Into the Game

About the Book

The year 2009 marked the 110th anniversary of the founding of the Penn State Marching Blue Band. What began in 1899 as a six-member drum and bugle corps has burgeoned to over 300 members comprising one of the nation's premier collegiate marching units. The events of the Blue Band's history over these past ten years have offered repeated and conclusive proof of that fact--the University-wide campaign to build the band a state-of-the-art home on campus; receiving unexpected appreciation from the world of high fashion; the long-overdue recognition of a legacy of excellence with the Sudler Trophy. This volume chronicles an extraordinary decade in the already rich tradition that is the Penn State Blue Band--and pays tribute to those students who have worked hard for the right to don that iconic uniform and march Into the Game, for Penn State's Fame. Fight On!

About the Author

Thomas E. Range II (left), marched in the Penn State Blue Band from 1985 to 1989, and graduated from the Eberly College of Science with a B.S. in Mathematics. He holds an M.S. in Instructional Technology from Nova Southeastern. Thomas is a member of the Alumni Blue Band Board of Directors, Penn State Alumni Association’s Alumni Council and a Life Member. He currently teaches computer science and mathematics in the Council Rock School District in Newtown, PA, and resides in Levittown, PA with his wife and two children.

Lewis C. Lazarow (right), marched in the Penn State Blue Band from 1989 to 1993, and graduated from the College of Liberal Arts with a B.A. in English. He holds an M.A. in English from Rutgers University. Lewis is a member of the Alumni Blue Band Board of Directors and a Life Member of the Penn State Alumni Association. He currently teaches junior and senior English at Moorestown High School and lives with his wife and two children in Marlton, NJ.