Photo Courtesy of Johnny Gilbert

Message from The Colonel
Director of Athletic Bands - David C. Woodley

Dear Hundred Fan,

With two big victories, the Hoosiers enter the Southern Illinois game at 2-0! The band has played an integral part at both games, including last Saturday's victory at Ball State. Despite a bus problem and the rain at the end of the game, the 30-member band celebrated "Indiana, Our Indiana" with the Hoosiers for the 2nd week in a row.

This week, we hold the 14th annual Band Day at Memorial Stadium. 18 high school bands will join us at halftime as we perform to both the East and West sides of Memorial Stadium.

Band Day Participating High Schools & Directors
Shelbyville H.S. - Russell Smith
New Washington H.S. - David Kahl
Seymour H.S. - Kevin Cottrill
Jennings County H.S. - Martha Landry
Cloverdale H.S. - William Cole
Churubusco H.S. - Mark Cheshier
Mitchell H.S. - Hank Wintczak
Trinity Lutheran H.S. - Leah Schneider
Loogootee H.S. - Betsy Graves
Austin H.S. - Raymond Bruce III
Barr-Reeve Community School - Stephanie O'Brian
Indian Creek H.S. - Kevin Robertson
North Daviess H.S. - DeAnne Mayfield
Sullivan H.S. - Josh Nelson
Union Jr/Sr H.S. - Carrie LaVallie
Borden Jr/Sr H.S. - Jenny Jochim
Shoals H.S. - Larry Burton

The Walk will be held around 2 hours prior to kick off. We hope you can join us for The Walk, the short concert we hold immediately after The Walk, and for the game itself. We hope to be 3-0 as we begin next week's preparation.

Go IU!!

Introducing Dr. Paul Popiel
Assistant Director of Bands, Associate Director of the Marching Hundred

Photo Courtesy of Indiana University

The Marching Hundred is proud to welcome Dr. Paul W. Popiel to the staff as the Associate Director of the Hundred and Assistant Director of Bands at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. Dr. Popiel conducts the Concert Band and teaches courses in conducting and wind history. Prior to his appointment at IU, Popiel was the Associate Director of Bands and Director of the Cowboy Marching Band at Oklahoma State University.

"I am really happy to be working with the Marching Hundred and with Dave Woodley. IU has such a great history of excellent and entertaining marching bands, and to be part of that history is a quite an honor for me. Mr. Woodley is one of the very best college marching band directors in the country, and serving as his assistant is a lot of fun."

Dr. Popiel taught in the public schools of Texas and Michigan and holds degrees from Truman State University, the University of Notre Dame, and Michigan State University. As a 1996 Rotary International Ambassadorial Scholar, he earned a Postgraduate Diploma in 20th-Century Music at the University of Bristol, England. He recently served as Resident Conductor of the Boston University Tanglewood Institute Wind Ensemble as the Frank L. Battisti Conducting Fellow.

"I have worked with a lot of other major conference marching bands, including Notre Dame, Michigan State, and Oklahoma State. No one else in the country combines traditional precision marching and high energy fun the way the Marching Hundred does. This band truly is ready for Pasadena!"

Dr. Popiel maintains an active schedule as a drill designer, clinician, adjudicator, and guest conductor. He holds memberships in College Band Directors National Association, Music Educators National Conference, Collegiate Music Society, Kappa Kappa Psi, and Tau Beta Sigma.

Highlights from the IU vs. Western Michigan Game
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Photos by Johnny Gilbert

IU Marching Hundred, Department of Bands
Simon Music Building, Room 153 • Bloomington, IN 47405
(812) 855-1372 • hundred@indiana.edu