Blugold Marching Band Italy/Greece tour photos
See more photos and information about the tour on the Blugold Marching Band Web site.
UW-Eau Claire student and band member Josh Myers also has posted online photos.
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| UW-Eau Claire's Blugold Marching Band entered St. Peter's Square in Rome on Jan. 1, 2008, where the group performed before and after Pope Benedict XVI delivered his New Year's Day blessing. (Photo by Andrei Strizek) |
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| Drum major Michael Renneke conducted as the band played a fanfare before the pope delivered his blessing. (Contributed photo) |
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| Marching band members assembled on the sidewalk and visited with the locals in Florence, Italy, as they prepared to march to their performance site outside El Duomo, the city's main cathedral. (Photo by Josh Myers) |
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| The band performed outside El Duomo on Jan. 2, 2008. (Photo by Josh Myers) |
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| Crowds packed the sidewalks for the marching band's El Duomo performance. Watching in the center front is Randy Dickerson, Blugold Marching Band director. (Photo by Josh Myers) |
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| Drumline members danced as the band performed "Asereje," a song originally popularized by the Spanish group Las Ketchup. (Photo by Josh Myers) |
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| The Blugold Marching Band posed for a group photo on the steps of El Duomo. (Photo by Josh Myers) |
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| The group gave a special public performance Jan. 4 at Syntagma (Constitution) Square in Athens, Greece. Here, drumline members danced as Bryce Bielec performed a trombone solo during the group's performance of Justin Timberlake's "Sexy Back." (Photo by Josh Myers) |
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| Blugold Marching Band members posed for this group photo on the roof of their Athens hotel. The Acropolis is visible in the background. (Photo by Josh Myers) |
