Armed with an iPhone 5s, an orange Tiger paw seat cushion, and a mandate to get the best video shot I sprang into action. A little backstory: our football team is really good. They go to state every year, so finding an open seat that close to the 50 yard line can be challenging. I walked along the bleachers, scanning for an opening. Bingo! Not as high up as I'd like, but it would work. So as not to disturb people I climbed through parties walking on the actual bleachers to get to my spot. The rest of the quarter played out. With only 60 seconds left, I looked behind me and found a seat two rows up that met my "one third of the way up" requirement. Now I'm balance-challenged as it is, I turned around made my move to climb and as my left foot hit the bleacher, my sandal gave way and down I went! I fell pretty hard. There were some gracious people who helped me up. I was able to continue my ascent to my new sniper position (but MAN did my foot hurt!).
As I got out my phone to test the shot I noticed I was surrounded by several band moms. We all whipped out our phones and placed them in video mode at precisely the same moment. I may have hurt my foot, but I got the video(click here)! Jackson is the tall snare player on the right. It was perfect: 1-2 minutes in length, perfectly centered, no one standing up in front of my shot. With all the time and energy my kid puts into being in marching band, this 9 minutes halftime show is the result of all that effort. It's important to me to document it (and post it to Facebook) which is why I bought the overpriced iPhone in the first place.
Worth. Every. Penny.
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| My not-so-little drummer boy, Jackson, is on the right |
