{"id":54457,"date":"2023-10-12T07:37:43","date_gmt":"2023-10-12T11:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/?p=54457"},"modified":"2023-10-19T09:12:42","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T13:12:42","slug":"100-years-and-counting-marching-mocs-hit-the-century-mark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/2023\/10\/100-years-and-counting-marching-mocs-hit-the-century-mark\/","title":{"rendered":"100 years and counting: Marching Mocs hit the century mark"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"The

The 1969 University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Marching Band (photo courtesy of the UTC Department of Music)<\/p><\/div>\n

The unofficial birth of the Marching Mocs band is thought to have begun when eight students from the University of Chattanooga got together to play music for a student body meeting.<\/p>\n

What may have cemented the band\u2019s future happened the next day, though, when the eight played at a football game between UC and Cumberland College.<\/p>\n

The dates were Oct. 12-13, 1923, making this year the band\u2019s 100th birthday.<\/p>\n

Football was growing in popularity in the 1910s and \u201920s, and many universities in the South started organizing their bands at the same time their football programs were getting underway, said Randall Coleman, director of bands in the UTC Department of Music.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs that activity grew, everybody wanted a band with their football team,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\"The

The Marching Mocs recently performed as part of UTC’s Oct. 7 Homecoming festivities. Photo by Angela Foster.<\/p><\/div>\n

To make its 100th birthday even more special, the band\u2014which was not dubbed The Marching Mocs until 1977\u2014has been invited to perform in the 2024 New Year\u2019s Day Parade and Festival in London, England.<\/p>\n

The parade is expected to have more than 8,000 performers and a street audience of more than 500,000. It will be streamed live worldwide and televised in the U.S. on PBS stations.<\/p>\n

\u201cReceiving this invitation that ties into our 100th year is very cool,\u201d Coleman said when the news was announced in March.<\/p>\n

University administration has always supported the band throughout the century, whether it was UC or UTC.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can\u2019t have any kind of activity like band without the support from the University,\u201d Coleman said.<\/p>\n

Coleman said that the Marching Mocs now has 150 members, and most are not music majors. Engineering majors make up the largest part of the band; music majors comprise about 5%.<\/p>\n

\u201cBand is something that, if a student chooses to do it in college and they\u2019re not a music major, then the activity meant something to them in high school and middle school, and they want to continue it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s 100% out of enjoyment and wanting to still be a part of an ensemble and playing music.\u201d<\/p>\n

Learn More<\/h4>\n

Visit UTC<\/a><\/p>\n

Marching Mocs<\/a><\/p>\n

Music<\/a><\/p>\n

How to apply<\/a><\/p>\n

Band photos through the years, courtesy of University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Special Collections and the Department of Music<\/h4>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"A <\/a> <\/div> <\/div>
\"A <\/a> <\/div>
\"A <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"A <\/a> <\/div>
\"Two <\/a> <\/div> <\/div>
\"UTC <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"The <\/a> <\/div> <\/div>
\"A <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"The <\/a> <\/div> <\/div>
\"UTC <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"A <\/a> <\/div>
\"A <\/a> <\/div>
\"The <\/a> <\/div> <\/div>
\"UTC <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"UTC <\/a> <\/div> <\/div>
\"UTC <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The unofficial birth of the Marching Mocs band is thought to have begun when eight students from the University of Chattanooga got together to play music for a student body meeting. What may have cemented the band\u2019s future happened the next day, though, when the eight played at a football game between UC and Cumberland College. The dates were Oct. 12-13, 1923, making this year the band\u2019s 100th birthday. <\/p>\n

