SJO Pep Band keeps State Farm Center hoppin'


St. Joseph-Ogden Keeping the atmosphere exciting and electric, the St. Joseph-Ogden Pep ban performed Friday night at the IHSA Boys Basketball State Finals.

CHAMPAIGN - The St. Joseph-Ogden Pep Band was the featured entertainment at the IHSA Boys Basketball State Finals on Friday. The band filled the stadium with fun, high-energy music from oldies to popular dance melodies between quarters and during timeouts. Here is a look at band members performing at the State Farm Center at halftime under the direction of music director Nathan Waterson (pictured above).

Photos: Sentinel/Clark Brooks





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Drummer Brad Champ

Keepin' the beat

SJO pep band drummer Brad Champ plays while the band performs 'Hey Jude' during halftime at SJO's non-conference game against Unity at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on December 7, 2008. The Spartans fell 53-49 to the Rockets on the floor home to the Indiana Pacers. Unity's pep band also performed at the game in the facility now called Bankers Life Fieldhouse.

(Photo: PhotoNews Media/Clark Brooks)



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