Green Brigade Marching Band
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The Green Brigade Marching Band is the name of the marching band at the University of North Texas
in Denton, Texas
. The University of North Texas is home to the largest school of music in the nation by enrollment and the marching band is one of the 40 ensembles on campus that students can participate in. The band is open to both music and non-music majors in order to showcase school spirit and hone skills in music education. The band practices three times a week for two hours each rehearsal. The band enjoys a high standard of excellence and has been featured as the exhibition band for numerous marching festivals, including the Texas State Marching Contest in the fall of 2008.
A prominent tradition of the Green Brigade is to play "You'll Never Walk Alone
", a show tune from the musical Carousel
at the end of every game.
University of North Texas
The University of North Texas is a public institution of higher education and research in Denton. Founded in 1890, UNT is part of the University of North Texas System. As of the fall of 2010, the University of North Texas, Denton campus, had a certified enrollment of 36,067...
in Denton, Texas
Denton, Texas
The city of Denton is the county seat of Denton County, Texas in the United States. Its population was 119,454 according to the 2010 U.S. Census, making it the eleventh largest city in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex...
. The University of North Texas is home to the largest school of music in the nation by enrollment and the marching band is one of the 40 ensembles on campus that students can participate in. The band is open to both music and non-music majors in order to showcase school spirit and hone skills in music education. The band practices three times a week for two hours each rehearsal. The band enjoys a high standard of excellence and has been featured as the exhibition band for numerous marching festivals, including the Texas State Marching Contest in the fall of 2008.
A prominent tradition of the Green Brigade is to play "You'll Never Walk Alone
You'll Never Walk Alone (song)
"You'll Never Walk Alone" is a show tune from the 1945 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Carousel.In the musical, in the second act, Nettie Fowler, the cousin of the female protagonist Julie Jordan, sings "You'll Never Walk Alone" to comfort and encourage Julie when her husband, Billy Bigelow, the...
", a show tune from the musical Carousel
Carousel (musical)
Carousel is the second stage musical by the team of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II . The work premiered in 1945 and was adapted from Ferenc Molnár's 1909 play Liliom, transplanting its Budapest setting to the Maine coastline...
at the end of every game.