Ravens vs Giants

Today's game was against the Giants, and the Ravens crushed them! It wasn't an incredibly exciting game, but hey, they can't all be. For our pregame show, we "premiered" the "new" Baltimore Fight Song (the old Colts Fight Song renamed because of the new words). I feel like we got a better response when we played "Living on a Prayer" during the game (we had to cut off early, and the crowd was singing along - really cool). Once again, I'd like to thank everyone who tried to help me out by voting for the Ravens Fight Song, but I have to get on my soapbox here. I'm really kind of angry at the Ravens. The whole reason why there was voting and a big push for the Colts Fight Song to replace the Ravens Fight Song, was because it appeared that a whole heck of a lot of people knew the words to the Colts Fight Song, and held it near and dear to their hearts. While the band was out in the parking lot practicing this morning, I could hear the Baltimore Fight Song blaring over the speakers in the stadium. The Ravens Fight Song was never promoted like that. We were told that the words to the Baltimore Fight Song were going to be put up on the JumboTron (not really what it's called) so that the crowd could learn the words and sing along. That was never done for the Ravens Fight Song. If the Ravens had put half the effort into the Ravens Fight Song that they're putting into the Baltimore Fight Song, I think that it would be just as popular. And you know what? There are plenty of die hard fans that know the words to the Ravens Fight Song. And during pregame, right before we played the Baltimore Fight Song, the announcer said, "Now turn to page 24, and sing along with ..." And they did the same thing once during the game - "Turn to page 24 and sing along with..." How unfair!

Wedding Reception

Tonight, Melissa and I waited on a wedding party. I wanted to share how beautiful their cake was. It was made and decorated by Desserts by Rita.

It had white chocolate seashells - yum!

Press Conference

Tonight, before band practice, I attended a press conference announcing the "new" Ravens Fight Song. Thank you, to everybody who took the time to vote, but my preference lost. What did the Ravens have to say about it? Read their take here. See the video from the Baltimore Sun here. They even scanned by me a couple of times - I'm the one on the end with the flute.

A Christening

At work today I waited on a party for a christening. The linens they had us use matched the décor of the banquet room quite beautifully.

The cake was by Desserts by Rita.

Vintage Bling

Today, since Tom took the Russians to New York for the day, I decided to take a vacation day. I actually completed the charms for the Vintage Bling Charm Swap for Silver Bella! I'm so proud that I was able to just sit down and do it. Here are the completed pieces.

Ravens vs Panthers

Wow, what a crazy night! Tonight was the first preseason game for the Ravens. We played the Carolina Panthers and won 12-17. What made the night so crazy was the rain. Before we left the buses, it was drizzling, and we were going to get raingear, but the rain stopped and it looked like it was done, so we didn’t. We performed our usual concert at Camden Yards, and then our Pregame show – which was cut short unexpectedly due to the team staying on the field and practicing longer than usual. After the game started, though, it started to rain again. And it didn’t stop for the rest of the game. We were soaked! Normally, we try to protect the uniforms – it’s expensive to get them all dry-cleaned – but I think that the raingear was left with the buses, and by the time anyone could gather them all up, and bring them back to the stadium, we’d be soaked anyway.

Keep Voting

We found out at band tonight that voting hasn’t been closed for the Fight Song – so keep voting and telling your friends to vote. Thanks for your support.

Vote here!