[NU Sports] NUMB Pregame Concert?

Joe Thiegs thiegs at umn.edu
Thu Oct 6 13:45:32 CDT 2005


Does NUMB still do pregame concerts prior to home football games?

We're heading to Evanston tomorrow for our annual pilgrimage and we're
bringing our 3-year-old son to the game.  This will be his third NU game but
the first at which he'll have any idea about what's going on (he slept
through most of his first football game at five months, his mother left
early with him when he became too restless at age 1-1/2, and we missed last
year due to the birth of his sister, our second child--she's going to spend
Saturday morning and afternoon with my sister who just moved to Chicago,
while the other three of us go to the game).  Now, though, Jacob gets
excited when he sees football in person or on TV, and he spontaneously
breaks into complete renditions of Go U Northwestern and Rise, Northwestern
(okay, we don't know the words to Push On other than the chorus but I'm sure
we'll fix that thanks to Larry's web site (www.HailtoPurple.com)).  He also
knows all of the Alma Mater--which he calls "Hail to Thee Northwestern"--but
doesn't really sing that unless he hears it.  Every night he goes to sleep
to this CD:  http://www.numbalums.org/cd/.  This is not what I'd ordinarily
consider bedtime music, but, hey, if it works..  Anyway, this is just
background to illustrate why I think he'd get such a kick out of the pregame
concert if it still occurs.  If it will happen, what's the starting time?
An hour before game time?  Lots of thanks to any NUMBalums or others who
have answers.

-Joe




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