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If there is a group of individuals more appreciated on football Saturdays than the Blue Band, it is the Blue Band Alumni who return every Homecoming to participate in the Alumni Blue Band. The almost 400 members who march at the game are highly respected by the current Blue Band, the university, and the fans who love to watch them perform. Much of that respect stems from watching these men and women, some of whom are in their eighties, march onto the field playing the Penn State school songs with as much vigor and enthusiasm as the younger student band.

The Alumni Blue Band Association (ABBA), made up of nearly 1000 members, is the largest Affiliated Program Group at the Pennsylvania State University. APGs are groups of alumni and friends who are affiliated with a Penn State college or constituent organization because of their academic backgrounds or an interest in an extracurricular activity. Membership is open to anyone who was a member of the Penn State Marching Blue Band or other university bands program who has completed one semester of participation.

- Excerpt from The Penn State Blue Band, A Century of Pride and Precision; by Thomas E. Range II and Sean Patrick Smith. Page 112 (sidebar)

 

 

 

ABBA: Alumni Blue Band Association of Penn State
 Blue Band Building, University Park, PA 16802-1901
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