Dr. Arthur C. Bartner, director of The Spirit of Troy, will celebrate his 250th home game today as USC hosts UCLA at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Dr. Bartner has directed The Trojan Marching Band for 42 seasons and has only missed one game when in 1982 he led the All-American College Band for the [...]
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Elizabeth Geli (right), a marching band teaching assistant, and Kevin Bellows, a senior majoring in electrical engineering and a flute section leader, encourage visiting secondary school students to make noise. Almost 1,000 local high and middle school musicians learned to play spirit songs from the Trojan Marching Band on Saturday.
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Five hopeful drum majors will face off Tuesday to decide who will lead the Trojan tradition.
Read the rest of this article »Football coach Lane Kiffin fires up Trojan fans at a pep rally Tuesday night to celebrate the start of spring football practice. The rally, hosted by the Trojan Knights, also featured the Trojan Marching Band and USC Song Girls. The football team held its first practice Tuesday afternoon at Howard Jones Field and will practice [...]
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Art Bartner says he still finds the most enjoyment directing the Trojan Marching Band.
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