[Bwalker]

As Team 1448's Driver and a senior on the team, having the chance to perform our FRC Parody Rendition of "Bohemian Rhapsody" during the finals matches at the World Championships was an awe-inspiring moment. We started making the music video as a small side project as we were finishing up our build season. We wanted a way to involve a lot of our school's STEM programs (especially our audio-video engineering program) while sharing the true meaning of FIRST in a way that all members of FRC, Mentor to Newbie, could appreciate. But we never could've imagined just how well received it would be, and how many people would end up seeing it.

The experience of having gotten to meet Woodie Flowers, and to have teams from all over the world congratulate us on our video, and how they loved that it got shown at their local regional was just an amazing example of what FIRST is about. People all over the world, sharing ideas, and a passion and channeling that towards a goal. We'd like to thank the entire FIRST Community for that opportunity.

We had a BLAST at Championships and got some live footage of our performance to make a live music video of our Parody, but it would be extremely helpful to have some more footage from different angles in the arena. Team 1448 would like to graciously request that anybody that has video recordings of our performance possibly post it to YouTube(allowing us creative license and usage rights), or PM me for a different method of file transfer.

As a senior FIRST has given me many things. Industry internships, college acceptance letters, and scholarships; but more importantly it's given me experiences that have shaped me as a student, and a future adult. I can't begin to establish my appreciation for FRC (only my anticipation of a water-game surpasses that) but I can definitely tell you which sport my children will play in high-school! Thanks again everyone!