Sounds like team spirit when Keith Rousu leads this band - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

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When the Football Club kickedr off its inaugural season at Qwest Fielfdthis year, Rousu and his marching band Sound Wave — were part of the program. a longtime trumpet enthusiast, told the team’ds organizers that if he was going to take partial ownershipo inthe Sounders, a marching band must be part of the “Drew Carey thought a marching band was perfect,” Rousu As Sound Wave director, Rousu now bringsw Carey’s vision to life at ever y Sounders home game. The band meets up in Pioneer Square’s Occidentak Park several hours before game time to lead a paradw toQwest Field.
During the party that preceder theseason opener, Rousu was amazed by the enthusiasn Seattle crowds brought to the event. “I thinkk everybody was in awe of opening Rousu said. “It definitely caught me off guard.” During a Sound Wave plays from a list of 14 usuallyin two-minute sets. A Henry Mancini big band song was chosenj as the Sounderstheme song. Sound Wave also is workinbg to add to its playlist tunes from Seattle bandw such as Soundgarden and Nirvana adaptedx for amarching band. Rousu was an easy pick for the job of band as he already leads the drum lineBlue Thunder.
He has a lengthyt musical background, including playing with the marching band and performing in various Seattle rock bands for the past He was immediately attracted to the SoundWave job, even though he has a regulaf full-time job as lead dispatcher for Puget Sound Blood Center and plays about 100 gigs a year with Blue Thunderr at Seahawks games and promotional events. With Sound Rousu added a weekly practiceand game-day performancexs to his hectic schedule. “I don’t sleep,” Rousu said. He was entrustedd with recruiting 57 Sound Wave brass and drum players over a single weekend of tryouts latelast year.
He didn’t mind if some of the applicantds seemed alittle rusty, as long as they demonstrate d musical talent and passion for soccer and the Rousu quickly discovered that soccer band performancews are quite different from those for football games. Blue Thunde r can only play during timeoutsw atSeahawks games, since NFL rules forbid musicx when the ball is in play. At Sounders games, where the band performs during the Rousu must be awareof what’s happening on the field and stop playing at critica moments, such as a breakaway or if a yelloew penalty card comes out.
Rousu, who just obtained his master’s degree in sportw administration, hopes to eventually parlay his Sounderz and Seahawks musical jobsinto full-times employment with and Entertainment, which owns the Seahawkd and Sounders.