Continue Reading <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1105,"featured_media":54468,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_slider":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_featurette":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70,72,61,7712,8244,12777,661],"tags":[298,123464,117208,123465],"class_list":{"0":"post-54457","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-academics","8":"category-athletics","9":"category-college-of-arts-sciences","10":"category-faculty-and-staff","11":"category-honors-and-awards","12":"category-music-college-of-arts-sciences","13":"category-students","14":"tag-marching-mocs","15":"tag-new-years-day-parade-and-festival","16":"tag-randall-coleman","17":"tag-university-of-tennessee-at-chattanooga-special-collections","18":"entry"},"yoast_head":"\n100 years and counting: Marching Mocs hit the century mark | UTC News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The unofficial birth of the Marching Mocs band is thought to have begun when eight students from the University of Chattanooga got together to play music for a student body meeting. What may have cemented the band\u2019s future happened the next day, though, when the eight played at a football game between UC and Cumberland College. The dates were Oct. 12-13, 1923, making this year the band\u2019s 100th birthday.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/2023\/10\/100-years-and-counting-marching-mocs-hit-the-century-mark\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"100 years and counting: Marching Mocs hit the century mark | UTC News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The unofficial birth of the Marching Mocs band is thought to have begun when eight students from the University of Chattanooga got together to play music for a student body meeting. What may have cemented the band\u2019s future happened the next day, though, when the eight played at a football game between UC and Cumberland College. The dates were Oct. 12-13, 1923, making this year the band\u2019s 100th birthday.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/2023\/10\/100-years-and-counting-marching-mocs-hit-the-century-mark\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"UTC News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UTChattanooga\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-10-12T11:37:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-10-19T13:12:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/10\/Marching-Band-004.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"2028\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Shawn Ryan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@UTChattanooga\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@UTChattanooga\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Shawn Ryan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/100-years-and-counting-marching-mocs-hit-the-century-mark\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/100-years-and-counting-marching-mocs-hit-the-century-mark\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Shawn Ryan\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/3a85f05fd4e278780af6d62779f3235c\"},\"headline\":\"100 years and counting: Marching Mocs hit the century mark\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-10-12T11:37:43+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-10-19T13:12:42+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/100-years-and-counting-marching-mocs-hit-the-century-mark\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":424,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/100-years-and-counting-marching-mocs-hit-the-century-mark\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/blog.utc.edu\\\/app\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/9\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/Marching-Band-004.jpg?fit=1280%2C1014&ssl=1\",\"keywords\":[\"Marching Mocs\",\"New Year\u2019s Day Parade and Festival\",\"randall coleman\",\"University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Special Collections\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Academics\",\"Athletics\",\"College of Arts and Sciences\",\"Faculty and Staff\",\"Honors and Awards\",\"Music\",\"Students\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/100-years-and-counting-marching-mocs-hit-the-century-mark\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/100-years-and-counting-marching-mocs-hit-the-century-mark\\\/\",\"name\":\"100 years and counting: Marching Mocs hit the century mark | UTC News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/100-years-and-counting-marching-mocs-hit-the-century-mark\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/100-years-and-counting-marching-mocs-hit-the-century-mark\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/blog.utc.edu\\\/app\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/9\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/Marching-Band-004.jpg?fit=1280%2C1014&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-10-12T11:37:43+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-10-19T13:12:42+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/3a85f05fd4e278780af6d62779f3235c\"},\"description\":\"The unofficial birth of the Marching Mocs band is thought to have begun when eight students from the University of Chattanooga got together to play music for a student body meeting. What may have cemented the band\u2019s future happened the next day, though, when the eight played at a football game between UC and Cumberland College. The dates were Oct. 12-13, 1923, making this year the band\u2019s 100th birthday.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/100-years-and-counting-marching-mocs-hit-the-century-mark\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/100-years-and-counting-marching-mocs-hit-the-century-mark\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/100-years-and-counting-marching-mocs-hit-the-century-mark\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/blog.utc.edu\\\/app\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/9\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/Marching-Band-004.jpg?fit=1280%2C1014&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/blog.utc.edu\\\/app\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/9\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/Marching-Band-004.jpg?fit=1280%2C1014&ssl=1\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":1014,\"caption\":\"A black and white wicture of the UTC marching band spelling \\\"UTC\\\" during a performance.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/100-years-and-counting-marching-mocs-hit-the-century-mark\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"100 years and counting: Marching Mocs hit the century mark\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"UTC News\",\"description\":\"Official news releases of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/3a85f05fd4e278780af6d62779f3235c\",\"name\":\"Shawn Ryan\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/fd3380969898eaf8c8a869d0a88ec19c46f2edd41319a7a40d9c63946c900aa9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/fd3380969898eaf8c8a869d0a88ec19c46f2edd41319a7a40d9c63946c900aa9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/fd3380969898eaf8c8a869d0a88ec19c46f2edd41319a7a40d9c63946c900aa9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Shawn Ryan\"},\"description\":\"Shawn Ryan is the executive staff writer in the Office of Communications and Marketing at UTC.