Band of Blue

{{Short description|Marching band of Middle Tennessee State University}}

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{{Infobox college marching band

| name = The MTSU Band of Blue

| logo = Middle Tennessee MT Logomark.svg

| logo_size = 150

| school = Middle Tennessee State University

| location = Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States

| conference = Conference USA

| founded = 1957

| director = Craig Cornish, Dennis Hawkins Jr.

| members = 320

| uniform =

}}The Band of Blue, also known as the MTSU Marching Band of Blue, is an organization on the campus of Middle Tennessee State University that puts on regular half-time shows during Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football games, as well as performances in the community and several marching band exhibitions. The band is open to all students on campus who enroll in the associated class and can demonstrate proficiency on a wind or percussion instrument and is versed in marching techniques.{{cite web |url=http://www.mtsubands.com/athleticbands.html |title=Athletic Bands |work=MTSUBands.com |accessdate=January 8, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101016232812/http://www.mtsubands.com/athleticbands.html |archive-date=October 16, 2010 |url-status=dead }} The band has been increasing in membership in recent years, with the band reaching its largest membership in the 2011 season. It is the largest student organization on the campus of Middle Tennessee State University and is composed of students from nearly every area of the university.{{cite web |url=http://www.mtsusidelines.com/features/marching-to-the-beat-of-mtsu-1.1719806 |title=Marching to the beat of MTSU |work=MTSUSidelines.com |accessdate=January 10, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714131751/http://www.mtsusidelines.com/features/marching-to-the-beat-of-mtsu-1.1719806 |archive-date=July 14, 2011 |url-status=dead }}