Would one of you who is still a member of the Band's mailing list forward this to it?
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Let me preface this by saying that I was in the Band all four years, and I was a section leader for three years. I wrote three shows that got on the field. I am sympathetic to how hard it is to make something funny and entertaining.
At Big Game, the Band put on a performance that was worthy of the football team.
The charitable word for it is "ill-conceived".
The word I want to use is "pathetic".
That show should have been about Covid, and Aaron Rodgers coming in to save the day with increasingly ridiculous treatments.
Instead, we watched an unintelligible video on the scoreboard for several minutes while the Band stood on the field listlessly.
One friend, a Wisconsin grad who comes to Big Game every year and generally enjoys the Band, turned to me irritated and asked, "What the f*** is going on?"
The sad thing is, I know how much effort it took to make that video. It used to be a tenet that we should never rely on the audience being able to hear the announcers. Let that show go down in legend and lore as things not to do.
While I'm on the topic, what the hell happened this year with recruiting? The Band is sadly small. It's time to seriously discuss giving up field shows until you get back above 120 performers.
There was one game this year where you played nearly continuously, at every time out and after every important down. That was great. It made a noticeable difference to the gameday atmosphere. Do that again, each and every game. That's your best role now.
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Let me preface this by saying that I was in the Band all four years, and I was a section leader for three years. I wrote three shows that got on the field. I am sympathetic to how hard it is to make something funny and entertaining.
At Big Game, the Band put on a performance that was worthy of the football team.
The charitable word for it is "ill-conceived".
The word I want to use is "pathetic".
That show should have been about Covid, and Aaron Rodgers coming in to save the day with increasingly ridiculous treatments.
Instead, we watched an unintelligible video on the scoreboard for several minutes while the Band stood on the field listlessly.
One friend, a Wisconsin grad who comes to Big Game every year and generally enjoys the Band, turned to me irritated and asked, "What the f*** is going on?"
The sad thing is, I know how much effort it took to make that video. It used to be a tenet that we should never rely on the audience being able to hear the announcers. Let that show go down in legend and lore as things not to do.
While I'm on the topic, what the hell happened this year with recruiting? The Band is sadly small. It's time to seriously discuss giving up field shows until you get back above 120 performers.
There was one game this year where you played nearly continuously, at every time out and after every important down. That was great. It made a noticeable difference to the gameday atmosphere. Do that again, each and every game. That's your best role now.