America - Here and Now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIycEe59Auc

Pursuing Lady Liberty is little like Sister Golden Hair

Sauce from a dream:

I was a freshman attending my first high school pep rally and didn't know what to expect. It was ongoing as I arrived and required an entry fee. They let us in every five minutes at transition points in the rally. Back straight I self consciously walked across the gym floor towards an empty spot at the bottom of the bleachers. I noted students of all skin shades as I sat and slouched a little low to preserve line of sight behind me.

Several star football players were hoisting two galvanized metal tubs on a cable hanging from the ceiling. Blue transluscent pep slogans adorned the sides. The crowd became more excited as the tubs reached their zenith and now two teams on opposite sides pulled them away from each other with hitherto unseen ropes.

When they let the ropes go, the tubs collided, which produced a sound not unlike the ringing of a bell. The football players did this three times fast enough to string three notes, each higher than the last. The notes produced the same melody the guitar solo produces in Sister Golden Hair.

Instantly the intro accoustic guitar work from Sister Golden Hair began and we soaked up the effort put into the production. I noticed around me how crowded it had gotten, students spilling out sitting on the gym floor in front of me. Now I noted the upper classmen, in a tradition just now revealing itself to me, wore long sleeve, collared white cotton shirts with simplistic blue patterns. There were only a handful of pattern variations on the shirts, which made it all the more a coordinated thing. The upper classmen were jovial, confident and everywhere.