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Welcome to LTU- where your legacy awaits.
We are ecstatic to share with you the great band opportunities we have here at Lawrence Tech.
Do you play an instrument or have experience in color guard?
Interested in continuing in college and having the opportunity to earn a scholarship? If so, Lawrence Technological University is the school for you!
The Blue Devils Marching Band performs at convocation, home football games, homecoming, men’s and women’s home basketball games, hockey games, commencements and other LTU campus events. The Band represents the heart and soul of LTU and cultivates the spirit on our campus!
By becoming a member of the Blue Devils Marching Band, Drumline, Color Guard or Pep Band, you are eligible to earn/do the following:
Band Scholarship (substantial/apply to see what we can offer you)
Early Priority Registration (allows for better times and class options)
Early Move In/Out (gets you situated on campus first)
Travel (takes you more places for LTU)
An opportunity to be apart of the LTU LEGACY and much more.
Please visit our
JOIN THE BAND
page to complete the student contact form and we will reach out to you! If you know others who may be interested, please encourage them to reach out to us.
Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at afloury@ltu.edu. Thank you for visiting our website and we hope you will consider becoming an LTU Blue Devil!
YOUR LEGACY AWAITS!
Go Blue Devils!
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Alexander Floury
afloury@ltu.edu
586.453.5202
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LTU Fight Song
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LTU Fight Song
The fight song and alma mater is copyrighted by the University, which reserves all rights.
History
Alma Mater
Lyrics
H. O’Reilly Clint wrote the words and music for Lawrence Tech’s fight song, Dear Old LTU , in 1932, the year Lawrence Tech was founded.
Clint (1900-61) was a Canadian-born composer, songwriter, author, and organist who became a U.S. citizen in 1926. In addition to Lawrence Tech’s alma mater, he wrote the music for My Michigan, adopted by concurrent resolution of the Michigan House and Senate in 1937 as the state’s official song. Another of his compositions is When It’s Night Time in Nevada, sung by cowboy star Roy Rogers in the 1948 movie by the same name, and later by Gene Autry. Clint also wrote the music for the fight song of the University of Detroit-Mercy, which is where he presumably met Russell E. Lawrence, who had been dean of engineering there prior to founding Lawrence Tech.
Clint’s education included the Toronto Conservatory. He wrote and directed radio programs, and was also music director for the Knights of Columbus in Michigan for four years, and organist for St. Mary’s Church in Detroit.
Lawrence Tech’s fight song initially mirrored the school’s original name, Lawrence Institute of Technology, and was titled Dear Old LIT . When the school became Lawrence Technological University in 1989, the song’s words and title were slightly altered to reflect the current LTU initials.
During Lawrence Tech’s first 35 years when the university was a regional (and in basketball, a national) athletic powerhouse, the fight song was played by Lawrence Tech band members at every home football and basketball game, as well as at assemblies, convocations, many away games, and other events.
Lawrence Tech’s first student orchestra formed in October 1932, within weeks of the University’s opening, and was known as Johnny Matyas and the Lawrence Techtonians. The group also played for dances in Detroit’s large hotel ballrooms. By 1937 the group was called the Melody Engineers. In 1940 the group was reconstituted as a band under the direction of Thomas E. Sadler, a former Army and Detroit City Fire Department bandmaster. He also led formation of a marching band. After a hiatus during World War II, in 1952 a new dance band was formed. Based on student interest, a number of musical groups have come and gone in the years since.
The fight song was also performed by many of the most famous singers and orchestras of the past. Lawrence Tech basketball games in the 1940s and ’50s attracted tens of thousands of fans to the University’s “home courts” – the Olympia Stadium or State Fair Coliseum. The huge dances that immediately followed the games attracted such greats as Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, and many more.
By the 1970s the fight song was all but forgotten until it was revived in 1978 as the recessional played to close Lawrence Tech’s Commencement Exercises.
This version of the Lawrence Tech fight song was recorded early in 2005 by the Birmingham Concert Band, The Birmingham band first played the song at the 2004 Commencement, marking the first time in over 40 years that the song had been played with full orchestration. Birmingham Concert Band leader Grant Hoemke deserves credit for reviving and expanding the original scores that again bring the song to life.
