10-09-2012, 09:19 AM
As some of you may know, I went to college at Ohio State and performed in the marching band there. Normally if I would mention this to someone from Ohio they would be all "Wow! You are so totally awesome! Can I have your autograph!" and to someone from anywhere other than Ohio they would be all "Oh so you dressed in a goofy costume and hit a drum during a sporting event... your parents must be so proud." But anyway...
This year's edition of the Ohio State University Marching Band prepared a video game theme tribute for homecoming against Nebraska this past Saturday. It featured crowd pleasing formations such as sliding Tetris blocks, Pikachu and Mario heads, an animated Epona gallop (having prepared halftime shows I can say this one would have been extremely hard to pull off with so few rehearsals), and Pac-man being chased by a ghost. My sister went to the game and said it is the best halftime show she has ever seen. Apparently a lot of people agree. Someone posted a video of it on the internets and it has 2 million views after the first day.
So in case anyone wants some Nintendo nostalgia or to see what band geeks dream about at night, here it is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAzzbrFgcUw
This year's edition of the Ohio State University Marching Band prepared a video game theme tribute for homecoming against Nebraska this past Saturday. It featured crowd pleasing formations such as sliding Tetris blocks, Pikachu and Mario heads, an animated Epona gallop (having prepared halftime shows I can say this one would have been extremely hard to pull off with so few rehearsals), and Pac-man being chased by a ghost. My sister went to the game and said it is the best halftime show she has ever seen. Apparently a lot of people agree. Someone posted a video of it on the internets and it has 2 million views after the first day.
So in case anyone wants some Nintendo nostalgia or to see what band geeks dream about at night, here it is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAzzbrFgcUw