the band.

Everybody has seen videos of top high school recruits on national signing day, making their commitments and signing to their future school, but what if bands also had a signing day of their own? Jason sat down with the University of South Carolina School of Music Assistant Dean for Enrollment Management Jennifer Jablonski to discuss how they recruit top performers.



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Jason sat down with fellow Purdue mellophone player, Ian Ostermann, the Purdue band member from the viral clip from the 2021 Music City Bowl, as well as AJ Reed, the mellophone player from Tennessee who first saw that the video was going viral and went over to tell the Purdue band. They recount events from the bowl game and talk about other crazy fan experiences.

In the first episode of our 2-part bowl game recap mini-series, Savannah sits down with two members of the Pride of Utah, the University of Utah Marching Band. They discuss their Rose Bowl experiences after being part of Utah's first-ever appearance in the most famous bowl game and compare those to Savannah's Rose Bowl experience from the University of Washington's trip down to Pasadena to cap off their 2018 season.