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The Spirit of Houston Cougar Marching Band

School| University of Houston
Location| Houston, Texas
Conference| Big 12
Founded| 1947[citation needed]
Director| Dr. Cameron Kubos
Members| 270
Fight song| "Cougar Fight Song"
Website| uhbandsandspiritgroups.com

Marching band of the University of Houston

The Spirit of Houston consists of the Cougar Marching Band and other Spirit groups at the University of Houston, including the UH Cheer teams, the Cougar Dolls Dance Team, the UH Feature Twirlers, the Mascots, and the Cougar Brass. The Spirit of Houston is currently under the direction of the “Director of Athletic Bands” and “Spirit Groups”, Cameron Kubos.

The CMB is also known for its characteristic tonal quality, following in the tradition pioneered by Bill Moffit, Robert Mayes, and David Bertman. The band consists of about 270 students, about one-third of whom are music majors. Other notable past directors include Marc Martin, Troy Bennefield and John Alstrin.

## History

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The Spirit of Houston Cougar Marching Band, 1951

From the late 1960s to the early 1980s, the Spirit of Houston was under the direction of Bill Moffit. He is credited with creating the Patterns in Motion marching style that was made famous during his tenure at UH. Moffit is also well known as an arranger of both traditional band tunes and modern popular songs.

Following the departure of Moffit to Purdue University, Greg Talford became director. Talford, hailing from Michigan, moved the band toward drum corps style, required memorization of all music, and held regular sectionals. Robert Mayes followed Greg Talford, who came to UH after holding positions at Texas Tech and the University of Wyoming, was named the director of the Cougar Marching Band.[1] During his tenure, the band traveled to Japan, England, Ireland, France, and Mexico.[citation needed]

In 2000, David Bertman was hired as the director of the Spirit of Houston. He was charged with the task of maintaining the tradition. The Cougar Marching Band led the University of Houston for the support of the Houston Cougars football team. Following Bertman's promotion to Director of Bands, Troy Bennefield was hired to become the marching band director in 2011. Cameron Kubos became the director of the Spirit of Houston in the summer of 2018. The UH Drumline is currently under the direction of Scott Taylor.

The Spirit of Houston Cougar Marching Band during a pre-game show at Robertson Stadium

In 2004, the Spirit of Houston was featured in the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show.[2]

On November 14, 2015, the Spirit of Houston performed "Gwan" with the Gulf Coast Soul Band, The Suffers, during the football halftime show.[3]

During the spring 2018 semester, associate director Marc Martin resigned from his position after being found guilty in an investigation conducted by the University of inappropriate behavior toward multiple students.[4]

On September 24, 2022, the Spirit of Houston performed "Red Alert" alongside Paul Wall and Bun B, during the football halftime show.

## Music

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The Spirit of Houston's primary repertoire includes the following:

* "Cougar Fight Song", the university's official fight song
* "Eat 'Em Up", a secondary fight song of the university which was originally written by director Bill Moffit, and subsequently used by most other college marching bands today
* "The Horse"
* "Womp Womp"
* “Hustlin’”
* "June 27th"

## Branch

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* The UH Cheer team is under the direction of Spirit Coordinator Khristal Harbert and Cheer Coach Tennille Williams.
* The UH Cougar Dolls are under the direction of Spirit Coordinator Khristal Harbert and Dolls Coach Tatiana Kane.
* The Cougar Brass is the University of Houston's basketball band and is currently under the direction of Cameron Kubos.
* The UH Feature Twirlers under the direction of Kayli Mickey-McIntosh.

## See also

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* Texas portal

* Moores School of Music

## References

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1. ^ "History - UH Bands and Spirit Groups". UH Bands and Spirit Groups. Retrieved 2023-05-22.
2. ^ "Houston Bands March With Yamaha at Super Bowl XXXVIII". Yamaha. Retrieved 2009-05-19.
3. ^ "Spirit of Houston set to perform with local band the Suffers". 7 October 2015. Retrieved 2016-07-13.
4. ^ "Associate Band Director Resigns After Allegations of "Inappropriate Behavior" with Students". 17 August 2018.

## External links

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Marching bands of the Big 12 Conference

* Pride of Arizona (Arizona)
* Sun Devil Marching Band (Arizona State)
* Golden Wave Band (Baylor)
* Cougar Marching Band (BYU)
* Bearcat Bands (Cincinnati)
* Golden Buffalo Marching Band (Colorado)
* Spirit of Houston (Houston)
* Cyclone Marching Band (Iowa State)
* Marching Jayhawks (Kansas)
* The Pride of Wildcat Land (Kansas State)
* Cowboy Marching Band (Oklahoma State)
* Horned Frog Marching Band (TCU)
* Goin' Band from Raiderland (Texas Tech)
* Marching Knights (UCF)
* Pride of Utah (Utah)
* Pride of West Virginia (West Virginia)

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