Motorists entering Madison County now see signs honoring the high school marching band for its 2011 national championship. So, what do you do for an encore performance in 2012?
Band director Nick Golding said this year’s show was born on Youtube.
“It was a Youtube video with a poem this guy had written for some contest and the poem was called ‘The Lost Generation,’” said Golding. “It was a palindrome and when you read it down, it was pretty bleak and depressing and then as the poem reversed, it had the exact opposite meaning.”
Golding thought the poem would be great for a halftime production, with the first half of the performance including a dark, haunting feel, which gives way to an inspirational and hopeful sound and message in the second half.
“I just thought it was a really neat concept and I thought it would be cool for a marching band show,” said Golding.
The band director composed the music for the first half of the show, then had his friend, Chris Creswell in Jacksonville, write the second half of the performance. A third person provided the percussion.