Thursday, March 12, 2009
Marching Jayhawk band members Kyle Martin and Kristen Kelly found themselves marching to the same beat when they met in Spring 2007.
It was Kyle’s freshman year and Kristen’s sophomore year when their mutual friend, Tyler, had them both over for a party. They had the same group of friends, and both were in the Marching Jayhawks, but they didn’t know of each other at the time. Kyle, of Fort Worth, Texas, says being in the band resulted in them spending a lot of time together. “We both love music, and we both love KU,” Kyle says. “So it’s perfect.”
Beat of the same drum: Kyle Martin and Kristen Kelly are both members of the Marching Jayhawks.
Kristen, of Estes Park, Colorado, started dating Kyle on August 23, 2007, and their first date was at their favorite restaurant, Paisanos. However, traveling with the Jayhawks around the country has allowed these two to even have dates at last year’s Orange Bowl and this year’s Insight Bowl. Playing at the Insight Bowl together, they both say, was the best time they have had on the Marching Jayhawks.
Kyle, a trombone player, says he’s excited to go with Kristen, a flute and piccolo player, to the Big 12 and NCAA tournaments because it’s her first time being a traveling member of the Men’s Basketball Band.
Kyle’s mother marched and played piccolo at KU from 1979 to 1982, he says, so it’s easy for his mother to love Kristen.
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