Last Home Game
Congratulations to the Governors Own Marching Band on an outstanding season! Yesterday marked the last home football game of the season, and the GOMB gave an exciting performance. I took this picture from the fifty-yard line during halftime, and Mario Kee is the soloist in the foreground. Throughout this season, the GOMB performed for a wonderful crowd, enthusiastic about Austin Peay’s return to the Ohio Valley Conference.
In addition to performing at all of the home games and traveling to Samson for an away game, GOMB hosted the annual Mid South Marching Invitational at Austin Peay on October 27. Thirty high school bands participated, and it was a great opportunity for Austin Peay faculty members to visit with Austin Peay alumni who are now band directors and who brought their own bands to compete. Austin Peay was also one of the locations for the Bands of America Regional Championships on October 6. GOMB volunteers helped to keep the event running smoothly and performed twice, in exhibition performances.
Undergraduate students of all majors are selected by audition to participate in GOMB. Every member receives some tuition assistance for participation. The GOMB is directed by Andrea E. Brown, and Andrew Gaskill, Chris Gee, and Sarah Turner were the drum majors for the 2007-2008 season.