Terry Crews takes a mallet from the Purdue University All-American Marching Band to hit the World’s Largest Drum on Sunday, May 25, 2025, ahead of the 109th running of the Indianapolis 500 at ...

Nov 9, 2024; Columbus, Ohio, USA; The Ohio State University marching band practices before Saturday’s game between the Ohio State Buckeyes and the Purdue Boilermakers.© Barbara Perenic-Imagn Images ...

The Ohio State University Marching Band took a trip to the zoo during Ohio State's Big Ten game against Purdue in its sixth halftime show of the 2024 football season. TBDBITL performed several ...

The Alumni Marching Band returned to Ross-Ade Stadium during the half-time show of the homecoming football game. When combined with Purdue's "All-American" Marching Band, over 1,000 Boilermakers ...

— Hawkeye Marching Band (@HawkeyeBand) September 13, 2024 After leading the program for 24 seasons, Bluder decided to retire ahead of the 2024-25 season.

In 2021, Purdue's marching band was informed the World's Largest Drum couldn't enter Notre Dame Stadium, halting a longstanding halftime tradition.

Purdue's World's Largest Drum, a staple of the school's All-American Marching Band, was not permitted inside Notre Dame Stadium for a 2021 football game between the Boilermakers and Fighting Irish.

While at Purdue University, he was a member of Farmhouse Fraternity. He played trombone in the Purdue marching band for 2 years and was president of Block &Bridle animal science option club.

The Purdue All-American Marching Band is the flagship ensemble for Purdue Bands and Orchestras and has traveled worldwide. It also performs each year at the Indianapolis 500.

1:14 p.m. Listen to a musical preview of the Purdue “All-American” Marching Band performing at IMS ahead of the eclipse. 🎶 ...