# @auburnfocal on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DOZW4jdEYUy
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/69295650-auburnfocal-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/d7562fde4e.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-09-09T21:15:00.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Daniel Jacobi II (@auburnfocal) — https://gondola.cc/auburnfocal

## Caption

Shining bright like a diamond.

FOXBOROUGH — The anxiety and excitement pulsed through members of the Power and Class of New England — the nickname for the UMass Minuteman Marching Band ( umassband) — as the clock wound down in the first half of Sunday’s season-opener for the New England Patriots.

After standing around for what many said felt like an eternity, and as the rain began to pick up, the game clock finally hit 0:00.

“Go, go, go, run!”

The marching band’s 350 members rush out of the tunnel, with the front ensemble tearing off the tarps that were protecting the electric equipment, the color guard setting down their flags, and the horns and woodwinds assuming position on the expansive football field at Gillette Stadium.

After a brief introduction, Drum Major Rebekah Doucette stands at attention on a ladder that sits at the 50-yard line. Doucette raises her hands and begins to count off … “5, 6, 7, 8 …”

Over the next eight minutes, the band entertained a sold-out crowd nestled in the largest stadium in the Northeast with a medley of famous songs by popular artist Rihanna, including “Diamonds,” “We Found Love” and “Stay.”

The full story about the day is on the Daily Hampshire Gazette’s website at gazettenet.com!

For the dailyhampshiregazette
#massachusetts #westernmass #umass #amherst #minuteman #marchingband #band #gillettestadium #patriots #dailyhampshiregazette #photography #photostory

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## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Daniel Jacobi II | @auburnfocal | https://gondola.cc/auburnfocal | Photographer |

## Tags

band, minuteman, dailyhampshiregazette, amherst, photostory, umass, patriots, westernmass, photography, massachusetts, gillettestadium, marchingband

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