Corbey Dorsey, NRG Media
LINCOLN — Several area students will be making their own debut with the Cornhusker Marching Band when it takes the field for its pregame and halftime performances at Nebraska’s home football opener against the Northern Illinois Huskies.
The 299-member band includes representatives from nearly every region of the country, though 75 percent of the students are from Nebraska, per Nebraska Today.
“The drum majors for the 2023 marching band are junior Vilynn Decker of Staplehurst, junior Jason Manzitto of Lincoln, senior Steffani Nolda of North Platte and senior Madison van Ophem of Overland Park, Kansas. The twirlers are senior Carrigan Hurst of Little Chute, Wisconsin, and law student Steffany Lien of Lincoln,” Nebraska Today stated.
The following are students from the Tri-City and surrounding area:
Aurora:
- Willa Sharp, clarinet, sophomore, music education.
Central City:
- Megan Blomstedt, trombone, sophomore, secondary education.
Grand Island:
- Zach Claassen, trumpet, senior, broadcasting.
- Sam Harvey, percussion, senior, mechanical engineering.
- Ryan Sodomka, trombone, freshman, music education.
Hastings:
- Hailey Haase, trumpet, senior, veterinary science and pre-veterinary medicine.
- Gretchen Muth, tenor saxophone, sophomore, global studies and French.
- Sydney Nelson, alto saxophone, junior, mathematics.
Holdrege:
- Blake Harvey, tuba, freshman, architectural studies.
Kearney:
- Jayleigh Fuller, piccolo, sophomore, chemistry.
- Jacob Fuqua, trombone, freshman, mechanical engineering.
- Colin Jones, trombone, junior, biochemistry and secondary education.
- Skyler Krull, percussion, senior, forensic science.
- Makayla Maxson, color guard, freshman, psychology.
- Cheyanne Pace, color guard, junior, fisheries and wildlife, and pre-veterinary medicine.
- Elijah Smith, trombone, junior, software engineering.
Lexington:
- Gabe Macias-Villegas, tuba, freshman, pre-engineering.
- Keri Smith, clarinet, sophomore, veterinary science and pre-veterinary medicine.
