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class="infobox-label">Director</th><td class="infobox-data agent">Jay Gephart</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Assistant Directors</th><td class="infobox-data agent">Lucas H. Petersen, Pamela Nave, Matt Conaway, Douglas Fletcher<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Members</th><td class="infobox-data">399</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Fight song</th><td class="infobox-data">"<a href="/wiki/Hail_Purdue!" title="Hail Purdue!">Hail Purdue!</a>"</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #eeeeee;">Uniform</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Purdue_Marching_Band_Uniform.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Purdue_Marching_Band_Uniform.png/280px-Purdue_Marching_Band_Uniform.png" decoding="async" width="280" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Purdue_Marching_Band_Uniform.png/420px-Purdue_Marching_Band_Uniform.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Purdue_Marching_Band_Uniform.png/560px-Purdue_Marching_Band_Uniform.png 2x" data-file-width="652" data-file-height="418" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.purdue.edu/bands/ensembles/aamb/">www<wbr />.purdue<wbr />.edu<wbr />/bands<wbr />/ensembles<wbr />/aamb<wbr />/</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Purdue "All-American" Marching Band</b> (or <b>AAMB</b>) is the <a href="/wiki/Marching_band" title="Marching band">marching band</a> of <a href="/wiki/Purdue_University" title="Purdue University">Purdue University</a> and performs at <a href="/wiki/Purdue_Boilermakers_football" title="Purdue Boilermakers football">Purdue Boilermakers football</a> games. The AAMB is also the official band of the <a href="/wiki/Indianapolis_500" title="Indianapolis 500">Indianapolis 500</a> race, having held the position since 1919.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since the founding of the band in 1886, the group has grown from an original 5 members to 399 members.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Notable features of the band include the <a href="/wiki/Purdue_Big_Bass_Drum" title="Purdue Big Bass Drum">Purdue Big Bass Drum</a>, the Purdue Golden Girl featured twirler, and the "Block P", which is the first marching band field formation created in 1907.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History_and_traditions">History and traditions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Purdue_All-American_Marching_Band&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History and traditions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BlockP.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/BlockP.jpg/220px-BlockP.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/BlockP.jpg/330px-BlockP.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/BlockP.jpg/440px-BlockP.jpg 2x" data-file-width="799" data-file-height="569" /></a><figcaption>The "Block P" performed in 1922</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1886, the Purdue Student Army Training Corps, forerunner of the <a href="/wiki/Reserve_Officers_Training_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="Reserve Officers Training Corps">Reserve Officers Training Corps</a>, formed a five-member drum corps to play music for the cadets during their morning conditioning marches. Purdue fielded its first football team a year later, in 1887. The band began playing at games soon afterward. However, during this time it played sporadically, as there was no consistent director; it depended on finding a student or faculty member who was qualified to drill them. Additionally, the band received almost no training and had to provide most of their own equipment and support. Despite this, by 1902 it had grown to 50 members and had become partly self-supporting. Despite the lack of a full-time director, it was already known as one of the best college bands in the nation. </p><p>The band's modern history began in 1904 when <a href="/wiki/Paul_Spotts_Emrick" title="Paul Spotts Emrick">Paul Spotts Emrick</a>, a freshman engineering student from <a href="/wiki/Rochester,_Indiana" title="Rochester, Indiana">Rochester</a>, joined the band. His experience as a conductor resulted in his election as band president and director the next year. During his senior year at Purdue in 1907, the band became the first to break ranks and form a letter on the field—the famous Block "P".<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a 1953 interview with the Lafayette <a href="/wiki/Journal_%26_Courier" title="Journal & Courier">Journal & Courier</a>, Emrick recounted seeing geese fly over a lake in the fall, saying "usually, they'd fly in a 'V', but once in a while, they'd change formation and fly in various figures. I used to wonder if you could do that with men drilling." The "Block P" has been performed during each pre-game performance ever since its inception. </p><p>Emrick stayed on as full-time director after his graduation in 1908. In 1921 Emrick commissioned the Leedy Manufacturing Company of <a href="/wiki/Indianapolis" title="Indianapolis">Indianapolis</a> to construct the world's largest bass drum. The "<a href="/wiki/Purdue_Big_Bass_Drum" title="Purdue Big Bass Drum">Big Bass Drum</a>" has been a part of the marching band ever since. In 1935, during a Purdue football game at <a href="/wiki/Northwestern_University" title="Northwestern University">Northwestern University</a> the band donned lights on their uniforms while performing at halftime. With the stadium lights turned off for the performance, the band drew such awe from radio broadcaster <a href="/wiki/Ted_Husing" title="Ted Husing">Ted Husing</a>, he referred to them as a "truly All-American marching band," hence the current title of the band. </p><p>Emrick retired in 1954, and to date the band has been under the direction of just five other men: </p> <ul><li>Dr. <a href="/wiki/Al_G._Wright" title="Al G. Wright">Al G. Wright</a> (1954–1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Moffit" title="Bill Moffit">William C. Moffit</a> (1981–1988)</li> <li>Joseph Manfredo (1988-1989)</li> <li>Dr. David A. Leppla (1989–2006)</li> <li>Jay S. Gephart (July 1, 2006 – present)</li></ul> <p>Second director Al Wright added many "show band" traditions to the "All-American" Marching Band. He increased the size of the band, added baton twirlers, and changed the uniform to its current look. Wright built upon the patriotism suggested in the "All-American" name of the band by creating the "I Am An American" speech. This speech is read during each pre-game performance while the band plays <a href="/wiki/America_the_Beautiful" title="America the Beautiful">America the Beautiful</a>. </p><p>Wright greatly increased the visibility of the "All-American" Marching Band across the world by taking the band to perform in many countries including Canada, Holland, Germany, Iceland, Japan, Colombia, and Venezuela during the 1960s and 1970s. This tradition of international travel continues today, with other notable trips including an invitation from the Chinese government to perform in international cultural activities that lead up to the <a href="/wiki/2008_Beijing_Summer_Olympics" class="mw-redirect" title="2008 Beijing Summer Olympics">2008 Beijing Summer Olympics</a>. In 2012, 2018 and 2023 the Band also traveled to Ireland for the Saint Patrick's Day Parade in Dublin. In 2015, the AAMB traveled to Medellin, Colombia for the <a href="/wiki/Feria_de_las_Flores" class="mw-redirect" title="Feria de las Flores">Feria de las Flores</a>. </p><p>In 1995 the "All-American" Marching Band was the recipient of the <a href="/wiki/Sudler_Trophy" class="mw-redirect" title="Sudler Trophy">Sudler Trophy</a>, the most prestigious award a college marching band can receive. Currently, the "All-American" Marching Band is the only band from a university without a school of music to have received this award. