Saturday, September 26, 2009

Tim marching at football games

Wow we have a great marching band! So far the band has performed at 2 away and 3 home football games. The football team is 5-0, so the games have been really fun to attend. At 7:15 the band marches across the parking lot to field's sideline and then does a pregame show. It's hard to show how large the band except from far back, so enjoy the beautiful scenery behind the band in this picture. We do love the trees here! Tim is 1 of 2 cymbal players and is the last one in the pic below (sometimes there are flutes behind him).
For pregame the band makes NR on the field, can you tell this is the R?
Tim's face is covered up by the baritone player's plume, but you can see the cymbals high up (he's quite a bit taller than the other cymbal player). It's cool when they spin the cymbals.
Between the marching band and football fans, the bleachers are always packed with about 4000 people. The first home game was band alumni night and they added over 300 alum to make a band of 640. It was amazing to see them all on the field. This isn't even half.
Tonight is the band's first of 4 field show competitions at the field just a block from church. If I get some good pics, I'll try to get them posted.

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