RCC Marching Tigers
Encyclopedia
The RCC Marching Tigers is the marching band
of Riverside Community College
. The band has appeared in countless parades such as the Tournament of Roses Parade
, Fiesta Bowl Parade, the Hollywood Christmas Parade
, the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
, various athletic events, Bands of America
Grand Nationals in exhibition, as well as countless appearances in television shows, commercials, music videos, and movies. They are the only marching band that has performed at every Disney park around the world. They are also well known internationally and have toured around the world.
They've performed in London, Japan, Australia, Rome, and many other locations, including:
cable TV and then on ESPN. It is this exposure on ESPN that helped the Tigers gain media prominence and push them into the entertainment industry.
Since then, the RCC Marching Tigers' entertainment repertoire has been steadily growing.
The Silver Screen
Television Productions
Television Commercials
Music Videos
Marching band
Marching band is a physical activity in which a group of instrumental musicians generally perform outdoors and incorporate some type of marching with their musical performance. Instrumentation typically includes brass, woodwinds, and percussion instruments...
of Riverside Community College
Riverside Community College
Riverside City College, or RCC, is a community college located in Riverside, California, United States. The college is part of the Riverside Community College District, as well as the larger California Community Colleges System.-History:...
. The band has appeared in countless parades such as the Tournament of Roses Parade
Tournament of Roses Parade
The Tournament of Roses Parade, better known as the Rose Parade, is "America's New Year Celebration", a festival of flower-covered floats, marching bands, equestrians and a college football game on New Year's Day , produced by the non-profit Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association.The annual...
, Fiesta Bowl Parade, the Hollywood Christmas Parade
Hollywood Christmas Parade
The Hollywood Christmas Parade, formerly the Hollywood Santa Parade or Santa Claus Lane Parade, is an annual parade that takes place on the weekend after Thanksgiving in the Hollywood community in Los Angeles, California, United States...
, the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, often shortened to Macy's Day Parade, is an annual parade presented by Macy's. The tradition started in 1924, tying it for the second-oldest Thanksgiving parade in the United States along with America's Thanksgiving Parade in Detroit, and four years younger than...
, various athletic events, Bands of America
Bands of America
Bands of America , a division of Music for All, Inc., is an organization that promotes and organizes marching band competitions for high school students. Competitions include both Regional and Super Regional Championships as well as the Grand National Championships...
Grand Nationals in exhibition, as well as countless appearances in television shows, commercials, music videos, and movies. They are the only marching band that has performed at every Disney park around the world. They are also well known internationally and have toured around the world.
History
The RCC Marching Tigers were started in 1984 by director Gary Locke. They have since grown into one of the most prominent and talented college marching bands in the world. The Tigers were formerly a competitive marching band, but eventually moved on to bigger projects after placing first in every competition they competed in for eleven years in a row. They are now a well known exhibition band, performing at many WBA and Bands of America Grand National competitions and appearing in many motion pictures, television shows, television commercials, and other events.Around the World
The RCC Marching Tigers are described as "musical ambassadors to the world", due to the large number of locations they've performed.They've performed in London, Japan, Australia, Rome, and many other locations, including:
| 1985 – Fete de Geneve | |
| 1986 – Victoria Days Parade, Vancouver, Canada | |
| 1987 – Sendai Sister City Exchange Concert & All Japan Marching Band & Baton Twirling Association Contest 1993 – All Japan Marching Band & Baton Twirling Association Contest | |
| 1992 – Moomba Festivale Parade, Melbourne, Australia | |
| 1994 – Nice, France & Euro Disneyland 2001 – Paris New Year’s Parade, France | |
| 1996 – St. Patrick’s Day Parade, Dublin, Ireland | |
| 2000 – London Millennium Parade Festival, England 2005 – London New Year’s Day Parade | |
| 2003 – Edinburgh Easter Festival | |
| 2004 – Madrid Christmas Festival | |
| 2007 – Comune di Frascati 2008 – New Year’s Day performance at the Coliseum, Rome, Italy | |
On Screen
The RCC Marching Tiers have appeared in many major motion pictures, television shows, and television commercials, as well as music videos. They got their start in the entertainment industry in 1990 with their first television appearance in the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade. Shortly after, the Riverside Auto Center wanted to advertise their local business and hired the Marching Tigers and the RCC Pep Squad to be part of a huge television media campaign. The television commercials appeared on local Public-access televisionPublic-access television
Public-access television is a form of non-commercial mass media where ordinary people can create content television programming which is cablecast through cable TV specialty channels...
cable TV and then on ESPN. It is this exposure on ESPN that helped the Tigers gain media prominence and push them into the entertainment industry.
