Marching Orders

[foolishfiddler]

Marching band was pure torture.

Our high school didn’t have a dedicated marching band, but once a year for the Potato Bowl Parade (hey, it was North Dakota) our concert band would drag out the uniforms and hit the street to practice marching in straight lines and playing and walking at the same time.

It never went well.

First of all, our uniforms

Comments

[dakotawitch]

OMG, I was in a marching band in South Dakota in the early 1990s and we had the big furry hats, too! We looked like Qtips. The one dude in my band who was nearly 7 feet tall and towered above us all looked especially like he was about to clean a giant's ears. This post gave me flashbacks.

[foolishfiddler]

Q-tips! AWESOME! Where in SD are you from?

[dakotawitch]

Yankton, Pride of the Dakotas :) Though I'm in Texas now!

[cheshire23]

Yes, it does make for a good story. :)

[foolishfiddler]

:-) Thanks!

[imafarmgirl]

Cool story. That's neat you were able to be there that one year for the win.

[foolishfiddler]

It was a miracle, for sure!

[redvelvetgrrl]

I bet it was so exciting when you finally beat them!

[foolishfiddler]

It was very, very satisfying, I'll say that much. :-)

[snarkerdoodle]

"(Of course, they’re the first people I’d choose to hang out with today.)" -- lol. Perfect sentiment I totally agree with.

Very fun story! :)

[foolishfiddler]

Thanks!!