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Featured_Twirlers">Featured Twirlers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Purdue_All-American_Marching_Band&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Featured Twirlers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Purdue_University_All_American_Marching_Band_-_500_Festival_Parade_-_Stierch.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Purdue_University_All_American_Marching_Band_-_500_Festival_Parade_-_Stierch.jpg/300px-Purdue_University_All_American_Marching_Band_-_500_Festival_Parade_-_Stierch.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="123" class="mw-file-element" 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(<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The Purdue band is also famous for its five Featured Twirler positions:<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the Golden Girl, the Silver Twins, the Girl in Black, and Miss Boilerette. </p><p>Purdue's Golden Girl rank among the nation's best <a href="/wiki/Baton_twirling" title="Baton twirling">twirlers</a> and is at the top of her art form. This talented performer is selected by audition each April, and serves as a leader of the AAMB as well as an ambassador for Purdue University. Recognized nationally for her unique talents, this coveted position has roots going back to the early history of Purdue Bands. The tradition of the Golden Girl was begun in 1954 during the era of quarterback <a href="/wiki/Len_Dawson" title="Len Dawson">Len Dawson</a>, whose poise on the field prompted the press to nickname him Purdue's "Golden Boy." At the same time, Dr. Al G. Wright (now Director of Bands Emeritus) brought his first twirling protégé to the field, Juanita Carpenter, who earned the title of "Golden Girl." When Dawson graduated Purdue was left without a Golden Boy, but Carpenter's graduation didn't have the same effect on her title. Instead Golden Girl evolved into a movable crown that's been passed down through generations, and the position has become the standard for excellence within the twirling community.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Silver Twins first graced the field of Purdue's <a href="/wiki/Ross-Ade_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Ross-Ade Stadium">Ross-Ade Stadium</a> in 1960, when twin twirlers Sharon and Karon Roeske gained the attention of Purdue Bands and Orchestras. They were dressed in matching silver uniforms, and like Juanita Carpenter with her role as the Golden Girl, the title has been passed down over the years. Out of the 30 pairings to ever take the field, 12 of them have been sets of twins. </p><p>In 1962, another solo twirler position was created to complement the Golden Girl. Dressed in Purdue's other color, black, June Ciampa first performed as the International Twirler. This title was later replaced with "Girl in Black." </p><p>2010 saw the first addition to the featured twirlers in 48 years. Dressed in white, Rachel Bazzell became the inaugural Miss Boilerette, a position that has only been held by five individuals. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Marching_band_pioneers">Marching band pioneers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Purdue_All-American_Marching_Band&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Marching band pioneers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-More_citations_needed_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Relevant discussion may be found on the <a href="/wiki/Talk:Purdue_All-American_Marching_Band#For_such_bold_claims,_there_needs_to_be_additional_non-Purdue_related_citations." title="Talk:Purdue All-American Marching Band">talk page</a>. Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Purdue_All-American_Marching_Band" title="Special:EditPage/Purdue All-American Marching Band">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">October 2023</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The Purdue "All-American" Marching Band has pioneered a number of accomplishments.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="Must include non-Purdue citations as well. (October 2023)">additional citation(s) needed</span></a></i>]</sup> It was the first marching band to: </p> <ul><li>Break ranks on a football field to make a formation (The "Block P"), 1907</li> <li>Carry the colors of the <a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference" title="Big Ten Conference">Big Ten</a>, 1919</li> <li>Play opposing school <a href="/wiki/Fight_song" title="Fight song">fight song</a>, 1920</li> <li>Wear their hats backwards after a conference victory</li> <li>Perform at <a href="/wiki/Radio_City_Music_Hall" title="Radio City Music Hall">Radio City Music Hall</a>, 1963</li> <li>Receive an official performance invitation from <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a>, 2008</li> <li>Lead the <a href="/wiki/Macy%27s_Thanksgiving_Day_Parade" title="Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade">Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade</a> from the Big Ten, 2010</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Band_composition">Band composition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Purdue_All-American_Marching_Band&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Band composition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:NightBlockP.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/NightBlockP.JPG/220px-NightBlockP.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="241" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/NightBlockP.JPG/330px-NightBlockP.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/NightBlockP.JPG/440px-NightBlockP.