STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — It's the calm before the season inside Penn State's Blue Band building in State College.

Ellie Sheehan is looking over band uniforms. Sheehan has a lot to be excited about as she was chosen to be the Drum Major for the band. She says she had to go through an interview and audition process before being chosen.

"For as long as I can remember, I was probably like eight years old going to my first Penn State game and I saw the front flip and I was like 'That's what I want to do,' so this has been a very, very long dream come true," said Ellie Sheehan, Penn State Blue Band Drum Major.

Sheehan is also making history, becoming the first female Drum Major in the Blue Band's more than 125-year history. The Hollidaysburg native says this moment is surreal, "I was super, super

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