Big Red Express
Michael E. Reinmiller
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12/13/2013
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The Big Red Express is a group of 120 musicians whose mission is to provide spirit and entertainment at volleyball, and men's and women's basketball games during the fall and spring semesters. It is the responsibility of Big Red Express members to be the ultimate fan displaying outstanding sportsmanship, excellent musicianship and loyalty to the teams at all times. Each Big Red Express member receives a scholarship for participation in good standing. Visit http://go.unl.edu/24tb for more information.
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- [00:00:00.000][sounds of a crowd]
- [00:00:02.989]Being in the Big Red Express is
- [00:00:04.430]getting to support the other athletes
- [00:00:06.455]and not just, you know, being in
- [00:00:08.667]marching band doing football.
- [00:00:10.106]There's you know, 90,000 people there, but
- [00:00:12.393]it's a little smaller, and a little more
- [00:00:14.390]intimate, I feel more, attached and
- [00:00:16.672]involved in the game.
- [00:00:17.994][sound of live music]
- [00:00:19.360]The new arena is, fantastic,
- [00:00:21.151]it's such a wonderful addition to,
- [00:00:22.901]Husker athletics, and the City of Lincoln
- [00:00:25.877]in general, the stuff they can do
- [00:00:28.085]during games with the lighting,
- [00:00:29.643]the screens, even the sound system
- [00:00:32.436]is better, and it's just a really fun
- [00:00:34.602]place to be and we sound really good there
- [00:00:37.226]"yeah Go Big Red"
- [00:00:38.910]Well if you just like playing,
- [00:00:40.629]if you just like playing your instrument
- [00:00:42.666]and you like going to athletic events, and
- [00:00:44.670]you don't want, a huge time commitment
- [00:00:46.739]Big Red Express is the perfect fit.
- [00:00:48.575]Because, it's easy with your schedule,
- [00:00:50.590]I still get great grades and all that,
- [00:00:53.289]No stress at all, and it's still something
- [00:00:55.358]I can talk about have a good time doing it
- [00:00:57.524]and still get to use my talent, and
- [00:01:00.286]use it to contribute to,
- [00:01:01.928]the athletics setting, and environment.
- [00:01:05.368]The Big Red Express, is the,
- [00:01:08.724]is the heart and soul of
- [00:01:11.475]the student section.
- [00:01:12.736]I would have to say the Big Red Express
- [00:01:14.612]is important to the Husker athletics,
- [00:01:16.586]because, we branch out and we support
- [00:01:18.784]other athletes, I know in the past
- [00:01:21.498]couple of years we've even sent,
- [00:01:23.156]a small part of the Big Red Express to
- [00:01:25.930]gymnastics meet, and we got to play there,
- [00:01:29.342]and that was a lot of fun, it really
- [00:01:31.102]opened my eyes to some of the other
- [00:01:32.969]sports and I hope to get to some other
- [00:01:35.039]gymnastics meets because they were
- [00:01:36.830]really impressive.
- [00:01:37.950]We've had, there were people there that
- [00:01:40.466]were "Oh, you know, thank you for coming
- [00:01:42.496]and playing the fight song" and it's not
- [00:01:44.032]a recording, it's a little more personal.
- [00:01:46.550]it's really cool because the
- [00:01:48.081]student section has started to pick up
- [00:01:49.928]on things that we like to do,
- [00:01:51.452]like after free throws, if the team
- [00:01:53.361]makes it we will do a little cheer
- [00:01:55.019]and they have started to pickup on that
- [00:01:56.894]so, that's really cool.
- [00:01:58.414][drum sounds]
- [00:02:04.265]I think my favorite part about being
- [00:02:06.153]a member of the Big Red Express
- [00:02:08.021]would be getting to meet different people
- [00:02:10.281]who I wouldn't meet probably,
- [00:02:12.467]any other place, we all share
- [00:02:14.676]the same interests, music and sports
- [00:02:16.906]so that gives us something to really
- [00:02:18.728]connect with.
- [00:02:19.892]I've made a lot of friends through,
- [00:02:21.556]being a member of the Big Red Express.
- [00:02:23.711][the] cool thing about having your
- [00:02:25.467]basketball arena in a concert venue
- [00:02:27.458]is you've got all these cool effects you
- [00:02:30.041]can do that really make it an event
- [00:02:32.782][music and crowd sounds]
- [00:02:38.416]If you love music and you love sports
- [00:02:40.471]this is the best of both worlds
- [00:02:42.380]and you can get into the games for free
- [00:02:44.866]so, you don't have to spend money
- [00:02:46.732]on student tickets and get to play,
- [00:02:48.450]fun music and be around fun people,
- [00:02:50.647]be a real game changer in the
- [00:02:54.253]outcome of the game sometimes.
- [00:02:56.087]Wow there really is no place like Nebraska
- [00:02:58.519]there really is no place like Nebraska.
- [00:03:00.780]there is no place like nebraska
- [00:03:02.946]"Go Big Red"
- [00:03:04.363][crowd chanting] "Go Big Red"
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