Video-O-Rama: Marching Band, Cheerleading, Drinking Liberally, And The Antibodies

You know, members of the high school marching band tend to get a lot of flack for being kind of nerdy. They generally wear kind of dorky uniforms and have to put on bizarre displays and marching routines while performing music that generally isn’t of the sort that actual high schoolers listen to. Yet, there’s an awful lot of work that goes into marching band — it’s one of the most demanding extra-curricular programs around — and I think it’s high time we give these kids some props. Here’s the 2009 Spartanburg High Vikings marching band putting in some work.

Since we’re on the topic of high school activities, here’s the Spartanburg High School cheerleading team showing that they’re no slouches, either.

Now for a different kind of cheerleading: Political cheerleading. Here’s a short video profile of Spartanburg’s own chapter of the progressive/liberal discussion group, Drinking Liberally. If you’ve never been to one of the meetings, they’re actually a lot of fun. That is, if you like drinking beer and talking politics, of course.

And since we always like to end on a song, here’s local band the Antibodies — with The Pulse dancers — performing the song “Needs Me.” Yee-haw!

As always, if you know of a cool, locally relevant video we missed, leave a short description and a link to the video in the comments below. Also, if there’s something controversial or naughty in the vid that could get someone in trouble for watching it at work, please include the statement Not Work Safe in the description.