Students will gather at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus on May 29, 2012 for the 18th Annual Masonic All-Star Marching Band Camp. The camp will bring together approximately 260 of the best-of-the-best band students in Nebraska for five days of intense musical and marching practice. The band will give a public concert at SouthPointe Pavilions on Friday, June 1st, lead the Shrine Bowl Parade down Havelock Avenue, perform the National Anthem and be the featured half-time performance for the Shrine Bowl Game at Memorial Stadium on Saturday, June 2nd. Students who attend the camp are sponsored by Nebraska Blue Lodges, Eastern Star Chapters, Shrine clubs, Scottish Rite and York Rite bodies, individuals and companies. The camp was created in 1995 by then Grand Master Jerry L. Rittenburg to provide lodges and other Masonic bodies with a way to foster community involvement. The Masonic All-Star Marching Band Camp lives on as his legacy, providing excellent experiences for Nebraska youth, while assisting in the mission of the Shrine Bowl - "Strong Legs Run, that Weak Legs May Walk."  

Pictures taken at the 2011 camp can be viewed, downloaded and purchased here.