It's Go Time

The final photos of the Notre Dame-Western Michigan game!

We followed the band most of the way to the stadium. I think I noted in one of my previous posts that it's pretty cool that you get to march behind the band all the way to the stadium. We were right up at the front, but there was a lot of shoving, so we left the ranks and walked over by ourselves.

 There were Notre Dame fans already waiting for us...don't they look welcoming?

 The band forms on the field....

 and creates an "N" and "D."

The the cheerleaders and the Leprechaun!

 Game time!

 Nate Montana

 David Ruffer

 Touchdown Jesus

 The band.

 The student section...I would love to sit next to them someday. I would have liked even more to be one of them once...but alas, just not enough good grades and money.

 Gooooooooooo Irish!

 We won!

 The band plays the Fight Song and then the Alma Mater.

A wonderful day...I can't wait to go back!

Game Day - Part 2

Okay, so before the game, the band plays on the steps of the Main Building. The crowd is huge, and I am waaayyy too short to see over anybody, so I had to have Aaron take some of these pictures.

 Look at those sweet little baby drum majors! They were very popular among the crowd.

 Then this other little guy showed up wearing a band outfit as well. It was like a baby drum major convention.

 This little guy even knows how to conduct music!

 Then after they play on the steps of the Main Building, the band splits into 3 sections on the lawn of the Main Building, and each section takes its turn playing in a circle.

 After each section plays, they do something fun, like get in a huddle and chant some cheer and jump around. Okay, that sounds weird. I don't really know how to describe it.

 After the band plays, they line up and march to the stadium, while the crowd marches behind them. While we were waiting, I noticed that you could see the whole crowd and beautiful scenery reflected on the tubas. How cool is that? Of course, once I started taking pictures of this, this lady next to me saw what I was doing and started taking pictures, too. She nudged her friend, "Hey, look! You can see the whole crowd on the tuba!" Copy cat. :-)

 Aren't they beautiful?

 Do you see Aaron and me?

 How about now?

Game pictures still to come!