It was the \u201cBRRPPPPBBBBBBBB\u201d sound that blasts from a trumpet\u2014\u201cso appealing to a 5th grader\u201d\u2014 that got Donny Allen hooked on music.<\/p>\n
Today, as the director of the Marching Knights and the Jammin\u2019 Knights, it is music\u2019s power to inspire and connect that keeps him playing his passionate tune. \u201c94% of our band members are non-music majors,\u201d Allen shared. \u201cThe bands provide a bridge to connect kids socially.\u201d<\/p>\n
And under Allen\u2019s careful direction, the band\u2019s performances connect the crowd of Knights fans. His weeks are filled with plans, rehearsals, and practice, practice, practice. So that come game day, every note of the playful and pulse-pounding tunes will motivate fans in the stands to \u201cTurn up the Radios\u201d and move the Knights on the field to \u201cReach for the Stars.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe play music that pushes and challenges us as performers. We\u2019re also all about football and school spirit. Our performances stir up crowd participation and emotions.\u201c<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It was the \u201cBRRPPPPBBBBBBBB\u201d sound that blasts from a trumpet\u2014\u201cso appealing to a 5th grader\u201d\u2014 that got Donny Allen hooked on music. Today, as the director of the Marching Knights and the Jammin\u2019 Knights, it is music\u2019s power to inspire and connect that keeps him playing his passionate tune. \u201c94% of our band members are non-music majors,\u201d Allen shared. \u201cThe…","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":26493,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"template-twocol.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lazy_load_responsive_images_disabled":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[3,18],"tags":[2952],"tu_author":[],"class_list":["post-26492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts","category-music","tag-marching-knights"],"yoast_head":"\n