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2304" data-file-height="2523" /></a><figcaption>The oldest marching band formation, the "Block P"</figcaption></figure><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Purdue_All-American_Marching_Band" title="Special:EditPage/Purdue All-American Marching Band">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">October 2023</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The AAMB contains numerous <a href="/wiki/Woodwind" class="mw-redirect" title="Woodwind">woodwind</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brass_instrument" title="Brass instrument">brass</a>, <a href="/wiki/Percussion" class="mw-redirect" title="Percussion">percussion</a>, and auxiliary members. In parade and block formation the wind instruments are organized into ranks of 10 people. The band currently contains 26 ranks of wind instruments. The percussion section consists of a <a href="/wiki/Drumline" class="mw-redirect" title="Drumline">drumline</a>, two <a href="/wiki/Drum_major_(marching_band)" title="Drum major (marching band)">drum majors</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/World%27s_Largest_Drum" class="mw-redirect" title="World's Largest Drum">World's Largest Drum</a> along with its crew. Auxiliary performers are organized by their performance type. In addition, a section of fourteen Big Ten Flag carriers march with the band in parade and on the field. </p> <ul><li>Woodwind Instruments <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Piccolo" title="Piccolo">Piccolos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarinet" title="Clarinet">Clarinets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alto_Saxophone" class="mw-redirect" title="Alto Saxophone">Alto Saxophones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tenor_Saxophone" class="mw-redirect" title="Tenor Saxophone">Tenor Saxophones</a></li></ul></li> <li>Brass Instruments <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Trumpet" title="Trumpet">Trumpets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mellophone" title="Mellophone">Mellophones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trombone" title="Trombone">Trombones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bass_Trombone" class="mw-redirect" title="Bass Trombone">Bass Trombones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baritone_Horn" class="mw-redirect" title="Baritone Horn">Baritone Horns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sousaphone" title="Sousaphone">Sousaphones</a></li></ul></li> <li>Percussion <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Snare_Drum" class="mw-redirect" title="Snare Drum">Snare Drums</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tenor_Drum" class="mw-redirect" title="Tenor Drum">Tenor Drums</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bass_Drum" class="mw-redirect" title="Bass Drum">Bass Drums</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cymbal" title="Cymbal">Cymbals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drum_major_(marching_band)" title="Drum major (marching band)">Drum Majors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World%27s_Largest_Drum" class="mw-redirect" title="World's Largest Drum">World's Largest Drum</a> (Big Bass Drum)</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Auxiliaries <ul><li>All-American Twirlers (Majorette Line)</li> <li>Golden Silks (Flag Corps)</li> <li>Goldusters (Dancers/Pom Squad)</li> <li>The Big Ten Flags</li></ul></li> <li>Feature Twirlers <ul><li>Golden Girl</li> <li>Girl in Black</li> <li>Miss Boilerette</li> <li>Silver Twins</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Auditions">Auditions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Purdue_All-American_Marching_Band&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Auditions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Purdue_All-American_Marching_Band" title="Special:EditPage/Purdue All-American Marching Band">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">October 2023</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>To gain admission to the "All-American" Marching Band each student must audition every year. Previous years membership does not guarantee a position in the band. Auditions are composed of a music audition followed by a week of marching auditions prior to the first week of classes. Student Leaders for each instrument section are selected by band staff to aid in the teaching of Purdue band marching fundamentals including the <a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference" title="Big Ten Conference">Big Ten</a> conference's ubiquitous <a href="/wiki/Chair_step" title="Chair step">chair step</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_alumni">Notable alumni</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Purdue_All-American_Marching_Band&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Notable alumni"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Neil_Armstrong" title="Neil Armstrong">Neil Armstrong</a>, astronaut, aviator, first man on the Moon. Armstrong played baritone horn with the AAMB in 1952. Armstrong was made an honorary member of <a href="/wiki/Kappa_Kappa_Psi" title="Kappa Kappa Psi">Kappa Kappa Psi</a> in 1965 and received the band department's Alumni Achievement Award in 1997. His Kappa Kappa Psi pin went with him to the Moon and is now on display at Purdue's Marc and Sharon Hagle Hall.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orville_Redenbacher" title="Orville Redenbacher">Orville Redenbacher</a>, businessman and agriculturalist, namesake of <a href="/wiki/Orville_Redenbacher%27s" title="Orville Redenbacher's">Orville Redenbacher's Gourmet Popping Corn</a>. Redenbacher played tuba with the band in the 1920s.<sup id="cite_ref-DataDigest_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DataDigest-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russell_Games_Slayter" class="mw-redirect" title="Russell Games Slayter">Russell Games Slayter</a>, inventor of <a href="/wiki/Fiberglass" title="Fiberglass">fiberglass</a>. Slayter was a tuba player. 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<li><a href="/wiki/Purdue_Boilermakers_baseball" title="Purdue Boilermakers baseball">Baseball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purdue_Boilermakers_men%27s_basketball" title="Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball">Men's basketball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purdue_Boilermakers_women%27s_basketball" title="Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball">Women's basketball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purdue_Boilermakers_football" title="Purdue Boilermakers football">Football</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purdue_Boilermakers_men%27s_golf" title="Purdue Boilermakers men's golf">Men's golf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purdue_Boilermakers_softball" title="Purdue Boilermakers softball">Softball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purdue_Boilermakers_women%27s_volleyball" title="Purdue Boilermakers women's volleyball">Women's