Penn State Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 To help pass some time before the competitive season begins this summer... "Making The Blue Band" can be viewed online at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1ip7ROLjDM (original message ABBA members bellow...) To the Members of the ABBA, We're pleased to announce that Making The Blue Band has aired throughout Pennsylvania on public television and nationwide on the Big Ten Network. The half-hour documentary is now available online for Penn State Blue Band fans everywhere. Please share the link below with friends and family! We'd also like to thank everyone who contributed to this program in one way or another. We could not have produced such an exciting program without your financial and moral support. It was an honor to tell the Blue Band's story-and it was pretty cool reliving our own band camp days so many years later! We hope watching the program will stir wonderful memories for youŠmarching through the tunnel for the very first time, the long, hot days of band camp, and the life-long friendships that began there. The Blue Band is a truly unique organization that has had a positive impact on so many of us. Thank you for your part in sharing this story! Jeff Hughes (JHughes@psu.edu) Producer, Penn State Public Broadcasting Blue Band Trombone, '86-'88 Cole Cullen (colecullen@psu.edu) Producer/Editor, Penn State Public Broadcasting Blue Band Percussion, '92-'96 "Making The Blue Band" can be viewed online at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1ip7ROLjDM DVDs are available for purchase from: Penn State Media Sales 1-800-770-2111 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willie85 Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 OK, yeah. We're in the throngs of preseason desperation, but we're not that desperate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver_King Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 OK, yeah. We're in the throngs of preseason desperation, but we're not that desperate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marching Mallets Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 They ran it here in the Allentown area on PBS. I think a former Cadet produced it or there was a few Cadets in the Drum line that were featured. It's nothing special unless you are a Penn State fan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penn State Posted May 29, 2009 Author Share Posted May 29, 2009 They ran it here in the Allentown area on PBS. I think a former Cadet produced it or there was a few Cadets in the Drum line that were featured. It's nothing special unless you are a Penn State fan. Ouch, you weren't even able to take away a new appreciation for the Big Ten band experience after watching it??? Would you say the same if the documentary was done on any D-I corps? I'm willing to bet you would be singing a different tune...anywho.... The drummer interviewed, Jake Gall, is a Cadet center snare age out and current Blue Band drumline captain. I beilieve he is still 'teching' for The Cadets this summer. Several other members seen through out the video marched Blue Devils, Glassmen, Jersey Surf, Buccaneers, Caballeros, and Crossmen. My apologies if I missed any corps with members in Blue Band. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver_King Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 Several other members seen through out the video marched Blue Devils, Glassmen, Jersey Surf, Buccaneers, Caballeros, and Crossmen. My apologies if I missed any corps with members in Blue Band. what tour year did this video come out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Ream Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 it came out last fall, but i believe the footage was from the year before. very cool stuff, and some of it can pertain to drum corps, even if they high step. ( and my wife is blue band alum so i have to like it LOL) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penn State Posted May 29, 2009 Author Share Posted May 29, 2009 what tour year did this video come out? There's some footage from the 2007 season. However most of the footage is from the 2008 season, including the prospective rookies they were following. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver_King Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 (edited) i marched one of the corps and didnt see anyone i knew thats why i asked Edited May 30, 2009 by Silver_King Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geneva Posted May 30, 2009 Share Posted May 30, 2009 I found this interesting. My son just finished his freshman year at Penn State and I had the opportunity to view the band at the Illinois game sitting with him and next to his HS band teacher, a Penn State alum. The band is an integral part of the very ritualized crowd participation. They are a focal point for many in the the 100,000 + crowd. It was really something to behold. I will bet that if I had gone to school there (39 years ago, yikes!) that I would have wanted to participate. However, it does give new meaning for me to the expression "band geek". Having competed in the era of drum corps when it was ultra military, all this emoting would have been a little over the top for me to say the least. I suppose the average drum corps participant of today would have less of an issue with this? It would interest me to hear their perspective on this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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