Memorable Moments

[ ARCHIVE ]1926 · Founding portrait

1926

[Founding Members], Class of '27

Thirty-six pioneers, one cornet, and a school song that didn't exist yet.

[ ARCHIVE ]1930s · Game day, Ratcliffe Stadium

1936

Margaret "Maggie" Halverson, Class of '38

We marched onto Ratcliffe Field with rain in our shoes and didn't miss a beat.

[ ARCHIVE ]1940s · Wartime band photo

1942

William "Bill" Reyes, Class of '44

Half the section was overseas. The other half played twice as loud.

[ ARCHIVE ]1940s · Drum major portrait

1948

James T. Whitmore, Class of '49

They gave me a sash and a whistle. The boys did the rest.

[ ARCHIVE ]1955 · Shaw campus dedication

1955

Helen (Ortiz) Park, Class of '57

The grass at Shaw was still patchy. We marched on it anyway.

[ ARCHIVE ]1960s · Drum major portrait

1963

Richard "Dick" Soto, Class of '64

The plume was nearly as tall as I was. I loved every minute of it.

[ ARCHIVE ]1965 · Homecoming halftime

1965

Carol (Whitfield) Brennan, Class of '67

Homecoming, sixty-five. The whole town in the stands.

[ ARCHIVE ]1960s · Brass on the field

1968

Frank Delgado Jr., Class of '70

Brass on the fifty. You could feel the bleachers shake.

[ ARCHIVE ]1970s · University era

1974

Linda (Marsh) Yang, Class of '77

First year as a university — felt like everything got bigger overnight.

[ ARCHIVE ]1980s · Frank Bibb on the podium

1980

Director Frank Bibb & Band, Class of '80

The day we became the Bulldog Marching Band — Frank made sure we knew it.

[ ARCHIVE ]1982 · Two hundred on the field

1982

Sally (McCallister) Smith, Class of '85

Two hundred of us on the field. Best year of my life.

[ ARCHIVE ]1985 · Drumline portrait

1985

Antonio "Tony" Vasquez, Class of '86

Drumline portrait. We thought we were a big deal. We kind of were.

[ ARCHIVE ]1993 · The comeback

1993

Dr. Gary P. Gilroy & the Comeback Class, '93

Year one of the rebuild. There were eighteen of us. We sounded like ninety.

[ ARCHIVE ]1994 · Hollywood Christmas Parade

1994

Jessica Tran, Class of '95

Hollywood Boulevard. I was so cold I couldn't feel my mouthpiece.

[ ARCHIVE ]1999 · The endowment year

1999

Michael Hsu, Class of '00

An anonymous million dollars. Nobody believed it until the cheque cleared.

[ ARCHIVE ]2002 · Halftime show

2002

Rachel (Pham) Singh, Class of '04

Halftime at Bulldog Stadium. The lights, the noise. I still get goosebumps.

2023

Jordan Reyes, Class of '23

Night-game portrait. Photographer made us stand in the cold for twenty minutes.

2024

Marcus "Marc" Diaz, Class of '24

We ate nachos in Boise when we traveled for the bowl game!

2022

Priya Patel, Class of '23

Backstage detail. My drum, my mallets, my whole season in one shot.

2023

Sofia Martinez, Class of '24

Pasadena, January first. We saw the sun come up on Colorado Boulevard.

2022

Devon Williams, Class of '24

Drumline at attention. The drum cadence before every game.

2023

Alex Tran, Class of '24

Tuba line, Colorado Boulevard. People reached over the barricades to high-five us.

2022

Aaliyah Brown, Class of '23

Brass section, full voice. You could feel it in your chest from the parking lot.

2021

The 2021 Bulldog Marching Band

First pregame back after the pandemic. We did not stop smiling.