Football Season

Oh say can you see?!
By the dawns early light...

It's Football season again. One of the most strenuous seasons of all.
Not only are people beggining to go shopping for the fall season,
but ringtones of their favorite colleges are popping up all around.
College Football, what are the ingredients?
1. A University packed with students and covered with ivy
2. A football stadium holding thousands of people
3. Coaches
4. Elaborate teams of defense and offense
5. Magnificent marching bands with their magnificent uniforms
6. Playwritters of unbeatable plays
7. Doctors prepared for anything
8. And last but not least, the Alumni and fans.

All of these ingredients are developed with some time,
however, the one ingredient that is highly needed that few think of,
The Marching Bands.
What makes a marching band?
1. A band director, possibly an assistant band director
2. Drum majors, section leaders, and the music players
3. Parents helping with water, trucks, videos, and uniforms
4. Drill writers
5. Marching Instructors
6. Music arrangers
7. Lots of time
8. A Band room to practice in, with a football field
9. And last but not least, the uniforms

Yes, and here is an example of those ingredients put together.



Performed by the Santa Monica High School Viking Band.
I am part of them. I play the alto saxophone, and this field show was my freshman year, November 2005.