volleyball</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#000000;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #CFB991, inset -2px -2px 0 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href="/wiki/1895_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1895 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1895</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1896_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1896 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1896</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1897_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1897 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1897</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1898_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1898 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1898</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1899_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1899 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1899</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1900_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1900 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1900</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1901_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1901 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1901</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1902_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1902 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1902</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1903_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1903 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1903</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1904_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1904 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1904</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1905_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1905 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1905</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1906_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1906 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1906</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1907_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1907 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1907</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1908 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1908</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1909_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1909 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1909</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1910_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1910 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1910</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1911_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1911 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1911</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1912 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1912</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1913_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1913 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1913</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1914_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1914 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1914</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1915_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1915 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1915</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1916 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1916</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1917_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1917 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1917</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1918 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1918</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1919_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1919 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1919</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1920_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1920 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1920</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1921_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1921 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1921</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1922_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1922 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1922</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1923_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1923 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1923</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1924_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1924 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1925_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1925 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1925</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1926_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1926 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1926</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1927_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1927 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1927</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1928 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1929_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1929 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1929</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1930_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1930 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1930</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1931_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1931 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1931</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1932 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1933_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1933 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1933</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1934 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1935_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1935 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1935</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1936 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1937 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1937</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1938 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1939_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1939 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1939</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1940 