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Fountain Hills school board member was part of U of A band's Super Bowl I show

Bernie Hoenle rests on the ground with his trumpet while he’s “out” in a rehearsal of Pride of Arizona band rehearsal that included a shootout at the OK Corral. Hoenle reflected recently on performing with the band in the Super Bowl I halftime show in 1967.

Courtesy of Bernie Hoenle

The Pride of Arizona, the University of Arizona’s marching band, was part of the halftime show at Super Bowl I in Los Angeles in 1967. Hoenle reflected recently on performing with the band in the big game.

Courtesy of University of Arizona

Bernie Hoenle, center, wearing glasses, plays the trumpet with the Desert Valley Winds community band. Hoenle reflected recently on performing with the band in the Super Bowl I halftime show in 1967.

Courtesy of Bernie Hoenle

In 2026, the lasting images of the first Super Bowl are probably slow-motion video of the Green Bay Packers dominating the Kansas City Chiefs.

But for one Fountain Hills resident and school board member, the lasting images are a once-in-a-lifetime group experience that produced powerful memories.

Bernie Hoenle was a trumpet player in the University of Arizona marching band. The Pride of Arizona band traveled to perform at several high-profile sporting and other events in the mid-1960s, including halftime of a newly conceived AFL-NFL world championship pro football game in 1967 called the Super Bowl.

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