Day 15.264: Homecoming

E5N1 was once again playing in the school pep band at a football game today, but not just any game - today was homecoming.

We decided to go and cheer along with returning alums, current students and other parents.

We witnessed the running-through-a-paper-banner:

Enjoyed the game:

It helped that the home-team won by 65 to 7. E5N1 later said that playing in the pep band when the team is winning is much more fun - I can well imagine.

For the cheerleaders, a big win is a mixed blessing as they take part in the tradition of doing a set of pushups equal to the home team's total score each time they add to the total. They gradually looked less enthusiastic about that - although they didn't show it in the rest of their cheering:

When the last touchdown was scored, instead of trying to muster 65 pushups each, they cheered on a volunteer who did them in their place. I'm sure no-one blamed them.

Here is the pep band's version school song - just one verse and played at speed to celebrate each touchdown: