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The Longhorn Band was founded in 1900 by distinguished professor of chemistry, Dr. Eugene P. Schoch.With Dr. H. E. Baxter, the first director of the Longhorn Band, they purchased $150 worth of instruments from a local pawn shop and recruited 16 students to make up the band. Dr. Baxter served as the director for five years before stepping aside, after which Dr. Schoch took full control of the ...
Texas band director Vincent R. DiNino once asked football coach Darrell K Royal if he had any songs he would like to hear the Longhorn Band play. His response was that they did not play enough country music and that he would like to hear Wabash Cannonball. Band rivalry has developed since both schools joined the Big 12 Conference.
The original Big Bertha outside Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium before a UT football game. Big Bertha is a bass drum used by the Longhorn Band of The University of Texas at Austin. The Big Bertha name was chosen to evoke the famous German Big Bertha howitzer and has been used for two Texas bass drums, with the second debuting in 2022 ...
The University of Texas has hired the first Black director of the Longhorn marching band one month after it announced... View Article The post Texas hires 1st Black director of Longhorn marching ...
Hook 'em Horns is the chant and hand signal of The University of Texas at Austin. Students, alumni, and fans of the university employ a greeting consisting of the phrase "Hook 'em" or "Hook 'em Horns" to show school pride. The gesture is meant to approximate the shape of the head and horns of the UT mascot, the Texas Longhorn Bevo. The sign is ...
The league said there wasn't enough space on the sideline at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta for No. 2 Texas to bring along its 1,700-pound longhorn Bevo XV. The Longhorns are facing No. 5 ...
Texas assistant coach Elana Lovato made a bold statement to head coach Vic Schaefer last month after the Longhorns were overwhelmed in a 17-point loss to South Carolina. The No. 4 Longhorns made ...
It was credited to Dewey Grooms and his Texas Longhorns. In July, 1971, his single "Sentimental Journey" bw "What Will My Mary Say" was released on Thunderbird TH 542. [3] [4] In 1960, he acquired the Longhorn Records label which had releases by Clay Allen and Billy Gray. [5] In 1986 after 25 years, Groom shut down his Longhorn Ballroom club. [6]