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Originally Posted by Sweed
Not saying there is any justification but visiting teams bring their bands to road games? Interesting. Never happened in my day or when my kids were in school in Iowa. Home team band played the anthem and probably a half time show, and that was it. Maybe if you're playing at the state finals the band goes? Haven't had a team make the finals, so really don't know.  |
We went to every game home and away all the way through and did our halftime show before the home band did theirs. And yes one of the unwritten rules was to make sure you were nowhere near the home team's sidelines or locker room unless the football team had already left the field or the home band was between their football team and us. Our main rivals were also our homecoming opponents every year. We always had an alternative way of entering the field on the road. One so we could perform towards our fans and two to keep us from having to go near their locker rooms or the home stands. Their band did the same.
Not saying this as a justification or a boast, just stating what happened back then. Having been to more than a few HS football over the last two years, things have very much gone towards HS bands not traveling.