| Purdue "All-American" Marching Band | |
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| School | Purdue University |
| Location | West Lafayette, IN |
| Conference | Big Ten |
| Founded | 1886 |
| Director | Jay Gephart |
| Assistant Directors | Lucas H. Petersen, Pamela Nave, Matt Conaway, Douglas Fletcher[1] |
| Members | 400 |
| Fight song | "Hail Purdue!" |
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| Website | www |
The Purdue "All-American" Marching Band (or AAMB) is the marching band of Purdue University and performs at Purdue Boilermakers football games. The AAMB is also the official band of the Indianapolis 500 race, having held the position since 1919.[2]
Since the founding of the band in 1886, the group has grown from an original 5 members to 389 members.[3]
Notable features of the band include the Purdue Big Bass Drum, the Purdue Golden Girl featured twirler, and the "Block P", which is the first marching band field formation created in 1907.[citation needed]
- ^ "Faculty and Staff". www.purdue.edu.
- ^ "Purdue's Mark on the Indy 500- Purdue University Purdue Bands & Orchestras". www.purdue.edu.
- ^ Norberg, John (2011). Heartbeat of the University: 125 years of Purdue bands. West Lafayette , Ind: Purdue University Press. p. 200. ISBN 9781557535962.