The Lynx Way

Five Brandon, Sioux Falls students are members of the Cornhusker Marching Band

Five local students – Anna Tews, Brandon, and Aaron Burchill, Ethan Rohr, McKenzie Swearingen and Matthew Wang, all of Sioux Falls, are members of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s 300-member Cornhusker Marching Band.

The Cornhusker Marching Band makes football season debut Aug. 31 with pregame and haltime performances at Nebraska’s home opener against UTEP.

The Cornhusker Marching Band was founded in 1879 as an ROTC unit and is one of the oldest marching bands in the nation. The band has received many honors throughout its 145-year history, including a Distinguished Recognition Trophy presented by John Philip Sousa in 1927 and the John Philip Sousa Foundation’s Sudler Trophy in 1996. The Sudler Trophy is the highest honor given to collegiate bands.