page_title: Northwestern University Wildcat Marching Band
section_title: The Early Years (1911–1952)
hierarchical_section_title: Northwestern University Wildcat Marching Band / History / The Early Years (1911–1952)
caption_attribution_description: English: The Northwestern University "Wildcat" Marching Band performs the Alma Mater at the 1996 Rose Bowl.
context_page_description: The Northwestern University Wildcat Marching Band is the marching band at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. The ensemble performs at all home football games and periodically makes appearances at events in the greater Chicagoland area. The band also performs at any postseason football games and one "away trip" per season.
context_section_description: In 1911, Northwestern's first University-sanctioned marching band was organized to play at football games.  Under student leadership, their numbers varied before they were put under the supervision of the School of Music in 1926.
  
  The band's first director, Glenn Cliffe Bainum, took the helm in 1926 and introduced diverse halftime drill formations.  In the early 1940s, with Bainum serving in the military, Harold Finch took over as band director until 1945, when the band was disbanded due to lack of personnel.  Bainum restarted the marching band program in 1947 and continued as director until 1950.
caption: The Northwestern University "Wildcat" Marching Band performs the Alma Mater at the 1996 Rose Bowl under the direction of John P. Paynter.
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