We went to The University of Texas campus last Friday night to hear "The Magic Flute" sung by the students in the Butler Opera Center. When we left, we stopped to take some shots of the construction on Memorial Stadium where the UT Longhorns play football. Linda snapped this striking photo while standing west of the stadium looking back towards the north side.This view shows the huge crane that is in place for the project. They are adding more seats so more people can see the Longhorns in action.
This view of the stadium always brings back great memories for me of my time in The Longhorn Band. Back then, our rehearsal space was just across the street to the north of the stadium, so we would line up and march across the street into the arena. You know, I don't care how jaded you think you are; it was always a thrill to march into that stadium and play "Texas Fight" while 50,000 people went wild.
As Linda points out in her comment, we don't go to the stadium much any longer. When we were first married back in the seventies, we sometimes went to see UT football games there.
FFP should add that we no longer go to the stadium too often. But there is always that surge of energy at being a part of a group wanting a sports victory. They were working around the clock under those huge lights, I believe, to get this addition finished.
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