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/author\\\/hqv743\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"100 years and counting: Marching Mocs hit the century mark | UTC News","description":"The unofficial birth of the Marching Mocs band is thought to have begun when eight students from the University of Chattanooga got together to play music for a student body meeting. What may have cemented the band\u2019s future happened the next day, though, when the eight played at a football game between UC and Cumberland College. The dates were Oct. 12-13, 1923, making this year the band\u2019s 100th birthday.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/2023\/10\/100-years-and-counting-marching-mocs-hit-the-century-mark\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"100 years and counting: Marching Mocs hit the century mark | UTC News","og_description":"The unofficial birth of the Marching Mocs band is thought to have begun when eight students from the University of Chattanooga got together to play music for a student body meeting. What may have cemented the band\u2019s future happened the next day, though, when the eight played at a football game between UC and Cumberland College. The dates were Oct. 12-13, 1923, making this year the band\u2019s 100th birthday.","og_url":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/2023\/10\/100-years-and-counting-marching-mocs-hit-the-century-mark\/","og_site_name":"UTC News","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UTChattanooga","article_published_time":"2023-10-12T11:37:43+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-10-19T13:12:42+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":2028,"url":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/10\/Marching-Band-004.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Shawn Ryan","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@UTChattanooga","twitter_site":"@UTChattanooga","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Shawn Ryan","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/2023\/10\/100-years-and-counting-marching-mocs-hit-the-century-mark\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/2023\/10\/100-years-and-counting-marching-mocs-hit-the-century-mark\/"},"author":{"name":"Shawn Ryan","@id":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/3a85f05fd4e278780af6d62779f3235c"},"headline":"100 years and counting: Marching Mocs hit the century mark","datePublished":"2023-10-12T11:37:43+00:00","dateModified":"2023-10-19T13:12:42+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/2023\/10\/100-years-and-counting-marching-mocs-hit-the-century-mark\/"},"wordCount":424,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/2023\/10\/100-years-and-counting-marching-mocs-hit-the-century-mark\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/10\/Marching-Band-004.jpg?fit=1280%2C1014&ssl=1","keywords":["Marching Mocs","New Year\u2019s Day Parade and Festival","randall coleman","University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Special Collections"],"articleSection":["Academics","Athletics","College of Arts and Sciences","Faculty and Staff","Honors and Awards","Music","Students"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/2023\/10\/100-years-and-counting-marching-mocs-hit-the-century-mark\/","url":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/2023\/10\/100-years-and-counting-marching-mocs-hit-the-century-mark\/","name":"100 years and counting: Marching Mocs hit the century mark | UTC News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/2023\/10\/100-years-and-counting-marching-mocs-hit-the-century-mark\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/2023\/10\/100-years-and-counting-marching-mocs-hit-the-century-mark\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/10\/Marching-Band-004.jpg?fit=1280%2C1014&ssl=1","datePublished":"2023-10-12T11:37:43+00:00","dateModified":"2023-10-19T13:12:42+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/3a85f05fd4e278780af6d62779f3235c"},"description":"The unofficial birth of the Marching Mocs band is thought to have begun when eight students from the University of Chattanooga got together to play music for a student body meeting. What may have cemented the band\u2019s future happened the next day, though, when the eight played at a football game between UC and Cumberland College. The dates were Oct. 12-13, 1923, making this year the band\u2019s 100th birthday.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/2023\/10\/100-years-and-counting-marching-mocs-hit-the-century-mark\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/2023\/10\/100-years-and-counting-marching-mocs-hit-the-century-mark\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/2023\/10\/100-years-and-counting-marching-mocs-hit-the-century-mark\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/10\/Marching-Band-004.jpg?fit=1280%2C1014&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/10\/Marching-Band-004.jpg?fit=1280%2C1014&ssl=1","width":1280,"height":1014,"caption":"A black and white wicture of the UTC marching band spelling \"UTC\" during a performance."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/2023\/10\/100-years-and-counting-marching-mocs-hit-the-century-mark\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"100 years and counting: Marching Mocs hit the century mark"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/","name":"UTC News","description":"Official news releases of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/3a85f05fd4e278780af6d62779f3235c","name":"Shawn Ryan","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fd3380969898eaf8c8a869d0a88ec19c46f2edd41319a7a40d9c63946c900aa9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fd3380969898eaf8c8a869d0a88ec19c46f2edd41319a7a40d9c63946c900aa9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fd3380969898eaf8c8a869d0a88ec19c46f2edd41319a7a40d9c63946c900aa9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Shawn Ryan"},"description":"Shawn Ryan is the executive staff writer in the Office of Communications and Marketing at UTC.","url":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/author\/hqv743\/"}]}},"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/10\/Marching-Band-004.jpg?resize=600%2C400&ssl=1","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/10\/Marching-Band-004.jpg?resize=600%2C600&ssl=1","author_info":{"display_name":"Shawn Ryan","author_link":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/author\/hqv743\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/10\/Marching-Band-004.jpg?fit=1280%2C1014&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1105"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54457"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54457\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54551,"href":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54457\/revisions\/54551"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}