Halftime
From Richard Paul | 14:05
The history of the football halftime show
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Even though it's nothing more than a chance for football teams to go an rest, Halftime has become an American institution where fans cheer, dance and to get up and shout. It's also brought us multiple styles of marching band music that are uniquely American. Join the Verizon-ArtsEdge Half Time Report, hosted by Tom Hedden, who composed songs for 19 years at NFL Films, and learn everything there is to know about the music that comes between the action.
Fight Songs
From Richard Paul | 12:01
The history of the football Fight Song
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There's nothing to make you feel team spirit or school spirit like a fight song. In this installment, Tom Hedden (who composed songs for 19 years at NFL Films) tells us about some of the famous people who've written fight songs, why most of them were written with in just a few years of each other and why they're called "Fight Songs" in the first place.