{"id":133370,"date":"2021-01-04T16:10:53","date_gmt":"2021-01-05T02:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=133370"},"modified":"2021-01-11T17:22:51","modified_gmt":"2021-01-12T03:22:51","slug":"band-members-championship-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/01\/04\/band-members-championship-show\/","title":{"rendered":"<abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> band members join football championship show"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap-post\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_95378\"  width=\"676\" height=\"380\"  data-origwidth=\"676\" data-origheight=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dVYM1UNqu6Y?enablejsapi=1&origin=https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu&rel=0&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"&quot;End of Time&quot; - The CBDNA Intercollegiate Marching Band Halftime Performance 2021\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div>\n<p><strong>Update January 11, 2021:<\/strong> The performance is available on Intercollegiate Marching Band&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/intercollegiatemb\/\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCCOlpJxYxTkDdB0f2NqxCrw\">YouTube<\/a> pages.<\/p>\n<p>Original story:<\/p>\n<p>Ten <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uhbands.org\/marching-band.html\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Marching Band<\/a> students will take the national spotlight during the 2021 College Football Playoff National Championship game on January 11. They will be among 1,500 students from 200 bands across the nation performing virtually in the halftime show. This is a silver lining for the students after the <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> Marching Band was sidelined this season due to COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&#8217;s extremely cool that I&#8217;m part of something as big and memorable as this,&rdquo; said drum major <strong>Casandra Ancheta<\/strong>. &ldquo;This isn\u2019t something that would normally happen during the season and being able to rep <abbr>UH<\/abbr> during this is such a huge blessing. It\u2019s a tough time right now for marching bands, and musicians in general, but knowing that there are still ways we can make music is really important for me and I\u2019m sure for everyone else as well.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The group will perform Beyonc&#233;\u2019s &ldquo;End of Time.&rdquo; The choreographed halftime show by the College Band Directors National Association, <abbr title=\"Gary P Gilroy\">GPG<\/abbr> Music and Our Virtual Ensemble, was created since many marching bands nationwide have been unable to rehearse and perform due to the pandemic. It will feature musicians, color guards, baton twirlers, majorettes and dancers. <strong>Fernando Pacheco<\/strong>, the &ldquo;Voice of the Rainbow Warrior Marching Band,&rdquo; was also selected as one of the halftime announcers.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The pandemic impacted many marching band organizations and this project allowed us to make music with other college band members,&rdquo; said trombone\/euphonium section leader <strong>Joey Nakamoto<\/strong>. &ldquo;Without the pandemic, this opportunity would not have been available.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2>Participating students<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Haleysable Alicto<\/strong>&#8212;Color Guard<\/li>\n<li><strong>Casandra Ancheta<\/strong>&#8212;Alto Saxophone<\/li>\n<li><strong>Isaiah Avilla<\/strong>&#8212;Color Guard<\/li>\n<li><strong>Zachary Chang<\/strong>&#8212;Snare Drum<\/li>\n<li><strong>Michael Englar <abbr title=\"Junior\">Jr<\/abbr><\/strong>.&#8212;Trumpet<\/li>\n<li><strong>Callyn Marvell<\/strong>&#8212;Twirler (winner of Mountain West Conference Collegiate Fantastic twirling competition)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Joey Nakamoto<\/strong>&#8212;Trombone<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dane Pinell<\/strong>&#8212;Mellophone<\/li>\n<li><strong>Candice Sarangay<\/strong>&#8212;Color Guard<\/li>\n<li><strong>Katelyn Tokunaga<\/strong>&#8212;Color Guard<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Season during COVID-19<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/manoa-music-marching-band-national-championship-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"hundreds of marching band students form the word Hawaii\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-133374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/manoa-music-marching-band-national-championship-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/manoa-music-marching-band-national-championship-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/manoa-music-marching-band-national-championship.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Marching Band modified its operations in fall 2020. COVID-19 restrictions limited large gatherings, which forced rehearsals to be held virtually. The band\u2019s drumline also rehearsed safely in-person outdoors.<\/p>\n<p>Despite not having full in-person rehearsals and performances, Ancheta, one of three drum majors, said she is proud of the band\u2019s approximately 250 members.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The band really stuck through this semester and still came to virtual rehearsals with a positive attitude every day,&rdquo; Ancheta said. &ldquo;For me, that\u2019s what mattered the most because it showed that they really cared about the band and most importantly about each other.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uhbands.org\/\">For more on the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Bands, visit their website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;By <em>Marc Arakaki<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uhfoundation.org\/give\/giving-opportunity\/covid-19\">Support the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Student Relief fund and COVID-19 research<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The students are among 1,500 from 200 bands in the 2021 College Football Playoff National Championship game halftime show.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[1411,1419,133,660,9],"class_list":["post-133370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","tag-covid-19","tag-covid-19-online-instruction","tag-music","tag-student-recognition","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133370"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":133749,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133370\/revisions\/133749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}