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1941_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1941 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1941</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1942 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1942</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1943_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1943 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1943</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1944 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1944</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1945_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1945 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1945</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1946 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1947_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1947 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1947</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1948 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1949_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1949 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1949</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1950 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1951 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1952 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1953 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1954 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1955 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1956 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1957 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1958 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1959 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1960 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1961 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1962 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1963 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1964 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1965 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1966 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1967 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1968 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1969 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1970 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1971 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1972 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1973 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1974 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1975 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1976 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1977 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1978 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1979 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1980 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1981 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1982 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1983 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1984 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1985 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1986 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1987 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1988 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1989 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1990 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1991 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1992 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1993 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1994 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1995 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1996 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1997 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1998 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1999 Purdue Boilermakers football team">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="2000 Purdue Boilermakers football team">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="2001 Purdue Boilermakers football team">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="2002 Purdue Boilermakers football team">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="2003 Purdue Boilermakers football team">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="2004 Purdue Boilermakers football team">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="2005 Purdue Boilermakers football team">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="2006 Purdue Boilermakers football team">2006</a></li> <li><a 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Angeles">UCLA</a>)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/USC_Trojan_Marching_Band" title="USC Trojan Marching Band">USC Trojan Marching Band</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/University_of_Southern_California" title="University of Southern California">USC</a>)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Husky_Marching_Band" title="Husky Marching Band">Husky Marching Band</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/University_of_Washington" title="University of Washington">Washington</a>)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/University_of_Wisconsin_Marching_Band" title="University of Wisconsin Marching Band">University of Wisconsin Marching Band</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_Badgers" title="Wisconsin Badgers">Wisconsin</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Sudler_Trophy_recipients" 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title="The Pride of Oklahoma Marching Band">Oklahoma</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1988: <a href="/wiki/Michigan_State_University_Spartan_Marching_Band" title="Michigan State University Spartan Marching Band">Michigan State</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1989: <a href="/wiki/University_of_Kansas_Marching_Jayhawks" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Kansas Marching Jayhawks">Kansas</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1990: <a href="/wiki/Hawkeye_Marching_Band" title="Hawkeye Marching Band">Iowa</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1991: <a href="/wiki/Sun_Devil_Marching_Band" title="Sun Devil Marching Band">Arizona State</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1992: <a href="/wiki/Northwestern_University_Wildcat_Marching_Band" title="Northwestern University Wildcat Marching Band">Northwestern</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1993: <a href="/wiki/UCLA_Bruin_Marching_Band" title="UCLA Bruin Marching Band">UCLA</a></span></li> <li><span 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