Marching Mizzou
Marching Mizzou | |
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School | University of Missouri |
Location | Columbia, Missouri |
Conference | SEC |
Founded | 1885 |
Director | Amy M. Knopps |
Assistant Directors | Christian Noon and Peter Zambito |
Members | 350 (Capacity Number) |
Fight song | "Every True Son" and "Fight Tiger" |
Uniform | |
Website | music |
Marching Mizzou, M2, or The Big 'M' of the Midwest is the performing
History
Cadet Band
Marching Mizzou began as the University of Missouri Cadet Band in 1885, founded by Frederick Pannell from the encouragement of
Growing and opening up
In 1903, a student band was created to supplement the military band.
By 1966, over 50 bands and 4,000 students were participating in Band Day, requiring two sub-conductors to relay cues to the entire group.[9] Membership swelled up to 231 in 1969 under Alexander Pickard, and the one credit-hour course counted toward Mizzou's physical education requirement.[8]
The Golden Girls
In 1957, director Charles Emmons added a group of baton-twirling
For the next decade, the majorettes evolved into a dance team as their popularity across the campus grew. By the time they ceased carrying their batons in 1976, the group almost entirely was performing as dancers and had only kept the batons out of tradition.
Kespohl led the Golden Girls to a national title, winning the 1991 NCA Collegiate Cheer and Pom Dance competition.[14] They were invited to perform at the 1991 Japan Classic, and went on to win the NCA Championship again in 1992.[15] Patty Kespohl resigned as coach later that year, and the Golden Girls became a separate entity from the band;[16] a few feature twirlers remained a part of Marching Mizzou. The dance team joined the athletics department in 1993 and were directed by Korene Ousley for a year and a half. Kespohl returned to coach the Golden Girls until 1997.[11]
Shannon Fry became head coach of the Golden Girls in 1997, and led them to a United Spirit Association national title in 2003.[10][11] Under Fry's coaching, the Golden Girls continued to perform at halftime alongside Marching Mizzou. Fry was fired in 2019 when the Missouri Athletics Department decided to restructure its spirit squads, announcing that the Golden Girls and Cheer programs would be merged into a single organization.[17][18]
Notable appearances
Marching Mizzou was invited by
For several years joining the Southeastern Conference, M2 would send a reduced band to every away conference game.[23] Despite receiving substantial boosts in funding in 2014, Dr. D. Bradley Snow, director from 2010 to 2016, claimed that Marching Mizzou is the least-funded marching band in the SEC.[24] Today Marching Mizzou has returned to sending an expanded Mini Mizzou to two away football games per season.
M2 today
Marching Mizzou today is directed by Dr. Amy M. Knopps, Dr. Christian Noon, and Dr. Pete Zambito, with 350 band members, including a full
The MU Bands hosts three annual events for high schools. "M2 Band Day" brings in marching bands from across the state, to practice and perform with M2 at the season's first halftime. The pieces for the performance are often specifically composed to match a variety of experience levels. M2 also hosts a marching competition called "Champion of Champions" and a Homecoming Parade, both open to high school bands.[27]
Select members of Marching Mizzou audition to form Mini Mizzou, a pep band founded in 1973 by Tim Lautzenheiser that attends other events on and around campus, including sporting events and requested appearances.[2] Mini Mizzou will follow the Missouri Tigers Volleyball and Basketball teams to selected championship and tournament games.
Pre-game
The Block "M" formation is a tradition which has existed since the 1920s.[2]
For five years upon joining the SEC in 2012, Marching Mizzou would form the Southeastern Conference's logo. In 2017, M2 returned to forming the outline of the state of Missouri when playing of the alma mater of the University of Missouri, Old Missouri.[28]
Marching Mizzou's Flip Tigers is a drill performed to MU's second fight song, "Fight Tiger". The band sequentially forms the word "MIZZOU" and then completes a rapid, 8-count transition into the word "TIGERS". This move was created by director Charles Emmons and his assistant John Christie for the 1960 Orange Bowl.[2]
Bowl game appearances
Marching Mizzou has supported the Mizzou Tigers at all of the team's bowl games since the marching band was first founded, except for 1979:
- 2023 Cotton Bowl Classic
- 2022 Gasparilla Bowl (reduced band)
- 2021 Armed Forces Bowl[29]
- 2018 Liberty Bowl[30]
- 2017 Texas Bowl
- 2015 Citrus Bowl (2014 season)
- 2014 Cotton Bowl Classic (2013 season)
- 2011 Independence Bowl (reduced band)
- 2010 Insight Bowl
- 2009 Texas Bowl
- 2008 Alamo Bowl
- 2008 Cotton Bowl Classic (2007 Season)
- 2006 Sun Bowl
- 2005 Independence Bowl
- 2003 Independence Bowl
- 1998 Insight.com Bowl
- 1997 Holiday Bowl
- 1983 Holiday Bowl
- 1981 Tangerine Bowl
- 1980 Liberty Bowl
1979 Hall of Fame Classic: money was not offered to send the full band, and Marching Mizzou chose not to attend the game with a reduced band.[31]- 1978 Liberty Bowl
- 1973 Sun Bowl
- 1972 Fiesta Bowl
- 1970 Orange Bowl (1969 season)
- 1968 Gator Bowl
- 1966 Sugar Bowl (1965 season)
- 1962 Bluebonnet Bowl
- 1961 Orange Bowl (1960 season)
- 1960 Orange Bowl (1959 season)
- 1950 Gator Bowl (1949 season)
- 1949 Gator Bowl (1948 season)
- 1946 Cotton Bowl Classic (1945 season)
- 1942 Sugar Bowl (1941 season)
- 1940 Orange Bowl (1939 season)
- 1924 Christmas Festival
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- ^ a b Glass, Ginny; Brophy, Betty, eds. (December 1969). Missouri Alumnus November-December 1969. Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Alumni Association. pp. 9, 11. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
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- ^ a b c d Donica, Adrienne (September 17, 2015). "50 years of Golden Girls: From twirlers to Columbia icons". Vox Magazine. Vox Magazine. Retrieved August 17, 2019.
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- ^ Meier, Travis (26 October 2017). "The Marching Mizzou Homecoming". collegemarching.com. Blue Line Media, LLC. Archived from the original on 14 March 2019. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
Some things had changed since she left. ...the band had replaced the state of Missouri set in pregame with the SEC logo. She reversed this change.
- ^ Gregg Palermo (9 December 2021). "Mizzou athletics forced to adjust with bowl game, braggin' rights schedule conflict". Fox2Now. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
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