01-05-2005, 03:55 PM
*My high school... sports suck but we have a good band*
LAFAYETTE - Nerves, what nerves?
That was the attitude of some in the Comeaux High Band before they hit the field for their pre-game and halftime performances Tuesday night at the FedEx Orange Bowl in Miami.
"We did pretty awesome," 14-year-old trombonist Steven Johnson said in a telephone interview after the band's pre-show performance. "It was really nerve-wracking, but very exciting."
The crowd seemed to like what they heard, Johnson said.
How did he know?
"There was somewhat of applause in the stands," he said.
A sold-out crowd packed into Pro Players Stadium for the college football championship game between the No. 1-ranked USC Trojans and No. 2-ranked Oklahoma Sooners.
The band was one of two high school bands selected to perform during the pre-game show. One of the band's favorite tunes, the funked-out, "She's a Bad Mamma Jamma" revved up the crowd, said Johnson.
Saxophonist, Troy Hines, 14, admitted he was nervous before taking the field.
"A little bit, but I'm not going to be that nervous when I get out there and start playing my music," Hines said. "I know I'm not going to be nervous anymore."
No doubt, most band members on the buses headed back to Louisiana today are coming down from the rush of playing in a stadium energized for a national championship game.
For some, the adrenaline was building before they even entered the stadium.
Lacey Racca, a 16-year-old junior on the color guard, gushed with excitement as she watched fans file into the stadium.
"We're watching tens of hundreds of people coming in," Racca said. "The University of Oklahoma band is right there. It's awesome."
Racca wasn't hit with field fright either.
"I'm not sure if I'm nervous. It's not that hard. It's so fun. It's nothing that's so hard I can't get it," she laughed.
But then she added, "I'm sure I'm going to get nervous when I see the thousands of people there and think of the thousands of people watching at home."
The students left Lafayette Thursday on five charter buses with a stop at Orlando's Universal Studios along the way to march in a New Year's Eve parade there.
The group is expected to arrive back in Lafayette this afternoon. The trip wasn't a break from homework. Students had to do their assignments while on the trip, since they missed their first days back to school after the holiday. "We couldn't get out of that," Hines joked.
LAFAYETTE - Nerves, what nerves?
That was the attitude of some in the Comeaux High Band before they hit the field for their pre-game and halftime performances Tuesday night at the FedEx Orange Bowl in Miami.
"We did pretty awesome," 14-year-old trombonist Steven Johnson said in a telephone interview after the band's pre-show performance. "It was really nerve-wracking, but very exciting."
The crowd seemed to like what they heard, Johnson said.
How did he know?
"There was somewhat of applause in the stands," he said.
A sold-out crowd packed into Pro Players Stadium for the college football championship game between the No. 1-ranked USC Trojans and No. 2-ranked Oklahoma Sooners.
The band was one of two high school bands selected to perform during the pre-game show. One of the band's favorite tunes, the funked-out, "She's a Bad Mamma Jamma" revved up the crowd, said Johnson.
Saxophonist, Troy Hines, 14, admitted he was nervous before taking the field.
"A little bit, but I'm not going to be that nervous when I get out there and start playing my music," Hines said. "I know I'm not going to be nervous anymore."
No doubt, most band members on the buses headed back to Louisiana today are coming down from the rush of playing in a stadium energized for a national championship game.
For some, the adrenaline was building before they even entered the stadium.
Lacey Racca, a 16-year-old junior on the color guard, gushed with excitement as she watched fans file into the stadium.
"We're watching tens of hundreds of people coming in," Racca said. "The University of Oklahoma band is right there. It's awesome."
Racca wasn't hit with field fright either.
"I'm not sure if I'm nervous. It's not that hard. It's so fun. It's nothing that's so hard I can't get it," she laughed.
But then she added, "I'm sure I'm going to get nervous when I see the thousands of people there and think of the thousands of people watching at home."
The students left Lafayette Thursday on five charter buses with a stop at Orlando's Universal Studios along the way to march in a New Year's Eve parade there.
The group is expected to arrive back in Lafayette this afternoon. The trip wasn't a break from homework. Students had to do their assignments while on the trip, since they missed their first days back to school after the holiday. "We couldn't get out of that," Hines joked.
![[Image: boston.jpg]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/FattyJ16/boston.jpg)
![[Image: 16c2529a.jpg]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v470/kathy99/16c2529a.jpg)
![[Image: line.gif]](http://www.goranot.com/jokes/line.gif)