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Audtions began this morning (Tuesday, Aug. 16) at the Blue Band Building on Penn State's University Park campus. All prospective members, new and returning, must audition each year for membership in the elite group, which is made up of between 290 and 310 members. The band will hold three-a-day practices from Thursday, Aug. 18, through Saturday, Aug. 20, and then will begin its regular... Read more ›
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Blue Band officers were busy Tuesday morning, Aug. 16, setting up and running much of the operation for audition day 2011. Here, Charlie Kuhns moves an additional directional sign into place to help guide prospective rookies and their parents as they arrive at the Blue Band Building.
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Greg Drane, Blue Band assistant director, arrives at the Blue Band Building on audition day, Tuesday, Aug. 16. Auditions will be held throughout the day for prospective rookies (p-rookies) and returning members, and the p-rookies will get their first marching lesson in the evening.
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Other duties as assigned: Penn State Drum Major Ian Kenney, left, and Blue Band President Matt Wagner brought coffee to the other Blue Band officers, who were at the Blue Band Building at 7 a.m. today (Aug. 16) to set up for audition day. Their day will end around 10:30 tonight.
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Karen Walk, now in her 25th year as the Penn State Blue Band's staff assistant, answered questions from prospective rookies and their parents at the Blue Band Building early on audition day, Tuesday, Aug. 16.
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The Blue Band Building on Penn State's University Park campus was crowded on Tuesday morning, Aug. 16, as prospective rookies arrived with their parents to register for auditions. Practices begin this evening, and the band marches for the first time in just 18 days.
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Mandy Kepner, Blue Band librarian, left, and Scott Patterson, vice president, check in a prospective rookie (p-rookie) on audition day, Tuesday, Aug. 16, at the Blue Band Building on Penn State's University Park campus. In the background, Blue Band historian Joshua Helsley takes a picture of a p-rookie with her nametag.
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After checking in, prospective rookies register for Blue Band at a bank of computers inside the Blue Band Building on Penn State's University Park campus. Tuesday, Aug. 16, is audition day for the band, which will march through the tunnel in Beaver Stadium for the first time this fall on Saturday, Sept. 3 - just 18 days after auditions.
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