People have asked...so heres the script of todays halftime show THE BEST OF “BUNDY” Blue Band comes to attention on E/W sidelines with: Let’s! Go! State! As Blue Band enters the field on percussion cadence, announce over cadence: IT’S TIME FOR HALFTIME WITH THE PENN STATE BLUE BAND!! SO, NORMALLY, EACH SEASON OUR LAST HALFTIME SHOW IS A “BEST OF” SHOW…VOTED ON BY THE CURRENT MEMBERS. WELL, THIS YEAR’S EDITION OF THE BLUE BAND UNANIMOUSLY THOUGHT IT WAS A BETTER IDEA TO DO A BEST OF… BUNDY …. HALFTIME SHOW!!!! SO GO BACK WITH ME IN THE BLUE BAND TIME MACHINE, TO THE NIGHT OF JANUARY 1ST, 1983; PENN STATE IS PLAYING GEORGIA IN THE SUGAR BOWL. DICK BUNDY, A THIRD-YEAR GRADUATE ASSISATANT, IS THINKING HOW AMAZING IT IS WILL BE TO HAVE THE BLUE BAND PERFORM A HALFTIME SHOW WITH SOME MUSIC HE HAS ARRANGED AND THE DRILL HE WRITTEN. BUT, MUCH LIKE TONIGHT, IT’S A BITTERSWEET FEELING, BECAUSE HE AND HIS WIFE CHRIS THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE HIS LAST SEASON WITH THE BAND. WELL TONIGHT, WE GO BACK TO THAT SUPERDOME FIELD, AND PERFORM THE BLUE BAND’S 1983 SUGAR BOWL HALFTIME SHOW OPENER, A MEDLEY OF JAMES BOND MUSIC. At conclusion of James Bond Medley, announce, Blue Band moves to next formation over taps…. WE ALL REMEMBER HOW SPECIAL THAT PARTICULAR SUGAR BOWL WAS - SEEING OUR PLAYERS LIFT COACH PATERNO TO THEIR SHOULDERS AND CARRY HIM OFF THE FIELD - AS PENN STATE FOOTBALL WON ITS FIRST NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. IN THE YEARS LEADING UP TO THAT MOMENT, DICK BUNDY HAD PLAYED TROMBONE IN THE BLUE BAND, GRADUATED FROM PENN STATE, WAS A MEMBER OF THE UNITED STATES CONTINENTIAL ARMY BAND, TAUGHT BUNDY’S BANDEES AT IRQUOIS HIGH SCHOOL IN ERIE AND THEN RETURNED TO PENN STATE IN 1980 TO PURSUE A DOCTORATE IN MUSIC EDUCATION. IF DOCTOR BUNDY HAD WRITTEN THIS SCRIPT, AND THIS IS THE FIRST HE HASN’T WRITTEN IN 18 YEARS...I’M SURE HIS SCRIPT WOULD INSTRUCT ME TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE OUR AMAZING STAFF, WHO WORKED HARD THIS SEASON GUIDING THIS DEDICATED GROUP OF STUDENTS INTO BEING VOTED #1 - BEST BAND IN THE USA TODAY COLLEGE FOOTBALL FAN INDEX. WE THANK OUR STUDENT STUDENT STAFF…ALEXA HOFFMAN, JOE LEE-OWN, DREW LO-PREE-AH-TO, MATT GAGLIARDI AND JOHN TERRONI….SPECIAL THANKS TO FORMER ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT KAREN WALK FOR HELPING WITH MANY OF DR. BUNDY’S RETIREMENT EVENTS THIS YEAR. WE THANK OUR VOUNTEER STAFF, INCLUDING DAVID CREE, DARRIN THORNTON, KENT MARTIN, CHAD FRANCIS, CALEB REBARCHAK, LUKE SKERPON, CHRISTOFER KIMMEL, WESLEY MCCALL, JIM LAWRENCE AND ANNEMARIE MOUNTZ. -OUR CURRENT ADMINISTRATE ASSISTANT IS VICKIE CLAUER -FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS OUR SILK INSTRUCTOR AND CHOREOGRAPHER CHARLIE ROBEY -FOR 20 YEARS OUR MAJORETTE CHOREOGRAPHER HEATHER BEAN, -FOR 31 YEARS, OUR PERCUSSION ARRANGER AND INSTRUCTOR, DR. DAVID BUZMINSKY -AND A MEMBER OF OUR STAFF FOR 33 YEARS, AND CURRENTLY OUR BAND FRONT COODINATOR KATHY BAMAT -THIS YEAR’S GRADUATE ASSISTANT, ROBERT HICKEY -ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, DR. CARTER BIGGERS - AND IN HIS TENTH YEAR ON STAFF, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF ATHLETIC BANDS, AND THE PERSON WHO COORDINATED TODAYS HALFTIME SHOW…GREGORY DRANE! LET’S GIVE A PENN STATE THANK YOU TO ALL THESE OUSTANDING