RCC Marching Tigers
| RCC Marching Tigers Riverside City College Marching Band | |
|---|---|
| School | Riverside City College |
| Location | Riverside, California |
| Conference | Orange Empire Conference |
| Founded | 1984 |
| Director | James Rocillo |
| Members | 200+ |
| Uniform | Black and white jacket; Orange baldric with silver sequins and black trim, black pants, shiny black marching shoes, black shako with silver "sunburst" and black plume |
The RCC Marching Tigers or "Hollywood's Band" is the marching band of Riverside City College. The band has appeared in 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 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 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:
| Year | Location |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2006 | Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade |
| 2007 | Comune di Frascati |
| 2008 | New Year’s Day performance at the Coliseum, Rome, Italy |
On Screen
The RCC Marching Tigers 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 television 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.
| Film | Starring | Studio |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Thompson, Kel Michell, Sinbad | Nickelodeon Movies |
| Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery | Mike Myers, Elizabeth Hurley | New Line Cinema |
| Wag the Dog | Robert De Niro, 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 |
| Show | Starring | Network |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Saget | 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 |
| 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 |
| Song | Artist | Label |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Sports Song | "Weird Al" Yankovic | RCA Records |