You hear them doing their early-morning practices, you hear them in the Homecoming parade, and they keep halftime at the football games lively. This weekend, however, you can hear them from every single seat in the 60,272-capacity RCA Dome.
Ball State University's marching band, Cardettes Dance Team and color guard - together known as The Pride of Mid-America - will be performing at the Colts' season opener on Sunday.
Last year, the band was asked to be a late fill-in after the scheduled performer dropped from the program. This year, the Colts asked Ball State to make a second appearance.
Between the football stadium expansion and all the ups and downs of Ball State sports, sometimes the achievements of the marching band falls into the background.
But the show goes on.
The band tirelessly performs on campus and on the road, keeps students in tune when singing the fight song before games and at parades, does exhibition performances for high school students and has given halftime shows at several NFL games throughout its history.
Near the end of the semester, the marching band becomes Ball State's Varsity Band and presents a Christmas Concert before finals week.
The Cardettes, too, perform for Homecoming and Family Weekend.
Oh, and they go to school like the rest of us.
So next time you find yourself at a Ball State football game and the halftime buzzer sounds, make sure you scream extra loud as the Pride of Mid-America, and the pride of Ball State, takes to the field.
They've earned it.
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