The LTU Hymn
2013 - Present
Let them fly so very high our colors blue and white
In the air for all to stare whether day or night
We stand and fight for what is right in everything we do
We can’t hide our lasting pride for good old LTU
We will sing and praises ring as honors now unfold
Rising loud with hearts so proud its song and spirit bold
Listen to her song, with its inspiring words so true
Hail to our dear alma mater… good old LTU
May her fame and honored name be greater with each year
May they last these mem’ries past that we hold so dear
Fear not the rival lot who’d stop our cause so true
Show the course with endless force and cheer for LTU
The LTU Hymn
1932-2013
Let them fly so very high our colors blue and white
Flowing free for all to see like a guiding light.
With our might for all that’s right we march to victory.
We can’t hide our lasting pride for good old LTU
We will sing and chimes will ring our praise of LTU
Rising loud with hearts so proud ringing true for thee.
Listen to her song it is calling you and me.
On to keep the banner flying for old LTU
May her fame and honored name be greater with each year.
May they last these mem’ries past that we hold so dear.
Fear not the rival lot who’d stop our cause so free.
Show the course with endless force and cheer for LTU
We Are LTU
Lawrence Technological University Fight Song Lyrics
2013 - Present
(Verse)
No matter what our call…
We hail the white and blue…
And in our struggles great or small…
Our loyalties we pledge to you
Rah! Rah! Rah!
(Chorus)
Dear Old LTU…to the blue devil flag you’re flying
We give our highest praise…and our forever love undying
And in the class or on the field…we’ll make you proud with vict’ry too
Praises sing blue devil pride- we are LTU!
Dear Old LTU
Lawrence Technological University Fight Song Lyrics
1989-2013
Download and listen to the mp3
(Verse)
Tho’ time divides us all
We shall never prove untrue
No matter what the call
Our loyalty we pledge to you
Rah! Rah! Rah!
(Chorus)
Dear old LTU
We love the Blue and White you’re flying
Thru the years to you
’Twill ever tell of love undying
And in the class or on the field
We’ll bring you honor, victory
All hail to you
Our alma mater LTU
Rah! Rah! Rah!
Dear Old LIT
Lawrence Technological University Fight Song
Original Lyrics for 1932-1989
(Verse)
Tho’ time divides us all
We shall never prove untrue
No matter what the call
Our loyalty we pledge to you
Rah! Rah! Rah!
(Chorus)
Dear old LIT
We love the Blue and White you’re flying
Thru the years to be
’Twill ever tell of love undying
And in the class or on the field
We’ll bring you honor, victory
All hail to thee
Our alma mater LIT
Rah! Rah! Rah!
Marching Band Schedule 2025-2026
Date
Event
Time
Venue
August 13-August 20, 2025
Band Camp
8:00 am – 6:00 pm
Wednesday, August 20, 2025
Convocation
4:00 pm
Don Ridler Field House
Saturday, September 6, 2025
Football vs. Marion University
7:00 pm
Blue Devil Stadium
Saturday, September 13, 2025
Football vs. University of St. Francis (IN)
*BAND DAY
1:00 pm
Blue Devil Stadium
Friday, September 26, 2025
LTU Athletics Hall of Fame Performance
5:00pm
Saturday, September 27, 2025
Football vs. Saint Xavier University (IL)
*HOMECOMING & ALUMNI DAY
1:00 pm
Blue Devil Stadium
Saturday, October 25, 2025
Football vs. Taylor University
1:00 PM
Blue Devil Stadium
Saturday, November 15, 2025
Football vs. Defiance College
*Senior Day
1:00 pm
Blue Devil Stadium
Saturday, December 6, 2025
Commencement
10:00 am and 1:30 pm
Don Ridler Field House
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Media
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Giving
Support LTU Athletics
Blue + White Club gifts help us to recruit, retain, train, and support outstanding student-athletes through scholarships, facilities, travel, and other services.
Gifts are recognized at the following levels with benefits** as follows:
**When available. Subject to change.
Your
unrestricted gift to the Blue Devil Athletics Fund provides resources to participants in all sports
and allows the Department of Student Recreation, Athletics, and Wellness to respond to changing needs and unexpected opportunities. Or,
you may designate all or part of your gift to a specific sport or sports
, serving student-athletes on the teams that are most important to you.
All gifts are tax deductible to the extent allowed by IRS law. If your donation level entitles you to an item of clothing, a member of the LTU Advancement staff will contact you for your size.
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