Friday, November 15, 2024

Football Counter-Programming 2024: Week 11


I found a bit of time and a good enough piece of content to create some football distraction this week.

Above, as the title shows, is the final "production" video of the 2024 Marching Warrior show RED.

I really have enjoyed the existence of these end-of-season videos, which the program started making in 2022 (Play Ball). Please go visit the Westerville North Marching Band YouTube page to see that show as well as 2023's Non-Stop. And there are curated playlists of many other years of the program, stretching back through the previous decade and even into the 1990s when available. There are also a variety of Go-Pro Point of View videos that the kids have made and that I have collected on the site. I also love watching these videos--most of them beginning when Grace was still in High School and continuing now through Jay's Junior year. It helps capture the unique individuals and experiences of each year's day-to-day work.

The site is a labor of love done mostly through the skills of the band's official photographer/videographer Aaron Layne and also the Go Pro work of many students--spearheaded for the last several years by graduating senior Nick. I've done my bit by organizing and curating where needed to keep it as tidy as possible.

 If you begin digging around here, I absolutely guarantee that you will spend enough time within to completely skip any and all football for this weekend.

So, until next time . . . remember. Your alma mater has its own marching band. And they work a hell of a long time each week. So don't ignore them during halftime. The hotdog will be there when the third quarter starts. (And the line will be shorter besides.)

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