Marching Band (BUGRMB)

The Berne Union marching band, better known as B.U.G.R.M.B.(Berne Union Golden Rocket Marching Band), is a corps style competition band, and is the largest extracurricular activity at Berne Union. The band has been in existence in some form since the early 1950s, and although the shape and style of the band has changed over time, the band's tradition of excellence has remained a constant. Although Berne Union's enrollment places the band in the Ohio Music Education Association's "C" Division, the band currently competes in class A and AA.
The band this season (2023) numbers 70 members, (including 20 seventh and eight grade students) and practices exclusively after school. Practices are Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday from 5:30 to 7:30pm, with indoor practices on Wednesdays. The ensemble has over twenty performances from July through November, including home and away football games, five parades, as many as six competitive events, and a final indoor concert at the end of the season.
Since 1996, BUGRMB has earned 53 Grand Champion Awards, 36 Reserve Grand Champion Awards, 112 1st in Class, 30 2nd in Class, 73 Best Auxiliary, and 70 Best Percussion Awards. The band has earned 23 Superior ratings at OMEA State Marching Band Finals.

Marching Band Awards
Past Shows