The remaining original Purdue Silver Twin, Sharon J. (Roeske) (Wendt) Wesch, Ph.D., died in February. She and her sister Karon made their debut as the Purdue Silver Twins in the fall of 1960. Karon died in 2003, at the age of 60. The Silver Twins were created by the late Purdue Band Director Al G....
Today is the Indianapolis 500, and Purdue Twirling will be performing on the race track. Here are some wonderful historic images (negatives) of this long-standing tradition, which we discovered on an Indianapolis 500 Archive. Members of the Purdue University Marching Band make their way down the...