Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Like some of the songs she gets her students to play, University of Tennessee alumna Kelly Ballard has a naturally upbeat way of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's a year of firsts for the Penn State Blue Band, a student organization that traces its roots to 1899 — and that continued ...

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — It's the calm before the season inside Penn State's Blue Band building in State College. Ellie Sheehan is looking over band uniforms. Sheehan has a lot to be excited about as she ...

University Park, PA (WJAC) — There is major news out of Penn State regarding the Blue Band’s newest drum major. In an announcement posted on social media, the band announced the first ever female to ...

2025 has been a notable year for Black women, as they continue to pave a way for future generations to see what’s possible. Among the many Black women who celebrated becoming the first to do something ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - Oluwamodupe Oloyede is making history at Florida A&M University as the first female head drum major of the Marching 100. “It’s an immense honor,” Oloyede said. “It’s still ...

Pitt sophomore Kennedy Aderogba will make history as the first African-American female drum major for the Pitt Panthers, a position she is ready to embrace her new role. Dr. Brad Townsend, Pitt's ...

RETURNING TO THE VALLEY LATE NEXT WEEK. THANK YOU TOM. IN THE 125 YEAR HISTORY OF THE ICONIC PENN STATE BLUE BAND, THE POSITION OF THE BAND’S LEADING STUDENT, THE DRUM MAJOR, HAS ALWAYS BEEN FILLED BY ...

In 2005, Kelly Ballard became the first female drum major for the University of Tennessee's Pride of the Southland Marching Band. Despite her historic achievement, some fans blamed the football team's ...