TBDBITL travels to space in a NASA-dedicated halftime performance

As tribute to NASA and Ohio’s own NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, The Ohio State University Marching Band traveled to outer space during halftime of the Buckeyes’ game against Marshall University.

During pregame, the band spelled out “Thank You” while playing “Beautiful Ohio Fanfare” for longtime arranger and Ohio State alum Jim Swearingen, who wrote this weekend’s halftime show. Swearingen is an acclaimed composer and educator who has been arranging for the marching band for nearly 50 years.

TBDBITL also played “Fly Me to the Moon,” “Gonna Fly Now,” “Main Theme from Apollo 13,” “Starman,” “To Tame the Perilous Skies” and “I Wanna Go Back” while creating formations of telescopes, spaceships, astronauts and the NASA logo.

Saturday’s i-dotter was Andrew Boden, an industrial and systems engineering major from St. Louis, Missouri.