The MIB's untarnished mission statement:

"Rapid movement of Percussion, in a timely, undetected, professional manor on and off the fields of competition"

Below Picture from WCU 2003 Competition

Front Row kneeling (Left to Right)

 Randy "Dough Boy" Reynolds,  Paul "Prez" Braese,  Danny "Amp" Higgins,  Mark "SpongeBob" Minken

Back Row standing (Left to Right)

Ronnie "Willie Nelson" Deitz, , Joel "Diesel" Burton, John "BTBone" Perko,  Brian "Outlaw" Hughes,  Kevin "Wire-Man" Higgins, Dana "Doc" Jolly

Not Pictured

Tom "Mr. T" Tilson, Jim "Rev" Russell,  John "Hacksaw" Putnam

All nicknames were given to everyone by John L. Perko

Below Picture from a Friday Night Game in September 2003 at William E. Reeves Stadium

On Friday October 24th 2003

John L. Perko (BTBone) (seated on right) died unexpectantly

John developed the "Men In Black" theme, he gave all the members of our group a nickname for various reasons.

 John was a inspiration to all that knew him, he gave all his heart in everything he did

No one will be able to fill the shoes of John

but as far as the Blackhawk Band Pit Crew is concerned

the

"Men In Black"

will go on with the direction that John wanted and strived for!

John we will always follow your lead

"Because we know you are watching"

This Picture was taken (at Raleigh) the day after John suddenly died