Notre Dame Bagpipe Band
The University of Notre Dame was founded in 1842, and the Band of the Fighting Irish dates back at least to 1846. As announced at the beginning of pregame before every home football game, 2008 marks the 162nd year for the ND Band and the 121st football season. The ND Band website has more band history.
Check out this future band member!
This kid has an adorable and intricate replica of the ND Band uniform
The plaid is officially registered (in Ireland and/or Scotland... not sure) as the Notre Dame plaid. There are definitely some conglomerations of Irish and Scottish culture in Notre Dame traditions. For instance, our Irish Guard actually dances a Scottish-style clog when the band plays Damhsa Bua after touchdowns and final victories.
6 of the 9 Notre Dame Olympians who competed in Beijing
stand in front of the student section at the Pep Rally
You can easily spot Knott, Michael's dorm, dressed in orange just to the right of center in this shot. I'm fairly certain that Farley's Finest are in the green a couple sections to the left of Knott (but not on the far left of the picture).
Band entrance (led by the Irish Guard) at the Pep Rally
Band crowding in for the Pep Rally
With the lights dimmed in the JACC,
it's hard to take pictures of the football players dressed up in suits
Saxes at the morning marching rehearsal in Loftus
Michael had plenty of time to be a creative photographer during marching rehearsal
Lining up in front of the Dome
("Inspection" is waived for the Alumni Band)
Alumni Band Marchout
Marching to the Stadium
Current band Pregame Show
Football team kneels in the South End Zone to pray before the game
Jeff and Melissa sitting in our field seats
Melissa and Jeff on the field
Post-halftime apples are the best-tasting apples in the world
Melissa and Adam (former drum major)
The scoreboard shows ND 21 to Stanford 7 in the 3rd quarter. It was a great game, but I almost lost my voice cheering on the Irish. A Notre Dame victory (final score 28-21) completed our nostalgic return "home."
Michael on the field with the ND huddle in the background
Michael followed the Alumni Band through the tunnel and sat with us on the field. It was great to show him the energizing vantage point from which I used to watch the games. You truly feel involved in the game and can see the plays unfold very well, but you have no depth perception (to the point that you often can't tell whether you gained yards or lost yards when the action's on the other end of the field).
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It looks like you had lots of fun! (And it's Damhsa Bua, never mind that the announcer always says it wrong. Arg.)
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