Kansas State University fans will have something extra to cheer about at the Wildcat football game Saturday at Bill Snyder Family Stadium.It’s Sudler Day at the stadium with The Pride of Wildcat Land, the Kansas State University Marching Band, being honored with the 2015 Sudler Trophy from the John Philip Sousa Foundation. At a halftime ceremony, the band will receive the trophy, which is presented every two years to a college or university marching band that has demonstrated the highest of musical standards and innovative marching routines and ideas, and that has made important contributions to the advancement of the performance standards of college marching bands over a number of years.“There are literally thousands of students, staff, directors and administrators who share in this honor,” said Frank Tracz, director of bands at Kansas State University. “This is simply recognition and validation for the ‘K-State Way,’ and I could not be any more proud of these kids and what they stand for.”The presentation ceremony will include Louis and Virginia Sudler, whose grant to the John Philip Sousa Foundation made the trophy possible, as well as representatives from the university and the College of Arts & Sciences’ School of Music, Theatre, and Dance.
Kansas State University Marching Band to be recognized with Sudler Trophy