PEOPLE HAVE FOR OUR SCHOOL AND THE BLUE BAND!! WE HOP BACK INTO THE BLUE BAND TIME MACHINE AND MOVE FORWARD TO 1985 SEASON. DR. BUNDY IS NOW THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF THE BLUE BAND UNDER DIRECTOR EMERITIUS, DR. NED C. DEHIL. WE ASKED THE STAFF FOR THEIR FAVORITE BUNDY ARRANGEMENT, THEY PICKED THIS TUNE TO FEATURE OUR BLUE BAND SILKS, TOUCH OF BLUE AND BLUE SAPPHIRE RACHEL REISS…FIRST PERFORMED IN 1985 SEASON..ANOTHER JAMES BOND MOVIE THEME, “A VIEW TO A KILL” At conclusion of View to a Kill, Blue Band, the president, drum major, and other officers move forward to spot near the ladder and great Dr. Bundy…holding the drum head and various proclomations . AT THIS TIME WE ASK DR. BUNDY TO PLEASE COME DOWN AND MEET WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE PENN STATE BLUE BAND, STEHPEN PAYNE, AND OUR SENIOR DRUM MAJOR CHRISTOPHER SIERJGEI. THEY WILL BE JOINED BY ALL OF OUR OTHER HARD-WORKING STUDENT OFFICERS, THEY WILL HOLD UP SOME OF THE MANY WELL WISHES AND PROCLOMATIONS WE HAVE RECEIVED FROM ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT – STATE TO LOCAL – AND MANY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THINKING HIM FOR ALL HIS ACCOMPLISMENTS. NEXT, THEY PRESENT DR. BUNDY WITH A TRADITIONAL GIFT IN MARCHING BAND LORE. A BASS DRUM HEAD, SIGNED BY ALL THE CURRENT MEBERS OF THE BAND. THANKS OFFICERS! LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE JOIN ME IN THANKING THIS 2014 EDITION OF THE PENN STATE BLUE BAND FOR ALL THEY HAVE DONE TO HELP HONOR DOCTOR BUNDY AND PENN STATE THIS SEASON! AT THIS TIME I’D LIKE TO ASK ALL CURRENT AND FORMER STUDENTS OF DOCTOR BUNDY’S TO STAND, WAVE AND BE RECOGNIZED…I KNOW WE HAVE SOME OF BUNDY’S BANDYS WHOM HE TAUGHT IN ERIE….I KNOW THERE ARE HUNDREDS BLUE BAND ALUMNI HERE TODAY..SOME HE MARCHED WITH AND THE MANY MORE HE TAUGHT! ALSO, PLEASE STAND IF YOU ARE SOMEONE WHO HAS WORKED WITH DR. BUNDY HERE AT PENN STATE OR IN THE COMMUNITY… AND HOW ABOUT ANYONE WHO HAS JUST LOVES WHAT HE DOES WITH THE BLUE BAND AND FOR OUR UNIVERSITY…I’D LIKE TO ASK ALL OF YOU TO STAND AND WAVE AND SHOW DOCTOR BUNDY HOW MUCH HE HAS MEANT TO YOU! AND SO, DICK BUNDY…FOR THE THOUSANDS YOU HAVE EDUCATED ON THIS FIELD, AND OTHER PLACES .. AND TO THE MILLIONS THOSE LESSONS HAVE IMPACTED …WITH ALL YOU HAVE DONE FOR PENN STATE….YOU’RE THE INSPIRATION!! At conclusion of You’re the Inspiration Blue Band holds in place WELL, SIR, HERE WE ARE… AS YOUR ANNOUNCER … AND FRIEND… WE ALL HAVE JUST ONE REQUEST: WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL TAKE YOUR OWN ADVICE, AND CARPE THE HECK OUT OF THE DIEM…EACH AND EVERY DAY... WITH YOUR WIFE CHRIS AND YOUR WONDERFUL FAMILY, SO MANY OF WHOM ARE HERE TO CELEBRATE WITH US …WE HOPE YOU ENJOY THE CRESCENDO OF YOUR OF TIME TOGETHER! Band begins to move into “Bundy” formation on taps AS MUCH AS YOU LOVE THEM, WE KNOW THAT YOU WILL ALWAYS LOVE PENN STATE … THE NITTANY LIONS … AND THIS ORGANIZATION…THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING! AND SO… FOR THE FINAL TIME HERE IN BEAVER STADIUM…UNDER THE DIRECTION OF DR. O. RICHARD BUNDY, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY MARCHING BLUE BAND! Blue Band plays “Victory” 2x through, and begins to march off at the beginning of the second time through
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