Solid Gold Sound Club Newsletter the Official UCLA Support Organization for the UCLA Bruin Marching Band
Solid Gold Sound Club Newsletter The official UCLA support organization for the UCLA Bruin Marching Band Fall 2019 Band Alumni Reunion – October 20, 2018 A record number of band alumni attended the 15th Biennial Band Alumni Reunion, with 303 performing at halftime of the Arizona vs. UCLA football game at the Rose Bowl on October 22, 2018. Alumni Drum Major Mike O’Gara and Feature Twirler Deb Simek led the Bruin Marching Band playing “Bruin Warriors” across the field to begin the show. The UCLA Bruin Marching Band and the Band Alumni performed a medley of songs from The Phantom of the Opera, which the Band previously performed in 2008. At the end of the rehearsal that day, Marching across the field at halftime more than 800 Under and trombone player Dick Robbins, who were members Armour items, includ- of the Band in the 1950s. ing shoes, jackets, shirts, shorts, and other Dwayne Milburn, who arranged the current version apparel were given of “Hail to the Hills of Westwood” and drew the first alumni present. A artist renderings of our current band uniform, made commemorative glass his first appearance at a Band Alumni Reunion after tumbler and sweatshirt recently retiring as a band and chorus conductor in the were also given to all US Army. Dwayne, a clarinet and trombone player who Alumni Drum Major Michael participants. was a member of in the Band from 1983 to 1986, was O’Gara featured in last summer’s Newsletter. Four alumni received the awards for traveling the farthest distance to participate Also in attendance were several members of the drum- in the Reunion: Peter Dames from Honolulu, Hawaii; line celebrating the 30th anniversary of their 1988 and Stephen Anesi, Mark Cunningham, and Michael National Championship at the Marching Percussion Cooperman from the Boston, Massachusetts, area.
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