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345 seconds in the Super Bowl spotlight
By Allie Caren
February 6, 2014 - 10:06am
More than 200 members of Syracuse University's marching band took part in the Super Bowl pre-game performance.

For many Syracuse University students, there was little that could top the excitement of the SU-Duke basketball game last Saturday night.

But for members of SU's marching band, that was merely a warm-up for what was likely the biggest performance of their musical careers: Super Bowl XLVIII.

Mere hours after what many are considering to be one college basketball team’s all-time best game, members of SU's marching band were back at the Carrier Dome.

From Duke to the Super Bowl, SU Marching Band is ready to play
By Allie Caren
January 29, 2014 - 8:10pm
In a matter of 24 hours, SUMB members will be performing at one of the largest regular season NCAA college basketball games ever and then the world's biggest annual football event.

It'll be a big weekend for sports fans, and potentially an even bigger weekend for the Syracuse University Marching Band.

The SUMB will start a nearly non-stop, 24-hour stretch Saturday night at SU's sold-out men's basketball game where a record-setting crowd of more than 35,000 fans are expected.

A mere 24 hours later, the band will find itself on an even bigger stage at MetLife Stadium in The Meadowlands, N.J., for Super Bowl XLVIII. The band is slated to perform with the Rutgers University Marching Scarlet Knights just before the 6:30 p.m. kick-off.

SU marching band to perform at the Super Bowl
By Allie Caren
January 3, 2014 - 2:23pm
The NFL has selected The Syracuse University Marching Band, "The Pride," to perform at Super Bowl XLVIII in MetLife Stadium.

And the band played on!

The Syracuse University Marching Band, that is.

The NFL, with its long history of including college marching bands in the Super Bowl, has selected the 200-member SUMB to perform at Super Bowl XLVIII at MetLife Stadium. Also selected was the Rutgers University Marching Scarlet Knights.

Both bands are expected to perform at 6 p.m., before the 6:30 p.m. kick-off.

Marching band to perform at Heisman gala
By Pete Wayner
December 11, 2011 - 2:31am
The Syracuse University Marching Band will play the fight songs from three other universities as well as the SU alma mater at the 77th Annual Heisman Memorial Trophy Gala.

About 40 section leaders from the Syracuse University “Pride of the Orange” Marching Band will share a Manhattan conference room with Vinny Testaverde, Eric Crouch and other football dynamos at Monday’s 77th Annual Heisman Memorial Trophy Gala.

Jon Gesicki, a senior trombone section leader, took his engineering final three days early so he could make the trip.