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neonvincentAnd now, the last UCLA marching band performance of 1979.
On the whole, this is a good performance by the flag line. The issue that I had earlier in the season, that one side was visibly less together than the other, had pretty much cleared up. My one regret was that I didn't have the flags do a brief routine while the band was halted in the middle of "Long Time." Looking at the video, that would have helped the entertainment value. Still, I am a lot happier about the amount of flagwork in this halftime show than I was in the pregame show.
As for the show itself, it felt ironic to extol all of UCLA's then-record 30 NCAA championships, particularly playing "We are the Champions," while the football team was being blown out and UCLA was about the complete a 5-6 season. Then again, we knew our team sucked by that time, so losing this game hurt less than losing the previous two, 1977 in particular. That we lost in the last minute and UCLA went from going to the Rose Bowl to not going to a bowl game at all.
On the whole, this is a good performance by the flag line. The issue that I had earlier in the season, that one side was visibly less together than the other, had pretty much cleared up. My one regret was that I didn't have the flags do a brief routine while the band was halted in the middle of "Long Time." Looking at the video, that would have helped the entertainment value. Still, I am a lot happier about the amount of flagwork in this halftime show than I was in the pregame show.
As for the show itself, it felt ironic to extol all of UCLA's then-record 30 NCAA championships, particularly playing "We are the Champions," while the football team was being blown out and UCLA was about the complete a 5-6 season. Then again, we knew our team sucked by that time, so losing this game hurt less than losing the previous two, 1977 in particular. That we lost in the last minute and UCLA went from going to the Rose Bowl to not going to a bowl game at all.
Finally, this was my sister's last performance with the UCLA Band. She left after seeing the new uniforms and having to deal with all of the politics of the band going to Tokyo.
That's it for 1979. Stay tuned for four posts with performances from 1980.
