Bracketing the evening's football game with pomp and tradition, and featured at halftime performing their "...AND BEYOND!" musical program will be the internationally renowned DGN Trojan Marching Band!
Come early and stay late - you don't want to miss any of the band's performance and you'll want to lend your voice and support to the Trojan football team (We love our team, we love our team, we love our team. WE LOVE OUR TEAM!) as they give it their all on the field.
For you newbie Marching Band families, here's a few tips:
- Come early to watch the Drum Line escort the team onto the field for pregame warm-ups. A cool football moment.
- Watch the band and Color Guard forming up in the field house as they prepare to march onto the track. A great photo op of your student musicians looking amazing in their uniforms.
- Catch the pre-game show, including the playing of the visiting team's school fight song. A wonderful tradition that underscores the true sense of sportsmanship between rival schools.
- Don't miss the band's stirring rendition of The Star Spangled Banner.
- Gather near the south end of the bleachers just before the kick-off as the band, massed on the track, plays "Also Sprach Zarathustra" (the "2001 Space Odyssey" song - you know, Duuuhhh daa daaaa! DUH DAAA!) It's a super cool lead in to the kick-off that you don't want to miss, trust me...
- Catch the half time show, natch....
- At the end of the 3rd quarter join in with the band on a "Hey! Baby" singalong. It's fun.
- Stay till after the final gun for the post game tradition of the Alma Mater song and the mutual shout-outs between the band and the football team. Quite moving, even if you never attended DGN yourself.
- Follow the band back to the field house entrance for more tradition (and photo ops)
- And when the Trojans win, catch the drum line celebrating with the team.
- Plus, as an added bonus, this week's Game Day hoopla includes Senior Night, a pre-game recognition of Football, Marching Band, Cheerleaders and Athena seniors and their parents/guardians. Be on hand to recognize and celebrate their years of hard work and DGN dedication.
And don't forget, there will be plenty of DGN FOFA-sponsored Spirit Wear available for purchase, with proceeds benefiting ALL DGN FINE ARTS PROGRAMS!
It's going to be a great season - hope to see everyone out there!
Go DGN! #WeAreDGN
