Marchout Mondays

Each Monday, following a home football game, I'll report on the Notre Dame Marching Band's halftime performance from the previous Saturday's game.

This Saturday the Irish played our archrival from Southern Cal. The Trojan band is known to take jabs at the Band of the Fighting Irish and Our Lady's university. Of course, the Notre Dame band outperforms the Spirit of Troy every time.

This past Saturday was no exception. The USC band performed "Karaoke at Notre Dame Stadium" and included many of the songs that our marching band is known for playing. You would think that the USC band would know by know that Jon Bon Jovi prefers the ND arrangements of his songs over the USC version. The USC band also tried to wow the crowd by attempting to dance which just led to moans from the Notre Dame student section.

After the USC band was finished with their "performance" to boos from the stadium, the Notre Dame Marching Band took the field to an erupting cheer. This week's performance honored NASA and a Notre Dame alum who just returned from space. It included the band forming the NASA logo, a globe with a rocket going to the moon, and a rocket bringing an astronaut (costume included) to the moon where he planted a flag and the band spelt "USA." The crowd was awed, including the USC marching band. I'm looking forward to out-performing them again in two years.

View the Notre Dame Marching Band's performance against USC.
View the Spirit of Troy's performance at Notre Dame Stadium.