{"id":54998,"date":"2023-11-02T14:05:32","date_gmt":"2023-11-02T18:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=54998"},"modified":"2023-11-15T14:13:53","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T19:13:53","slug":"music-to-their-ears-funding-raised-for-marching-mocs-members-to-travel-to-london-for-new-years-day-parade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2023\/11\/music-to-their-ears-funding-raised-for-marching-mocs-members-to-travel-to-london-for-new-years-day-parade\/","title":{"rendered":"Music to their ears: Funding raised for Marching Mocs members to travel to London for New Year\u2019s Day Parade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Band Trip Announcment\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\"src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3f_NLOT2Db8?rel=0&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;autohide=1&#038;showinfo=0&#038;controls=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Ember Evans has been overseas once in her life.<\/p>\n<p>Well, kind of overseas.<\/p>\n<p>She has been to Jamaica, which means taking a flight over water, but the island nation is only about 500 miles from Miami, about the same distance as from Chattanooga to New Orleans.<\/p>\n<p>Evans\u2019 overseas adventures are about to expand by about 4,000 miles.<\/p>\n<p>She is one of 92 University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Marching Mocs members who will perform in the London New Year\u2019s Day Parade in England. Along with the other 91 Marching Mocs going to London, she received terrific news on Wednesday, Nov. 1. Instead of each student having to pay $3,775 for the trip, they only have to pay $2,500.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt means a lot,\u201d said Evans, a junior in music education and the only female tuba player in the band. \u201cI was really worried about the last payment because I was having to pay it out of my pocket. It saves me a lot of stress and something that I really don\u2019t have to worry about, and it makes me extremely grateful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Division of Advancement helped raise the $120,000 for the London trip, making it possible for the students\u2014musicians, color guard, drum majors and majorettes\u2014as well as some faculty members and administrative staff to spend a week in London.<\/p>\n<p>Money-raising for the trip started in 2022. This August, a crowdfunding campaign through\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/give.utc.edu\/s\/1341\/utc\/17\/interior.aspx?sid=1341&amp;gid=3&amp;pgid=20166\">GoFundMocs<\/a><\/strong> began, as well as a solicitation letter and e-mail sent to former UTC band members, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Alumni Affairs Jeff Cogburn said. Several gifts of more than $10,000 were raised.<\/p>\n<p>On Mocs Give Day 2023, with support from the University of Chattanooga Foundation, another $37,598 was raised from 159 donors, Cogburn said.<\/p>\n<p>Students who already have paid more than $2,500 will get a refund, Randall Coleman, director of the Marching Mocs, told the band members in the Roland Hayes Concert Hall announcement.<\/p>\n<p>The news hadn\u2019t been revealed to the students until Coleman told them, and their enormous cheer reverberated around the hall.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve worked really hard over this year and my goal was to be able to tell you: Don\u2019t worry about the last payment. It\u2019s taken care of,\u201d Coleman told the students. \u201cSo I\u2019m happy today to tell you: Don\u2019t worry about the last payment. It is taken care of.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Relieving students\u2019 financial worries about the trip is a big weight off everyone\u2019s shoulders, Coleman later said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo many of our students haven\u2019t even been on an airplane before, and we can help them do this trip,\u201d he said. \u201cHaving that help of not having to worry about that last $1,275 is a great deal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vice Chancellor of Advancement Kim White, who graduated from UTC in 1982, told Marching Mocs members that \u201cyou make us so proud on the field and off the field and we hope that this experience is life-changing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is wonderful in our position to be able to raise up great programs that are going on at the University,\u201d she said. \u201cAs an alum, I\u2019m doubly proud to say that our band continues to be such an excellent representative of what students can achieve.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Preston Johnson, a junior in instrumental music education and a sousaphone player in the Marching Mocs, was practically bouncing on his toes after being told about the new, lower cost for the London trip.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the longest time, I wasn\u2019t sure if I would\u2019ve been able to go or not. I made it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>As far as being in a huge parade seen by millions, Johnson said he has no worries about nerves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m more excited than I am nervous,\u201d he said. \u201cThere\u2019ll be a huge smile on my face.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But can you play sousaphone and smile at the same time?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh, sure you can. It builds character,\u201d he said, a huge smile on his face already.<\/p>\n<h4>Learn More<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.utc.edu\/enrollment-management-and-student-affairs\/admissions\/visit\">Visit UTC<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.utc.edu\/arts-and-sciences\/music\">UTC Division of Music<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.utc.edu\/arts-and-sciences\/music\/ensembles\/utc-bands\/marching-mocs\">Marching Mocs<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/give.utc.edu\/s\/1341\/utc\/17\/interior.aspx?sid=1341&amp;gid=3&amp;pgid=20166\">GoFundMocs<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.utc.edu\/apply\">How to apply<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Photo gallery by Angela Foster<\/h4>\n<div id=\"attachment_55006\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"852\" data-attachment-id=\"55006\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2023\/11\/music-to-their-ears-funding-raised-for-marching-mocs-members-to-travel-to-london-for-new-years-day-parade\/marching-mocs-donations-23-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/11\/Marching-Mocs-Donations-23-11638.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,852\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Angela Foster\/University of Tennessee at Chattanooga&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON Z 6_2&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Members of the Marching Mocs find out Wednesday, Nov.1, 2023 that the remainder of their New Years trip to London has been paid by donations raised on Mocs Give Day.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1698858423&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;46&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;3200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.003125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Marching Mocs Donations-23&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Marching Mocs Donations-23\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Members of the Marching Mocs find out Wednesday, Nov.1, 2023 that the remainder of their New Years trip to London has been paid by donations raised on Mocs Give Day.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/11\/Marching-Mocs-Donations-23-11638-1024x681.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-55006 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/11\/Marching-Mocs-Donations-23-11638.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/11\/Marching-Mocs-Donations-23-11638.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/11\/Marching-Mocs-Donations-23-11638-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/11\/Marching-Mocs-Donations-23-11638-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/11\/Marching-Mocs-Donations-23-11638-580x386.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/11\/Marching-Mocs-Donations-23-11638-610x406.jpg 610w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/11\/Marching-Mocs-Donations-23-11638-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/11\/Marching-Mocs-Donations-23-11638-2048x1363.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of the Marching Mocs find out that the remainder of their New Year&#8217;s trip to London has been paid by donations raised on Mocs Give Day.<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"880\" 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