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The Alumni Blue Band Association (ABBA) is the Affiliated Program Group for all alumni of the athlet
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09/04/2023
Last call to order!! Store closes September 4th at midnight!
https://www.storessimple.com/homefield/21463
We have jacket options along with other great ABBA merchandise available in our latest online store.
08/22/2023
2023 HOMECOMING
SAVE THE DATE
This year's Homecoming football game will be on Saturday, October 14th at 3:30 PM against the University of Massachusetts Minutemen. The Alumni Blue Band will be performing both pregame and halftime during the game. In addition, we will be providing a pep band for the Penn State Alumni Association's ice cream social on Friday afternoon and marching in the Homecoming Parade Friday evening.
The ABBA Homecoming Committee is currently finalizing details for the weekend and hope to have the registration up and running in a couple of weeks.
Should there be any questions please reach out to us at [email protected].
08/16/2023
Congratulations! Welcome to the Blue Band!
Introducing the 2023-24 Blue Band first-year members! We are so proud of all their hard work and dedication during the first two days of . Make sure to congratulate our first-year members in the comments below! 👏🎉👇
📸: Gabriella Efaw
08/04/2023
https://www.storessimple.com/homefield/21463
We have jacket options along with other great ABBA merchandise available in our latest online store.
07/21/2023
06/06/2023
Have you registered for our golf tournament yet?
05/09/2023
In case you missed it, registration for the 2023 Fore the Blue Band Golf Tournament is now underway! We're hopeful that so many of you will join us again this year on the course supporting the sustainment of the Blue Band.
The Committee has been hard at work preparing for this year's tournament. We're looking to bring back the chance to win a new car with the Hole-In-One contest sponsored by Ciocca. There's also a chance that we'll be joined by a member of the Penn State football team!
If you are unable to attend this year, please consider becoming a Pin Flag Sponsor. This donation has a significant impact on the funds we raise for the tournament. Plus, you're able to customize your Pin Flag message that will be mailed to you to keep!
We'll have reminder emails in the coming weeks but don't wait ... register today! You can find links to both the Golf Registration and Pin Flag Sponsorship at the following:
https://www.psualumnibands.org/
See you on June 24!
05/09/2023
The Alumni Council election opens this week on May 10! All Penn State alumni members are encouraged to cast a ballot. 🗳
Voting instructions for the all-online election will be emailed to all alumni members of the Alumni Association with a deliverable email address.
For more information, visit https://bit.ly/42oHJQJ
02/17/2023
Here's the link to support the Blue Band's THON fundraising efforts! Let's help them meet their goal!
Join us in our commitment to turn childhood dreams into reality by supporting THON. This year, I am taking action by uniting with 16,500 student volunteers and over 25,000 alumni supporters in the fight against childhood cancer. Our year-long efforts culminate in a 46-hour, no-sitting, no-sleeping d...
02/07/2023
Dear ABBA,
Starting at 10am tomorrow, February 7th, every other donation made to General Organizations will be matched 1:1 up to $100 until funds run out. Please use the link below to donate to Blue Band Benefitting THON!
https://donate.thon.org/?fuseaction=donorDrive.event&eventID=3015
Sincerely,
Justin Kim & Katie Baker
Co-Overall Chairs, Band Together Benefitting THON (Blue Band)
Join us in our commitment to turn childhood dreams into reality by supporting THON. This year, I am taking action by uniting with 16,500 student volunteers and over 25,000 alumni supporters in the fight against childhood cancer. Our year-long efforts culminate in a 46-hour, no-sitting, no-sleeping d...
01/23/2023
We are happy to announce that the 2022 Virtual 5K raised $10,000 for the Blue Band Legacy Fund, bringing the 3 year total to $50,150.
Thank you to all who participated! We are!!! 💙🤍
11/29/2022
Please check out the latest news from Band Together Benefitting THON:
11/03/2022
Today THON will be holding a matching day as a part of its annual Dream Forward Campaign. Starting at 8am today, every 3rd donation up to $100 will be matched one to one until funds run out. This is a great opportunity for our alumni and other donors to maximize their donations! The THON community has aimed to raise $700,000 during this campaign. From October 24th to November 9th, students and supporters have had opportunities to engage in many campus activities in State College and beyond. The grand total for the campaign will be announced on November 9th, and we will also be celebrating 100 days til’ THON on that day!
