Ohio State’s marching band revolutionized halftime shows. Here’s how. - The Washington Post - http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...
Jan 3, 2015
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Getting about 200 musicians to walk across a football field in the shape of a T-Rex while playing the theme song of Jurassic Park is a logistical nightmare. Because of this marching bands have generally stuck to easier formations.
Ohio State’s marching band took its performances up a notch — drawing the attention of millions on YouTube — after its band director wanted to better visually represent music, and two conservation-minded students pushed the band to use iPads instead of paper.
- DB, Lil LB's Dad
My band director had this program on the Apple IIe and you had to hit the enter key on the down beats. Then we would run that to a VCR along with the music to the audio track so everyone knew what it was supposed to look like.
- Eric - Final Countdown
Very cool. We did the old school, traditional paper print out kind of band.
- DB, Lil LB's Dad