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To the Top of the Stadium

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To the Top of the Stadium

Mr. Vincent R. DiNino, one of the most iconic directors of the Longhorn Band, has passed away.I remember meeting Mr. DiNino for the first time in LHB when I was a freshman. He'd get up on the podium in the band hall, look around, and get ready to conduct the Eyes of Texas. He would conduct it with such passion, such enthusiasm, and such energy; something you would normally never see in someone in his early 90s! The guy standing next to me in band afterwards would tell me to "never forget this moment, because it's one of the greatest moments you'll ever live when in Longhorn Band." That certainly couldn't have been any truer.

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The Driving Force of Music

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The Driving Force of Music

Music is an odd but wonderful entity that exists in our lives. It's known as a universal language that everyone can understand through emotions. Anyone can listen to it and create some vivid scene in their imagination. Anyone can be happy when listening to an upbeat song; sad when hearing a slow and soft melody resonate; full of vigor when a grandiose tune starts playing. We can invoke just about every emotion humanly possible with the power of music. It's rather amazing.