Game, What Game? I came to see the BAND!!!

What a fun day!! Eastern Illinois University's Marching Panthers invited the Marching Eagles to come and spend a day with them. Seeing as how several of the Marching Panthers are Marching Eagles Alumni (including Robert's good friend Greg Sainer), the kids had a lot of fun. First off they performed a concert together on the steps of Doudna hall... This is the sections getting ready, Robert is right above the section leader , who is walking (and looks and acts a lot like Josh Welling!)
Of course, this is a picture of Greg, with the cool shades on.
The whole band, their uniforms match so well, you really can't tell there are two bands there. After the concert they marched together to O'Brien Stadium.
The Marching Eagles watched as the Marching Panthers preformed their pregame show and then at half time (yes, there really was a football game), the Panthers preformed their salute to Santana, it was a really neat show as well.
When the game was over the Panthers held a post game concert then introduced the Marching Eagles to take the field and do their show. After the performance, the Panthers invited the Eagles to come and have pizza with them in the Red Zone. It was quite a nice break from competitions (seeing as how there wasn't any close enough for us to go to this weekend) but also gave them a chance to perform and keep sharpening that show.

Next week, we head to McKendree, the Marching Eagles are defending Grand Champions there.