UNI Colorguard Members

What's your favorite part about being in the PMB colorguard?

Emily (left)
Year: Senior
Major: Accounting Major with Spanish Minor
Hometown: Story City

"I love colorguard because it is challenging but fun at the same time.  We are always learning something new and I love the challenge of putting the flag work with the marching.  The girls that have been in colorguard have become my best friends and that is what I most enjoy about colorguard; you make friends for a lifetime here!"


Katie
Year: Junior
Major: Spanish and Biology: Biomedical
Hometown: Eagle Grove

"Going to college is all about working hard, having fun and meeting new people. Being a part of UNI's PMB and Color Guard let's me do all that and more. What more could I ask for?"

Amy
Year: Junior
Major: Family Services
Hometown: Des Moines

"What I enjoy most about the UNI's Panters colorguard is all the friends that I get to make and all the fun that we get to have during the season."

Kelsy
Year: Sophomore
Major: English - Teaching
Hometown: Cedar Rapids

"My favorite aspect of performing is dancing and doing tosses."

Susan (right)
Year: Senior
Major: Management Information Systems
Hometown: Odgen

"I love the atmosphere of the Dome during a performance. It's impossible not to smile and enjoy spinning knowing that friends and family are watching. I also love getting to know the guard members because they become your closest friends especially during the fall semester. I met my best friend in college the first day of band camp."

Elaine
Year: Sophomore
Major: Mathematics
Hometown: Eagle Grove

"I love playing with the flags, learning new routines, and my team mates are pretty cool too."

Shannon
Year: Freshman
Major: Music Education
Hometown: Toledo

"I am really excited about being in the color guard so I can make plenty of friends and I LOVE color guard.  I made a lot of good friends in my high school color guard and had some great experiences and I hope to make plenty more in the UNI guard."

Liz
Year: Senior
Major: Spanish and Marketing
Hometown: Marion

"I love what I do because of the thrill of running on to the field, there is nothing like it. The security of knowing you are apart of something bigger than yourself. The comfort of knowing that someone is always there. And the possibility of growing into a better person because of it. That is why I love performing in the Panther Marching Band."

Amber
Year: Freshman
Major: Theater Education
Hometown: Cedar Rapids

"I enjoy hearing the clapping after we perform and knowing I laid it all out on the line and left all I had on the field, that and nailing a part that I've been working on. The girls are also always awesome."


Jena
Year: Sophomore
Major: Communication Disorders
Hometown: Davenport

"I like having something to do in the fall. Being apart of a great program. I have always loved Color Guard and will do it as long as I can!!"

Lindsey
Year: Sophomore
Major: Undecided
Hometown: Edgewood

"My favorite part of the UNI Panther Marching Band is the performance. It is so fun to be a part of a big group and so rewarding when you finally get the drill and the work down!"

Kari
Year: Junior
Major: Elementary Education
Hometown: Charles City

"I enjoy the professional aspect of marching and competing! Great relationships are also formed."

Deanna
Year: Freshman
Major: Early Childhood and Elementary Education
Hometown: Muscatine

"The crowd."

Suzie
Year: Freshman
Major: Psychology
Hometown: Dyersville

"Making new friends and performing in front of audiences."

Nicole
Year: Freshman
Major: Undecided
Hometown: Edgewood

"I like learning new routines and moves and then performing them."

Traci
Year: Junior
Major: English Education and Theater
Hometown: Cedar Rapids

"I most enjoy watching people watching me - finding out exactly what it is I can do."

Veronica
Year: Sophomore
Major: Music Education
Hometown: Waverly

"Running onto the UNI football field to perform for thousands of people"

Emily