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Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Giddy up, Bobcat Band: Western Dubuque Marching Band Heads to Ticket City Bowl


INTERVIEW BY EMILY VAUGHAN

The Western Dubuque Bobcat Marching band is heading to the Cotton Bowl Stadium in Dallas, Texas for their band trip. Before the Bobcat Band saddles up and heads to ‘The Lone Star State,’ the band director, Michael Omarzu, sat down with me for an interview about the upcoming band trip.

EV: What other bowls have you been to?

MO: When I was in college, I went to the Holiday Bowl a couple times, and I went to a bowl in Tokyo, Japan.

EV: What kind of activities will the band participate in while down in Texas?

MO: Marching in parades, marching at the bowl, and will be doing some concert band and jazz band gigs

EV: Can you tell me about the article that was written about the WD Band in a magazine?’

MO: The article was posted in the National Teaching Music Magazine and was about how cool it was that we went to the Sugar Bowl last year.

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