Audience Participation with Flags and Puppets: Now THAT'S Pomp and Circumstance!

Perhaps the single most tell-tale social characteristic of YouTube I can think of (aside from all that social networking stuff) is the ability for most videos to stand devoid of any context whatsoever. Take this clip for example. What the Hell's going on here? We all know the tune. To me, first flute for four years of High School, this song resembles more of a death march. Or better, it reminds me of the art of repetition. And repeating. And repeat again -- and coda*.

Not so for this audience. I have a newfound love for the song after watching these people. Of course I haven't gone to any graduations yet this year. Maybe I'd feel differently if I had, especially if it was required of me. But that's not my circumstance** ... [wait for it]

Sarah's Graduation from Law School is this Sunday! She got all dressed up in her regalia tonight, complete with six corner hat and colorful hood. The law degree is called Juris Doctor, but Hallmark just calls it "lawyer degree" in their card section.

*In fact, read this oh-so-accurate comment from the video (notwithstanding the "Wtf is wrong with that audience?" quip):

lol. our band's lyrics go
Pleaseee let it be o-ver
this is, the 23rd time
if, we play this again
I'm go-ing to cry!
when, did we get so many sen-iors
I swear, they're going too slow
Oh-yay, es finally over!
Tha, aaa-aank, you
GOD!

**Get it?