By: Jack - Arts '69

Jack - Arts '69
Wed, 16 Sep 2015 15:23:33 +0000

In reply to Ken” target=”_blank” title=”/2015/09/reunion-and-remembrance-ohio-state-marching-band-alumni-honor-deceased-members-of-band-family/comment-page-1/#comment-98062″>Ken”>/2015/09/reunion-and-remembrance-ohio-state-marching-band-alumni-honor-deceased-members-of-band-family/comment-page-1/#comment-98062″>Ken Gast.

So OSU sent an email of condolences for Bill Werner? How sympathetic and convenient. Considering what he did for the University in Sandusky alone, I would have expected more. So should everyone else who admires the band, loves Ohio State, or understands condolences. Maybe later this season OSU can do something truly more appropriate than an e-mail when the band performs in Sandusky.

I did not know Bill Werner and have never marched in a band. But I’ve always been impressed by those alumni band members who came back to perform in the stadium for the home opener football game. They always put on a great show, which can’t “just happen.” It most certainly takes dedication and maintenance of musical and marching skills long after TBDBITL uniforms are put away for the last time. It takes even more dedication to organize performances in Sandusky every other year.

Thanks to Ken Gast for his addition of facts to this story in his post above. It’s clear Bill Werner had more friends than he probably knew — and deserved every one of them.