Category: Stories
2005 BAND BANQUET PRESENTATION
Redcoat Traditions – Tom Jackson Redcoat Band Annual Banquet Remarks 11-27-05
OFFICIAL REDCOAT BAND MOM
Redcoat Traditions – Ruth Kiney Article Page 1 >> / Article Page 2 >> / Article Page 3 >>
40th ALUMNI BAND HOMECOMING EVENT
Football Program Article in Homecoming Football Program (Loran Smith / Lee Butts)
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 […]
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 “LIGHT UP SANFORD” Came To Be
Macon Telegraph Article – Link Here (Mentions 2017 Notre Dame Game)
Coach Kirby Smart Features Redcoat Band
September 16, 2018 – All Access Link to Video Here
Coach Smart Speak to the Redcoat Band
Link Here to View Video
‘Battle Hymn of the Bulldog Nation’ has become a powerful pregame tradition at Georgia home games
From The Athletic On Friday Night this Fall…Don’t Forget the Marching Band By Tori McElhaney Aug 31, 2018 When the time came for Tyler Richmond to choose an instrument to play during his sixth-grade year, his mom wanted him to play the French horn. “That’s what she played,” Richmond said, […]