Shows
At home football games, the Marching Jayhawks perform both an opening pregame show and a halftime show that changes throughout the season. The pregame show consists of many of the KU fight songs as well as the National Anthem and the infamous Rock Chalk Chant. Many of the elements and formations of the pregame have been present for decades. The band runs in from the tunnels in the "bowl" behind the north endzone of Memorial Stadium. The band also forms a large sunflower (the state flower of Kansas) on the field to the tune of "Sunflower Song". "I'm a Jayhawk" is the official fight song of KU and is played through several times. The halftime shows often include popular music or commemorate events such as September 11th or Veteran's Day. The formations for these shows are more free-form than the regimented pregame show. They are also shorter, consisting of three songs or medleys.
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