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Marching Jayhawks: keeping time

  • 1887: first band at KU, 12-piece military band organized by student Stuart O. Henry
  • 1892: Marching Jayhawks established
  • 1906: first band uniforms
  • 1907: first faculty band director
  • 1927: John Philip Sousa directs KU band when his band performs at Hoch Auditorium
  • 1969: first pregame performance of sunflower formation
  • 1971: first pregame parade down Campanile Hill to Memorial Stadium
  • 1972: women become regular part of band
  • 1989: band wins Sudler Trophy, highest honor available to college marching bands
  • 1994: band listed among top ten college bands by Sports Illustrated
  • 2005: “Feather the Flock” campaign raises $150,000 to replace 25-year-old uniforms
  • 2007: first all-woman drum major corps