The Lehi Parade

One of the things that Richard and I love about watching Rachael and the American Fork High School Marching Band and Color Guard in parades is following them on the motorcycle. We ride the motorcycle to the staging area and enjoy watching them warm up.

We found Grandma and Grandpa Anderson,along with MistyMae and Ozzie waiting to watch the parade.

Then I take pictures as they begin the parade, then we hop onto the motorcycle and drive down the road next to the parade going 4 or 5 blocks. We hop off of the motorcycle and take some more pictures,

 then get back on the motorcycle and ride a few more blocks away and take pcitures,




 we do this the whole parade route. Sometimes I walk along side them for a few blocks and then get back on the motorcycle. We see only the band in the parde, but have a wonderful time.

I do enjoy seeing the whole parade, but right now, I enjoy seeing Rachael lots of times in the parade. 

The First of Many

The American Fork High School Color Guard has a man named PONCHO, who is in law school, who also is a Color Guard expert. He comes to American Fork every year to work with the guard, he teaches them the moves they do for their field show. This year Poncho is scheduled to come many times. This is from the first of the many PONCHO CAMPS.

It was a LONG day, they had to be at the school at 8:00 am and stayed until almost 9:00 pm. Rachael was exhausted, sore, and still smiling when she came home. We are so glad that she had a GREAT day!

. . . .And so it begins . . .

The practices have begun, basics are being taught to new girls, girls are learning rifle and sabre spinning skills. The parade routine is being updated and taught to everyone. Blisters are being taken care of, flags are being put onto poles, rifles are being taped. Money is being earned.


COLOR GUARD IS IN FULL FORCE!

Painting the Field

Last fall the school created a field for the band to use for practice. They took out the pavilion and the sand volleyball courts out. They extended the grassy area, put in sod, and now the band has a field for them. It is not quite the size that it should be, but it will work for the early season practices. It's had all winter and spring for the sod to grow together and now it is time to be used. Before the band uses it for the first time we had to make the field. First we had to "square" it off. Then we painted markes every 10 yards, then some marks at the five yard lines. Plus some "cross" marks in the middle. It took longer to do than I thought it would, but was a fun project with all of the GREAT people who came to help.