Class of ‘70, VMI

Hey — I’m an ex-Tweet. Great exposure (why didn’t we do this stuff?) For Bill Scherer — Since you are in the neighborhood, I think we need some good pictures of this.

From the VMI News Center:

LEXINGTON, Va., July 17, 2007 - The VMI Regimental Band and Pipe Band has been invited to perform in the 119th Tournament of Roses Parade to be held in Pasadena, Calif., on New Year’s Day 2008.

The VMI Band is one of only five college bands chosen to participate, and this is the first Virginia college band to have ever been invited to this prestigious event. The Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association praised the VMI Band as a “unique musical organization combining excellent traditional military precision with the supplementation of the bagpipes, in addition to exceptional leadership.”

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For those away from the Commonwealth, the Richmond Times-Dispatch has two articles about females in the Corps of Cadets 10 years after admission of the first women.

VMI and its women persevere on ‘journey’ - July 22, 2007

VMI’s rigor a lasting lesson for first women - July 23, 2007