Band 141 Awards Banquet
Award Recipients
The Hawkeye Marching Band held our annual awards banquet in the North End Zone of Kinnick Stadium in February, to celebrate our students, staff, donors, campus partners, and the rest of the HMB family. Our community made our 141st season very special!
In addition to the awards shared below, the HMB honored the contributions of 41 fourth-year members, nine fifth-year members, one sixth-year member, and one eighth-year member, and we celebrated the accomplishments of our outgoing Drum Major, Amanda Thomas, and Golden Girl Kylene Spanbauer. We also honored twenty-five members of the band who have maintained a 4.0 GPA (or higher) throughout their career at Iowa. We recognized ten exemplary leaders in the band with the Rank of Honor Award, and the two recipients of the Truax Family Scholarship, Joseph Horne and Luz Martinez. A wonderful evening of memories, good food, and one final singing on the Alma Mater was shared.
Join us in extending our gratitude to all of these individuals for their contributions!
John Emigh
John Emigh (BBA '11, BFA '13) is a Digital Media Specialist with the University of Iowa Center for Advancement, and recently took on the role of Media Manager for the Hawkeye Marching Band in the 2021 season.
Lou Crist
Lou Crist was honored with the Legacy Award for his forty years of service as the Golden Voice of the Hawkeye Marching Band.
Bob + Robin Salomon
Bob and Robin (not pictured) Saloman established the Hawkeye Drumline Excellence Fund, an endowed fund to ensure the future success of the Hawkeye Drumline.
Dennis Yeager
Dennis Yeager is a longtime supporter of the Hawkeye Marching Band. He made a generous gift to the HMB this year in memory of his wife, Grace, in support of the Hawkeye Drumline.
Katie Buehner
Katie Buehner, Director of the Rita Benton Music Library, curated "Band 141: an exhibit celebrating the history of the Hawkeye Marching Band" for the 2021-2022 Academic Year.
CAMBUS
For fifty years, CAMBUS has transported Iowa students around campus. The HMB relies heavily on the CAMBUS system to get to our rehearsal, and recently, CAMBUS instituted a new route from Voxman Music Building to our practice facility to transport students to rehearsals each week.
Mark Rappel
Graduating senior Mark Rappel served as an undergraduate staff member for the sousaphone section and was a member of the HMB work crew.