Oct
29
‘Just’ Northwestern
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This past weekend was the “unofficial” marching band away trip. We don’t officially go as the band, but we all come together and decided to travel to an away game without the responsibilities of waking up crazy early to rehearse. This year the elected game was Northwestern of “just” Northwestern (jNW) as we like to call it. We say “just” because we have an ongoing joke that they are no threat to us, so when we play them we say things like “calm down guys, it’s just Northwestern.” It’s a little silly but we love it nonetheless.
We left Friday afternoon to spend the night at my house back in Chicago! It was really convenient (and cheap!) because I only live about 45 minutes away from Evanston, where Northwestern University is located. We had a bonfire in my backyard and just hung out. Even though I was probably home for less than 12 hours it was still great to see my family and all my pets!
Then the next morning we woke up around 6 to drive to jNW and tailgate! Tailgating is something band members do once a year, and it’s on the unofficial away trip. Because other games we are getting up to rehearse and touch-up our show before the game! So it’s definitely a somewhat unique experience to band members. But we all decided to park in the same lot to tailgate together! I would say there were probably about 50 or more band members who made the trip, which is about one fourth of the entire band!
Even though we ended up losing it was still a great experience. We got to se the Wildcat marching band and talk with some of their band members and watched their pregame show. Big10 bands always support each other even if we are sworn rivals. They had a James Bond themed halftime show which sounded great, although they’re band is considerably smaller than ours! I loved my trip and I can’t wait to see where the band will end up next year for our away trip!
Me and my friend Martin during the game!
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