This is a LOT like the Christmas Parade, only we have to take a bus there. And we wear the shakos. And we don’t use Christmas decorations. And we are joining together with the Clearwater and Dunedin bands to make one big joint band, playing an arrangement specifically written for that purpose. But other than that, just like the Christmas parade!
We DO need chaperones for this event!
MONDAY, January 21:
7:45 am Band Room Open
8:30 am Load Truck & Bus
We will warm-up and run the sequence up at the parade site. We start at the North Greenwood Rec Center and march to Coachman Park. After we get dropped off, the bus & truck will leave and go to Coachman Park so that they will be there to pick us up at the end of the parade.
10:00 am Parade Steps off (or there about…they tend to be a little loose with the step off time at this event)
Since this is technically a MARCH rather than a PARADE…there won’t be a lot of people along the route. Most of them will be marching along with us (we generally are pretty much leading a whole big group of people). There will be SOME watchers along the way, but that’s not the main emphasis for this event.
Once we arrive at Coachman Park, we will wait for them to get everyone down there and ready, then we will do the National Anthem (also in combination with at least Clearwater and possibly Dunedin).
We should be back at school and completely done by 12:00 noon.
IMAGE color guard will then have lunch followed by a rehearsal that afternoon.
