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Offer a ChallengeThe West Chester University Incomparable Golden Rams Marching Band has been invited to perform at the 2024 Rose Paradeยฎ! Help support the RamBand's "Road to the Roses" by giving today!
To make your gift via mail, please make checks payable to WCU Foundation with Road to the Roses in the memo line. If you gift is in support of a current band member, please be sure to include their name with your gift. Mail to WCU Foundation, 202 Carter Drive, West Chester, PA 19382.
54 days ago by Kirsten Scheck
West Chester Universityโs โINCOMPARABLEโ Golden Rams Marching Band kicks off its โRoad to the Rosesโ journey THIS WEEKEND with festivities to celebrate and honor the Golden Rams as the first marching band in Pennsylvaniaโs State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) to march in the iconic Rose Paradeยฎ presented by Honda on Monday, January 1, 2024. This weekend marks the first of many fall events leading up to the bandโs Rose Paradeยฎ appearance.
On Friday, September 15, Tournament of Roses President Alex Aghajanian arrives and will attend the bandโs final rehearsal before Saturdayโs first home game of the season. Heโll speak to the band and present them with their official Rose Paradeยฎ pins and posters. Representatives from the City of Philadelphia will also be on-site to present Mr. Aghajanian with a special a Liberty Bell gift.
On Saturday, September 16, join hundreds of students, parents, and alumni for the noon home opener football game vs. Gannon University! Deemed โRoad to the Roses Day,โ the band will unveil itโs 2023 halftime show, โIn Bloom,โ with themes and music that tie to the bandโs Rose Parade appearance. Prior to the performance, Tournament of Roses President Alex Aghajanian will present a Tournament of Roses flag to West Chester University President Christopher Fiorentino, and President Fiorentino will make remarks about the bandโs โRoad to the Rosesโ journey.
On display will be an all-floral (dried) version of West Chester Universityโs seal, made of rice and purple statice, that will be used in the parade, as well as other artifacts and sketches of the bandโs visual plans.
Director of Athletic Bands Adam Gumble says, โMarching in the Rose Parade has been a longtime goal of the INCOMPARABLE Golden Rams Marching Band. We are eager to share our Rose Parade plans and to introduce President Aghajanian to the students, alumni, faculty, staff, and fans who have long supported our program.โ
Itโs not too late to donate to the โRamBand Road to the Roses โ24โ initiative, which aims to raise $1 Million to support the bandโs appearance in the Rose Parade. Gifts can be made at www.wcufoundation.org/ramband.
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Join fellow Wells School of Music alumni and friends of the University on Monday, February 20th at 12:00 pm for an informal forty-minute Zoom chat, hosted by President Fiorentino.
For more information and to register visit: https://go.wcufoundation.org/e...
292 days ago by Kirsten ScheckCheck out the news articles spotlighting our West Chester University Ram Band's Road to the Roses!
Philadelphia Inquirer - December 12, 2022
Have you HEARD the news?? Made up of about 230 wind instrument players, 50 percussionists, 40 color guard members, five student coordinators, and four drum majors, the purple and gold marching band has a long and storied history at West Chester. Its earliest rendition can be traced to 1889.
WHYY has picked up the beat! This past fall, our 337-member West Chester University Incomparable Golden Rams Marching Band performed a show about the pressures of time. One act was an arrangement of Cyndi Lauperโs โTime After Timeโ and another sampled Beethovenโs โOde to Joy.โ In the third act, inspired by Jim Croceโs โTime in a Bottle,โ a member of the bandโs color guard put down the flag sheโd been spinning, picked up an electric violin, and played a solo.

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