Joseph Casasanta, the University of Notre Dame's Director of Bands from 1923 to 1942, wrote an arrangement of the Victory March which became "the basis for what the Marching Band and Glee Club still perform today." The original composers, John and Michael Shea, believed their composition to be "amateurish" and hoped it would be improved upon. The lyrics were revised in the 1920s Notre Dame Victory March first appeared under the copyright of the University of Notre Dame in 1928. “The song made a decided hit in the hall and at dinner, where it was also given,” The Tribune reported. The tune was sung by the Notre Dame Glee Club, accompanied by the University orchestra. "New Notre Dame Song Making Hit, Shea Production Sung First Time at President’s Exercises,” the newspaper headline announced.
However, the song made its debut on the Notre Dame campus on Decemin Washington Hall at an event honoring the University president, the South Bend Tribune reported on the front page in the next day's issue. Many books and other sources have erroneously reported that the song was first performed on Notre Dame's campus on Easter Sunday, 1909, in the rotunda of the Main Building. Hammond of Mount Holyoke College, Michael Shea would first perform the song publicly on the organ of the Second Congregational Church of Holyoke, Massachusetts, where Hammond was music director, soon after completing the composition with his brother in the winter of 1908. At the behest of his former music teacher, Professor William C. Both of the Shea brothers were alumni at Notre Dame, with Michael graduating in 1905 and John earning degrees there in 19. Michael wrote the music while John served as the original lyricist. The Notre Dame Victory March was originally created by Michael J.
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