We thank you for your continued support of THON and Band Together benefitting THON. As always, feel free to share the DonorDrive page. You may use this link to donate today for matching as well.
https://donate.thon.org/?fuseaction=donorDrive.event&eventID=3015
Sincerely,
Justin Kim & Katie Baker
Band Together Co-Overall Chairs
Join us in our commitment to turn childhood dreams into reality by supporting THON. This year, I am taking action by uniting with 16,500 student volunteers and over 25,000 alumni supporters in the fight against childhood cancer. Our year-long efforts culminate in a 46-hour, no-sitting, no-sleeping d...
10/23/2022
10/18/2022
Today, we’re of our Alumni Band, Penn State Alumni Blue Band Association 🙌
In 1963, Blue Band alumni pitched the creation of an Alumni Blue Band to Director Dunlop. He loved the idea, and invited past Blue Band alumni to that year’s Homecoming to sit and play with current members.
It wasn’t until the next year that the band performed on the field during the Homecoming game, marking the birth of a tradition.
Our Alumni Band has been ~instrumental~ to our growth, and we can’t thank them enough for their continued support for the organization! 💙
09/11/2022
Last chance to register for this year’s Virtual 5K to benefit the Blue Band Legacy Fund! Registration closes tomorrow!
https://psualumnibands.org/event-4922088
09/08/2022
Bandorama is on October 8th and Blue Band Alums have early access to tickets TODAY, Thursday, Sept 8th from 10am-10pm with the password BANDALUM.
https://bjc.psu.edu/blue-bandorama-0
The Penn State Blue Band’s “Blue Bandorama” indoor concert will be held in the Bryce Jordan Center at University Park. The concert will take place at 4 p.m. Saturday, October 8. The band will showcase traditional Penn State songs as well as music from this season’s halftime shows. Ticket sta...
09/07/2022
Penn State Blue Band Official alumni with an email address on file with ABBA should have received Homecoming registration information yesterday morning. If you're interested in joining us this year, don't delay: the block is already over 2/3rds full after just one day, the largest first day registration turnout in over eight years!
08/31/2022
Latest news is posted to ABBA the website! https://www.psualumnibands.org/ABBA-News
Be sure to add [email protected] to your address book to avoid important communications going to your "Spam" or "Junk Mail" folder!
08/31/2022
12 days left for registration for this years Virtual 5K to benefit the Blue Band Legacy fund! Don’t miss out in this fun event! Walk, run, swim, or crawl your way to the finish line. Your race at your pace! https://psualumnibands.org/event-4922088
08/16/2022
Good luck, prospective rookies!
07/23/2022
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Congratulations to our “Touch of Blue” for being the 2022 Collegiate Pride and Tradition Team Champions 💙
so PROUD of our majorettes and this amazing accomplishment ⭐️
07/19/2022
Welcome to the !
Please help us in welcoming another one of our newest graduate assistants, Jaden Adkins! 💙 Graduating from Delaware State University, Jaden obtained a degree in music and is bringing his impressive skills to the Blue Band and the sousaphone section 🙌
Congratulations, Jaden! Welcome to the 🎊
06/12/2022
Procrastinators, you are in luck! Deadline extended through June 13th!
https://www.psualumnibands.org/event-4674847
06/11/2022
Register today! https://www.psualumnibands.org/event-4674847
05/25/2022
This afternoon ABBA Members should have received an email asking you to vote on ABBA Constitution Revisions. The first email poll was not set for anonymous responses and closed shortly after it opened. Please use the poll in the second email. The poll will include "copy" in the title and will alert you that responses are anonymous when you arrive on the poll page. We apologize for the confusion!
04/28/2022
Enjoy retirement!
04/21/2022
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Congratulations to the Blue Band’s ’22-23 Touch of Blue recruits! 👏 These women have been invited to as a result of their hard work and unique talent. Drop a “🎉“ emoji to say congratulations to our newest recruits!
03/31/2022
Changes are coming to your Penn State Alumni Blue Band Association membership that will make it easier to connect with the entire global Penn State Alumni Association network of affiliate groups and take advantage of exclusive benefits and discounts!
Details were emailed out to ABBA contacts earlier this morning, but our core mission and programs aren't changing, including exclusive access to participate on the field at Penn State Homecoming for alumni of the Penn State Blue Band Official, as well as opportunities for the entire Penn State community to raise funds in support of the Athletic Bands program through our golf tournament and virtual 5K.
