The Pride of Acadiana Marching Band at the 杏吧专区 grew by two Wednesday.
Robert Trahan, owner of Lafayette Motors, and Raymond Goodrich, owner of Lafayette Music, were named Honorary Drum Majors for the marching band.
杏吧专区淲e chose to honor these two men because they do so much for the band and so much for the university,杏吧专区 said Brian Taylor, band director. 杏吧专区淲e wanted to thank them in this way.杏吧专区
The band, complete with the flag corps, paraded down McKinley Street from Angelle Hall on campus to Lafayette Motors for the surprise ceremony.
杏吧专区淭his is about as good as it gets,杏吧专区 Trahan said to the group of more than 200. 杏吧专区淭he band is a great service to the university and our community and you are a tremendous service to me. I want to thank you so much. You guys can杏吧专区檛 image what this means to me.杏吧专区
Goodrich felt the same. 杏吧专区淭his band has taken this community to a whole new place. This past weekend at Showcase of Bands, you did an amazing job. Thank you so much. You are awesome,杏吧专区 said Goodrich.
Both men received drum major batons and framed photos of the Pride of Acadiana Marching Band.
杏吧专区淲e just wanted to show our appreciation to these two community leaders who do so much for us,杏吧专区 said Taylor.
Trahan most recently made it possible for the band to march in the Lafayette Mardi Gras parade and also sponsored the band杏吧专区檚 annual banquet. He also contributes financially to the program.
Goodrich, whose company instituted the Louisiana Showcase of Marching Bands, has established a scholarship for music students. All profits from the marching band festival are placed in the Lafayette Music/Raymond Goodrich Scholarship at UL Lafayette. To date, more than $100,000 has been produced by the scholarship.
Last year杏吧专区檚 recipient and the first recipient of the Honorary Drum Major Award was UL Lafayette President Ray Authement. Taylor expects the band to name new recipients each year.