Redcoat Alum is Managing Director of the Savannah Music Festival
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Redcoat Alum is Managing Director of the Savannah Music Festival

Redcoat Alum is Managing Director of the Savannah Music Festival In 2019, the annual Savannah Music Festival (SMF) in Savannah, Georgia, hosted 107 musical performances across 17 days. The performances were hosted in 15 different performance venues, required 35 piano moves and combined the efforts of 625 artists and personnel from 25 countries. The conquering of such…

BATTLE HYMN STORY

BATTLE HYMN STORY

UGA Traditions What is the History Behind the Battle Hymn? – Marion English was brass section leader and asked Jeff Simmons to do a warm up for the trumpet section based on the Battle Hymn. Marion’s initial idea came from the slow Elvis version of the Battle Hymn of the Republic. They prepared by listening to that recording before Jeff…

HALFTIME 1982: FIRST SANFORD STADIUM GAME UNDER THE LIGHTS.

HALFTIME 1982: FIRST SANFORD STADIUM GAME UNDER THE LIGHTS.

1982: Georgia win over Clemson 13-7 in Athens. Georgia’s first under the new Sanford Stadium lights as the two preceding national champions met on national TV on Labor Day night with Gomer Pyle himself, Jim Nabors, on hand to sing the national anthem. Herschel had an injured thumb and no one was sure how much he’d play, if…