Penn State Alumni Association members will soon find it easier to engage with the University in their local communities, after a change to how they access local chapters takes effect later this year. Alumni Association CEO Paul Clifford previewed the change for the Board of Trustees Committee on Out...
03/28/2022
The Penn State Alumni Association has requested an alumni band pep band to perform at a special Commencement Celebration for the Class of 2020 at the Bryce Jordan Center on Saturday, April 30th. We will be performing fight songs, the alma mater, and providing "atmosphere music." Performances are at 9 AM and 12 PM, coordinating with the two ceremonies - details will follow as to where and when to report.
If you can participate, please email the following info to
[email protected] by April 1.
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Part (1st, 2nd, 3rd, bass clef, treble clef)
Need for borrowed instrument (percussion/sousaphone/baritone/mellophone on
03/10/2022
Shoutout to the Pride of the Lions Pep Band for supporting the Penn State Basketball team all the way in Indianapolis at the Big Ten Tournament! 🏀🙌
Go, State! Beat, Buckeyes! 😎
02/20/2022
Message from Blue Band THON Committee (Band Together):
THON weekend is going great!! We have three dancers, Hannah Brown, Evan Linkimer, and Michael Dews. As of now, we are $5,000 away from our 2022 goal of $20,000. Our donor drive can be found at https://donate.thon.org/?fuseaction=donorDrive.event&eventID=2769
We are in the last push for donating right now.
Join us in our commitment to turn childhood dreams into reality by supporting THON. This year, I am taking action by uniting with 16,500 student volunteers and over 25,000 alumni supporters in the fight against childhood cancer. Our year-long efforts culminate in a 46-hour, no-sitting, no-sleeping d...
01/03/2022
12/08/2021
Arriving in your inbox this morning! Read to find out what we've done in 2021!
https://psabba.wildapricot.org/ABBA-News/12176650
11/30/2021
Give and share! Let's make it another Record-setting Giving Tuesday!
is officially HERE! 🎊🤩 Donate to at the link here: https://give.communityfunded.com/o/annual-giving/i/givingtuesday/s/blue-band. 💙🎶
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From an article on Joe Paterno in the 11/9/11 GQ magazine. I was part of the combined Blue Band/Alumni Band that played that moving arrangement of Amazing Grace in tribute to the Virginia Tech souls lost and knew then that truly, truly, Penn State was special. https://www.gq.com/story/joe-paterno-coach-penn-state-ncaa-college-football?fbclid=IwAR2m3o7lMRne-1KXZxRxOcfpftB8NjuMPOcS2zScCosWaX-sE7kdZszRm3U
"Aw, you're going to have to talk to the sociologists or the psychologists," he says. He sits on his hands, on a large couch in the center of the room. "But I do think there's a certain amount of pride that can be generated in your student body if things are handled right." He rubs his chin, thinks, sighs as if revving up. "All right? Just like our Virginia Tech tribute. You know, we had 70,000 people last year at our spring game after the shootings, and 45,000 of them were wearing orange shirts for Virginia Tech. It was really moving. The band played 'Amazing Grace.' And you couldn't see a dry eye in the whole place. It was a football game that gave them the chance to show they were with the Virginia Tech people. Why it happens, how it happens—honest to God I don't know. I just know that it's something that's very, very difficult to explain. I run out of that tunnel, the crowd's there, and the whole—just a little something about it you can't quite... I don't know. If somebody asked me to take two weeks to describe it, I'd still have a tough time. It would sound so corny. Because it's just tough. It's tough."
"Aw, you're going to have to talk to the sociologists or the psychologists," he says. He sits on his hands, on a large couch in the center of the room. "But I do think there's a certain amount of pride that can be generated in your student body if things are handled right." He rubs his chin, thinks, sighs as if revving up. "All right? Just like our Virginia Tech tribute. You know, we had 70,000 people last year at our spring game after the shootings, and 45,000 of them were wearing orange shirts for Virginia Tech. It was really moving. The band played 'Amazing Grace.' And you couldn't see a dry eye in the whole place. It was a football game that gave them the chance to show they were with the Virginia Tech people. Why it happens, how it happens—honest to God I don't know. I just know that it's something that's very, very difficult to explain. I run out of that tunnel, the crowd's there, and the whole—just a little something about it you can't quite... I don't know. If somebody asked me to take two weeks to describe it, I'd still have a tough time. It would sound so corny. Because it's just tough. It's tough."