Since then, the RCC Marching Tigers' entertainment repertoire has been steadily growing.
The Silver Screen
| My Blue Heaven | Steve Martin | Warner Brothers |
| Hero | Dustin Hoffman, Andy Garcia, Geena Davis | Columbia |
| Dear God | Greg Kinnear, Laurie Metcalf | Rysher Entertainment |
| Good Burger | Kenan, Kel, Sinbad | Nickelodeon Movies |
| Austin Powers | Mike Myers, Elizabeth Hurley | New Line Cinema |
| Wag the Dog | Robert DeNiro, Dustin Hoffman | New Line Cinema |
| The Truman Show | Jim Carey, Laura Linney, Ed Harris | Paramount |
| The Other Sister | Juliette Lewis, Giovanni Ribisi, Tom Skerritt, Diane Keaton | Touchstone |
| Ready to Rumble | Oliver Platt, David Arquette, Scott Caan | Warner Brothers |
| American Pie 2 | Jason Biggs, Shannon Elizabeth | Universal |
| The First 20 Million is Always the Hardest | Adam Garcia, Jake Busey, Ethan Suplee, Rosario Dawson, Anjul Nigam, Francis Benoit, Gregory Jbara | 20th Century Fox |
| Princess Diaries 2 | Anne Hathaway, Heather Matarazzo, Julie Andrews, John Rhys-Davies | Walt Disney Pictures |
| American Pie: Band Camp | Eugene Levy, Tad Hilgenbrink, Arielle Kebbel | Universal |
| Coach Carter | Samuel L. Jackson | Warner Brothers |
| Even Money | Kim Basinger, Nick Cannon, Danny DeVito, Kelsey Grammer | Yari Film Group |
| Gridiron Gang | The Rock | Sony Pictures |
| Bring It On: In It to Win It” | Universal | |
| Bratz | Lionsgate | |
| The Eye | Jessica Alba | Lionsgate |
| FAME | Naturi Naughton, Kelsey Grammer | MGM |
Television Productions
| Monk | Tony Shalhoub | USA Network |
| Boston Public | Anthony Heald, Chi BcBride | 20th Century Fox |
| Big Deal | Big Bad VooDoo Daddy | 20th Century Fox |
| Charmed | Holly Marie Combs, Alyssa Milano, Rose McGowan | Warner Brothers |
| Gilmore Girls | Lauren Graham, Alexis Bledel | Warner Brothers |
| Once and Again | Sela Ward | ABC |
| Monday Night Live | Todd Donahoe | ABC |
| America’s Funniest Home Videos | Bob Sagat | ABC |
| That Championship Season | Paul Sorvino, Gary Sinese | Show Time |
| Inherit the Wind | George C. Scott | Show Time |
| The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom | Holly Hunter, Beau Bridges | HBO |
| For Their Own Good | Elizabeth Perkins | The Avenet/Kerner Company |
| American Dreams | Gail O’Grady, Tom Verica, Brittany Snow | NBC |
| The Bachelor | Chris Harrison | ABC |
| Good Morning America | Diane Sawyer, Sam Champion | ABC |
| The Game | Tia Mowry, Wendy Raquel Robinson, Brittany Daniel | The CW |
| I Want To Look Like A High School Cheerleader Again | Jay Johnson | CMT |
| Veronica Mars | Kristen Bell | CMT |
| Hell’s Kitchen | Gordon Ramsay | Fox |
Television Commercials
| The Riverside Auto Center | Aloha Airlines | Peugeot Automobiles |
| Wendy’s Hamburgers | Jeep Cherokee | Outpost.com |
| McDonald’s Restaurants | Kentuckey Fried Chicken | American Eagle Outfitters |
| JC Penny | PepsiCola | Six Flags Magic Mountain |
| Mead Five Star | Anheuser-Busch | Verizon Wireless |
Music Videos
| The Animal Song | Savage Garden | Sony |
| I Won't Lie | Shannon Brown | BMG/Arista Records |
| Blowin' Me Up (With Her Love) | JC Chasez | Jive Records |
| B.Y.O.B. | System of a Down | Sony |
| Underclass Hero | Sum 41 | Island Records |
| That's Not My Name | The Ting Tings | Sony |