Unfortunately, the debut of the Marching Illini’s redesigned uniforms will have to wait for the current heatwave to pass, and the band performed in their usual summer attire instead. The key change ...

(WCIA) — It’s National Marching Band Day, and the Marching Illini are hoping the community ... pay for things like instruments, equipment, uniform maintenance, and traveling to away games ...

Griffin, the director of the Marching Illini, sent a mass e-mail to band members just after 3 p.m. Friday, saying they were not to use UI equipment or uniforms but were otherwise free to perform.

It was really great." The 375 Marching Illini musicians also are able to "squeeze" onto the Great Hall stage. They will wear their marching uniforms, sans hats. "If they wear their hats the ...

Members of the Marching Illini and the Illinettes Dance Team put in countless hours of practice to prepare for their shows throughout the year. But, during the Dads Weekend game, there is an ...

ROCK ISLAND, Ill (KWQC) - The University of Illinois Marching Illini band will be participating in this year’s 40th annual Rock Island Labor Day Parade on Sept 2. According to officials ...

For Tigers’ band director Kevin Pruiett, the example he expects the Marching Illini to set for his students should serve as a teaching model for the rest of the school year. “The fact that we ...