The Eagles are landing at Rocky Top.
Signal Mountain Middle/High School’s marching band is among 10 high school bands set to perform Saturday night in Knoxville with the University of Tennessee’s Pride of the Southland Marching Band during halftime of the UT vs. Akron football game.
“They are just beaming,” band director Drew Buckner said of his student musicians. “They love the idea.”
Known as the Signal Corps, the 100-member band is the reigning Division II state marching band champion, Buckner said in a phone interview. But that prestige didn’t influence the invitation from Knoxville.
For this first-time event, Michael Stewart, director of the Pride of the Southland, said his department simply posted an open invitation on social media.