"Sydney's grandparents, season-ticket holders since 1964, would point out the spot where her parents each made history. In 1992, Wendy Reeves dotted the i, then one year later her husband, Chad, did it, making them the first married couple to "dot the i" in Script Ohio, one of the most recognizable traditions in college football. Mesmerized as the band marched perfectly to spell "Ohio" in script, Sydney waited for the person tabbed to dot the i that day to strut to the top of the letter, take their hat off and bow to the roar of the crowd."
"And if anyone was destined to dot the i, it was Sydney Reeves. She got her first introduction to music at 2 weeks old, when Wendy, a band director, sat her in her baby carrier at middle school band rehearsal. At 2, Reeves asked for a little tuba to keep under her bed. At 8, she knew she wanted to follow in her parents' footsteps as an Ohio State sousaphone player."
Generations of the Reeves family have been deeply connected to Ohio State marching-band tradition, with grandparents holding season tickets since 1964 and parents who each dotted the i in Script Ohio in consecutive years. Sydney absorbed band life from infancy, placed in rehearals by her band-director mother and asking for a toy tuba at age two. By eight she decided to play the sousaphone at Ohio State. Family milestones included a proposal staged at a band skull session with signs reading "Wendy, be my tuba for life!" The family legacy shaped Sydney's ambition to perform Script Ohio.
Read at ESPN.com
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