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Photos: Iowa takes on Kentucky in battle of the bands
Dec. 30, 2022 7:17 pm, Updated: Dec. 31, 2022 9:22 am
The Iowa marching band competed against Kentucky in a battle of the bands in downtown Nashville on Friday, Dec. 30, 2022, a day before the Music City Bowl.
An Iowa marching band members yells out during a break in the song while competing against University of Kentucky during battle of the bands in downtown Nashville, Tennessee on Friday, December 30, 2022. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Iowa marching band members fill the street as they walk along Broadway after battle of the bands in downtown Nashville, Tennessee on Friday, December 30, 2022. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
People watch from a bar as the Iowa and Kentucky marching bands compete against each other during battle of the bands in downtown Nashville, Tennessee on Friday, December 30, 2022. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Members of the Iowa marching band play a song while competing against University of Kentucky during battle of the bands in downtown Nashville, Tennessee on Friday, December 30, 2022. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
University of Kentucky cheerleads cheer with the band while competing against the University of Iowa during battle of the bands in downtown Nashville, Tennessee on Friday, December 30, 2022. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
University of Kentucky majorettes dance around with colorful batons to the beat of the music performed by the marching band while competing agains the University of Iowa marching band during battle of the bands in downtown Nashville, Tennessee on Friday, December 30, 2022. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Iowa marching band graduate teaching assistant Cory Schmidt signals to the band to get ready before the start of the song “Dancing Queen” by Abba while competing against University of Kentucky during battle of the bands in downtown Nashville, Tennessee on Friday, December 30, 2022. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Iowa marching band members cheer during a song while competing agains the University of Kentucky during battle of the bands in downtown Nashville, Tennessee on Friday, December 30, 2022. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Passerby’s squeeze past members of the Iowa marching band along the strip in downtown Nashville, Tennessee on Friday, December 30, 2022. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
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