Students will gather at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus on July 21, 2009 for the 15th Annual Masonic All-Star Marching Band Camp. The camp brings together over 250 of the best-of-the-best band students in Nebraska for five days of intense musical and marching practice. The band will play at the Shrine Bowl banquet Friday, July 24th, lead the Shrine Bowl Parade Saturday morning down Havelock Avenue and is the feature half-time performance for the Shrine Bowl Game at Memorial Stadium on Saturday evening. Students who attend the camp are sponsored by Nebraska Blue Lodges, Eastern Star Chapters, Shrine clubs, Scottish Rite and York Rite bodies, individuals and companies. The camp was created in 1995 by then Grand Master Jerry L. Rittenburg to provide lodges and other Masonic bodies with a way to foster community involvement. The Masonic All-Star Marching Band Camp lives on as his legacy, providing excellent experiences for Nebraska youth, while assisting in the mission of the Shrine Bowl - "Strong Legs Run, that Weak Legs May Walk."  

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