Forgot about the BAND

I carelessly forgot to mention the band of the Fighting Irish in my post-game analysis so one more short entry.

We were pleasantly surprised to have a pretty dry afternoon after expecting the worst so that meant the band was able to keep the cheapo rain ponchos in their pockets and put on a heck of a show. NBC is screwing up the half time show taping for some reason (we just sent a nastygram to Jack Swarbrick - please pile on) and you can only see half of the show. It featured "Rhapsody in Blue", "Hawaii-Five-O" and "God Bless America" with the final number as a tribute to the 9-11 victims. The band is competing for some kind of special prize by the producers of the new Hawaii-Five-O series for the best song performance. They pulled out all the stops with surfer graphics, exploding volcanoes and a great arrangement.

Ken Dye is a terrific band leader and fantastic arranger in my view. He has an extra gear he can bring to new arrangements when he thinks it is special and I am sad you cannot hear the entire song on the recording because it had some wonderful segments. Great show overall.

The Michigan band did a cute tribute to Lady Gaga music and all their flags and dancers donned blond wigs and Gaga style attire for the tribute. It was good (but not as good as the Irish Band).

The band buses to East Lansing mid-day next Saturday for a night game and will get back to ND about 2 AM on Sunday. Doesn't that sound like fun?