Posted on Thu, Aug 23, 2012 : 11:32 a.m.
University of Michigan alums looking for hundreds of grads to sing fight song for video
By Kellie Woodhouse
Sacramento, St. Louis, Hong Kong, Dubai— Wherever their stomping grounds, the University of Michigan Alumni Association is asking the school's estimated 500,000 living alumni to send in videos of themselves and their fellow Wolverines singing the fight song.
The Ann Arbor-based association is looking to mash-up the different renditions of "Hail to the Victors" into a video showcasing a global and quite large body of graduates.
"Sing from atop a mountain, while scuba diving or hang gliding," encourages the association. "Show us your Michigan pride."
Will you participate?
Comments
Tru2Blu76
Thu, Aug 23, 2012 : 4:55 p.m.
I would be happier if the Michigan Alumni Association just got the best, strongest singers to compete for the official version of The Victors. While it's called a fight song, the strength is with the band music, not the vocal part of the song (so far). Just emphasizing location & activity isn't going to produce a really great version of The Victors. Singing on mountain tops or in any open space actually diminishes human voices. And as any rock band or concert orchestra knows: electronic augmentation is key in producing a moving musical performance. The Victors is widely regarded as the best college fight song in the country - lets not trivialize it by making it someone's Facebook project. The suggestion that people try to sing The Victors while SCUBA diving is lame - rendering this song as a comedy and inviting parody. I say to the Michigan Alumni Association: you can do better than this. Let's go Blue!!
Ignatz
Thu, Aug 23, 2012 : 5:40 p.m.
I suspect they want to emphasize how much Michigan graduates have spread across the globe and how they still look back to the institution with great fondness and pride. Sound quality or how wonderful the voices are are secondary.