While there won鈥檛 be a Picnic Day parade marching down the streets of Davis this year, 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis is still striking up the band. With the help of some clever video editing, members of the 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis Marching Band are staying connected and playing their favorite tunes together.
About 20 band members started by recording themselves playing the time-honored Aggie Fight Song while sheltering in place. Brad Sparks, the band鈥檚 coordinator, then spliced the fight song footage into a single video.
鈥淭he students wanted to come up with ways to keep engaging the community,鈥 Sparks said. 鈥淭here were some technical challenges in doing the [first] video, but I think we鈥檝e got it figured out. I鈥檓 thrilled with how they鈥檙e keeping the band family together.鈥
Student leaders in the band are creating videos that share breathing exercises and marching techniques. More songs are also coming soon, including tunes from Green Day and Little Differences from the 1990s alternative-rock band Save Ferris.
鈥淚t鈥檚 like they鈥檙e jamming with friends,鈥 said Garrett Rigsby, the band鈥檚 interim assistant director. 鈥淚鈥檓 really proud of their resilience and their desire to [move forward] in the face of everything.鈥
In the meantime, the band鈥檚 fight song video calls for a sing-a-long in this time of social distancing. Be sure to play it loud and proud each Aggie Pride Friday!
Lift up your voices 鈥 now's the time to sing.
This is the day the Victory Bell will ring.
Loyal Aggies, all for one.
Never stopping 'til we've won,
Because the Mustang will show our team the way to fight,
Charging the enemy with all his might. Let's go.
Let's win. Today's the day the Aggies will fight!
Fight! Fight!