a little over a week ago, alyssa went on a band field trip with her high school. it was high school band day, at UC berkeley, and 34 high school bands from all over northern california participated in this event. during half time at the football game, they got to play with the UC berkeley marching band. we found this video on youtube, and i wanted to stick it up here on my blog for future reference. it's a longer one, so i don't expect you all to listen to the whole thing. lol! but it IS really good :)
what's that? you want to know exactly where alyssa is in this video? i'll do my best to explain. the cal band comes out to play first. at the end of their song, they all march towards the front center of the field. when they stop playing, is when all the high schools run out onto the field. if you look directly to the left of the cal band, at the bottom of the screen, you'll see a group of kids, wearing black tshirts. this is alyssa's school. keep your eye on that group. she's in the front right corner. so if you look at the back left corner person in the cal band, she's directly to the left of that person.
and just a little tidbit. that first song they do, is one of my favorites that the high school band plays at the varsity football games. except that they play it a lot faster at the games. "heeeeyyyyy! heeeyyy, baby! i wanna know-oooow. if you'll be my girl!" that tune gets it your head, and will stay there for days. lol!
it was an all day field trip. they met at the school at 5:00am, and boarded the bus for the trip. and they got home at 7:00pm. it rained that day. so they were all soaked, cold, and tired. but alyssa said they had a great time, and it was quite an experience.
Wow this is so cool laura. how fun for kids to get to play together like this. i love that song too and they did a great job playing it. thanks for pointing out where she would be in this big group.
Posted by: dawn | November 03, 2010 at 09:51 AM
hi again laura just have to tell you that I went to the MM blog site and they have up the fabric projects you and wendy made. they look so cute set up like a real room for a girl and a baby boy. how cool and exciting for you to be a part of that. I really want this and will try for xmas. going to archivers sometime this month if time and will see if they have it there. Congrats again on a great job. Oh yeah, noticed their christmas stuff too now I want it even more.
Posted by: dawn | November 03, 2010 at 10:39 AM
A lady that I work with kids were there too. (Livingston High) What an amazing experience. She took some video and shared it. All of them sounded fantastic!
Posted by: Cindee | November 03, 2010 at 01:39 PM
What a cool and memorable experience for Alyssa!!!
Posted by: Carla | November 03, 2010 at 05:22 PM
That is sooo cool! I just love marching bands!!
Posted by: Monika | November 03, 2010 at 07:33 PM
Amazing experience!!!!
Posted by: Suzanne | November 03, 2010 at 08:32 PM
Awesome! Thanks for sharing!!! :-) Congrats to Alyssa.
Amy
Posted by: Amy | November 03, 2010 at 10:07 PM
How fun! Love your project below too!! And yay you on the CK dream team again!! Not surprised!
Posted by: Brenda H | November 04, 2010 at 08:26 AM
How cool is that?!?!! They sound great! Love that song...reminds me of Dirty Dancing....
Posted by: Sara Rossi | November 05, 2010 at 08:49 PM