Bands Alumni

Alumni Pep Band 2024

On Saturday, February 24th, the WIU Men's and Women's basketball teams (in their first season as OVC members) take on Southern Indiana at 1 PM (women) and ~3:30 PM (men).

This year's Showcase of Bands is happening on the same weekend as these games, which means that the music department will not be able to provide a full pep band for them. We will have some current pep band members who are not participating in the Showcase events who will join us, but we really need to have a big alumni showing for this event. Because it's a double-header, you have the option to participate in one or both games, as your schedule allows.

As a reminder, you are eligible to participate if you have been a member of the WIU Pep band for at least 1 full season and are no longer a student at WIU (or if you currently cannot participate in the regular pep band due to student teaching).

I have posted the schedule for the afternoon, but like in previous years, if you plan to participate, we'd like to have everyone show up a bit early. Regular call time for the pep band is a half hour before tipoff (12:30 PM), but I'd like for the alumni to show up by 12:15 at the latest so that we can make sure everyone has everything they need in terms of instruments, music, etc.

The uniform is a purple shirt...if you have a band alumni polo shirt or a previous year's pep band shirt, either of those would be fine. If you don't have either, then a purple WIU shirt. Let me know if you have any questions, and I hope to see a lot of you at Western Hall on February 24th.

Thanks,

- Scott Lawson, Alumni Band Coordinator