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Marching Band Dad
I'm a 'freshman dad' for my son's marching band, I help out with the crew. We cart all the equipment on and off the busses, as well as pack up all of the gear they need- podiums, screens, you name it.
I had no idea it was going to be this much work...and this much fun:). I'm at Towson Univ. right now with them, and they were amazing in prelims. We're hanging out right now waiting to go on for finals. We're one of ten teams that is competing for 1st. The difference between prelims and finals is this afternoon we compete within the division, tonight is 10 teams competing together. The prelim divisions are according to school size, ours is the largest in 4A.
We have a good shot at winning tonight, wish us luck!!
October 23rd, 2011 - 11:23
Guess that was last night – how’d it go?
October 23rd, 2011 - 12:18
They came in 3rd unfortunately. Aidan fell during the competition, but he was fine. He was seriously upset, but he realizes that it wasn’t him. This kind of competition is more based on theatrics rather than straight marching, which sucks.
October 24th, 2011 - 13:58
So glad to hear that you are enjoying being involved so much. It’s a great way to keep up with your kid’s activities without being intrusive.
Sorry to hear they didn’t win, but third is a pretty impressive showing!
November 28th, 2011 - 13:38
I love being a band parent! Congrats on your first year! Maybe you can chaperone a trip to Disney someday like me
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