- 1988 - October 15 marks first
performance with the Very Special Arts Band, 75 students
with developmental disabilities. Band tribute to the great
circus heritage of Wisconsin ends up with Molly the
elephant "taking an encore" on the 50-yard line.
- 1989 - Band performs for first
time ever at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin and the
band was greeted with so much enthusiasm that concession
sales hit an all-time low. Nearly the whole crowd stayed
for the 40-minute 5th Quarter prompting traffic officials
to ask "What happened to the crowd?"
- 1990 - Band performs at Joe
Louis Arena in Detroit at the Badger Hockey team wins NCAA
Championship. Marching Band receives lavish praise from
the Iowa press after performing at Kinnick Stadium.
Tonight Show Band drummer, Ed Shaughnessy performs with the
Band during Very Special Arts Day. The Washington Post
offered up a story on the Wisconsin Band stating, "One of
these days, the University of Wisconsin is going to field
a football team that the Marching Band can be proud of."
- 1991 - Ken Werner, Jr. and Jill
Dixon were married on the fifty yard line after the Band's
halftime performance. World renowned trumpet player Randy
Brecker appears with the Marching Band. Band performs on
Thursday Night Football game on TNT.
- 1992 - Band travels to Seattle
and performs on the USS Nimitz, the largest aircraft
carrier in the US fleet. They also perform a concert for
2,000 under the Space Needle. Playboy Magazine
names the Wisconsin Band the #1 band in the nation. Jim
and Susan Burt, and Jere and Anne Fluno provide the momentum needed
to
establish the "Spirit of Wisconsin Campaign" which
provides the Badger Band an endowment fund for uniforms,
instruments and travel.
- 1993 - 70 band members travel to
Tokyo where the football team defeats Michigan State to
clinch a Rose Bowl berth.
- 1994 - Band performs at the Rose
Bowl for the first time since 1963 and quickly captures
the imagination of Southern California as well as the
nation.
- 1995 - Band performs at Hall of
Fame Bowl in Tampa.
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