Florida Atlantic Marching Owls
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The Florida Atlantic Marching Owls is the marching band
at Florida Atlantic University
. The band plays for all home football games and regularly plays in area civic and community events. The band was founded in 2002 and literally had only weeks to be put together and ready for the opening game. The band consisted of a few dozen members who wore Hawaiian shirts and straw hats but managed to be a relatively successful addition to the football program and enjoyable to the fans. However, the band only survived for two years under the direction of George Sparks and was rendered inactive for the 2004 school year.
In April 2005 the school hired Christopher Chapman as the new director with the goal of having the band at football games again in September 2005. The plan was a success and the band has been active ever since. Recently the band has performed at the New Orleans Bowl
in December 2007 and has gained respect as a well trained band for its modest size. The band has also begun sponsorship and operation of a high school marching band competition in Boca Raton that drew fourteen high schools from the area last year.
Marching band
Marching band is a physical activity in which a group of instrumental musicians generally perform outdoors and incorporate some type of marching with their musical performance. Instrumentation typically includes brass, woodwinds, and percussion instruments...
at Florida Atlantic University
Florida Atlantic University
Florida Atlantic University, also referred to as FAU or Florida Atlantic, is a public, coeducational, research university located in , United States. The university has six satellite campuses located in the Florida cities of Dania Beach, Davie, Fort Lauderdale, Jupiter, Port St. Lucie, and in Fort...
. The band plays for all home football games and regularly plays in area civic and community events. The band was founded in 2002 and literally had only weeks to be put together and ready for the opening game. The band consisted of a few dozen members who wore Hawaiian shirts and straw hats but managed to be a relatively successful addition to the football program and enjoyable to the fans. However, the band only survived for two years under the direction of George Sparks and was rendered inactive for the 2004 school year.
In April 2005 the school hired Christopher Chapman as the new director with the goal of having the band at football games again in September 2005. The plan was a success and the band has been active ever since. Recently the band has performed at the New Orleans Bowl
New Orleans Bowl
The New Orleans Bowl is a post-season college football bowl game certified by the NCAA that has been played annually at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana since 2001. The game was sponsored by Wyndham Hotels & Resorts from 2002 to 2004 and was officially called the Wyndham New...
in December 2007 and has gained respect as a well trained band for its modest size. The band has also begun sponsorship and operation of a high school marching band competition in Boca Raton that drew fourteen high schools from the area last year.