We all know what everybody REALLY comes to the football games for. It’s not the team, PJ, DC, or the NL. It’s the BB’s performances (PJ Maierhofer, Daryll Clark, Nittany Lion, and the Blue Band for those of you slow at acronyms). With 4 dancers, the Blue Band shows its spirit just as much at THON, and I was able to sit down with Moira Davies, the Blue Band THON captain.


Read on for my interview with Moira…

The Three-Quarter Turn is a new feature here at Onward State. Named after the signature Blue Band Pregame 270 degree right hand turn technique, this segment will report on what the Blue Band is bringing to Beaver Stadium and Penn State every week. From performance schedules to half-time show themes to special news coverage, The Three-Quarter Turn has got you covered.
For the last home game of the season, the Blue Band will be bringing a season’s worth of hits to the Beav’.

7:00- Blue Band Rehearsal begins on the practice field on Services Road. Extra points go to tailgaters who arrive …

Or, for ye’ Lions, Rally in the Valley. Yes, the Rally in the Valley will be this Friday Evening at the Bryce Jordan Center after the men’s basketball team beats the pants off of Slippery Rock, their first game since winning the NIT championship. The game begins at 6 P.M. and tickets are free to students. The rally, which is scheduled to begin around 8, will feature Joe Pa, the Nittany Lion football team, Penn State cheerleaders, Lionettes dance team, the Blue Band, and the Nittany Lion.
And you could get a free t-shirt!
So go to the rally in the valley, …

The Three-Quarter Turn is an exciting, popular feature here at Onward State. Named after the signature Blue Band Pregame 270 degree right hand turn technique, this segment will report on what the Blue Band is bringing to Beaver Stadium and Penn State every week. From performance schedules to half-time show themes to special news coverage, The Three-Quarter Turn has got you covered.
This weekend is quite a busy weekend for the Blue Band. With the Homecoming Parade, Pep Rallies and the actual football game, the performing group is going to be appearing all across campus.
Friday
Friday evening, the Blue Band will take …

Wednesday’s frigid Blue Band rehearsal near Beaver Stadium ended just a little bit differently than most Blue Band rehearsals. The Blue Band’s faculty staff and student leadership received whipped cream and cherries directly to the face.
Why, you ask? Not in the name of science, but in the name of THON.
During the first week of October, the Blue Band THON group ran a “coin wars” fundraiser. Every rank of the Blue Band, consisting of around 16 people each, brought spare change to practice. An intense competition ensued as each rank fought to be the top-donating rank.
The total at the end of …

The Blue Band’s halftime show at the Eastern Illinois game was nothing short of epic. The Stadium reveled in the exciting music and field animations with themes from Rocky, Back to the Future, Star Wars, Superman and Batman.
I managed to find a video of the performance that spans the entire show and that is taken from a high vantage point. Please enjoy below:

Thanks to Amanda S. for contributing this video.

The Three-Quarter Turn is an exciting, popular feature here at Onward State. Named after the signature Blue Band Pregame 270 degree right hand turn technique, this segment will report on what the Blue Band is bringing to Beaver Stadium and Penn State every week. From performance schedules to half-time show themes to special news coverage, The Three-Quarter Turn has got you covered.
This week, the Blue Band is showing Beaver Stadium what marching bands brought to the field back in the 60’s and 70’s. The popular moving picture show format features recognizable animations on the field.
Since the Eastern Illinois game is …

On September 28, the Mid-Atlantic Emmy award winners were announced and our local PBS affiliate, WPSU-TV, came away with two winners. The “Making the Blue Band” documentary was awarded Best Documentary and “Cook Like a Chef” won the award in the Education/Schools Program Feature or Segment category.
Being a member of the Blue Band, I was able to witness firsthand the production quality that went into the documentary.
“Making the Blue Band” is a behind-the-scenes film that follows eight incoming freshmen through auditions, heartbreaking scenes of being cut and the grueling days of band camp as they pursue their goal of playing …

The Three-Quarter Turn is an exciting, popular feature here at Onward State. Named after the signature Blue Band Pregame 270 degree right hand turn technique, this segment will report on what the Blue Band is bringing to Beaver Stadium and Penn State every week. From performance schedules to half-time show themes to special news coverage, The Three-Quarter Turn has got you covered.
There is nothing better than marching out of the tunnel for Pregame during an 8:00 pm game at a full stadium white-out. Imagine high-stepping out of the tunnel with 310 other Blue Banders and being greeted with a solid …

Sometimes, you just need to speak your mind. Today we have Steve Garguilo asking students to leave their marshmallows at home this Saturday.

You won’t find a Penn State fan with more respect for tradition than me, and I know that a large part of that on football Saturdays is the pride, commitment, creativity, and certainly the volume of the student section. However, this idea of bringing marshmallows to the football games being a tradition is erroneous, and is a practice that died for a reason.
I have no doubt that the creators of the Facebook group urging students to bring marshmallows …

The Three-Quarter Turn is a new feature here at Onward State. Named after the signature Blue Band Pregame 270 degree right hand turn technique, this segment will report on what the Blue Band is bringing to Beaver Stadium and Penn State every week. From performance schedules to half-time show themes to special news coverage, The Three-Quarter Turn has got you covered.
Since the Temple game is another noon kickoff, the Blue Band performance schedule will remain largely the same as the past two games. Side note: why can’t we make these non-Big Ten games 3:30 kickoffs? Everyone gets more sleep and …

The Three-Quarter Turn is a new feature here at Onward State. Named after the signature Blue Band Pregame 270 degree right hand turn technique, this segment will report on what the Blue Band is bringing to Beaver Stadium and Penn State every week. From performance schedules to half-time show themes to special news coverage, The Three-Quarter Turn has got you covered.
For this week’s game against the Syracuse Orange, the Blue Band has got some great tunes to keep you rockin’ in your seat. The following is a timeline of Blue Band performances throughout the day for this coming Saturday:

7:00- Blue …

The Three-Quarter Turn is a new feature here at Onward State. Named after the signature Blue Band Pregame 270 degree right hand turn technique, this segment will report on what the Blue Band is bringing to Beaver Stadium and Penn State every week. From performance schedules to half-time show themes to special news coverage, The Three-Quarter Turn has got you covered.
Judging by the wonderful response from the entirety of Beaver Stadium for both the halftime and Pre-game shows at last weekend’s Akron game, I thought I would post the video from the halftime show. I spent a lot of time …

The Three-Quarter Turn is a new feature here at Onward State. Named after the signature Blue Band Pregame 270 degree right hand turn technique, this segment will report on what the Blue Band is bringing to Beaver Stadium and Penn State every week. From performance schedules to half-time show themes to special news coverage, The Three-Quarter Turn has got you covered.
For this week’s home game against Akron, the Blue Band will be performing two shows. As always, the 110 year old Marching Blue Band will be featuring the PSU and LIONS formation during the famous Penn State Pregame Show. Keep …

Michael Jackson died this afternoon after suffering cardiac arrest at his home in Holmby Hills. TMZ has the rough-draft of his obituary up already… Twitter has the rest.
Our tribute is a little more animated though. We found this video from 1998 of the Penn State Blue Band lip dubbing ‘Thriller.’