Petition Launched to Bring Layla Clark and the TJHS Band to the Super Bowl Halftime Show
Two mallets carry a riff most rock fans expect to hear from an electric guitar. At the front of a football field, Layla Clark keeps AC/DC’s “Thunderstruck” moving while the Thomas Jefferson High School Jaguar Marching Band waits behind her. The camera stays close enough to make every return to the next note part of the performance.
The opening gives you one musician to follow. Then the rest of the Jaguars enters, and the scale of the sound changes. What began as a close-up becomes a performance by a whole band—a reminder that the player at the center of a viral clip is also part of something much larger.
That moment has inspired a bigger-stage question: what would it be like to see Layla and the Jaguars at the Super Bowl halftime show? A Choosmeinstyle fan petition is now open with a goal of 500,000 supporters. Watch the performance below, then add your signature if you want the request put before the NFL and the halftime production team.
Add your signature. Help us reach 500,000 supporters.
If we reach our goal, Choosmeinstyle will submit the request and supporter total to the NFL and the Super Bowl halftime production team. Add your name using the form below.
The opening that makes you keep watching
“Thunderstruck” offers an immediate point of recognition. You do not have to know how a mallet instrument works to hear the shape of the riff. Once that familiar line settles in, the close camera gives you something else to notice: the continuing movement needed to keep it there.
It is easy to focus on speed. Stay with the recording a little longer, though, and consistency becomes the more interesting detail. One strike has to lead into the next, then into the repetition after that. The opening continues while the rest of the arrangement is still waiting for its entrance. The band’s arrival gives that sustained effort its destination.
A solo opening with an entire band behind it
The framing naturally draws attention to Clark. Her hands provide the movement in the foreground, and the familiar figure makes that movement easy to follow. But look beyond her and the setting never disappears: the uniforms, the field and the other performers remain part of the picture.
That is why this petition includes the Jaguars. A larger stage for the opening would also be an opportunity to recognize the ensemble that gives it its full sound. The request is for Layla and the band, rather than an invitation that separates the student in the close-up from the people performing around her.
A wider halftime recording from the Jaguar Marching Band offers another view of that relationship. The perspective changes from an individual player to the ensemble and its place across the field. It is useful context for anyone whose first encounter with the group was the short “Thunderstruck” clip.
From a fan’s question to a campaign
“So where is the petition to have them do the Super Bowl halftime show?” That question captures the wish behind this page. Enjoying a performance can be a private moment; a support campaign gives people a way to register that they would like its musicians considered for another opportunity.
The campaign turns that wish into a specific request. Choosmeinstyle is collecting support for the NFL and the Super Bowl halftime production team to consider a future performance spot for Clark and the Thomas Jefferson Jaguars. It is a fan-led proposal, and no official invitation or endorsement is being announced.
What happens at 500,000 supporters?
If the campaign reaches 500,000 supporters, Choosmeinstyle will prepare a summary and submit the request and supporter total to the NFL and the halftime production team. Any substantive response received will be reported with the campaign. Email addresses will not be included in that submission.
The number is a target chosen by this campaign, not an NFL qualification. Reaching it would provide a visible statement of support to accompany the request; it would not guarantee a booking. The point is to give the idea a clear destination and a measurable goal.
Add your voice to the request
If the performance made you imagine a bigger stage for the Jaguars, the form above is where you can add your support. Enter your name and email address, check the support box and select “Add my support.” Country is optional. Each email address is counted once, with no email confirmation or payment required.
The counter records supporter registrations, rather than independently verified identities. Your email is stored privately for duplicate prevention and campaign administration, not displayed publicly or added to a marketing list. A new registration provides a private removal link to keep if you want to withdraw your support later.
You can also use “Share the campaign” to send the article to another music fan through Facebook, WhatsApp or a copied link. They can watch the same performance, meet the same band and decide whether they want their name behind the request, too.
