UW Bones Eat A Rock And On, WISCONSIN!

Whoo, just woke up. What day is it? Wednesday! Wow, well, that Rose Bowl trip sure did wear me out. It was disappointing to see them loose, but it sure was a blast to be there. Wisconsin really does have the best fans in the world. The stadium was overwhelmingly Cardinal Red.

I wish I could have heard TCU's marching band, but they didn't play loud enough for the sound to make it to our side of the stadium so I can't really say much about them. We are very different bands though. They have lots of music majors, and we have lots of marching fury.

There's some good memories documented online from the trip. YouTube has a clip of us in the Rose Bowl Parade. DipDive.com has a 45 minute video of us playing 5th quarter stuff on New Years Eve. That event stands out as one of the crazier things we've done. Gary documented the trip extensively at his PhanFare site. There's even a rare glimpse of a Trombone exercising his ability to fly.

On a bit of a side note, whenever TCU scored a touchdown, the big screen showed a touchdown graphic where the letters would appear one at a time. It was hyphenated to look like

touch-
down

The letters would start from the end of touch and the beginning of down, so at some point it looked like

    uch
do

That brightened up my day a little bit.

It was great seeing so many fans all over the place. Santa Monica Pier felt like we were performing back in Madison, perhaps by Lake Mendota. The parade was the most absurd parade I've ever been in. Some parades don't have many people for a good portion, the Parade of Roses has more people than I ever would have imagined the entire 6 miles. So much red there too. You could tell who lived in the area, they had space heaters and blankets.

Until next time, eat a rock Wisconsin.