Uniform Replacement Project

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uniforms concept sketchWhen ground was broken for construction of the new Saluki Stadium, the Marching Salukis also began a mission -- we wanted the band to be as impressive in their uniforms as the new stadium is to the SIU campus.

With the assistance of Dwight Miller and Stanbury Uniforms, famed designer Brent Becker began work. His task was daunting. We asked him to stay true to the history of the band, but also to update and contemporize the uniform for 2010 and beyond. Every inch was considered: placement and types of buttons, piping, the addition of a school logo, the color and type of materials... the list continued.

The artisans at Stanbury Uniforms were also charged with a task of their own: to take the 11 distinct and separate parts of the previous uniform and engineer them into two.

kaile new uniformAfter dozens of sketches and revisions, Brent submitted the final "golden" design to us on November 12, 2009.

With the blessing of Chancellor Goldman, College of Liberal Arts Dean Alan Vaux and School of Music Director Jeanine Wager, and with the help of CEO of the SIU Foundation Rickey McCurry, College of Liberal Arts Development Officer Tracee Tyner Norris, former Director of Bands Mike Hanes and Alumni Band President Eden Thorne, our campaign to fund the uniforms -- $65,000.00 in total -- began in earnest.

Over the next several months, donations were received from supportive alumni, friends and community members. Special campus organization like the SIU Alumni Association also recognized the importance of our mission, and the incredible dedication of the students who would wear the uniforms. We were able to purchase 150 new uniforms, hats, garment bags and raincoats.

 

Below is a list of donors. We thank each of them for the support of the Marching Salukis, and of SIU Bands. We couldn't have done it without you!

  • Bruce Edward Arnold
  • Michael J. Ashner
  • Roger T. Badesch
  • William Eugene Basanta
  • James Robert Beers
  • Herman Lewis Bellaver
  • Norma Jean Bookhout
  • David Wayne Bottom
  • Alesha Boyer
  • Mary Walker Brigham
  • Jason Patrick Bronke
  • Lawrence G. Busch
  • Lynette Mae Carlson
  • Nancy Buffum Carr
  • George Earl Casper, OD
  • Esther Jacqueline Cepeda
  • Matthew Adam Clements
  • George H. Cook, Jr.
  • John R. Daly
  • Matthew J. Darling
  • Glen A. Daum
  • John L. Daum
  • William J. Dederick
  • Barbara Biggs Dillow
  • James Allen Donovan
  • Sharon L. Ebersohl
  • Erwin Engler
  • Epsilon Kappa, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia
  • Cheryl Ericsson
  • Jacqueline K. Feather
  • Thimjon C. Ferguson, MD
  • Brett R. Ferrari
  • Lee M. Fronabarger
  • Joseph J. Gareis, Jr.
  • Global Gourmet
  • Timothy Going
  • Bert Andrew Gordon
  • Daniel C. Grimm
  • Brandy Kay Hansen
  • John R. Harder
  • Ted A. Hartley
  • Charles Helleny
  • Stephen P. Henrie
  • Jerry L. Hinkley
  • Dean H. Homer
  • Karla J. Horn
  • Bill C. Hudson
  • Don Lee Hunsley
  • Terry P. Jurjevich
  • Kenneth James Keefe
  • Richard L. Kolb
  • Donald E. Kragness
  • Keith A. Kraske
  • Richard Daniel Kuehl
  • Edward J. Lahue
  • Amy Langelund
  • Joseph Lenzini
  • Helen F. Logue
  • Fritz E. Lower, MD
  • Robert Louis Masini
  • Robert F. Masuga
  • Tammy Lynn McGinnis
  • Malcolm B. McKean
  • John S. Mead
  • David Michael Mills
  • Todd A. Oehlsen
  • J. Stewart Parrish
  • JoAnn Marie Paulek
  • Nancy Hunter Pei, PhD
  • Nancy Braun Pfaff
  • Pamela Korte Pfeffer
  • Phillip M. Pfeffer
  • Susan Marie Pimentel
  • Sarah LeAnn Purdy
  • Greg Rakers
  • Herbert K. Russell, PhD
  • Craig Jerome Ryterski
  • S I Foot & Ankle Clinic
  • Norman M. Sanders
  • SIU Alumni Association
  • SIU Foundation
  • Jeffrey K. Smith
  • Nicholas C. Sortal
  • Howard Michael Spiegel
  • Laurie B. Squire
  • Scott Bryan Stearns
  • Allan Duran Stephens, USAF (Ret.)
  • Cathleen L. Stranc
  • Eden Dee Thorne
  • Tres Hombres
  • Wendy L. Uhl
  • William M. Vicars, PhD
  • Robert Edgar Wargel
  • Sally Jo Washburn
  • Thomas M. Webb