Sunny Skies

Drum majors are often the most visible members of the marching band, and Oliver Peltonen (BME62) was no exception. Called “Sunny Skies” in the 1960 “Aurora” yearbook, Peltonen and majorettes Dexa Coleman (BS62), Ruth Rezek (BS61), Judy Down and Margaret White (MS68) led EMU’s marching band, the Pride of the Peninsula, onto the field each game in what the yearbook authors called “their snappy green and white uniforms.”

Photo Courtesy of Eastern Michigan University Archives