The RBAA has been planning for 2025 and has three dates you can put on your calendar: Dawg Day of Giving Thursday, March 27, 2025 For 24 hours, we’re #CallingAllDawgs to make a gift of any size to any area of UGA. You can give to the Redcoat Band during this time. (Many companies and corporations support…
Ruth Kiney Memorial Scholarship Congratulations to tenor sax player and Experience Captain, Arbella Amburn, for being awarded the Ruth Kiney Memorial Scholarship! This scholarship is awarded to a member of the Redcoat Band who exemplifies the encouraging and caring qualities of Ms. Kiney, who often prioritized the well-being of fellow Redcoats above her own. Ms….
From our first 50th Anniversary planning meeting in March, 2021, to the awesome halftime performance on November 29, so many dedicated Redcoat alumni worked behind the scenes to make this special anniversary possible! Please join me in thanking this amazing team below! We’ve met monthly via Zoom for 3 years, and their love of the Redcoat Band…
Alumni Band Day Recap 410 Redcoat Alumni took to the field November 29 for the Georgia vs Georgia Tech game to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Redcoat Alumni Band. This year for the first time the Alumni Band performed for halftime. From greeting old friends, remembering how to read a drill chart, playing an…
During halftime at Homecoming 2024, we had the privilege of celebrating Shirley Hires Simms, the first-ever female drum major of the Redcoat Band! Thank you for visiting and sharing your incredible legacy with us. ❤️🖤 Class of 1956.
Below are the Donors that sponsored a section at the special, afternoon Sneak Preview Cookout on August 17th (same day as RBAA Annual Meeting and last day of band camp). Status Closed Updated August 8, 2024
Saturday, August 17th, 2024 – It was a Fabulous Day in Athens! The Redcoat Band Alumni Association shared last year’s updates and goals for the upcoming year at the Annual Meeting. Then, mingled with the current Redcoat sections as RBAA volunteers cooked burgers for the current Redcoats and alumni visitors at Redcoat Field. Enjoyed a…
Auburn Game – Friday night, October 4, 2024, Time TBD – Join the Homecoming parade walking (not playing) behind the current Redcoat Band. Redcoat alumni gathering after the parade. (Photo from 2023)
In February, a group of 22 alumni embarked on the first Redcoat Alumni leisure trip, a Western Caribbean cruise aboard Mariner of the Seas. On board, the group enjoyed Redcoat-themed activities: a welcome cocktail party, a Redcoat trivia contest (while perusing old Redcoat Reflectors and watching Redcoat and Redcoat Alumni pregame and halftime shows), a…
