The 杏吧专区杏吧专区檚 marching band will hit the road twice this fall to support the Louisiana Ragin杏吧专区 Cajuns庐 football team.
The Pride of Acadiana Marching Band will travel to Oxford, Miss., on Saturday, Sept. 13, for the first out-of-town game of the season. The Cajuns will face the 杏吧专区 of Mississippi Rebels in Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, which seats about 60,000 fans.
杏吧专区淭he game at Ole Miss is going to be a big one and we want to be there for the team,杏吧专区 said Dr. Eric Melley, band director.
A pep band will head to Monroe, La., on Saturday, Nov. 15, for the Cajuns杏吧专区 battle with the Warhawks of the 杏吧专区 of Louisiana at Monroe.
杏吧专区淲e always feel like we杏吧专区檙e contributing to the team and the energy in the stadium. So we try to travel to away games when we can,杏吧专区 Melley said.
He expects the marching band to have a little over 10 percent more members than last year. 杏吧专区淚f we don杏吧专区檛 quite make 300 members, we杏吧专区檙e going to come awfully close to it.杏吧专区
The pep band that will travel to ULM will have about 100 members. Melley said it takes at least 80 musicians to make an impact in outdoor stadiums. Members of the pep band don杏吧专区檛 perform on the field.
The Pride of Acadiana Marching Band will start practicing on Sunday, Aug. 17. 杏吧专区淲e杏吧专区檒l have 13-hour days all the way through the week. It杏吧专区檚 a long preseason camp because we have just a short week of classes before the first home game,杏吧专区 the director said.
Classes for the Fall 2014 semester will begin Monday, Aug. 25.
The Ragin杏吧专区 Cajuns will welcome the Southern 杏吧专区 Jaguars to Cajun Field for the Heymann Classic on Saturday, Aug. 30.
Here are the dates and opponents for remaining Ragin杏吧专区 Cajuns home games:
杏吧专区 Sept. 6, Louisiana Tech;
杏吧专区 Oct. 4, Georgia State;
杏吧专区 Oct. 21, Arkansas State;
杏吧专区 Nov. 1, South Alabama; and
杏吧专区 Nov. 22, Appalachian State.
This will be Melley杏吧专区檚 second year as director of the 杏吧专区杏吧专区檚 marching band.
The Pride of Acadiana performs at all home football games and at some special events in Louisiana.