Gold Star Marching Band

Gold Star Marching Band

School	NDSU
Location	Fargo, ND
Conference	Missouri Valley Football Conference
Founded	1902
Director	Dr. Sigurd Johnson
Members	~220
Fight song	"On Bison "
Website	www.goldstarbands.org

The Gold Star Marching Band or also known as "The Pride of North Dakota"^[1]^[2] is the marching band of North Dakota State University. It is a non-auditioned band (with the exception of the battery section), open to all majors. With approximately 220 members, the band is one of the largest organizations on campus.

2010 GSMB performing with the Panther Marching Band at UNI
2010 GSMB performing at halftime
2010 Color Guard on Homecoming
2010 GSMB Drumline on Homecoming
2009 GSMB performing in the Fargodome
Drum Major Dan Hinman with the crowd in 2008
Sousaphones marching in the 2008 Homecoming Parade
2008 Snares marching in the Homecoming Parade
2008 GSMB performing in the stands at the Fargodome
NDSU at 2006 Minnesota football game
NDSU at UNO football game in the 90s
GSMB on Dacotah Field with the Fargodome in the Background

References[]

^ "North Dakota State University: DVFA: Music Department: Ensembles". North Dakota State University Division of Fine Arts. Archived from the original on June 15, 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-21.
^ "North Dakota State University Gold Star Bands". North Dakota State University Gold Star Marching Band. Retrieved 2009-10-21.

External links[]

Official website

v t North Dakota State University
Fargo, North Dakota
Campus	Campus Historic District Dacotah Field Fargodome Scheels Center
Athletics	The Bison Baseball Basketball (Men's/Women's) Football Softball Wrestling
Media	Thunder Radio The Spectrum Bison Illustrated Bison Radio Network North Dakota State University Press
School songs	"On Bison" "The Yellow and The Green" "" Gold Star Marching Band

v t North Dakota State Bison men's basketball
Venues	(1931–1970) Scheels Center (1970–present)
Culture & lore	Thundar "On Bison" Pep band
People	Statistical leaders
	1943–44 1944–45 2008–09 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22

v t North Dakota State Bison women's basketball
Venues	(1966–1970) Scheels Center (1970–present)
Culture & lore	"On Bison" Pep band
People
	2015–16 2018–19 2021–22

v t North Dakota State Bison football
Venues	Dacotah Field (1910–1992) Fargodome (1993–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Dakota Marker (South Dakota State) Nickel Trophy (North Dakota)
Culture & lore	Thundar "On Bison" Gold Star Marching Band
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
National championship seasons in bold

v t Marching bands of the Missouri Valley Football Conference
(Illinois State) Marching Sycamores (Indiana State) (Missouri State) Gold Star Marching Band (North Dakota State) (Northern Iowa) (South Dakota State) Marching Salukis (Southern Illinois) Marching Leathernecks (Western Illinois) (Youngstown State)