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The Pride of Arizona (POA) is the University of Arizona's Marching band. The band was founded in 1902 as the UA ROTC Band and contained 12 members. Over the years, the band has performed in prestigious venues such as Super Bowl I and the Inaugural Parade of President James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. On May 28, 2014 director Jay C. Rees announced he had accepted a position at the University of Miami and would be leaving the Pride of Arizona after an enormously successful 19-year run. Following his departure, Alli Howard was appointed Interim Director for 2014-2015. ==History== * 1885: The University of Arizona is established. * 1902-1912: The UA ROTC Band is established under the direction of student Frank C. Kelton. Wearing military uniforms, the band makes its first appearance at Battalion Parade on Dec. 9. The band varies from 3 to 20 men, mainly trumpeters and percussionists. * 1907: The UA Band is created as part of the Music Department. * 1920: The band is offered for one unit credit, and subsequently grows to the "impressive" size of 40 men. The ROTC band is dissolved, with the UA Band taking over its functions. * 1922: The band makes its first appearance at a football game, and gets 50 instruments from the Military. * 1928: Joseph DeLuca is hired as the director of bands. He was known as "the world’s greatest euphonium soloist," and was a member of Sousa's band. The UA Band is the first band from Arizona to perform on the radio. * 1936: The UA Band adopts the motto "The Best Band in the West" at the Western States and Philippine Islands Music Conference in Pasadena, CA. * 1945: While rebuilding after World War II, women are allowed to march in the UA Band for the first time. * 1952: Jack Lee becomes director of bands. Lee wrote the fight song "Bear Down, Arizona." * 1954: The UA hosts its first annual Band Day. The UA Band is the first band in the nation to incorporate moving formations and marching charts, and is considered to be one of the top five bands in the country. * 1967: On January 15, the UA Band performs the halftime for Super Bowl I at the Los Angeles Coliseum. With 62,000 spectators in attendance, and another 90 million watching on television, this is the single largest crowd the UA Band has ever played for. * 1977: The UA Band marches in the Inaugural Parade of President James Carter in Washington, D.C. * 1984: "Bear Down, Arizona" is played to wake up the astronauts on the April Space Shuttle mission. * 1995: Jay C. Rees becomes the assistant director of bands at UA and the director of the Pride of Arizona. They adopt the slogan "The World’s First Alternative Music Marching Band." * 1997: The POA marching and pep bands release their first studio CD recording, entitled ''The Pride of Arizona - The University of Arizona Marching and Pep Bands''. * 2001: The POA pep band releases their second studio CD recording, entitled ''Wildcats Legacy Lane - The University of Arizona Pep Band''. * 2002: The UA Band celebrates its 100th anniversary and the 50th anniversary of "Bear Down, Arizona". "A Century of Pride" is the university's homecoming theme, and the year is marked with performances throughout the band program. * 2004: The "Grande Dame" of the Pride of Arizona, twirling coach Shirlee Bertolini, celebrates her 50th year with the Pride of Arizona. * 2006: On October 28, the Pride performs (in exhibition) for the Bands of America competition in the Los Angeles Coliseum. Also, a recording of parts 1 and 2 of the Radiohead performance from the Wildcats' home game against University of Washington makes its way onto the popular video-sharing site YouTube. It later received an award for being the 74th most viewed video in the category of music for the year of 2006. * 2008: The Pride of Arizona releases its third album, entitled ''Monkey Feet''. The album, recorded throughout the course of the 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006 seasons, was made possible by a generous grant from the Marshall Foundation of Tucson, Arizona, and is dedicated to the memory of former band member Eric Bradley, a horn player who died after the 2006 season from brain cancer. All proceeds from the album go in memory of Eric to the University of Arizona Cancer Center. * 2009: The Pride of Arizona receives the prestigious honor of being selected by the (College Band Directors National Association ) as one of the ten best college marching bands in the nation. * 2013: The Pride is selected to record the Bay City Rollers' "Saturday Night" for a national commercial spot by Hyundai USA, with the additional goal of creating college football's first ever theme song. The performance was sight-read, rehearsed and recorded in a total of two hours inside Arizona Stadium on August 22. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Pride of Arizona」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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