rich 1.0 Barry Houser has been the Director of the Marching Illini since 2011. From bowl games to the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade to NCAA basketball tournaments to Dublin, he's nearly done it all with Illini bands. Then last month brought came a first - performing at the Final Four. Houser reflects on the 2025-26 year for the MI, some of the lesser known but important band traditions, and preparing for next year. Then, Scott and Robert put his Big Ten knowledge to the test. To make a contribution to the American Brain Tumor Association, please visit: https://www.abta.org/ 00:00 Intro 2:28 Requiem for a Flugelhorn 5:07 MI Did Some Stuff This Year 9:33 Barry's First Final Four 16:11 Fall Planning 18:48 Amory Warm Up 21:50 Traditions Old and New 26:19 Behind the Music 29:34 Barry Houser Memorabilia 34:10 Name that Fight Song 42:45 Barry's Favorites Light The I https://audioboom.com/channels/5164384-light-the-i Audioboom https://audioboom.com 480 95 https://audioboom.com/i/43641444/600x600/c 600 600 <iframe width="100%" height="95" src="https://embeds.audioboom.com/posts/8902306/embed?v=202301" style="background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; width: 100%" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="allowtransparency" scrolling="no" title="Audioboom player" allow="autoplay" sandbox="allow-downloads allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation"></iframe>