![]() ![]() The tune has, in fact, been borrowed by many American high school teams, a handful of Canadian schools and by the Australian Rules Football team Sydney Swans.In 2003, the Celtic punk band Dropkick Murphys released an instrumental version ofVictory March,calledVictory.Įarlier this year, hundreds of thousands of people witnessed another centennial tribute in the Shea brothershometown.The Holyoke St. Thats like saying Shakespeare didnt know how to write. He saidVictory Marchismore borrowed, more famous and, frankly, you just hear it more⁚nybody who says that Notre Dames isnt one of the top five songs is out of his gourd. 1 by former Northern Illinois University professor William Studwell in his bookCollege Fight Songs: An Annotated Anthologyin which he ranks his Top 25.Īlthough his personal favorite is MichigansThe Victors,Studwell concedes What thothe odds be great or small.Old Notre Dame will win over all. Now the most recognizable collegiate fight song in the country,Victory Marchwas ranked No. Not until Easter Sunday the year after it was written didVictory Marchfirst Send a volley cheer on high, and Shake down the thunder from the sky at Notre Dame.It was performed at athletic events a decade later.In 1928, then band director Joseph Casasanta arranged the song to sound as we know it today. ![]() Michael Shea and his brother John.An organist, Father Shea composed the original tune for the organ, and it premiered, not on the Notre Dame campus, but at the Second Congregational Church in the brothershometown of Holyoke, Mass. Victory Marchwas written in 1908 by Notre Dame graduates Rev. 4 in a Centennial Celebration of the anthem that has proudly been played in all 50 states and 22 countries. Some 500 band alumni will join with the current band to Wake up the echoes cheering her name during halftime of the Stanford game Oct. Its probably the most recognized and performed of collegiate songs,said Kenneth Dye, director of bands at Notre Dame.Its inspirational rhythm and tempo create an energy that encourages fans to clap along and enjoy the music. The greatest of all university fight songsis a century old this year.Happy 100th birthday toNotre Dame Victory March. ![]()
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