{"id":83747,"date":"2013-09-20T16:23:31","date_gmt":"2013-09-20T20:23:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=83747"},"modified":"2023-06-27T13:12:47","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T17:12:47","slug":"when-the-dawgz-go-marching-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2013\/09\/when-the-dawgz-go-marching-in\/","title":{"rendered":"When the Dawgz Go Marching In"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_83470\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-83470\" style=\"width: 612px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/FunkyDawgz130905g015.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-83470  img-responsive lazyload\" alt=\"The Funky Dawgz Brass Band at the Nathan Hale Inn on Sept. 5. (Juanita Austin '15 (SFA)\/UConn Photo)\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/FunkyDawgz130905g015.jpg\" width=\"612\" height=\"408\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/FunkyDawgz130905g015.jpg 630w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/FunkyDawgz130905g015-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/FunkyDawgz130905g015-150x100.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 612px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 612\/408;\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-83470\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Funky Dawgz Brass Band at the Nathan Hale Inn on Sept. 5. (Juanita Austin &#8217;15 (SFA)\/UConn Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Today the Funky Dawgz opened Storrs Center. Tonight they \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IH6c0W2nTyY\">Shut It Down<\/a>\u201d at The Spot in Providence.<\/p>\n<p>A New Orleans-style second line jazz band, the Funky Dawgz Brass Band comprises members of the UConn Marching Band and Pep Band, and these musicians share a passion to perform. You have to experience the Funky Dawgz in the fur, as these 12 guys release their energy and excitement in one giant foot-stomping, hand-clapping great time.<\/p>\n<p>And it\u2019s not just Husky fans getting up. Last month, the Dawgz won the SoNo \u201cBreaking the Band Battle\u201d \u2013 where first prize consisted of opening for The Village People at the 2013 Norwalk Oyster Festival plus eight hours of studio time.<\/p>\n<p>This story is only just beginning. Look and listen for more in the weeks and months ahead.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/funkydawgz\">Follow the band on Facebook<\/a> and check out their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/UCFunkyDawgz\">YouTube channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students in the New Orleans-style Funky Dawgz Brass Band share a passion to perform.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":83470,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,2234],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[52],"class_list":["post-83747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","category-university-life"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-12 14:27:48","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83747"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83747\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83750,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83747\/revisions\/83750"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/83470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83747"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=83747"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=83747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}