Danny Gillis with the BC hockey jersey from his youth with two photos of him at hockey games

Photo: Caitlin Cunningham

Fiddle Kid Enrolls at BC

After becoming an overnight celebrity at BC ten years ago, Danny Gillis ’28 is finally an Eagle.

Back in 2013, seven-year-old Danny Gillis ’28 won the hearts of Eagles everywhere after he appeared on the Jumbotron at a men’s hockey game playing air fiddle to “The Devil Went Down to Georgia.� Born into a family of BC alumni, Gillis attended enough games to become widely known as “Fiddle Kid.� He’s all grown up now, and studying economics and entrepreneurship in his freshman year at BC. “I’ve been exploring the campus my whole life,� he said. “But to experience it from a student’s lens and have so much more depth to my experience will be great.�

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