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Anyone have a decent video they can post?

GO OWLS!
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Here is the BCC halftime show from the field.
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Here is the FAU Marching Owls Halftime Show from the field.
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The Marching Owls, Dance Team and Cheerleaders keep the tradition of singing the alma mater alive. It's too bad the football team does not participate. See the video here.
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Thanks for all three.  

I thought FAU looked a big bigger and sounded tighter, moving in the right direction.

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I thought they also looked bigger in numbers but is FAU band actually growing?

The band looks small and I don't understand why if the student population has grown.
Is it a budget thing?
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I had my daughter look it up at the game (she has internet because she is on the FAU Wi-Fi - not so for me).  BCU has 3994 students.  I am just estimating, but between the band, dancers, flag team, and cheerleaders that appeared to be about 10% of the student population.

I thought they were very good, but I also thought it was 100% disrespectful that they came out while the FAU band was playing, and then about 200% disrespectful when as they stood on the sideline they started their performance (whistles for the first line to step on to the field) while the FAU band was still performing.

I am coming from a small school that has an award-winning band (Western Carolina University - look them up), and I was entertained and a little perturbed all at the same time.
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No BCC 14K gold dancers?!?! That's really what I'm looking for lol.
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owlsdad said

I had my daughter look it up at the game (she has internet because she is on the FAU Wi-Fi - not so for me).  BCU has 3994 students.  I am just estimating, but between the band, dancers, flag team, and cheerleaders that appeared to be about 10% of the student population.

I thought they were very good, but I also thought it was 100% disrespectful that they came out while the FAU band was playing, and then about 200% disrespectful when as they stood on the sideline they started their performance (whistles for the first line to step on to the field) while the FAU band was still performing.

I am coming from a small school that has an award-winning band (Western Carolina University - look them up), and I was entertained and a little perturbed all at the same time.
Posted On: Sep 16th 2018, 7:35 PM #380874

It takes a lot to get a band that size into position. I for one almost wish the FAU band had skipped their halftime performance this week. They looked silly in comparison to the BCU band. I for one am getting sick and tired of our band getting outsized and outplayed by bands from lower divisions and lesser conferences. It was embarrassing watching Akron a MAC team bring a better band to the bowl game in our own hometown.   
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Agree with the band, but don't we have some say on who can perform and for how long?  I go to lots of football games, and it is extremely rare for the opposing team's band to be given the field for the equivalent or more time than the home team at a school who is serious about football.

No doubt BCU has an excellent band, just like my school does.  But WCU is rarely allowed to travel or given the stage for at least half of the halftime.  If FAU is inviting them for their band, have a band weekend instead of a football game.  There was at least a dozen Bethune fans sitting behind me yesterday who were raucous for every single thing the band did, then were MIA in the second half when their team actually played better.
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