With a raise of the arms by Director of Athletic Bands David Clemmer, the 2009 Marching Jayhawks kick off a new season of on-the-field musical entertainment!
The KU marching band started their pregame ritual with a march down the hill, zigzagging in and out of a growing crowd of fans and tailgaters, before settling in a semicircular formation - from which they would play a few numbers for the appreciative hillside audience.
The bass drums kept the beat for the school's fight songs...
...And the flutes and piccolos showed off fast fingers and rollercoaster runs as they mimicked the sound of flying spaceships in The Jetsons theme song, part of a Hanna-Barbera medley.
As for the tubas, well, who knows what the tubas were up to. (But if it's anything like my days in marching band, they were busy goofing off and planning the next big party....the tuba players always threw the best parties!)
Throw in a superhero medley, featuring the themes from Spider-Man and Superman, and the KU Marching Jayhawks 2009 premiere was a success!
(Oh, and the KU Football Jayhawks also had an impressive performance, topping the Bears from Northern Colorado 49-3 in their season opener.)
Rock-Chalk-Jay-Hawk-K-U!
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