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STAFF
HOKIES
HISTORY
PROS
MEDIA
REVIEW
BEAMER
HOKIE
POKEY
The spirit
teams and
the Marching
Virginians’
tuba section
lead the Lane
Stadium crowd
in Blacksburg’s
rendition of
the Hokie Pokey.
HOKIE WALK
Established in 2001, when the football team arrives on
campus about 2.5 hours before kickoff, the Hokies take
the short walk up Beamer Way sandwiched
on either side by the Tech faithful.
SKIPPER
In 1963, three Virginia Tech students and
Corps of Cadets members built a cannon
and it made its debut against VMI in the two
schools’ annual Thanksgiving Day game. The
students named the cannon “Skipper” after
President John F. Kennedy was assassinated
on November 22, 1963. Ever since, Skipper
fires outside of Lane Stadium at the opening
of Hokie Village, after the national anthem
and whenever the Hokies score.
THE HIGHTY
TIGHTIES
A Regimental Band,
the Highty Tighties are
Tech’s longest-serving
musical organization
and the oldest
college band in the
Commonwealth and is
a company in the third
battalion of the Virginia
Tech Corps
of Cadets.
MARCHING
VIRGINIANS
Known as “The Spirit of Tech”
and established in 1974, the
Marching Virginians draw from
the general student body and
perform at halftime of every
home football game.