Michael Bush does not have a normal halftime at Rock Bridge High School home football games. While his teammates run to the locker room to study plays, he is taking off his pads on the sideline and putting on a tuba. Bush has been playing football and in the marching band for all four of his years at Rock Bridge, and he would not have it any other way. It's stressful and tiring, but the reward is worth it.
SLIDESHOW: Rock Bridge senior is underneath the lights, changing formations
Saturday, September 25, 2010 | 12:54 a.m. CDT;
updated 7:13 a.m. CDT, Saturday, September 25, 2010
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