We had an AMAZING time with Penn State Alumni Blue Band Association this past Saturday.👏💙 What was your favorite tune you heard at Homecoming? 🎵 Drop it in the comments below ⬇️
📸: Annemarie Mountz
📸: Annemarie Mountz
Check out the Penn State Alumni Blue Band Association and Penn State Blue Band Official joining together to sing and play The Nittany Lion fight song during halftime Saturday.
It was especially meaningful to see last year's drum major, Keith Griffith, lead the Alumni Blue Band after missing out on last season because of COVID restrictions. Nice job, Keith!
It was especially meaningful to see last year's drum major, Keith Griffith, lead the Alumni Blue Band after missing out on last season because of COVID restrictions. Nice job, Keith!
What an incredible afternoon at the Alumni Center for our Penn State Homecoming Ice Cream Social!
We were so lucky to be joined by the Penn State Alumni Blue Band Association, the Nittany Lion, and members of our Penn State family. We'll see you this evening for the Homecoming Parade!
We were so lucky to be joined by the Penn State Alumni Blue Band Association, the Nittany Lion, and members of our Penn State family. We'll see you this evening for the Homecoming Parade!
Homecoming is TOMORROW 🙌 Join us for our joint halftime show with the Penn State Alumni Blue Band Association as we of the Blue Band. 💙
The Penn State Homecoming ice cream social is happening now, until 3 p.m.
Stop by the Alumni Center for all the fun, and hear what you can expect from Penn State Alumni Blue Band Association Homecoming Co-Chairs Carol ’08 and Mark Poblete ’07, ’20g.
Stop by the Alumni Center for all the fun, and hear what you can expect from Penn State Alumni Blue Band Association Homecoming Co-Chairs Carol ’08 and Mark Poblete ’07, ’20g.
Hi! I got my Virtual 5K shirt, but nothing else. Is there a packet? Also, I ordered two face masks--when can I expect them? THANKS! WE ARE...!
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Only 2️⃣ more days left to sign up for the Penn State Alumni Blue Band Association’s Virtual 5K, benefitting the Blue Band Legacy Fund. 💙🎶 To register for the event, click here ➡️: https://www.psualumnibands.org/event-4445202
The Penn State Alumni Blue Band Association is hosting their annual virtual 5K to benefit the Blue Band Legacy Fund. 💙🙌 Sign up through the link below ⬇️
I'm writing to pass on a request from a photographer friend of mine who also is a faculty member in the College of Communications. John Beale is doing a photo project for the 20th anniversary of 9/11. He has some photos from Penn State and is trying to track down the people in them to see how their lives have changed 20 years later. He sent me a photo of a Blue Band member named Jennifer, which I have attached here. By any chance does anyone know her last name ... and might you know how to contact her? Thanks for any assistance anyone can provide.
The Penn Stater Magazine wants to hear your college road trip stories!
An away football game or a big-city weekend? A beach week of sun and sand or a midwinter trek to the ski slopes? Whatever the destination, we’re collecting stories of your most memorable college road trips for an upcoming feature in the Penn Stater. Whether it was just you and a bestie or a whole group of friends, a day trip or a week-long haul over spring or winter break, across Pennsylvania or across the country, we want to hear about it! Tell us about the memorable sights, the songs and snacks that kept you going, and the breakdowns, missed turns, and flat tires that almost derailed you along the way. You can send your stories (no more than 250 words, please) to [email protected]. We’ll compile as many as we can in an upcoming feature. Thanks!
An away football game or a big-city weekend? A beach week of sun and sand or a midwinter trek to the ski slopes? Whatever the destination, we’re collecting stories of your most memorable college road trips for an upcoming feature in the Penn Stater. Whether it was just you and a bestie or a whole group of friends, a day trip or a week-long haul over spring or winter break, across Pennsylvania or across the country, we want to hear about it! Tell us about the memorable sights, the songs and snacks that kept you going, and the breakdowns, missed turns, and flat tires that almost derailed you along the way. You can send your stories (no more than 250 words, please) to [email protected]. We’ll compile as many as we can in an upcoming feature. Thanks!
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