Meet the UNC Bell Tower's master bell ringer, sophomore Madi Marks
Posted Oct 19, 2021
When UNC’s football team scores a game-winning touchdown, the band plays as fans stream out of Kenan Stadium. But one Marching Tar Heel heads to another campus monument with a special task — to play UNC-themed songs on the bells of the Morehead-Patterson Bell Tower. Madi Marks is the latest to hold the title of master bell ringer.
(Daily Tar Heel)
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