Bands Alumni

2025 Homecoming Weekend Schedule

Friday, October 17

4:30 - 6:30 PM Observe Marching Leathernecks Rehearsal (optional) "Ashtray" & Hanson Field

Saturday, October 18

10:00 AM Alumni Band "Meet & Greet" and Instrument Pickup Lawn next to Browne Hall
10:30 AM Watch Marching Leathernecks in Parade/Join MLs on street in front of Alumni House (optional) Front Lawn of Alumni House
~11:00 AM Alumni Band Rehearsal with Marching Leathernecks Lawn next to Browne Hall
2:00 PM Marching Leathernecks & Alumni Band "Call" for warm-up and rehearsal "The Ashtray" (north of the Union)
2:30 PM Perform for Tailgaters at Q-Lot (Alumni Band only) Q-Lot
2:45 PM Enter Stadium - Alumni Band heads in from the North side.
Marching Leathernecks Pre-game Field Show
(Alumni Band watch MLs Pre-Game Show front of field then joins on field for the "tunnel")		 Hanson Field
3:00 PM KICKOFF: WIU vs Charleston Southern
(Alumni Band joins MLs in the stands)		 Hanson Field
Halftime Halftime Show - "West Side Story"
Fight Song + Georgia on my Mind
Post-Game "Never Walk" & Band Alumni Photo
~7:00 PM After-game social/get-together (optional) Buffalo Wild Wings
1724 E. Jackson Street
Macomb, IL  61455