The "World-Renowned" Marching Chiefs is the official marching band of the Florida State University. The band has served in this capacity since the 1940s and continues to perform at all home football games as well as several away games each year. There are 470 members, or Chiefs, as members are sometimes known, in the band who hail from almost every academic department within the university.
Read more about Marching Chiefs: History, Try-outs and Rehearsals, Drum Majors, Sections, FSU Marching Chiefs Traditions
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