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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.